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Andrew Delman

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Address:

4800 Oak Grove Drive
M/S 300-323

Pasadena, CA 91109

Curriculum Vitae:

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Member of:

Ocean Circulation And Air Sea Interaction

Employed By

UCLA/JIFRESSE

Education

  • Ph.D., Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California-San Diego (2016)
  • M.S., Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California-San Diego (2010)
  • B.S., Geology and Geophysics, magna cum laude, Yale University (2009)

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Researcher, Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science & Engineering (JIFRESSE), University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (2021-present)
  • Scientist II, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (2019-2021)
  • JPL Postdoctoral Scholar, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (2018-2019)
  • NASA Postdoctoral Program fellow, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (2016-2018)
  • Scripps/UCSD/NCAR New and Young (SUNNY) student research visitor, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO (2011, 2012)
  • Research assistant, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California-San Diego (2009)

Research Interests

  • The variability and impacts of oceanic mesoscale phenomena, including eddies and planetary waves
  • The application of satellite gravimetry (GRACE/GRACE-FO) for observing deep ocean variability
  • Intraseasonal, interannual, and decadal climate variability
  • Satellite oceanography and meteorology

Selected Awards

  • NASA Postdoctoral Program fellowship (2016)
  • NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (2013)
  • University of California Regents fellowship (2009)

Selected Publications

  1. Delman, A., F. Landerer (2022), Downscaling satellite-based estimates of ocean bottom pressure for tracking deep ocean mass transport. Remote Sens., 14, 1764. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14071764.
  2. Delman, A., T. Lee (2021), Global contributions of mesoscale dynamics to meridional heat transport. Ocean Sci., 17, 1031-1052. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-1031-2021.
  3. Delman, A., T. Lee (2020), A new method to assess mesoscale contributions to meridional heat transport in the North Atlantic Ocean. Ocean Sci., 16, 979-995. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-979-2020.
  4. Delman, A. S., T. Lee, and B. Qiu (2018), Interannual and decadal forcing of mesoscale eddy kinetic energy in the subtropical southern Indian Ocean. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 123. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC013945.
  5. Delman, A. S., J. L. McClean, J. Sprintall, L. D. Talley, and F. O. Bryan (2018), Process-specific contributions to anomalous Java mixed layer cooling during positive IOD events. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 123. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JC013749.
  6. Delman, A. S. (2016), Interactions of mesoscale ocean dynamics with large-scale ocean and climate variability: case studies in the mid-latitude Pacific and tropical Indian oceans. Ph.D. thesis, University of California-San Diego.
  7. Delman, A. S., J. Sprintall, J. L. McClean, and L. D. Talley (2016), Anomalous Java cooling at the initiation of positive Indian Ocean Dipole events. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121, 5805-5824. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JC011635.
  8. Delman, A. S., J. L. McClean, J. Sprintall, L. D. Talley, E. Yulaeva, and S. R. Jayne (2015), Effects of eddy vorticity forcing on the mean state of the Kuroshio Extension. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 45, 1356-1375. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-13-0259.1.