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John Wilkin
Associate Professor, Marine and Coastal Sciences

Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Rutgers University
71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA

email: wilkin@marine.rutgers.edu
Phone: 732-932-6555 ext 251

Office: Room 214C
Marine and Coastal Sciences Building
Cook College campus.

New Brunswick, NJ, weather forecast

Directions:

By train and Rutgers bus, driving and parking from north off Turnpike, from south off US-1. Map it with Google maps.

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Courses I teach:

• Fall 2008:
  Special Topics in Oceanography: Coastal Ocean Modeling and Prediction with ROMS 16:712:695
• Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems 01/11:628:320
• Physical Oceanography 01/11:628:451, 16:712:501
• Coastal Ocean Dynamics 16:712:503
• Remote Sensing of the Ocean and Atmosphere 16:712:552 (2006 notes)
• Geophysical Data Analysis 16:712:615, 11:628:452 (2006 notes)
  
• September 11-16, 2006: Coastal Dynamics Modeling, Summer School, Toulon, France.
• 2004 GODAE International Summer School: An integrated view of oceanography: Ocean weather forecasting in the 21st century

Outreach:

• Community Park School 4^th grade: Earthquakes and Tsunamis

Student Research Opportunities in Ocean Modeling and Prediction:

I welcome applications to the Rutgers University Graduate Program in Oceanography (PhD, or MS in Operational Oceanography) to undertake research in the general fields of:

• High-resolution regional modeling of the coastal ocean for applications related to coupled physical/biological processes, including analysis and evaluation using satellite and in situ observations.
• Software enginerring for implementing real-time ocean forecast systems
  
• Using variational methods to assimilate coastal observing system data in models of the coastal ocean.

Other activities:

• Co-Editor, Ocean Dynamics
• Member, Editorial Board of the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
• Member, American Geophysical Union

Queequeg was a native of Kokovoko, an island far away to the West and South. It is not down in any map; true places never are.

Queequeg	Lemon and Lime Line	My Endnote

"All science is either physics or stamp collecting."
- Ernest Rutherford

"Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future."
- Niels Bohr

"Modeling is so much cheaper than science."
- Bob Howarth

"If we knew what we were doing it wouldn't be called research."
- Albert Einstein

Research Interests: Ocean modeling and prediction, data assimilation in coastal oceanography, mesoscale satellite remote sensing, physical-biological interactions in the coastal ocean.

Research groups:  
Rutgers Ocean Modeling Group  | ROMS (Regional Ocean Modeling System) | Coastal Ocean Observation Lab | http://ocean-modeling.org

Research in progress:   

• Mid-Atlantic Bight shelf circulation: SW06 , MARCOOS/ESPreSSO http://njshelf.blogspot.com
• LaTTE forecasts 2006 . The Lagrangian Transport and Transformation Experiment. A dye release experiment in the Hudson River to study the transport, transformation, and biological impact of nutrients and contaminant metals in a buoyant plume | Gordon Research Conference poster | LaTTE forecasts 2004 | LaTTE home page
• CBLAST: Coupled Boundary Layers and Air-sea Transfer - modeling the heat budget of the southeast New England shelf | CBLAST 60-hour forecasts for 2003 Intensive Observing Period
• Northeast North America (NENA) modeling and analysis (Newfoundland to Cuba) (i) US-ECoS Eastern U.S. Continental Shelf Carbon Budget: Modeling, data assimilation and analysis | (ii) Nesting within HyCOM North Atlantic model | (iii) Surface currents using Maximum Cross-correlations (MCC) from sequential AVHRR satellite imagery
• Energetics of larval lobster swimming
• East Australia Current modeling and data analysis:
• Estimating surface velocity from sequential AVHRR imagery and altimetry
• Merging satellite altimeter and AVHRR-derived surface currents
• A relocatable ocean nowcast/forecast system using ROMS and assimilation of satellite altimetry and infrared imagery. (Example avi movie 4MB).
• EAuC: Assimilation of altimetry in a mesoscale model of northeast New Zealand waters: Upwelling, uplift and fertilization of the coastal ocean in a western boundary current

Publications:

• Cahill, B., O. Schofield, R. Chant, J. Wilkin, E. Hunter, S. Glenn, and P. Bissett (2008), Dynamics of turbid buoyant plumes and the feedbacks on near-shore biogeochemistry and physics, Geophys Res. Lett., 35, L10605, doi:10.1029/2008GL033595. (pdf).
  
• Hofmann, E. E., J.-N. Druon, K. Fennel, M. Friedrichs, D. Haidvogel, C. Lee, A. Mannino, C. McClain, R. Najjar, J. Siewert, J. O’Reilly, D. Pollard, M. Previdi, S. Seitzinger, S. Signorini, J. Wilkin, (2008), Eastern U.S. Continental Shelf Carbon Budget: Integrating Models, Data Assimilation, and Analysis, Oceanography, 21, 86-104. (pdf).
• Haidvogel, D. B., 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 and 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)
• Castelao, R., S. Glenn, O. Schofield, R. Chant, J. Wilkin and J. Kohut, (2008): Seasonal evolution of hydrographic fields in the central Middle Atlantic Bight from glider observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L03617, doi:10.1029/2007GL032335.
  
