Selected Publications (by topic)
Tal Ezer
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Mixing Processes and Turbulence
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Ezer, T. and G. L. Weatherly, On eddy diffusion profiles in oceanic bottom
boundary layers associated with cold eddies and filaments, Bound. Layers
Met., 48, 83-97, 1989.
Ezer, T. and G. L. Weatherly, A numerical study of the interaction between
a deep cold jet and the bottom boundary layer of the ocean, J. Phys. Oceanogr.,
20, 801-816, 1990.
Ezer,T., On the seasonal mixed-layer simulated by a basin-scale ocean
model and the Mellor-Yamada turbelence scheme, J. Geophys. Res.,
105(C7),16,843-16,855, 2000.
Ezer, T., Entrainment, diapycnal mixing and transport in three-dimensional
bottom gravity current simulations using the Mellor-Yamada turbulence
scheme, Ocean Modelling, 9(2), 151-168, 2005.
Ezer, T., Topographic influence on overflow dynamics: Idealized numerical
simulations and the Faroe Bank Channel overflow, J. Geophys. Res.,
111, C02002, doi:10.1029/2005JC003195, 2006.
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Biological-Physical Interactions
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Ezer, T., D. V. Thattai, B. Kjerfve and W. Heyman, On the variability of the flow
along the Meso-American Barrier Reef System: A numerical model study of the
influence of the Caribbean Current and eddies. Ocean Dynamics, 55, 458-475,
doi: 10.1007/s10236-005-0033-2, 2005.
Ezer, T., R. Hobbs and L.-Y. Oey, On the movement of beluga whales in Cook Inlet,
Alaska: Simulations of tidal and environmental impacts using a hydrodynamic
inundation model, Oceanography, Vol. 21, No. 4, 186-195, 2008.
Heyman, W., B. Kjerfve and T. Ezer, Mesoamerican reef spawning aggregations help
maintain fish population: A review of connectivity research and priorities for
science and management, pp. 150-169. In: Grober-Dunsmore, R., and B.D. Keller, (Eds.),
Caribbean connectivity: Implications for marine protected area management.
Proc. Special Symposium, 9-11 November 2006, 59th Annual Meeting of the Gulf
and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Belize City, Belize. Marine Sanctuaries
Conservation Series ONMS-08-07, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD, 2008.
Ezer, T., Hydrodynamic numerical ocean models support environmental studies
and conservation efforts: From an arctic estuary to a Caribbean coral reef,
CCPO Circulation, Spring 2008, Vol. 15, No. 1, 1-3, 2008.
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Data Assimilation and Ocean Prediction
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Aikman, F., G. L. Mellor, T. Ezer, D. Shenin, P. Chen, L. Breaker,
and D. B. Rao, Toward an operational nowcast/forecast system for the U.S.
east coast, In: Modern Approaches to Data Assimilation in Ocean Modeling,
P. Malanotte-Rizzoli Ed., Elsevier Oceanog. Ser., 61, 347-376, 1996.
Ezer, T. and G. L. Mellor, Continuous assimilation of Geosat altimeter data
into a three-dimensional primitive equation Gulf Stream model, J. Phys.
Oceanogr., 24, 832-847, 1994.
Ezer,T. and G. L. Mellor, Data assimilation experiments in the Gulf Stream
region: How useful are satellite-derived surface data for nowcasting the
subsurface fields?, J. Atmos. Ocean Tech., Special issue on Data Assimilation
and Model Evaluation Experiments, 14(6), 1379-1391, 1997.
Ezer, T., L.-Y. Oey, H.-C. Lee, and W. Sturges, The variability of currents
in the Yucatan Channel: Analysis of results from a numerical 0cean model,
J. Geophys. Res., 108(C1), 3012, 10.1029/2002JC001509, 2003.
Mellor, G. L. and T. Ezer, A Gulf Stream model and an altimetry assimilation
scheme, J. Geophys. Res, 96, 8779-8795, 1991.
Oey, L.-Y., T. Ezer and W. Sturges, Modeled and observed Empirical Orthogonal
Functions of currents in the Yucatan Channel, J. Geophys. Res., 109, C08011,
10.1029/2004JC002345, 2004.
Oey, L.-Y., T. Ezer, D.-P. Wang, S.-J. Fan and X.-Q. Yin, Loop Current warming
by Hurricane Wilma, Geophys. Res. Let., 33, L08613, 10.1029/2006GL025873, 2006.
Oey, L.-Y., T. Ezer, D.-P. Wang X.-Q. Yin and S.-J. Fan, Hurricane-induced
motions and interaction with ocean currents, Cont. Shelf Res., 2007.
Oey, L.-Y., T. Ezer, C. Hu and F. Muller-Karger, Modeling and satellite
observations of baroclinic tidal flows and inundation processes in Cook Inlet,
Alaska, Ocean Dynamics, 2007.
Oey, L.-Y., T. Ezer, G. Forristall, C. Cooper, S. DiMarco and S. Fan, An exercise
in forecasting Loop Current and eddy frontal positions in the Gulf of Mexico,
Geophys. Res. Let., 32, L12611, 2005GL023253, 2005.
