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ABBREVIATED CURRICULUM VITAE
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Michael James McPhaden
NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
7600
Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, Washington 98115
Email: michael.j.mcphaden@noaa.gov
Phone: (206) 526-6783
Fax: (206) 526-6744
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 1998-present Senior
Scientist, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle,
Washington
- 1993-present Affiliate
Professor, School of Oceanography, University of Washington
- 1990-present Senior
Fellow, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, University
of Washington
- 1990-1993 Affiliate
Associate Professor, School of Oceanography, University of Washington
- 1988-1990 Affiliate
Assistant Professor, School of Oceanography, University of Washington
- 1987-present Senior
Fellow, Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University
of Hawaii
- 1986-1998 Oceanographer
(various ranks), Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, Washington
- 1984-1986 Research
Assistant Professor, School of Oceanography, University of Washington
- 1982-1984 Visiting
Research Scientist, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere
and Ocean, University of Washington
- 1980-1982 Research
Scientist, Oceanography Section, National Center for Atmospheric Research
EDUCATION
- 1980 Scripps
Institution of Oceanography, Ph.D., Physical Oceanography; Dissertation
title: "Models of the Equatorial Ocean Circulation"
- 1973 State
University of New York at Buffalo, B.S., Physics, magna cum laude
HONORS, AWARDS,
and CITATIONS
- Fellow, American Meteorological Society, 2007
- Guest Professor, Ocean University of China, 2006
- Fellow, The Oceanography Society, 2005
- Scientific American “Science & Technology Web Awards” for El Niño Theme Page, 2005
- Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Federal Service, 2004
- Listed in Thomson ISI Highly Cited Researchers in Geosciences, 2004
- Grace Hopper Government Technology Award (“Gracie Award”),
given to the TAO project for Leadership in the Innovative Application
of Information Technology, 2003
- American Geophysical Union, Frontiers of Geophysics Lecturer, 2002
Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting
- American Meteorological Society, Walter Orr Roberts Lecturer, 2002
- Public Service
Award, Federal Executive Board, Seattle, 1999
- American Meteorological
Society, Special Award for Completing and Maintaining the TAO Array,
1999
- American Geophysical
Union, Sverdrup Lecturer, Fall 1998 Meeting
- Department of Commerce, Gold Medal, 1997
- Editor's Citation
for Excellence in Refereeing, Journal of Geophysical Research,
1995
- NOAA/OAR Outstanding
Publication Award, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004
- NOAA/PMEL Outstanding
Publication Award, 1989-1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2007
- Who's Who in Science
and Engineering
- Who's Who in the
World
- Who's Who in the
West
- Phi Beta Kappa
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
- The Oceanography
Society, 1988-present
- American Geophysical
Union, 1979-present
- The American Meteorological
Society, 1978-present
- The European Geosciences Union, 2005-present
RECENT PROFESSIONAL
SERVICE ACTIVITIES
- President-elect, American Geophysical Union, 2008-present
- Member, RAPID-WATCH Program Advisory Committee, 2008-present
- Contributing author, IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, 2007
- Convener, IUGG Symposium on Interannual to Interdecadal Climate Variability, 2007
- Member, RAPID (Rapid Climate Change) Review Committee, February 2007
- President, Ocean Sciences Section, American Geophysical Union, 2002-2004
- Member, Executive Committee, AGU Ocean Science Section 2000-2008
- Member, IOC/WMO Joint Commission on Oceanography and Marine Meteorology, Observations Coordination Group, 2001-present
- Member, International CLIVAR Global Synthesis and Observations Panel,
2004-present
- Member, International CLIVAR Indian Ocean Panel, 2003-present
- Member, International
CLIVAR Pacific Ocean Panel, 2001-present
- Chairman, Tropical Moored Buoy Implementation Panel, 2001-present
- Member, International CLIVAR/OOPC OceanSITES Working Group, 2001-present
- Editorial Board, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society,
2001-present
- Member, PIRATA Steering Group, 1995-present
- Member, International
CLIVAR Ocean Observations Panel, 2000-2003
- Member, AMS Committee
on the Interaction of the Sea and the Atmosphere, 1999-2002
- Chairman, TAO
Implementation Panel, 1992-2001
RECENT REFEREED
PUBLICATIONS
Cravatte, S.E., T. Delcroix, D. Zhang, M.J McPhaden, and J. Leloup, 2009:
Observed freshening of the warming western tropical Pacific and extension
of the Warm/Fresh Pool in recent decades. Clim. Dyn., in press.
