RESEARCH INTERESTS: Ocean and climate dynamics Regional and Coastal Oceanography Low Frequency Ocean Variability Ocean and Inverse Modeling Physical-biological Interactions Ocean-Atmosphere Dynamics

Curricuum Vitae Emanuele Di Lorenzo, Ph.D. Assistant Professor School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Georgia Institute of Technology 311 Ferst Drive Atlanta, GA, 30332-0340 Office: ES&T 3252 voice: 404-894-3994 fax: 404-894-5638 email: edl@eas.gatech.edu EDUCATION: 2003 - Ph.D., Climate Sciences, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego 1997 - Laurea in Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy

Updated CV and Research Statement - [ CV.PDF | Research.PDF ]

PUBLICATIONS

38. Furtado J. and E. Di Lorenzo, 2008: Past and Future modes of Pacific Decadal Variability. Journal of Climate, in prep.

37. Di Lorenzo E., J. Furtado, N. Schneider, N. Bond, A. Bracco, B. Anderson et al., 2008: ENSO and the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation: a paradigm for Pacific climate variability. TBD, in prep.

36. Menge B.M., F. Chan, K.J. Nielsen, E. Di Lorenzo and J. Lubchenco, 2008: Climatic variation alters supply-side ecology: impact of climate patterns on phytoplankton and mussel recruitment. Ecological Monograph, submitted.

35. Hsieh C.,H. J. Kim, W. Watson, E. Di Lorenzo, and G. Sugihara, 2008: Ocean warming caused changes in abundance and distribution of larvae of oceanic fishes in the southern California region. Global Change Biology, in revision. [ PDF ]

34. Ceballos L., E. Di Lorenzo, N. Schneider, B. Taghuci, 2008: North Pacific Gyre Oscillation synchronizes climate fluctuations in the eastern and western North Pacific. Journal of Climate, accepted. [ PDF ]

33. Han W., A. M. Moore, J. Levin, B. Zhang, H. G. Arango, E. Curchister, E. Di Lorenzo, A. Gordon, J. Lin, 2008: Seasonal surface ocean circulation and dynamics in the Philippine Archipelago region during 2004-2008. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, in press. [ PDF ]

32. Capotondi, A., V. Combes, M. A. Alexander, E. Di Lorenzo and A. J. Miller, 2008: Low-Frequency Variability in the Gulf of Alaska from coarse and eddy-permitting ocean models. Journal of Physical Oceanography, accepted. [ PDF ]

31. Powell B. S., H. G. Arango, A. M. Moore, E. Di Lorenzo, R. F. Milliff and R. R. Leben, 2008: Near real-time Assimilation and Prediction in the Intra-Americas Sea with the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) . Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, submitted. [ PDF ]

30. Chhak, K., E. Di Lorenzo, N. Schneider and P. Cummins, 2008: Forcing of low-frequency ocean variability in the Northeast Pacific. Journal of Climate, in press. [ PDF ]

29. Combes, V., E. Di Lorenzo and E. Curchister, 2008: Interannual and decadal variations in cross-shore mixing in the Gulf of Alaska. Journal of Physical Oceanography, accepted. [ PDF ]

28. Bograd, S. J., C. G. Castro, E. Di Lorenzo, D. M. Palacios, H. R. Bailey and W. Gilly, 2008: The shoaling of the hypoxic boundary in the California Current. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 35, L12607, doi:10.1029/2008GL034185. [ PDF ]

27. Ionita D. A., E. Di Lorenzo, and J. Lynch-Stieglitz, 2008: The Effect of Lower Sea Level on Geostrophic Transport through the Florida Straits during the Last Glacial Maximum. Geophys. Res. Lett., accepted. [ PDF ]

26. Rasmussen L. L., B. D. Cornuelle, L. A. Levin, J. L. Largier and E. Di Lorenzo, 2008: Effects of small-scale features and local wind forcing on tracer dispersion and estimates of population connectivity in a regional scale circulation model . Journal of Geophys. Res., in press. [ PDF ]

25. Fiechter J., A.M. Moore, C.A. Edwards, K.W. Bruland, E. Di Lorenzo, Craig V.W. Lewis, T.M. Powell, E.N. Curchitser, and K. Hedstrom, 2008: A simple approach to model iron limitation on primary production in the coastal Gulf of Alaska. Deep-Sea Research II, accepted.

