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Current position

Research Scientist - Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA

Personal Data

Date of Birth: August 3, 1957
Place of Birth: Chile
Nationality: Chilean and Spaniard
Languages: Spanish and English

eMail: jblancog@odu.edu; jose.blanco.garcia@gmail.com; jlblanco@ccpo.odu.edu
Web page: http://www.ccpo.odu.edu/~jlblanco

Education

- Ph.D. in Oceanography - Old Dominion University, OEAS, Norfolk, VA. USA (2004).
- Professional degree of Oceanographer - Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile (1984)
- B.S. Physics - Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile (1977)

Research Interests

Large-scale Ocean circulation. Physical processes on coastal areas (upwelling, buoyancy, estuaries, bays) their variability and relation with biological productivity. Time series and climate variability. Climatology. Oceanographic observation systems. Operational Oceanography.

Skills

• Demonstrated planning, decision-making, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Execution (on time & under budget), Leadership, Team building, Focused Results
• Extensive experience in Projects management.
• Experience in the use of software for data bases, image processing, graphics design, text editors, etc. in Windows and UNIX environment. Programmer in Matlab and FORTRAN.
• Comprehensive experience in the operation of meteorological and oceanographic instruments (ADCP, CTD, towed profiling instrument (acrobat), optical instruments, etc.).
• Experience in the processing and use of satellite information (SST, altimetry, wind, and color). • Experience in the design and deployment of moorings.
• Participant in and organizer of more than 50 large oceanographic expeditions along the coast of Chile and Antarctic Peninsula, and a large number of 1-2 days oceanographic cruises at coastal areas in Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico and USA.

Professional Experience

Sep 2007 – present Research Scientist - Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA. Actually I am working on the project “Offshore Wind, Waves and Currents Environment Characterization” founded by Virginia Coastal Energy Research Consortium.

1999 – Present Senior consultant - Data Analysis, Scientific Reviews, Synthesis documents, Circulation studies. Consultantship to institutions in Chile, Colombia and USA:
• Centro Control Contaminación del Pacífico (CCCP), Tumaco, Colombia;
• Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP), Valparaíso, Chile;
• Fundación CEQUA, Punta Arenas, Chile;
• Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada (SHOA), Valparaíso, Chile;
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Valparaiso, Chile;
• Global Environmental Facility (GEF), Punta Arenas, Chile;
• Universidad Católica del Norte, Sede Coquimbo, Chile;

Apr 2005 – Aug 2007 Post-Doctoral Research Associate - Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA - Located at: Observational Science Branch, NASA WFF, Wallops Island, VA Coordination, execution and data processing of seasonal cruises along the Mid-Atlantic Bight, biweekly cruises off Wallops Island. Calibration and operation of optical Instruments. Installation of a bottom mounted ADCP on the continental shelf.

Sep 2004 - Mar 2005 Professor – Universidad del Mar, Puerto Angel, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Taught Introduction to Oceanography and Physical Oceanography to students of Oceanology and Marine Sciences.

May 2000 - Sep 2004 Research Assistant - Old Dominion University - CCPO, Norfolk, VA, USA
- Work with the principal investigator writing proposals, collecting and processing oceanographic data and writing research papers.

1991-2000 Principal Investigator - Instituto de Fomento Pesquero, Valparaíso, Chile
- Write proposals, coordination with other disciplines, collect and process oceanographic data, and write research reports.

1987-1991 Logistics and Project Manager – Instituto Antartico Chileno, Chile
- Coordination and implementation of the Chilean Antarctic research program. Project Management, Work with interdisciplinary and international teams.

1983-1986 Principal Investigator - Instituto de Fomento Pesquero, Santiago, Chile
- Write proposals, coordination with other disciplines, collect and process oceanographic data, and to write research reports.

1980-1982 Research assistant - Instituto de Fomento Pesquero, Santiago, Chile
- Write proposals, coordination with other disciplines, collect and process oceanographic data, and to write research reports.

1978-1980 Research assistant - Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaiso, Chile
- Work with the principal investigator in the collection and processing of oceanographic data.

Teaching Experience

Introduction to Oceanography
Introduction to Physical Oceanography
Seminaries - Austral Ocean – Regional Oceanography
Time series analysis