Foltz, G.R., and M.J. McPhaden, 2009: Impact of barrier layer thickness on SST in the central tropical North Atlantic. J. Climate, 22, 285-299.
McPhaden, M.J., G.R. Foltz, T. Lee, V.S.N. Murty, M. Ravichandran, G.A. Vecchi, J. Vialard, J.D. Wiggert, L. Yu, 2009: Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions During Cyclone Nargis. EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 90, 53-54.
McPhaden, M.J., G. Meyers, K. Ando,Y. Masumoto, V.S.N. Murty, M. Ravichandran, F. Syamsudin, J. Vialard, L. Yu, and W. Yu, 2009: RAMA: The Research Moored Array for African-Asian-Australian Monsoon Analysis and Prediction. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., in press.
Vialard, J., J.P. Duvel, M. McPhaden, P. Bouruet-Aubertot, B. Ward, E. Key, D. Bourras, R. Weller, P. Minnett, A. Weill, C. Cassou, L. Eymard,
T. Fristedt, C. Basdevant, Y. Dandoneau, O. Duteil, T. Izumo, C. de
Boyer Montégut, S. Masson, and F. Marsac, 2009: Cirene: Air-sea
interactions in the Seychelles-Chagos thermocline ridge region. Bull.
Am. Meteorol. Soc., 90, 45-61.
Bourlès, B., R. Lumpkin, M.J. McPhaden, F. Hernandez, P. Nobre, E. Campos, L. Yu, S. Planton, A. Busalacchi, A.D. Moura, J. Servain, and J. Trotte, 2008: The PIRATA Program: History, Accomplishments, and Future Directions. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 89, 1111-1125.
Foltz, G.R., and M.J. McPhaden, 2008: Impact of Saharan dust on tropical North Atlantic SST. J. Climate, 21, 5048-5060.
Foltz, G.R., and M.J. McPhaden, 2008: Trends in Saharan dust and tropical Atlantic climate during 1980-2006. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L20706, DOI 10.1029/2008GL035042.
Foltz, G.R. and M.J. McPhaden, 2008: Seasonal mixed layer salinity balance of the tropical North Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res. 113, C02013, doi:10.1029/2007JC004178.
Lee, T. and M.J. McPhaden, 2008: Decadal phase change in large-scale sea level and winds in the Indo-Pacific region at the end of the 20th century. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L01605, doi:10.1029/2007GL032419.
McPhaden, M.J., 2008: Evolution of the 2006-07 El Niño: The Role of Intraseasonal to Interannual Time Scale Dynamics. Adv. Geosci., 14, 219-230.
McPhaden, M.J., M.F. Cronin, and D.C. McClurg, 2008: Meridional structure of the surface mixed layer temperature balance on seasonal time scales in the eastern tropical Pacific. J. Climate, 21, 3240-3260.
Nagura, M. and M.J. McPhaden, 2008: The dynamics of zonal current variations in the central equatorial Indian Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L23603, doi:10.1029/2008GL035961.
Vialard, J., G. Foltz, M.J. McPhaden, J.P. Duvel and C. de Boyer Montégut, 2008: Strong Indian Ocean sea surface temperature signals associated with the Madden-Julian oscillation in late 2007 and early 2008. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L19608, doi:10.1029/2008GL035238.