24. Powell B. S., H. G. Arango, A. M. Moore, E. Di Lorenzo, R. F. Milliff and D. Foley, 2008: 4DVAR Data Assimilation in the Intra-Americas Sea with the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS). Ocean Modeling, Vol. 25, 173--188. [ PDF ]

23. Di Lorenzo E., Schneider N., Cobb K. M., Chhak, K, Franks P. J. S., Miller A. J., McWilliams J. C., Bograd S. J., Arango H., Curchister E., Powell T. M. and P. Rivere, 2008: North Pacific Gyre Oscillation links ocean climate and ecosystem change. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L08607, doi:10.1029/2007GL032838. [ PDF ]

22. Furtado, J. C., E. Di Lorenzo, K. M. Cobb and A. Bracco, 2008: Reconstructing Tropical Sea Surface Temperatures Using Precipitation Proxy Records: Methods and Uncertainties . Journal of Climate, accepted.

21. Moore, A., H. Arango, E. Di Lorenzo, B. D. Cornuelle and A. J. Miller, 2008: An Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis of the Southern California Current Circulation and Ecosystem. Part I: The Physical Circulation. Journal of Physical Oceanography, DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3740.1. [ PDF ]

20. Muccino, J., A. Bennett, B. Cornuelle, B. Chua, E. Di Lorenzo, et al., 2008: The Inverse Ocean Modeling System. II: Applications. Journal of Atmospheric and Ocean Technology, in press.

19. Foreman M. G. G., W. Wiggins , A. MacFadyen, B. M. Hickey, R. E. Thomson and E. Di Lorenzo, 2008: Modeling and Observational Studies of the Juan de Fuca Eddy. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 113, C03006, doi:10.1029/2006JC004082. [ PDF ]

18. Haidvogel D., H. Arango, W.P. Budgell, B.D. Cornuelle, E. Curchitser, E. Di Lorenzo, K. Fennel, W.R. Geyer, A.J. Hermann, L. Lanerolle, J. Levin, J.C. McWilliams, A.J. Miller, A.M. Moore, T.M. Powell, A.F. Shchepetkin, C.R. Sherwood, R.P. Signell, J.C. Warner, J. Wilkin, 2008: Ocean forecasting in terrain-following coordinates: Formulation and skill assessment of the Regional Ocean Modeling System. Journal of Computational Physics, 227, 3595-3624 . [ PDF ]

17. Chhak, K. and E. Di Lorenzo, 2007: Decadal variations in the California Current upwelling cells. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L14604, doi:10.1029/2007GL030203. [ PDF ]

16. Combes, V. and E. Di Lorenzo, 2007: Intrinsic and forced interannual variability of the Gulf of Alaska mesoscale circulation. Progress in Oceanography, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2007.08.011. [ PDF ]

15. Trites, A. W., A. J. Miller, H. D. G. Maschner, M. A. Alexander, S. J. Bograd, J. A. Calder, A. Capotondi, K. O. Coyle, E. Di Lorenzo, et al., 2007: Bottom-up forcing and the decline of Steller sea lions in Alaska: Assessing the ocean climate hypothesis. Fisheries Oceanography, 16, 46-67. [ PDF ]

14. Miller, A. J., A. J. Gabric, J. R. Moisan, F. Chai, D. J. Neilson, D. W. Pierce, and E. Di Lorenzo, 2007: Global Change and Oceanic Primary Productivity: Effects of Ocean-Atmosphere-Biological Feedbacks Global Climate Change and Response of the Carbon Cycle in the Equatorial Pacific and Indian Oceans and Adjacent Land Masses, H. Kawahata and Y. Awaya, eds. Elsevier Oceanography Series, 73, pp. 29-65. [ PDF ]

13. Di Lorenzo, E., Moore, A., H. Arango, Chua, B. D. Cornuelle, A. J. Miller, B. Powell and Bennett A., 2007: Weak and strong constraint data assimilation in the inverse Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS): development and application for a baroclinic coastal upwelling system. Ocean Modeling, 16 (3-4): 160-187. [ PDF ]

