Recent Publications, Presentations (as PDFs) and Web Pages

Recent publications

Sundermeyer, M.A., B.J. Rothschild, and A.R. Robinson, 2006. Assessment of environmental correlates with the distribution of fish stocks using a spatially explicit model, Ecol. Model., in press.

Liang, X.S. and A.R. Robinson, 2006. Multiscale Processes and Dynamics for the Monterey Bay Region Circulation, Deep Sea Research, submitted.

Logutov, Oleg G. and A.R. Robinson, 2005. Multi-Model Fusion and Error Parameter Estimation, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Society., WMO DA Symposium Special Issue, submitted.

Warn-Varnas, A., A., Gangopadhyay, J.A. Hawkins and A.R. Robinson, 2005. Wilkinson Basin area water masses: a revisit with EOFs, Continental Shelf Research, 25(2), 277-296.

Sundermeyer, M.A., B.J. Rothschild, and A.R. Robinson, 2005. Using Commercial Landings Data to Identify Environmental Correlates with Distributions of Fish Stocks, Fisheries Oceanography, 14(1), 47-63.

Liang, X.S. and A.R. Robinson, 2004. A Study of the Iceland-Faeroe Frontal Variability Using the Multiscale Energy and Vorticity Analysis, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 34,2571-2591.

Onken, R., A.R. Robinson, L. Kantha, C.J. Lozano, P.J. Haley and S. Carniel, 2005. A Rapid Response Nowcast/Forecast System Using Multiply-Nested Ocean Models and Distributed Data Systems, Journal of Marine Systems, 56, 45-66.

Liang, X.S. and A.R. Robinson, 2005. Localized Multiscale Energy and Vorticity Analysis I. Fundamentals, Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, in press.

Liang, X.S. and A.R. Robinson, 2005. Localized Multiscale Energy and Vorticity Analysis II. Instability theory and validation, Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, submitted.

Patrikalakis, N.M., J.J. McCarthy, A.R. Robinson, H. Schmidt, C. Evangelinos, P. J. Haley, S. Lalis, P. F. J. Lermusiaux, R. Tian, W. G. Leslie, and W. Cho, 2004. Towards a Dynamic Data Driven System for Rapid Adaptive Interdisciplinary Ocean Forecasting, Invited paper in Dynamic Data-Driven Application Systems. F. Darema, editor. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Amsterdam, 2004. To appear.

Lermusiaux, P.F.J., C. Evangelinos, R. Tian, P.J. Haley, J.J. McCarthy, N.M. Patrikalakis, A.R. Robinson, and H. Schmidt, 2004. Adaptive Coupled Physical and Biogeochemical Ocean Predictions: A Conceptual Basis, Invited paper in Computational Science - ICCS, F. Darema (ed.), Lecture notes in Computer Science, 3038, 685-692.

Robinson, A.R. and P.F.J. Lermusiaux, 2004. Prediction Systems with Data Assimilation for Coupled Ocean Science and Ocean Acoustics Manuscript for Proceedings Sixth International Conference on Theoretical and Computational Acoustics (ICTCA), Honolulu, HI, 11 August, 2003; Keynote lecture.

A.R. Robinson and W.G. Leslie, 2003. Advanced Systems for Operational Ocean Forecasting of Interdisciplinary Fields and Uncertainties MREP Meeting, La Spezia, Italy, May 2003.

Besiktepe S.T., P.F.J. Lermusiaux and A.R. Robinson, 2002. Coupled physical and biochemical data driven simulations of Massachusetts Bay in late summer: real-time and post-cruise data assimilation. Special issue on ``The use of data assimilation in coupled hydrodynamic, ecological and bio-geo-chemical models of the oceans, Journal of Marine Systems, M. Gregoire, P.F.J. Lermusiaux and P. Brasseur (Eds.), 40, 171-212.

Robinson, A.R., P. Abbot, P.F.J. Lermusiaux, and L. Dilman, 2002. The transfer of uncertainties through physical-acoustical-sonar/signal processing end-to-end systems: a conceptual basis, in "Acoustic Variability, 2002", Kluwer Academic Press, 603-610.