Yoneyama, K., et al, 2008: MISMO field experiment in the tropical Indian Ocean. Bull. Am. Meteor. Soc., 89, 1889-1903.
Zhang, X. and M.J. McPhaden, 2008: Eastern equatorial Pacific
forcing of ENSO sea surface temperature anomalies. J. Climate, 21, 6070-6079.
Cheng, W., M.J. McPhaden, D. Zhang, and E.J. Metzger, 2007: Recent changes in the Pacific subtropical cells inferred from an eddy resolving ocean circulation model. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 37, 1340-1356.
Delcroix. T., S. Cravatte, and M.J. McPhaden, 2007: Decadal variations and trends in tropical Pacific sea surface salinity since 1970. J. Geophys. Res., 112(C3), C03012, doi:10.1029/2006JC003801.
Behrenfeld, M.J., K. Worthington, R.M. Sherrell, F.P. Chavez, P. Strutton, M.J. McPhaden, and D.M. Shea, 2006: Controls on
tropical Pacific ocean productivity revealed through nutrient stress
diagnostics, Nature, 442, 1025-1028.
Bennett, A.F., B.S. Chua, H.-E. Ngodock, D.E. Harrison, and M.J. McPhaden,
2006: Generalized inversion of the Gent-Cane model of the Tropical Pacific
with Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean (TAO) data. J. Mar. Res., 64, 1-42.
Cronin, M.F., C. Fairall, and M.J. McPhaden, 2006: An assessment of buoy derived and numerical weather prediction surface heat fluxes in the tropical Pacific. J. Geophys. Res., 111, C06038, doi:10.1029/2005JC003324.
Feely, R.A., T. Takahashi, R. Wanninkhof, M.J. McPhaden, C.E. Cosca, S.C. Sutherland and M.-E. Carr, 2006: Decadal Variability of the Air-Sea CO2 Fluxes in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 111, C08S90, doi:10.1029/2005JC003129.
Foltz, G.R. and M.J. McPhaden, 2006: Unusually warm sea surface temperatures in the tropical North Atlantic during 2005. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L19703, doi:10.1029/2006GL027394.
Foltz, G.R. and M.J. McPhaden, 2006: The role of oceanic
heat advection in the evolution of tropical North and South
Atlantic SST anomalies. J. Climate, 19, 6122-6138.
Maes, C., K. Ando, T. Delcroix, W.S. Kessler, M.J. McPhaden, and D. Roemmich, 2006: Observed correlation of surface salinity, temperature and barrier layer at the eastern edge of the western Pacific warm pool. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L06601, doi:10.1029/2005GL024772.
McPhaden, M.J., S.E. Zebiak, and M.H. Glantz, 2006: ENSO as an integrating concept in Earth science. Science, 314, 1740-1745.
McPhaden, M.J., X. Zhang, H.H. Hendon, and M.C. Wheeler, 2006: Large Scale Dynamics and MJO Forcing of ENSO Variability. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33(16), L16702,
doi:10.1029/2006GL026786.
Schein, K.A. et al, 2006: The state of the climate 2005. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 87, S1-S102.
Zhang, D., and M.J. McPhaden, 2006: Decadal variability of the shallow Pacific meridional overturning circulation: relation to tropical sea surface temperatures in observations and climate change models. Ocean Modelling, 15, 250-273.
Zhang, X. and M.J. McPhaden, 2006: Wind stress variations and interannual sea surface temperature anomalies in the eastern equatorial Pacific. J. Climate, 19, 226-241.
Capotondi, A., M.A. Alexander, C. Deser, and M.J. McPhaden, 2005: Anatomy
and Decadal Evolution of the Pacific Subtropical-Tropical Cells (STCs).
J. Climate, 18, 3739-3758.
Delcroix, T., M.J. McPhaden, A. Dessier, and Y. Gouriou, 2005: Time and space scales for sea surface salinity in the tropical oceans. Deep-Sea Res., 52, 787-813.