12. Auad G., A. J. Miller and E. Di Lorenzo, 2006: Long Term Forecast of oceanic conditions off California and their biological implications. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 111, C09008, doi:10.1029/2005JC003219. [ PDF ]

11. Di Lorenzo, E., Young W.R. and Llewellyn Smith S.G., 2006: Numerical and analytical estimates of M2 tidal conversion at steep oceanic ridges. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 36(6), 1072-1084. [ PDF ]

10. Miller, A. J., E. Di Lorenzo, D. J. Neilson, et al., 2005: Interdecadal changes in mesoscale eddy variance in the Gulf of Alaska circulation: Implications for the Steller sea lion decline. Atmosphere-Ocean, 43, 231-240. [ PDF ]

9. Di Lorenzo, E., 2005: The warming California Current System. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 86 (4), pp. 495-496.. [ PDF ]

8. Schneider, N., E. Di Lorenzo, and P. Niiler, 2005: Salinity variations in the California Current. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35 (8), 1421-1436. [ PDF ]

7. Di Lorenzo, E., A. J. Miller, N. Schneider, and J. C. McWilliams, 2005: The warming of the California Current: Dynamics and ecosystem implications. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35 (3), 336-362. [ PDF ]

6. Di Lorenzo, E., M. G. G. Foreman, and W. R. Crawford, 2005: Modeling the generation of Haida eddies. Deep-Sea Research II, 52 (7-8), 853-874 . [ PDF ]

5. Di Lorenzo, E., A. J. Miller, D. J. Neilson, B. D. Cornuelle, and J. R. Moisan, 2004: Modeling observed California Current mesoscale eddies and the ecosystem response. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 25 (7-8), 1307-1312. [ PDF ]

4. Moisan, J. R., A. J. Miller, E. Di Lorenzo, J. Wilkin, 2004: MODELING AND DATA ASSIMILATION. Remote Sensing of Coastal Aquatic Environments, pp. 229-257. Springer, New York. [ PDF ]

3. Moore, A., H. Arango, E. Di Lorenzo, B. D. Cornuelle, A. J. Miller, and D. J. Neilson, 2004: A Comprehensive Ocean Prediction and Analysis System Based on the Tangent Linear and Adjoint of a Regional Ocean Model. Ocean Modeling, 7, 227-258. [ PDF ]

2. Di Lorenzo, E., 2003: Seasonal dynamics of the surface circulation in the Southern California Current System. Deep-Sea Research II, 50 (14-16), 2371-2388 . [ PDF ]

1. Miller, A. J., E. Di Lorenzo, D. J. Neilson, B. D. Cornuelle, and J. R. Moisan, 2000: Modeling CalCOFI observations during El Nino: Fitting physics and biology. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports, 41, 87-97. [ PDF ]

0. Di Lorenzo, E., 2003: Dynamics of the Southern California Current. PhD thesis, defended at SIO/UCSD on April 28. [ PDF ]

RESEARCH GRANTS

Eddy-Dynamics and Impacts of Low-Frequency Variations in the California Current System (PI)
NSF OCE-0550266 04/01/06 - 04/01/09 (funded)
Total: $194,938

Synthesis of biophysical observations at multiple trophic levels using spatially nested, data-assimilating models of the Coastal Gulf of Alaska (Co-PI)
NSF GLOBEC OCE-0606575 4/01/06 - 04/30/09 (funded)
Total: $186,721

Bio-physical modeling of the California Current (PI)
NASA OES-NNG05GC98G 04/01/06 - 04/01/09 (funded)
Total: $393,000

Nonlinear Transition in the California Current Coastal Pelagic Ecosystem (Co-PI)
NSF CCE-LTER 11/01/04 - 11/01/07 (funded)
Total: $50,692

Nonlinear Transition in the California Current Coastal Pelagic Ecosystem (Co-PI)
NSF CCE-LTER 11/01/07 - 11/01/10 (funded)
Total: $70,940

Dynamics of Ocean Climate Changes in the Gulf of Alaska (Co-PI)
NSF OCE-0452654 03/01/05 - 03/01/08 (funded)
Total: $56,272