Robinson, A.R., J. Sellschopp, R. Onken and W.G. Leslie, 2002. Assessment of Skill for Coastal Ocean Transients (ASCOT-01), Massachusetts Bay/Gulf of Maine - June 2001, Data Report, 399 pages, 20.6MB.

Popova, E.E, C.J. Lozano, M.A. Srokosz, M.J.R. Fasham, P.J. Haley and A.R. Robinson, 2002. Coupled 3D physical and biological modelling of the mesoscale variability observed in the North-East Atlantic in spring 1997: biological processes Deep-Sea Research I, 49, 1741-1768.

Gangopadhyay, A., and A.R. Robinson, 2002. Feature oriented regional modeling of oceanic fronts Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 36, 201-232.

Gangopadhyay, A., A.R. Robinson, P.J. Haley, Jr., W.G. Leslie, C.J. Lozano, J.J. Bisagni and Z. Yu, 2002. Feature-oriented regional modeling and simulations (FORMS) in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank Continental Shelf Research, 23 (3-4), 317-353.

Robinson, A.R., P.J. Haley, P.F.J. Lermusiaux and W.G. Leslie, 2002. Predictive skill, predictive capability and predictability in ocean forecasting. Proceedings of the ``The OCEANS 2002 MTS/IEEE'' conference, Holland Publications, 787-794.

Onken R., A.R. Robinson, P.F.J. Lermusiaux, P.J. Jr. Haley and L.A. Anderson, 2002. Data-driven simulations of synoptic circulation and transports in the Tunisia-Sardinia-Sicily region. J. of Geophysical Research, 108, (C9), 8123-8136.

Robinson, A.R., J. Sellschopp, W.G. Leslie, R. Onken, A. Alvarez, G. Baldasserini, P.J. Haley, Jr., P.J.F. Lermusiaux, C. J. Lozano, E. Nacini, R. Stoner and P. Zanasca, 2002. Real-time Forecasting of Synoptic Transients in the Eastern Ligurian Sea Journal of Marine Systems, submitted.

Robinson, A.R and J. Sellschopp, 2002. Rapid Assessment of the Coastal Ocean Environment . Ocean Forecasting: Conceptual Basis and Applications. N. Pinardi & J.D.Woods (editors), Springer, 203-232.

McCarthy, J.J., A.R. Robinson and B.J. Rothschild, 2002. Biological-Physical Interactions in the Sea: Emergent Findings and New Directions, Chapter 1 of The Sea, Volume 12, edited by Allan R. Robinson, James J. McCarthy and Brian J. Rothschild, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York. Copyright John Wiley & Sons.

Robinson, A.R. and P.F.J. Lermusiaux, 2002. Data Assimilation for Modeling and Predicting Coupled Physical-Biological Interactions in the Sea, Chapter 12 of The Sea, Volume 12, edited by Allan R. Robinson, James J. McCarthy and Brian J. Rothschild, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York. Copyright John Wiley & Sons.

Besiktepe, S.T., C.J. Lozano and A.R. Robinson, 2001. On the summer mesoscale variability of the Black Sea Journal of Marine Research, 59, 475-515.

Lermusiaux, P.F.J., C.-S. Chiu and A.R. Robinson, 2001. Modeling Uncertainties in the Prediction of the Acoustic Wavefield in a Shelfbreak Environment Proceedings of ICTCA 2001, 5th International Conference on Theoretical and Computational Acoustics, May 21-25, 2001, Beijing, China, 191-200.

Djurcilov S., K. Kim, P.F.J. Lermusiaux and A. Pang, 2001. Volume rendering data with uncertainty information. In Joint Eurographics - IEEE TCVG Symposium on Visualization, Springer Verlag, 234-252 and 355-356.

Lermusiaux, P.F.J. and A.R. Robinson, 2001. Data Assimilation in Models Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, Academic Press, 623-634.

Robinson, A.R., W.G. Leslie, A. Theocharis and A. Lascaratos, 2001. Mediterranean Sea Circulation Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, Academic Press, 1689-1706.