Publications

-Fuenzalida, R., W. Schneider, J. L. Blanco, J. Garcés-Vargas y L. Bravo. Chile-Perú Current System and Water Masses between Caldera and Easter Island. 2007. (In Spanish) Ciencia y Tecnologia del mar (CONA), Chile 30(2)1:16.
-Valle-Levinson, A., J. L. Blanco and M. Frangópulos. 2007. Depth-dependent overtides from internal tide reflection in a glacial fjord. Estuaries and Coasts 30(1)1:10.
-Valle-Levinson, A., J. L. Blanco and M. Frangópulos. 2006. Frontogenesis in a Magellan glacial fjord. Ocean Dynamics 56(3-4)217-227. DOI 10.1007/s10236-005-0048-8.
-Atkinson, L. P., J. Huthnance and J. L. Blanco. 2005. Circulation, Mixing and the Distribution of Re-Mineralized Nutrients. In: Robinson, A. R. and K. H. Brink. The Sea 13:227-267
-Escribano, R., S. Rosales and J. L. Blanco. 2004. Understanding upwelling circulation off Antofagasta (northern Chile): A three-dimensional numerical-modeling approach. Continental Shelf Research 24(1): 37-53.
-Valle-Levinson, A. and J. L. Blanco. 2004. Observations of wind influence on Exchange flows in a Strait of the Chilean Inland Sea. Journal of Marine Research. 62, 721-741
-Atkinson, L. P.; A. Valle-Levinson, D. Figueroa, R. De Pol-Holz, V. Gallardo, W. Schneider, J. L. Blanco and M. Schmidt. 2002. Oceanographic observations in Chilean coastal waters between Valdivia and Concepcion. Journal of Geophysical Research, 107(C7), 10.1029/2001JC000991
-Blanco, J. L; M. E. Carr; A. Thomas and P. T. Strub. 2002. Oceanographic conditions off northern Chile during the 1996 La Niña and 1997-1998 El Niño: Part 1: Hydrographic conditions. Journal of Geophysical Research vol 107 No. C3, 10.1029/2001JC001002.
-Carr, M. E.; P.T. Strub; A. Thomas and J.L Blanco. 2002. Evolution of 1997-1999 El Nino conditions off the western coast of South America: a remote sensing perspective. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol 107. No. C12, 3236
-Valle-Levinson, A., J.L. Blanco, J.J. Fierro. 2002. Observations of wind effects on exchange flows in a channel constriction of the Chilean Inland Sea. In the 2nd Meeting on the Physical Oceanography of SeaStraits, Villefranche,15 th -19 th April 2002.
-Blanco, J. L; A. Thomas; M. E. Carr and P. T. Strub. 2001. Seasonal Climatology of Hydrographic Conditions in the Upwelling Region off Northern Chile. Journal of Geophysical Research. Vol 106 No. C6, 11,451-11,467.
-Morales, C., J. L. Blanco, M. Braun and N. Silva. 2001.Chlorophyll-a distribution and associated oceanographic condition off northern Chile during the summer and autumn 1994 and seasonal comparison for period 1993-1994. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. UK 81: 193-206 (2001).
-Thomas, A., J. L. Blanco, M.E. Carr, P.T. Strub and J. Osses. 2001. Oceanographic conditions off Northern Chile during the 1996 La Nina and 1997-1998 El Nino. Part 2: Satellite-measured chlorophyll and temperature patterns. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol 106, No.C1, 899-915.
-Valle-Levinson, A., J. Moraga, J. Olivares, J. L. Blanco. 2000. Tidal and residual circulation in a semiarid bay: Coquimbo bay, Chile. Continental Shelf Research 20 (2000) 2009-2028.
-Uribe, E., y J. L. Blanco. 2001. Capacidad de los sistemas acuáticos para el sostenimiento de cultivo de pectinidos: El caso de Argopecten purpuratus en la bahía Tongoy, Chile. En: Los Moluscos Pectinidos de Iberoamerica: Ciencia y Acuicultura. A.N. Maeda-Martinez (ed.) 2001, Cap.12. 16p.
-Pizarro, G. J. L. Iriarte, V. Montecinos, J. L. Blanco y L. Guzman. 2000. Phytplanktonic biomass distribution and maximum primary production in southern fjords and channels 47-50S) during October 1996. Ciencia y Tecnologia del Mar, CONA. 23: 25-47 (In Spanish).
-Pizarro, L., J.L. Blanco, R. Martinez and A.R. Pineda. 2000. Meteorological and oceanographic adjustment in the Southeast Pacific during the La Nina 1999. Second jointed regional cruise, May 1999. South Pacific Permanent Commission (CPPS). Special Publication, 2000.
-Morales, C., S. Hormazabal and J. L. Blanco. 1999. Inter-annual variability in the meso-scale distribution of the upper boundary of the oxygen minimum layer off northern Chile (18-24S): Implications for the pelagic system and biogeochemical cycling. Journal of Marine Research 57, 909-932.
-Fuenzalida, R, J. L. Blanco; R. Nuñez; S. Hormazabal. 1999. Efectos oceanográficos y meteorológicos durante el evento El Niño 1997-98, en la zona de Iquique (20º S). Rev. Invest. Cient. Tecnol., 5: 56-59., Antofagasta, Chile.
-Blanco, J.L., L. Pizarro, T. de la Cuadra, G.A. Camacho, R. Martinez y J. Quintana. 1998. Oceanographic and meteorological characteristics of the Southeast Pacific during the decline of El Nino 1997-98. Jointed regional cruise of May 1998. Contribution of the South Pacific Permanent Commission (CPPS) for the International year of the Oceans. Special Publication, 1998.
-Morales, C., J. L. Blanco, M. Braun, H. Reyes and N. Silva. 1996. Chlorophyll-a distribution and associated oceanographic condition in the upwelling region off Chile during the winter and spring 1993. Deep-Sea Research I, 43(3):267-289.
-Morales, C., M. Braun, H. Reyes, J.L. Blanco and A.G. Davies. 1996. Anchovy larval distribution in the coastal zone off northern Chile: the effect of low dissolved oxygen concentration and of a cold-warm sequence (1990-1995). Investigaciones Marinas. Valparaíso, Chile, 24: 77-96.
-Moraga, J., A. Valle-Levinson and J.L. Blanco. 1995. Hydrography and sea surface dynamics on the coastal region of the South-eastern Pacific (30S). Investigaciones Pesqueras. (Chile) 38: 55-73. (In Spanish) -Alcocer, C., R. Kelly, M. Mendez, J. Carreno y J.L. Blanco. 1988. Alteraciones climáticas y oceanográficas asociadas al evento El Niño. IFOP. Cienc. y Tec. del Mar, CONA 12. 1988.
-Kelly, R. y J.L. Blanco. 1986. Hidrografía del estrecho Bransfield durante el verano austral 1985 (SIBEX-Fase II). Ser. Cient. INACH(35) :7-30; 1986.
-Kelly, R. y J.L. Blanco. 1986. Características oceanográficas de la zona norte de Chile durante la declinación de El Niño 1982/83. Invest. Pesq. (Chile). 33:77-90.
-Kelly, R., J.L. Blanco y C. Martinez. 1986. Fluctuaciones ambientales de baja frecuencia y su relación con el índice gonádico de Sardinops sagax en el norte de Chile. Boletín ERFEN N° 20 enero-marzo 1986.
-Blanco, J.L. y M. Diaz. 1985. Características Oceanográficas y desarrollo de "El Niño" 1982/83 en la zona norte de Chile. En: Taller Nacional Fenómeno El Niño 1982/83. Santiago. Invest. Pesq. (Chile) Número Especial (32):191-193; 1985.
-Kelly, R., J.L. Blanco y M. Diaz. 1985. Hidrografía del estrecho Bransfield durante el verano austral 1984 (SIBEX-Fase I). Ser. Cient. INACH (33):15-48;1985.
-Kelly, R. y J.L. Blanco. 1984. Estudio Oceanográfico de las aguas del norte de Chile durante febrero y marzo de 1983. Rev. Com. Per. Pacífico Sur, (15):179-201, 1984.
-Kelly, R. y J.L. Blanco. 1984. Proceso de surgencia en punta Nugurne, Chile (lat. 36°S), marzo 1983. Invest. Pesq. (Chile) 31:89-94.