ROMS Data Assimilation Tools and Techniques (PI)
ONR N000140510365 01/01/05 - 01/01/08 (funded)
Total: $93,654

Bayesian Hierarchical Models to Augment the Mediterranean Forecast System: Extending Ensemble Ocean Forecast Skill (Co-PI)
ONR N000140710462 01/01/07 - 01/01/09 (funded)
Total: $80,000

Dynamics of anisotropic mean and time-varying structures of ocean circulation (Co-PI)
NASA 06/01/08 - 05/31/12 (funded)
Total: $238,916

Pacific Boundary Ecosystems response to natural and anthropogenic climate forcing (PI)
NSF-GLOBEC OCE-0815280 10/01/08 - 31/09/11 (funded)
Total: $1,330,180 ($455,00 GaTech)

EcoFore 06: Forecasting Kelp Forest Ecosystem Dynamics in Coastal CA (Co-PI)
NOAA 01/01/08 - 12/31/13 (declined)
Total: $588,000


Invited Talks

1999-2002
1. Recent developments on the ROMS coupled physical-biological PE model and its application to
the California Current. Italian National Research Council, Bologna, Italy. 12/1998 (invited).

2. Use of satellite Chl-a data for data assimilation in a coupled physical-biological PE model.
SeaWiFS Group Meeting, Monterey, CA 05/1999 (invited talk).

3. Assimilation with an ocean primitive equation using the Green’s Function method. Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA. 06/1999 (invited seminar).

4. Fitting the CalCOFI hydrographic dataset with an ocean primitive equation model in the
California Current. Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UCLA. 11/1999 (invited
seminar).

5. Fitting the CalCOFI hydrographic dataset with an ocean primitive equation model in the
California Current. Italian National Research Council, Bologna, Italy. 12/1999 (invited seminar).

6. Eddy dynamics and ecosystem response in the Southern California Current System. 2001 An
Ocean Odyssey, Mar del Plata, Argentina. 10/2001 (invited talk).

7. Seasonal Dynamics of the Southern California Current System. Institute for Ocean Sciences,
Sidney, Canada. 10/2002 (invited seminar).

8. On the dynamics of the California Current System. University of Victoria, Canada. 10/2002
(invited seminar).

9. The warming of the California Current: Dynamics, thermodynamics and ecosystem implications. University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI. 11/2002 (invited seminar).

2003
10. Adjoint modeling with ROMS. North-East Pacific Ocean modeling meeting. University of
Washington, Seattle,WA. 01/2003 (invited talk).

11. Low Frequency changes in Temperature and Salinity in the California Current System:
Observations and Models. University of Rutgers, NJ. 01/2003 (invited seminar).

12. The warming of the California Current: Dynamics, thermodynamics and ecosystem implications.
Georgia Institute of Technology. HI. 03/2003 (invited seminar)

13. The warming of the California Current: Dynamics, thermodynamics and ecosystem implications.  PODS II, Waikoloa, HI. 11/2003 (invited).

2004
14. The warming of the California Current: Dynamics, thermodynamics and ecosystem implications. DecVar Workshop, Waikoloa, HI. 2/2004 (invited).

15. Bouyancy Driven Eddies in the Gulf of Alaska, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, CA,
5/2004 (invited seminar).

2005
16. The Inverse Regional Ocean Modeling System (IROMS): development and application to data
assimilation of coastal mesoscale eddies, TOMS Data Assimilation Meeting, University of
California San Diego, San Diego, CA. 10/2005 (keynote speaker).

17. Large Scale Eddies in the Gulf of Alaska, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 11/2005
(invited seminar).

2006
18. The Inverse Regional Ocean Modeling System (IROMS): development and application to data
assimilation of coastal mesoscale eddies, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ. 2/2006 (invited
seminar).

19. The Inverse Regional Ocean Modeling System (IROMS): development and application to data
assimilation of coastal mesoscale eddies, Woodshole Institution of Oceanography, Woodshole,
MA. 3/2006 (invited seminar).

20. The Inverse Regional Ocean Modeling System (IROMS): development and application to data
assimilation of coastal mesoscale eddies, Bologna University, Bologna, Italy. 4/2006 (invited
seminar).