Lermusiaux, P.F.J., 2001. Evolving the subspace of the three-dimensional multiscale ocean variability: Massachusetts Bay   J. Marine Systems, Special issue on ``Three-dimensional ocean circulation: Lagrangian measurements and diagnostic analyses'' , 29, 385-422.

Lermusiaux, P.F.J. and A.R. Robinson, 2001. Features of dominant mesoscale variability, circulation patterns and dynamics in the Strait of Sicily Deep Sea Research, 48, 1953-1997.

Anderson, L.A., and A.R. Robinson, 2001. Physical and Biological Modeling in the Gulf Stream Region:II. Physical and Biological Processes. Deep-Sea Research I, 48, 1139-1168.

Anderson, L.A., A.R. Robinson and C.J. Lozano, 2000. Physical and Biological Modeling in the Gulf Stream Region:I. Data Assimilation Methodology. Deep-Sea Research I, 47, 1787-1827.

Robinson, A.R., J. Sellschopp and W.G. Leslie, 2000. Assessment of Skill for Coastal Ocean Transients (ASCOT-01), Massachusetts Bay/Gulf of Maine - June 2001, Science Plan.

Lermusiaux, P.F.J., 1999. Estimation and Study of Mesoscale Variability in the Strait of Sicily. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, Special Issue in honor of Prof. A.R. Robinson, 29, 255-303.

Erratum to above

Lermusiaux, P.F.J., 1999. Data Assimilation via Error Subspace Statistical Estimation, Part II: Mid-Atlantic Bight Shelfbreak Front Simulations, and ESSE Validation. Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 127(8), 1408-1432.

Lermusiaux, P.F.J. and A.R. Robinson, 1999. Data Assimilation via Error Subspace Statistical Estimation, Part I: Theory and Schemes . Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 127(8), 1385-1407.

McGillicuddy, D.J. and A.R. Robinson, 1997. Eddy-Induced Nutrient Supply and New Production in the Sargasso Sea. Deep-Sea Research, 44(8), 1427-1450.

Miller, A.J., P.F.J. Lermusiaux, and P.-M. Poulain., 1996. A Topographic-Rossby Mode Resonance over the Iceland-Faeroe Ridge . Journal of Physical Oceanography, 26(12), 2,735-2,747.

Robinson, A.R., H.G. Arango, A.J. Miller, A. Warn-Varnas, P.-M. Poulain, and W.G. Leslie, 1996. Real-Time Operational Forecasting on Shipboard of the Iceland-Faeroe Frontal Variability. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 72 (2), 243-259.

Miller, A.J., P.-M. Poulain, A.R. Robinson, H.G. Arango, W.G. Leslie, and A. Warn-Varnas, 1995.. Quantitative Skill of Quasigeostrophic Forecasts of a Baroclinically Unstable Iceland-Faeroe Front. Journal of Geophysical Research 100 (C6), 10833-10849. (File contains no figures.)

Miller, A.J., H.G, Arango, A.R. Robinson, W.G. Leslie, P.-M. Poulain and A. Warn-Varnas, 1995. Quasigeostrophic Forecasting and Physical Processes of Iceland-Faroe Frontal Variability. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 25, 1273-1295.

McGillicuddy, Jr., D.J., J.J. McCarthy and A.R. Robinson, 1995. Coupled Physical and Biological Modeling of the Spring Bloom in the North Atlantic, I:Model Formulation and One-Dimensional Bloom Processes. Deep-Sea Research I, 42(8), 1313-1357.

McGillicuddy, Jr., D.J., A.R. Robinson and J.J. McCarthy, 1995. Coupled Physical and Biological Modeling of the Spring Bloom in the North Atlantic, II: Three-Dimensional Bloom and Post-Bloom Effects. Deep-Sea Research I, 42(8), 1359-1398.

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Recent presentations

Haley, P.J., A.R. Robinson, et al., 2006. Advances in Adaptive, Interdisciplinary, Multiscale, Distributed, Web-based, Ocean Prediction, PDF Version, Powerpoint Version, AGU 2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, February 20, 2006.

