Benjamin Giese
  • Professor Emeritus

Biography

SODA (Simple Ocean Data Assimilation)    

OARCA (Ocean Atmosphere Reanalysis).

Research Interests

  • Coupled ocean-atmosphere modeling
  • Interannual climate variability
  • Climate change
  • Data assimilation

 

Research Areas

Physical Oceanography: Climate Change; Ocean Modeling; Data Assimilation

Educational Background

  • Ph.D. Oceanography, University of Washington, 1989
  • M.S. Oceanography, University of Washington, 1985
  • B.A. Physics, University of Chicago, 1981

Industry Experience

    • Professor, Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 2011-present
    • Associate Professor, Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1999-2011
    • Assistant Professor, Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1994-1999
    • Assistant Research Scientist, Meteorology, University of Maryland, 1991-1993
    • Postdoctoral Researcher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1989-1991

Selected Publications

    • S. Ray* and B.S. Giese, 2012: Changes in El Niño and La Niña characteristics in an ocean reanalysis and reconstructions from 1871-2008, J. Geophys. Res., 117, C11007, doi:10.1029/2012JC008031.
    • J.A. Carton, H.F. Seidel, and B.S. Giese, 2011: Detecting historical ocean climate variability, Journal Geophys. Res, 117, C02023.
    • G. Grunseich, B. Subrahmanyam , V. Murty and B.S. Giese, 2011: Sea Surface Salinity Variability during the Indian Ocean Dipole and ENSO Events in the Tropical Indian Ocean, Journal Geophys. Res., Journal Geophys. Res, 116, C11013.
    • B.S. Giese and S. Ray*, 2011: El Nino variability in simple ocean data assimilation (SODA), 1871-2008, Journal Geophys. Res, 116, C02024
    • R. Czeschel, L. Stramma, F. Schwarzkopf and B.S. Giese, 2011: Middepth circulation of the eastern tropical South Pacific and its link to the oxygen minimum zone, Journal Geophys. Res, 116, C01015
    • B.S. Giese, G. A. Chepurin, J. A. Carton, T. P. Boyer, and H. F. Seidel, 2011: Impact of bathythermograph temperature bias models on an ocean reanalysis, J. Clim., 24, 84-93.
    • B.S. Giese, G.P. Compo, N.C. Slowey, P.D. Sardeshmukh, J.A. Carton, S. Ray*, and J.S. Whitaker, 2010: The 1918/1919 El Niño, Bulletin of Atmospheric Meteorological Society, 91, 177-183.
    • J.A. Carton and B.S. Giese, 2008: A reanalysis of ocean climate using Simple Ocean Data Assimilation (SODA), Mon Weather Rev., 136, 2999-3017.
    • A. J. Bratcher* and B. S. Giese, 2002: Tropical Pacific decadal variability and global warming, Geophys. Res. Letters, 29, DOI 10.1029/2002GL015191.
    • B. S. Giese, S. C. Urizar*, and N. S, Fuckar*, 2002: Southern Hemisphere origins of the 1976 climate shift, Geophys. Res. Letters, 29, DOI 10.1029/2001GL013268.

     

               * Designates student