Foltz, G.R. and M.J. McPhaden, 2005: Mixed layer heat balance on intraseasonal
time scales in the northwestern tropical Atlantic Ocean. J. Climate, 18,
4168-4184.
Grodsky, S., J. Carton, C. Provost, J. Servain, J. Lorenzzetti, and M.J.
McPhaden, 2005: Tropical instability waves and the warming of the cold
tongue of the tropical Atlantic. J. Geophys. Res., 110, C08010, doi:10.1029/2005JC002941.
Levinson, D.H., et al, 2005: State of the Climate in 2004. Bull. Am. Meteor. Soc., 86(6), S1-S86.
Cai, W., M.J. McPhaden, and M.A. Collier, 2004: Multidecadal fluctuations
in the relationship between equatorial Pacific heat content anomalies
and ENSO amplitude. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L01201, doi:10.1029/2003GL018714.
Foltz, G.R., S.A. Grodsky, J.A. Carton, and M.J. McPhaden 2004: Seasonal
salt budget of the northwestern tropical Atlantic Ocean along 38°W.
J. Geophys. Res., 109(C3), C03052, doi:10.1029/2003JC002111.
Foltz, G.R. and M.J. McPhaden, 2004: 30-70 day oscillations in the tropical
Atlantic. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L15205, doi: 10.1029/2004GL020023.
McPhaden, M.J., 2004: Evolution of the 2002-03 El Niño. Bull. Am.
Meteor. Soc., 85, 677-695.
McPhaden, M.J. and D. Zhang, 2004: Pacific Ocean circulation rebounds.
Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L18301, doi:10.1029/2004GL020727.
Rajeevan, M. and M.J. McPhaden, 2004: Tropical Pacific upper ocean heat
content variations and Indian summer monsoon rainfall. Geophys. Res.
Lett., 31, L18203, doi:10.1029/2004GL020631.
Serra, Y. and M.J. McPhaden, 2004: In situ observations of the diurnal
variability in rainfall over the tropical Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
J. Climate, 17, 3496-3509.
Cosca, C.E., R.A. Feely, J. Boutin, J. Etcheto, M.J. McPhaden, F.P. Chavez,
and P.G. Strutton, 2003: Seasonal and interannual CO2
fluxes for the central and eastern euqatorial Pacific Ocean as determined
by fCO2-SST relationships. J. Geophys.
Res., 108(C8), 3278, doi:10.1029/2000JC000677.
Foltz, G.R., S.A. Grodsky, J.A. Carton, and M.J. McPhaden, 2003: Seasonal
mixed layer heat budget of the tropical Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys.
Res., 108(C5), 3146, doi:10.1029/2002JC001584.
McPhaden, M.J., 2003: Tropical Pacific Ocean heat content variations
and ENSO persistence barriers. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(9), 1480,
doi:10.1029/2003GL016872.
Serra, Y.L and M.J. McPhaden, 2003: Multiple time space comparisons of
ATLAS buoy rain gauge measurements to TRMM satellite precipitation measurements.
J. Appl. Meteorol., 42, 1045-1059.
Zhang, D., M.J. McPhaden, and W.E. Johns, 2003: Observational evidence
for flow between the subtropical and tropical Atlantic: The Atlantic subtropical
cells. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 33, 1783-1797.
Cronin, M.F., N. Bond, C. Fairall, J. Hare, M.J. McPhaden, and R.A. Weller,
2002: Enhanced Oceanic and Atmospheric Monitoring for the Eastern Pacific.
Eos Trans. AGU, 83, 205.
Cronin, M. F. and M. J. McPhaden, 2002: Barrier layer formation during
westerly wind bursts. J. Geophys. Res., 107(C12), 8020, doi:10.1029/2001JC001171.
Delcroix, T. and M.J. McPhaden, 2002: Interannual sea surface salinity
and temperature changes in the western Pacific warm pool during 1992-2000.