Wang, D.-P., L.-Y. Oey, T. Ezer, and P. Hamilton, Near-surface currents in
DeSoto Canyon (1997-99): Comparison of current meters, satellite observation
and model simulation, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 33(1), 313-326, 2003.
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Basin-Scale Simulations and Climate
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Ezer, T. and G. L. Mellor, A numerical study of the variability and the
separation of the Gulf Stream, induced by surface atmospheric forcing and
lateral boundary flows, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 22, 660-682, 1992.
Ezer, T. and G. L. Mellor, Diagnostic and prognostic calculations of the
North Atlantic circulation and sea level using a sigma coordinate ocean model,
J. Geophys. Res., 99(C7), 14,159-14,171, 1994.
Ezer, T., On the interaction between the Gulf Stream and the New England
Seamount Chain, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24, 191-204, 1994.
Ezer, T., G. L. Mellor, and R. J. Greatbatch, On the interpentadal variability
of the North Atlantic ocean: Model simulated changes in transport, meridional
heat flux and coastal sea level between 1955-1959 and 1970-1974, J. Geophys.
Res., 100(C6), 10,559-10,566, 1995.
Ezer,T. and G. L. Mellor, Simulations of the Atlantic Ocean with a free
surface sigma coordinate ocean model. J. Geophys. Res., 102(C7),
15,647-15,657, 1997.
Ezer,T., Decadal variabilities of the upper layers of the subtropical
North Atlantic: An ocean model study, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, No. 12,
3111-3124, 1999.
Ezer,T. and G. L. Mellor, Sensitivity studies with the North Atlantic
sigma coordinate Princeton Ocean Model, Dyn. Atmos. Ocean, 32, 185-208, 2000.
Ezer, T., On the response of the Atlantic Ocean to climatic changes
in high latitudes: Sensitivity studies with a sigma coordinate ocean
model, In: The Oceans and Rapid Climate Change: Past, Present and Future,
D. Seidov, B. J. Haupt and M. Maslin (Eds.), Geophys. Monograph Ser.,
126, 199-215, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 2001.
Ezer, T., Can long-term variability in the Gulf Stream transport be
inferred from sea level?, Geophys. Res. Let., 28(6), 1031-1034, 2001.
Legg, S., Chang, Y., Chassignet, E. P., Danabasoglu, G., Ezer, T.,
Gordon, A. L., Griffies, S., Hallberg, R., Jackson, L., Large, W.,
Ozgokmen, T., Peters, H., Price, J., Riemenschneider, U.,Wu, W., Xu, X.,
and Yang, J. Improving oceanic overflow representation in climate models:
the Gravity Current Entrainment Climate Process Team, Bull. Amer. Met. Soc.,
doi: 10.1175/2008BAMS2667.1, 2009.
Chen, H.., F. Qiao, T. Ezer, Y. Yuan and F. Hua, Multi-core structure of the
Kuroshio in the East China Sea from long-term transect observations,
Ocean Dynamics, 59, 1616-7228, doi:10.1007/s10236-009-0182-9, 2009.
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Numerical Model Developments
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Ezer, T., H. Arango and A. F. Shchepetkin, Developments in terrain-
following ocean models: Intercomparisons of numerical aspects,
Ocean Modelling, 4, 249-267, 2002.
Ezer, T. and G. L. Mellor, A generalized coordinate ocean model and
a comparison of the bottom boundary layer dynamics in terrain-following
and in z-level grids, Ocean Modelling, 6/3-4, 379-403, 2004.
Mellor, G. L., T. Ezer and L. Y. Oey, The pressure gradient conundrum of
sigma coordinate ocean models, J. Atmos. Oceanic. Technol., Vol. 11,
No. 4, Part 2, 1126-1134, 1994.
Mellor, G. L. and T. Ezer, Sea level variations induced by heating and
cooling: An evaluation of the Boussinesq approximation in ocean models,
J. Geophys. Res., 100(C10), 20,565-20,577, 1995.
Mellor, G. L., L. Y. Oey and T. Ezer, Sigma coordinate pressure gradient
errors and the seamount problem, J. Atmos. Oceanic. Technol., 15(5),
1122-1131, 1998.
Mellor, G. L., S. Hakkinen, T. Ezer and R. Patchen, A generalization of
a sigma coordinate ocean model and an intercomparison of model vertical
grids, In: Ocean Forecasting: Conceptual Basis and Applications, N. Pinardi
and J. D. Woods (Eds.), Springer, 55-72, 2002.
Oey, L.-Y., T. Ezer, C. Hu and F. Muller-Karger, Baroclinic tidal flows
and inundation processes in Cook Inlet, Alaska: Numerical modeling and
satellite observations, Ocean Dynamics, 57, 205-221,
doi:10.1007/s10236-007-0103-8, 2007.
Qiao, F., Y. Yuan, T. Ezer, C. Xia, Y. Yang and J. Ma, A three-dimensional
surface wave-ocean circulation coupled model: System description and initial
testing, Ocean Modelling, Submitted, 2008.
Ezer, T. and H. Liu, Combining remote sensing data and inundation modeling to
map tidal mudflat regions and improve flood predictions: A proof of concept
demonstration in Cook Inlet, Alaska. Geophys. Res. Let., 36, L04605,
doi:10.29/2008GL036873, 2009.