• Choi, B.-J. and J. L. Wilkin, (2007): The effect of wind on the dispersal of the Hudson River plume. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37, 1878-1897. (pdf)
• Wilkin, J., and W. Zhang, (2006), Modes of mesoscale sea surface height and temperature variability in the East Australian Current, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, C01013, doi:10.1029/2006JC003590. (pdf)
• Wilkin, J.. (2006):, The summer time heat budget and circulation of southeast New England shelf waters, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 36(11), 1997-2011. (pdf)
• Edson, J., T. Crawford, J. Crescenti, T. Farrar, N. Frew, G. Gerbi, C. Helmis, T. Hristov, D. Khelif, A. Jessup, H. Jonsson, M. Li, L. Mahrt, W. McGillis, A. Plueddemann, L. Shen, E. Skyllingstad, T. Stanton, P. Sullivan, J. Sun, J. Trowbridge, D. Vickers, S. Wang, Q. Wang, R. Weller, J. Wilkin, A. Williams III, D. Yu, and C. Zappa (2007), The Coupled Boundary Layers and Air-Sea Transfer Experiment in Low Winds, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 88(3), 341-356. (pdf)
• He, R. and J. L. Wilkin, (2006), Barotropic tides on the southeast New England shelf: A view from a hybrid data assimilative modeling approach. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, C08002, doi:10.1029/2005JC003254. (pdf)
• Fennel, K., J. Wilkin, J. Levin, J. Moisan, J. O'Reilly, and D. Haidvogel, 2006: Nitrogen cycling in the Middle Atlantic Bight: Results from a three-dimensional model and implications for the North Atlantic nitrogen budget. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 20, GB3007, doi:10.1029/2005GB002456. (pdf)
• Wilkin, J., and L. Lanerolle (2005), Ocean Forecast and Analysis Models for Coastal Observatories, In An Integrated View of Oceanography: Ocean Weather Forecasting in the 21^st Century, Springer, (preprint pdf).
• Wilkin, J.L., H. G. Arango, D. B. Haidvogel, C. S. Lichtenwalner , S. M. Glenn, and K. S. Hedström (2005), A Regional Ocean Modeling System for the Long-term Ecosystem Observatory, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, C06S91, doi:10.1029/2003JC002218 (pdf)
• Bowen, M. M., J. L. Wilkin, and W. J. Emery (2005), Variability and forcing of the East Australian Current, J. Geophys. Res., 110, C03019, doi:10.1029/2004JC002533 (pdf)
• Moisan, J. R., A. J. Miller, E. Di Lorenzo and J. Wilkin (2005), Modeling and data assimilation, In: Remote Sensing of Coastal Aquatic Environments, p. 229-257, Miller, R. L., C. E. Del Castillo, B. A. McKee (Eds.), Springer, New York. (springeronline.com) (pdf) 
• Chiswell, S., J. Wilkin, J. D. Booth and B. Stanton (2003), Trans-Tasman Sea larval transport: Is Australia a source for New Zealand lobsters? Marine Ecology Progress Series, 247, 173-182
• Bowen, M., W. J. Emery, J. Wilkin, P. Tildesley, I. Barton and R. Knewtson (2002), Extracting multi-year surface currents from sequential thermal imagery using the Maximum Cross Correlation technique, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 19, 1665-1676. (pdf)
• Ridgway, K., J. R. Dunn and J. L. Wilkin (2002), Ocean interpolation by 4-dimensional weighted least squares: Application to the waters around Australasia, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 19, 1357-1375. (pdf)
• Wilkin, J. L., M. M. Bowen and W. J. Emery (2002), Mapping mesoscale currents by optimal interpolation of satellite radiometer and altimeter data, Ocean Dynamics, 52, 95-103. (full text pdf © Springer-Verlag)
• Griffin, D., J. Wilkin, C. Chubb, A. Pearce and N. Caputi (2001), Ocean currents and the larval phase of Australian western rock lobster, Panulirus cygnus, Marine and Freshwater Research, 52, 1187-1200.(pdf)
• Carter, L. and J.L. Wilkin (1999), Abyssal circulation around New Zealand: A comparison between observations and a global circulation model, Marine Geology, 159, 221-239. (pdf)
• Moore, M.I. and J.L. Wilkin (1998), Variability in the South Pacific Deep Western Boundary Current from Current-meter Observations and a High Resolution Global Model, Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 5439-5457. (pdf)
• Walker, A.E. and J.L. Wilkin (1998), Optimal averaging of NOAA/NASA Pathfinder satellite sea surface temperature data, Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 12,869-12,883. (pdf)
• Wilkin, J.L., J.V. Mansbridge and K. Hedstrom (1995), An Application of the Capacitance Matrix Method to Accommodate Masked Land Areas and Island Circulations in a Primitive Equation Ocean Model, International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids, 20, 675-688.
• Wilkin, J.L. and J.V. Mansbridge and J.S. Godfrey (1995), Pacific Ocean Heat Transport at 240N in a High-resolution Global Model, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 25, 2204-2214. (pdf)
• Wilkin, J.L. and R. Morrow (1994), Eddy kinetic energy and momentum flux in the Southern Ocean: Comparison of a global eddy-resolving model with altimeter, drifter, and current-meter data, Journal Geophysical Research, 99, 7903-7916. (pdf).
• Haidvogel, D. B., J. L. Wilkin and R. Young (1991), A semi-spectral primitive equation ocean circulation model using vertical sigma and orthogonal curvilinear horizontal coordinates, Journal of Computational Physics, 94, 151-184.
• Wilkin, J.L. and D.C. Chapman (1990), Scattering of coastal-trapped waves by irregularities in coastline and topography, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 20, 396-421. (pdf)