21. Intrinsic oceanic decadal variability in the North Pacific generated in the Eastern Boundary
Current System, PICES Yokohama 15th Annual Meeting Boundary current ecosystems,
Yokohama, Japan. 10/2006 (contributed/invited).

22. Climate Impacts on the California Current Ecosystems Workshop, University of San Diego
California, San Diego, CA. 11/2006 (invited attendee).

23. Modeling and Analysis Steering Team (MAST) for the US integrated Ocean Observing System
(IOOS) Planning Workshop, Ocean.US Washington DC. 11/2006 (invited attendee).

2007
24. Advanced Data Assimilation Methods: Theory and Implementation of the Inverse Ocean
Modeling System, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. 4/2007 (invited talk).

25. The Regional Ocean Modeling System, NOAA training workshop, Washington DC. 4/2007

26. Weak and strong constraint 4D-variational data assimilation: theories and applications, Gordon Conference, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH. 6/2007 (invited talk).

27. Basin-scale climate feedback and biological implications of North Pacific eastern boundary
dynamics, ICES/PICES Early Career Scientist Conference, Baltimore, Maryland. 6/2007
(keynote speaker).

28. North Pacific Gyre Oscillation links ocean climate to ecosystem change PICES Workshop on
Climate Projections, Victoria, British Columbia. 10/2007 (invited talk).

29. North Pacific Gyre Oscillation links ocean climate to ecosystem change Invited Seminar,
University of California Santa Cruz. 10/2007.

30. North Pacific Gyre Oscillation links ocean climate to ecosystem change Invited Seminar,
University of Hawaii. 11/2007.

31. Linking the tropic to extra-tropical variability: North Pacific Gyre Oscillation Invited Talk, AGU Fall 2007 Session, San Francisco. 12/2007.

2008
32. North Pacific Gyre Oscillation links ocean climate to ecosystem change Invited Seminar,
University of Georgia, Athens. 02/2008.

33. Linking Pacific decadal variations in the tropics and extratropics, Invited Seminar, University of California Santa Cruz. 02/2008.

34. North Pacific Gyre Oscillation links ocean climate to ecosystem change, Invited Talk, Ocean  Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL. 03/2008.

35. North Pacific Gyre Oscillation links ocean climate to ecosystem change Invited Seminar,
University of California Santa Barbara. 03/2008.

36. North Pacific Gyre Oscillation: linking decadal variations in the extra-tropics and tropics, Invited Seminar, MIT. 03/2008.

37. North Pacific Gyre Oscillation: impacts of large-scale forcing on boundary circulations, upwelling and ecosystems, Invited Speaker, Eastern Boundary Current System International Symposium, Gran Canarie, Spain. 06/2008

38. ENSO and the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation, Invited Talk, OFES Workshop Japan, 08/2008

39. Theory and Applications of Variational, Sequential and Bayesian Hierarchical Methods in Data
Assimilation, Invited Talk, AGU Fall 2008 Session, San Francisco. 12/2008

Current-GraduatE STUDENTS
Vincent Combes (Ph.D.), 2005-present
Jason Furtado(Ph.D.), 2005-present
Lina Ceballos (Ph.D.), 2006-present
Carina Saxton, (Ph.D.), 2006-present
Dana Ionita (Ph.D. co-advising), 2005-present

Past-graduatE STUDENTS
Sara Vieira (Ph.D. co-advising), 2005-2007
Lokesh Padhye (Ph.D.), 2004-2005

Past-Undergraduates
Dian Putrasahan, Chemical Engineering, 2005
Carina Saxton, Math, 2004-2006

Visiting Students and Student Collaborations
Neri Mariani (Statistics, University of Florence), 2008-present
Cesare Mosca (Civil Engineering, University of Pisa), 2006-2007
Tom Kilparick (Oceanography, University of Hawaii) 2006

POSTDOCTORAL STUDENTS SUPERVISED
Ketty Chhack, 2nd year

My GRADUATE ADVISORS
Arthur J. Miller and Bruce Cornuelle (Scripps/UCSD)

My POSTDOCTORAL ADVISORS
William R. Young and Stefan Lywellen-Smith (Scripps/UCSD)
James C. McWilliams (UCLA)