Science - Ocean Circulation: People: Tong (Tony) Lee

ECCO2
ECCO2 is an ECCO-follow-on project that aims to produce increasingly accurate syntheses of all available global-scale ocean and sea-ice data at resolutions that start to resolve ocean eddies.

ECCO
The "Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean" (ECCO) project produces sustained estimates of the complete global three-dimensional state of the ocean by assimilating observations with ocean circulation models.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Principal Scientist (2006-present)
- Research Scientist (1999-2006)
- Scientist (1996-1999)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Research Associate (1994-1996)

Lee, T., O. Wang, W.-Q. Tang, and W.T. Liu, 2008: Wind stress measurements from the QuikSCAT-SeaWinds scatterometer tandem mission and the impact on an ocean model. J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2008JC004855, in press.
Halkides, D., and T. Lee, 2008: Mechanisms controlling seasonal-to-interannual mixed-layer temperature variability in the southeastern tropical Indian Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., in press.
McPhaden, M.J., G.R. Foltz, and T. Lee, et al., 2008: Ocean-atmosphere interaction during Cyclone Nargis. Eos Trans. American Geophys. Union, on press.
Volkov, D. L., T. Lee, and L.-L. Fu, 2008: Eddy-induced meridional heat transport in the ocean, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2008GL035490.
Lee, T., and M.J. McPhaden 2008: Decadal phase change in large-scale sea level and winds in the Indo-Pacific region at the end of the 20th century. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L01605, doi:10.1029/2007GL032419.
Cabanes, C., T. Lee, and L.-L. Fu, 2008: Mechanisms of Interannual Variations of the Meridional Overturning Circulation of the North Atlantic Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 38, 467-480.
Kim, S.-B., T. Lee, I. Fukumori, 2007: Mechanisms controlling the interannual variation of mixed layer temperature averaged over the NINO3 region. J. Climate. 20, 3822-3843.
Fukumori, I., D. Menemenlis, T. Lee, 2007: A near-uniform basin-wide sea level fluctuation of the Mediterranean Sea. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 37, 338-358.
Halkides, D. J., W. Han, T. Lee, and Y. Masumoto, 2007: Effects of sub-seasonal variability on seasonal-to-interannual Indian Ocean meridional heat transport, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L12605, doi:10.1029/2007GL030150.
Kim, S.-B., I. Fukumori, T. Lee, 2006: The closure of the ocean mixed layer temperature budget using level-coordinate model fields. J. Ocean. Atmos. Tech., 23, 840-853.
Lee, T., and W. T. Liu, 2005: Effects of high-frequency wind sampling on simulated mixed-layer depth and upper-ocean temperature. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, C05002, doi: 10.1029/2004JC002746.
Menemenlis, D., I. Fukumori, and T. Lee, 2005: Using Green's functions to calibrate an ocean general circulation model. Monthly Weather Review, 133, 1224-1240.
Kim, S.-B., T. Lee, and I. Fukumori, 2004: The 1997-99 abrupt change of the upper ocean temperature in the northcentral Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L22304, doi:10.1029/2004GL021142.
Lee, T., 2004: Decadal weakening of the shallow overturning circulation in the South Indian Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L18305, doi:10.1029/2004GL020884.
Wang, O., I. Fukumori, T. Lee, and B. Cheng, 2004: On the cause of eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean T-S variations associated with El Nino. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L15310, doi:10.1029/2004GL02472.
Lee, T., I. Fukumori, and B. Tang, 2004: Temperature advection: internal versus external processes. Journal of Physical Oceanpgrahy, 34, 1936-1944.
Fukumori, I., T. Lee, B. Cheng, and D. Menemenlis, 2004: The origin, pathway, and destination of NINO3 water estimated by a simulated passive tracer and its adjoint. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 34, 582-604.
Lee, T., and I. Fukumori, 2003: Interannual to decadal variation of tropical-subtropical exchange in the Pacific Ocean: boundary versus interior pycnocline transports. Journal of Climate. 16, 4022-4042.
Lee, T., I. Fukumori, D. Menemenlis, Z. Xing, and L.-L. Fu, 2002: Effects of the Indonesian Throughflow on the Pacific and Indian Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 32, 1404-1429.
Lee, T., J.-P. Boulanger, A. Foo, L.-L. Fu, and R. Giering, 2000: Data assimilation by an intermediate coupled ocean-atmosphere model: application to the 1997-1998 El Nino. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 26063-26087.
Lee, T. and J. Marotzke, 1998: Seasonal cycle of meridional overturning and heat transport of the Indian Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography, vol. 28, 923-943.
Lee, T. and J. Marotzke, 1997: Inferring meridional mass and heat transports of the Indian Ocean by fitting a GCM to climatological data. Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 102, 10585-10602.
Lee, T. and P. Cornillon, 1996: Propagation and growth of Gulf Stream meanders between 75 and 45W. Journal of Physical Oceanography, vol. 26, 225-241.
Lee, T. and P. Cornillon, 1995: Temporal variation of meandering intensity and domain-wide lateral oscillations of the Gulf Stream. Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 100, 13603-13613.