J. Geophys. Res., 107(C12), 8002, doi:10.1029/2001JC000862.
Feely, R.A., J. Boutin, C.E. Cosca, Y. Dandonneau, J. Etcheto, H.Y. Inoue,
M. Ishii, C.L. Quéeré, D. Mackey, M. McPhaden, N. Metzl, A. Poisson, and
R. Wanninkhof, 2002: Seasonal and interannual variability of CO2
in the equatorial Pacific. Deep-Sea Res., 49, 2443-2469.
Kutsuwada, K. and M.J. McPhaden, 2002: Intraseasonal variations in the
upper equatorial Pacific Ocean prior to and during the 1997-98 El Niño.
J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 1133-1149.
Lien, R.-C.,
E.D. D'Asaro, and M.J. McPhaden, 2002: Internal waves and turbulence in
the upper central equatorial Pacific: Lagrangian and Eulerian observations.
J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 2619-2639.
Maes, C., M.J. McPhaden, and D. Behringer, 2002: Signatures of salinity
variability in tropical Pacific Ocean dynamic height anomalies. J.
Geophys. Res., 107(C12), 8012, doi:10.1029/2000JC000737.
McPhaden, M.J., 2002: Mixed layer temperature balance on intraseasonal
time scales in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. J. Clim., 15, 2632-2647.
McPhaden, M.J. and D. Zhang, 2002: Slowdown of the meridional overturning
circulation in the upper Pacific Ocean. Nature, 415, 603-608.
Medavaya, M., D.E. Waliser, R.A. Weller, and M.J. McPhaden, 2002: Assessing
ocean buoy shortwave shortwave observations using clear-sky model calculations.
J. Geophys. Res., 107(C2), 3014, doi:10.1029/2000JC000558.
Thum, N., S.K. Esbensen, D.B. Chelton, and M.J. McPhaden, 2002: Air-sea
heat exchange along the Northern Sea surface temperature front in the
eastern tropical Pacific. J. Clim., 15, 3361-3378.
Chelton, D.B., S.K. Esbensen, M.G. Schlax, N. Thum, M.H. Freilich, F.J.
Wentz, C.L. Gentemann, M.J. McPhaden, and P.S. Schopf, 2001: Observations
of coupling between surface wind stress and sea surface temperature in
the eastern tropical Pacific. J. Clim., 14, 1479-1498.
Dickinson, S., K.A.
Kelly, M.J. Caruso, and M.J. McPhaden, 2001: A note on comparisons between
TAO buoy and NASA scatterometer wind vectors. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol.,
18, 799-806.
Godfrey, J.S., G.C.
Johnson, M.J. McPhaden, G. Reverdin, and S. Wijffels, 2001: The Tropical
Ocean Circulation. In: Ocean Circulation and Climate - Observing and Modelling
the Global Ocean, G. Siedler, J. Church, and W.J. Gould, eds., Academic
Press, 215-246.
Johnson, G.C., M.J. McPhaden, and E. Firing, 2001: Equatorial Pacific
Ocean horizontal velocity, divergence, and upwelling. J. Phys. Oceanogr.,
31, 839-849.
Kelly, K.A., S. Dickinson,
M.J. McPhaden, and G.C. Johnson, 2001: Ocean currents evident in satellite
wind data. Geophys. Res. lett., 28, 2469-2472.
McPhaden, M.J., T. Delcroix, K. Hanawa, Y. Kuroda, G. Meyers, J. Picaut,
and M. Swenson, 2001: The El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Observing
System. In: Observing the Ocean in the 21st Century. Australian
Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia, 231-246.
Meinen, C.S. and M.J. McPhaden, 2001: Interannual variability in warm
water volume transports in the equatorial Pacific during 1993-1999.
J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31, 1324-1345.
Meinen, C.S., M.J. McPhaden, and G.C. Johnson, 2001: Vertical velocities
and transports in the equatorial Pacific during 1993-1999. J. Phys.
Oceanogr., 31, 3230-3248.
