Paul DiGiacomo

Satellite Oceanography & Climatology Division

Division Chief

Recent Publications

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Paul DiGiacomo
photo Dr. Paul M. DiGiacomo is Chief of the Satellite Oceanography and Climatology Division in the NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR). Previously, he was Chief of the Marine Ecosystems and Climate Branch in STAR, as well as the NOAA CoastWatch Program Manager. Prior to joining NOAA in 2006, Paul served as Supervisor of the Earth Missions Concepts Group at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, CA, as well as the Discipline Program Manager of the Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Program Office at JPL. Paul is a biological oceanographer, with particular interest in the remote sensing of coastal regions. He has a B.S. from Penn State University and a Ph.D. from UCLA, both in Biology, and subsequently was a National Research Council (NRC) Resident Research Associate at JPL. Paul is active in a number of national and international working groups and panels, including presently serving as Co-Chair of the GOOS Panel for Integrated Coastal Observations and Co-Chair of the Coastal Zone Community of Practice of the Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS), and he also serves as the NOAA Representative to the International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group.

Recent Publications

Reifel, K.M., S.C. Johnson, P.M. DiGiacomo, M.J. Mengel, N.P. Nezlin, J.A. Warrick and B.H. Jones, 2009: Impact of Stormwater Runoff Contaminants in the Southern California Bight: Relationships among Plume Constituents. Continental Shelf Research, 29, 1821-1835, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2009.06.011.

Nezlin, N. P., P. M. DiGiacomo, D. W. Diehl, B. H. Jones, S. C. Johnson, M. J. Mengel, K. M. Reifel, J. A. Warrick, and M. H. Wang, 2008: Stormwater plume detection by MODIS imagery in the southern California coastal ocean. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 80, 141-152, 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.07.012.

Chao, Y., and P. M. DiGiacomo, 2007: Development of an ocean forecasting system off the west coast of the United States: Sea level applications. Marine Technology Society Journal, 41, 84-93.

Schnetzer, A., P. E. Miller, R. A. Schaffner, B. A. Stauffer, B. H. Jones, S. B. Weisberg, P. M. DiGiacomo, W. M. Berelson, and D. A. Caron, 2007: Blooms of Pseudo-nitzschia and domoic acid in the San Pedro Channel and Los Angeles harbor areas of the Southern California Bight, 2003-2004. Harmful Algae, 6, 372-387, 10.1016/j.hal.2006.11.004.

Warrick, J. A., P. M. DiGiacomo, S. B. Welsberg, N. P. Nezlin, M. Mengel, B. H. Jones, J. C. Ohlmann, L. Washburn, E. J. Terrill, and K. L. Farnsworth, 2007: River plume patterns and dynamics within the Southern California Bight. Continental Shelf Research, 27, 2427-2448, 10.1016/j.csr.2007.06.015.

Christian, R. R., P. M. DiGiacomo, T. C. Malone, and L. Talaue-McManus, 2006: Opportunities and challenges of establishing coastal observing systems. Estuaries and Coasts, 29, 871-875.

Grant, S. B., J. H. Ahn, C. Q. Surbeck, S. C. Jiang, N. P. Nezlin, and P. M. DiGiacomo, 2006: Response to comment on "Coastal water quality impact of stormwater runoff from an urban watershed in southern California". Environmental Science & Technology, 40, 3441-3442, 10.1021/es0607133.

Ahn, J. H., S. B. Grant, C. Q. Surbeck, P. M. DiGiacomo, N. P. Nezlin, and S. Jiang, 2005: Coastal water quality impact of stormwater runoff from an urban watershed in southern California. Environmental Science & Technology, 39, 5940-5953, 10.1021/es0501464.

Caldeira, R. M. A., P. Marchesiello, N. P. Nezlin, P. M. DiGiacomo, and J. C. McWilliams, 2005: Island wakes in the Southern California Bight. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 110, C11012 10.1029/2004jc002675.

Nezlin, N. P., P. M. DiGiacomo, E. D. Stein, and D. Ackerman, 2005: Stormwater runoff plumes observed by SeaWiFS radiometer in the Southern California Bight. Remote Sensing of Environment, 98, 494-510, 10.1016/j.rse.2005.08.008.

Nezlin, N. P., and P. M. DiGiacomo, 2005: Satellite ocean color observations of stormwater runoff plumes along the San Pedro Shelf (southern California) during 1997-2003. Continental Shelf Research, 25, 1692-1711, 10.1016/j.csr.2005.05.001.

DiGiacomo, P. M., L. Washburn, B. Holt, and B. H. Jones, 2004: Coastal pollution-hazards in southern California observed by SAR imagery: stormwater plumes, wastewater plumes, and natural hydrocarbon seeps. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 49, 1013-1024, 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.07.016.

Nezlin, N. P., J. J. Oram, P. M. DiGiacomo, and N. Gruber, 2004: Sub- seasonal to interannual variations of sea surface temperature, salinity, oxygen anomaly, and transmissivity in Santa Monica Bay, California from 1987 to 1997. Continental Shelf Research, 24, 1053-1082, 10.1016/j.csr.2004.03.012.

DiGiacomo, P. M., W. M. Hamner, P. P. Hamner, and R. M. A. Caldeira, 2002: Phalaropes feeding at a coastal front in Santa Monica Bay, California. 199-212.

DiGiacomo, P. M., and B. Holt, 2001: Satellite observations of small coastal ocean eddies in the Southern California Bight. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 106, 22521-22543.

Bograd, S. J., P. M. DiGiacomo, R. Durazo, T. L. Hayward, K. D. Hyrenbach, R. J. Lynn, A. W. Mantyla, F. B. Schwing, W. J. Sydeman, T. Baumgartner, B. Lavaniegos, and C. S. Moore, 2000: The state of the California Current, 1999-2000: Forward to a new regime? California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports, 41, 26-52.

E-mail: Paul.DiGiacomo@noaa.gov