Liang, X.S. and A.R. Robinson, 2006. Multi-Scale Processes and Dynamics for the Monterey Bay Region Circulation, PDF Version, Powerpoint Version, AGU 2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, February 21, 2006.

Lermusiaux, P.F.J., 2005. Lagrangian Coherent Structures and their Uncertainties in the Monterey Bay and California Current System Region, PDF Version, Powerpoint Version, MIT-ME, Mechanics Seminar Series, December 5, 2005.

Robinson, A.R., 2005. Ocean Prediction Systems: Concepts and Advanced Research Issues, PDF Version, Powerpoint Version, NATO Undersea Research Centre, Workshop on High-Resolution Coupled Coastal Prediction, November 29, 2005.

Lermusiaux, P.F.J., 2005. Adaptive Modeling and Adaptive Sampling Research for Coupled Air-Sea predictions, PDF Version, Powerpoint Version, NATO Undersea Research Centre, Workshop on High-Resolution Coupled Coastal Prediction, November 29, 2005.

Robinson, A.R., 2005. The Global Coastal Ocean: Interdisciplinary Multiscale Processes, Regional Dynamics and Syntheses, PDF Version, Powerpoint Version, Brazil, September 2005.

Robinson, A.R., 2005. Ocean Prediction Systems: Advanced Concepts and Research Issues, PDF Version, Powerpoint Version, Brazil, September 2005.

Robinson, A.R., 2005. Ocean Prediction Systems: Advanced Concepts and Research Issues (Shortened version of above), PDF Version, Powerpoint Version, Brazil, September 2005.

Robinson, A.R. and K.H. Brink, 2005. The Global Coastal Ocean: Interdisciplinary Multiscale Processes, Regional Dynamics and Syntheses, The Oceanography Society Meeting, Paris, France, 9 June 2005.

Lermusiaux, P.F.J., et al., 2004. AOSN-II in Monterey Bay: Real-Time Error Predictions, Data Assimilation, Adaptive Sampling and Dynamics, Liege Colloquium on "Marine Environmental Monitoring and Prediction", 5 May 2004.

Robinson, A.R., et al., 2004. AOSN-II in Monterey Bay: Modeling and Predicting Multiple Scales for Adaptive Sampling, ASLO Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 17 February 2004

Robinson, A.R., 2004. Ocean Forecasting, Meeting of the Sippican Philosophical Society, Marion, MA, 9 February 2004

Robinson, A.R., et al., 2004. Application of the Generic Harvard Ocean Prediction System (HOPS) to Real-Time Forecasting with Adaptive Sampling off the Central California Coast During AOSN-II, AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 13 January 2004

Lermusiaux, P.F.J., et al., 2004. Application of the ESSE System to Real-Time Error Forecasting, Data Assimilation and Adaptive Sampling off the Central California Coast During AOSN-II, AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 13 January 2004

Robinson, A.R. and P.F.J. Lermusiaux, 2004. Prediction Systems with Data Assimilation for Coupled Ocean Science and Ocean Acoustics Manuscript for Proceedings Sixth International Conference on Theoretical and Computational Acoustics (ICTCA), Honolulu, HI, 11 August, 2003; Keynote lecture.

A.R. Robinson, 2003. Advanced Systems for Operational Ocean Forecasting of Interdisciplinary Fields and Uncertainties a presentation at the MREP Meeting, La Spezia, Italy, May 2003.

Robinson, A.R., 2003. Summary and Synthesis of the Status of the Fundamental Scientific Basis for Sonar Performance Prediction and Identification of Research Directions to Improve that Basis Plenary presentation given at the Science Workshop of the ONR Capturing Uncertainty DRI, Alexandria, VA, 9-10 April, 2003.

Robinson, A.R., 2003. Ocean Dynamics and Climate Dynamics Presentation given at the Harvard Alumni Association's Alumni College "The State of the Global Enviroment", A day of lectures and discussion on the science of climate change and the implications of that change for public policy, January 25, 2003.

Robinson, A.R., 2002. The transfer of uncertainties through physical-acoustical-sonar/signal processing end-to-end systems: a conceptual basis Presentation given at the ONR Uncertainty DRI: Review and Planning Meeting. June 19-20, 2002, Scripps, La Jolla, CA.