b) Manuscripts submitted (2006-2007)

-Blanco, J. L. Inter-Annual to Inter-Decadal Variability of Upwelling off Northern Chile. Regime Changes and a New Index Definition. Submitted to Progress in Oceanography.
-Blanco, J. L. and A. Valle-Levinson. Variabilidad de la Circulación en la Constricción de Meninea y como es Afectada por el Forzamiento del Viento. Crucero CIMAR FIORDO 4. Manuscript submitted to the journal Ciencia y Tecnologia del Mar (CONA), Chile.

c) Manuscript in preparation

-Blanco, J. L, L. P. Atkinson, C. Makinen and T. A. Moisan. Wind Variability over the Middle Atlantic Bight and its effects on the Coastal Circulation.
-Blanco, J. L, L. P. Atkinson, C. Makinen and T. A. Moisan. Circulation variability at the wallops coastal observatory laboratory.
-Blanco, J. L, L. P. Atkinson, C. Makinen and T. A. Moisan. Bio-optical properties and development of a subsurface chlorophyll maximum over the Atlantic Bight Shelf.
Blanco, J. L. Inter-annual and spatial variability of the wind field along the South America coast.

d) Others documents (Thesis)

-Blanco, J. L. 2004. Inter-Annual to Inter-Decadal Variability of Upwelling and Anchovy Population off Northern Chile. A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Old Dominion University as Requirement for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography. Old Dominion University, December 2004.
Blanco, J. L. 1984. Circulation characteristics over the continental shelf off Talcahuano. Thesis for Professional degree of Oceanographer. Escuela de Ciencias del Mar. Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. 1984. (In Spanish)

e) Others documents

(Technical reports and presentations) During my work in the Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (Chilean Fisheries Research Institute), I wrote many technical reports (app 80) as result of my research. Also, during my career I have participated in a large number of seminars and meetings. That information it not included here.

Peer Review

For many years I have been peer reviewer of papers submitted to journals, and proposal submitted to Funding organizations in USA and Chile. Journals - Progress in Oceanography, Journal of Marine Research, Deep Sea Research, Ciencia y Tecnología del Mar. Proposals - National Science Foundation, New York Sea Grant, Fondo de Ciencia y Tecnología (FONDECYT), Fondo de Investigacion Pesquera.

Professional societies

Sociedad Chilena de las Ciencias del Mar. Since 1984
American Geophysical Union (AGU). Since 2002


June 2008