Nowlin, Jr., M. Briscoe, W.D., N. Smith, M.J. McPhaden, D. Roemmich,
P. Chapman, and J.F. Grassle, 2001: Evolution of a sustained ocean observing
system. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 82, 1368-1376.
Serra, Y.L., P.A'Hearn, H.P. Freitag, and M.J. McPhaden, 2001: ATLAS
self-siphoning rain gauge error estimates. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol.,
18, 1989-2002.
Turk, D., M.J. McPhaden, M.R. Lewis, and A.J. Busalacchi, 2001: Remotely-sensed
biological production in the Tropical Pacific during 1992-1999. Science,
293, 471-474.
Vialard, J., C. Menkes, J.-P. Boulanger, P. Delecluse, E. Guilyardi,
M.J. McPhaden, and G. Madec, 2001: A model study of oceanic mechanisms
affecting equatorial Pacific sea surface temperature during the 1997-98
El Niño. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31, 1649-1675.
Wang, W. and M. J. McPhaden, 2001: Surface layer heat balance in the
equatorial Pacific Ocean during the 1997-98 El Niño and the 1998-99 La
Niña. J. Clim., 14, 3393-3407.
Wang, W., and M.J.
McPhaden, 2001: What is the mean seasonal cycle of surface heat flux in
the equatorial Pacific?. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 837-857.
Bennett, A.F., B.S.
Chua, D.E. Harrison, and M.J. McPhaden, 2000: Generalized inversion of
Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean (TAO) data and a coupled model of the tropical
Pacific, II: La Niña, error statistics, and array assessment. J.
Clim., 13, 2770-2785.
Cronin, M.F., M.J.
McPhaden, and R.H. Weisberg, 2000: Wind forced reversing currents in the
western equatorial Pacific. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30, 657-676.
Johnson, G.C., M.J.
McPhaden, G.D. Rowe, and K.E. McTaggart, 2000: Upper equatorial Pacific
ocean current and salinity variability during the 1996-98 El Niño-La
Niña cycle. J. Geophys. Res., 105,, 1037-1053.
Meinen, C.S. and
M.J. McPhaden, 2000: Observations of warm water volume changes in the
equatorial Pacific and their relationship to El Niño and La Niña.
J. Clim., 13, 3551-3559.
Nystuen, J.A., M.J.
McPhaden, and H.P. Freitag, 2000: Surface measurements of precipitation
from an ocean mooring: The underwater acoustic log from the South China
Sea. J. Appl. Meteorol., 39, 2182-2197.
Wang, W., and M.J.
McPhaden, 2000: The surface-layer heat balance in the equatorial Pacific
Ocean. Part II: Interannual variability. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30,
2989-3008.
Zhang, C. and M.J.
McPhaden, 2000: Intraseasonal surface cooling in the equatorial western
Pacific. J. Clim., 13, 2261-2276.
RECENT BOOK CHAPTERS AND REVIEWS
McPhaden, M.J., 2007: El Niño and La Niña: Physical Mechanisms and Climate Impacts. In: The Impact of Environmental
Variability on Ecological Systems. D. A. Vasseur and K. S. McCann
(Eds.). Springer, New York, p. 1-16.
McPhaden, M.J., 2006: El Niño and Ocean Observations: A personal
history. In: Physical Oceanography, Developments Since 1950.
M. Jochum and R. Murtugudde (Eds.), Springer, New York, p. 79-99.
McPhaden, M.J., 2004: Book review of “Our Affair with El Niño” by S.
George Philander, Princeton University Press, 2004. Nature, 429, 605-606.
McPhaden, M.J., 2002: El Niño, La Niña, and the Climate Swings of
1997-98. In: La Niña and its Impacts, M. Glantz (Editor). United Nations
University Press, Tokyo, Japan, 25-30.
McPhaden, M.J., 2002: El Niño and La Niña: Causes and Global
Consequences. In: Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change, Vol 1,
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., Chicester, UK, 353-370.
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