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Available as web pages

CIESM Lecture, Monte Carlo, 24 September 2001. "The Coupling of Physics and Biology in Evolving Ocean Science". As this lecture was presented as 35mm slides, often directly from printed material, there is currently no electronic version of the lecture. However, the Slide Commentary and Slide Bibliography are available:

Harvard University Gazette, 2000. Ocean Weather Prediction System Developed, Harvard University Gazette, January 20, 2000

Robinson, A.R. and P.F.J. Lermusiaux, 2000. Overview of Data Assimilation, Harvard University Reports in Physical/Interdisciplinary Ocean Science #62, Harvard University.

Robinson, A.R. and P.F.J. Lermusiaux, 2000. Capturing and Quantifying Uncertainty: An Illustrative Problem , Presentation given at the ONR Capturing Uncertainty Workshop, 16 October, 2000 [This will pop up a new browser window]

Lermusiaux, P.F.J. and A.R. Robinson, 2000. Modelling Uncertainties: Attribution, Propagation and Dynamics , Presentation given at the ONR Capturing Uncertainty Workshop, 16 October, 2000 [This will pop up a new browser window]

Robinson, A.R. and P.F.J. Lermusiaux, 2000. Data Assimilation, A poster prepared for the ONR Capturing Uncertainty Workshop [This will pop up a new browser window]

Robinson, A.R. and the AFMIS Group, 2000. The Development and Demonstration of an Advanced Fisheries Management Information System , Preprint Volume of the Seventeenth International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS), 15-17 January, 2001, Albuquerque, New Mexico, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA.

Robinson, A.R., 1999. Forecasting and Simulating Coastal Ocean Processes and Variabilities with the Harvard Ocean Prediction System, Coastal Ocean Prediction (C.N.K. Mooers, ed.), AGU Coastal and Estuarine Studies Series, 77-100, American Geophysical Union.

Robinson, A.R. and the LOOPS Group, 1999. Realtime Forecasting of the Multidisciplinary Coastal Ocean with the Littoral Ocean Observing and Predicting System (LOOPS), Preprint Volume of the Third Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes, 3-5 November 1999, New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA.

Robinson, A.R., J.J. McCarthy and B.J. Rothschild, 1999. Interdisciplinary Ocean Science is Evolving and a Systems Approach is Essential, Journal of Marine Systems, 22, 231-239.

McCarthy, J.J., A.R. Robinson and B.J. Rothschild, 1998. Interdisciplinary Ocean Science is Evolving, Harvard University Reports in Physical/Interdisciplinary Ocean Science #57, Harvard University.

Robinson, A.R. and S.M. Glenn, 1999. Adaptive Sampling for Ocean Forecasting, Naval Research Reviews, 51(2), 28-38.

Robinson, A.R. and J. Sellschopp, 1999. Predictive Skill Experiments for Coastal Seas REA, A Working Paper

Patrikalakis, N.M., P.J. Fortier, Y.E. Ioannidis, C.N. Nikolaou, A.R. Robinson, J.R. Rossignac and A. Vinacua, 1999. Distribution Information and Computation in Scientific and Engineering Environments. D-Lib Magazine, 5(4), http://www.dlib.org/dlib/april99/04abrams.html

Robinson, A.R., 1999. Ocean Observation and Prediction Systems and the Potential for Progress via Distributed Computing

Robinson, A.R. (Editor), 1998. LOOPS Massachusetts Bay Sea Trial-I Scientific Plan

Besiktepe, S., A.R. Robinson, D. Kroujiline and J. Dusenberry, 1998. Modelling of the lower trophic levels of Massachusetts Bay and Cape Cod Bay , Draft report from MBST-98.

Robinson, A.R., 1997. On the theory of advective effects on biological dynamics in the sea , Proc. Roy. Soc., A, 453, 2295-2324.

Robinson, A.R., 1999. On the theory of advective effects on biological dynamics in the sea II: localization, light limitation and nutrient saturation , Proc. Roy. Soc., A, 455, 1813-1828.

Complete group bibliography (PDF)

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