My primary research interest is in ocean circulation and numerical modeling. During my Ph.D. studies at the University of Rhode Island, I worked on Gulf Stream separation dynamics and autoregressive modeling of gappy and sparse satellite time-series. After earning my Ph.D., I joined the Harvard Oceanography Group and built expertise in initialization, validation, and calibration of dynamical models for the Gulf Stream region for mesoscale forecasting. After Harvard, I joined a team of scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory working on basin-scale numerical models in both the Atlantic and the Pacific.

My current research activitites include coastal operational ocean modeling, basin-scale circulation modeling, North Atlantic oscillation and its impact on the Gulf Stream, the Gulf of Maine and the ecosystem; and synthesis of multi-scale, multi-disciplinary data sets from satellite and in-situ observational systems.

Current Research Activities:

Oceanographic Modeling and Analysis Laboratory

Coastal Ocean Modeling

Operational: Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank

Strait of Sicily

Arabian Sea

Synthesis of Satellite and In Situ Data Sets

PORSEC 2000

SEAWIFS Global Analysis

Cod and Climate

North Atlantic Oscillation and Gulf Stream

Basin Scale Modeling

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PUBLICATIONS In Print or in Press
(For reprints, please send an email to Avijit@umassd.edu)

Gangopadhyay, A., and A.R. Robinson, 2002: Feature oriented regional modeling of Oceanic Fronts, Dynamics of Atmosphere and Oceans.

Taylor, A.H., and A. Gangopadhyay, 2001: A Simple Model of Interannual Shifts of the Gulf Stream, Journal of Geophysical Research, 106(7), 13,849-13860.

Gangopadhyay, A., and Yi Chao, 2000: Sensitivity of the Gulf Stream path on the Cyclonic Wind stress curl, The Global Atmosphere and Ocean Systems, Vol. 7, 151-178.

Gangopadhyay, A., A.R. Robinson, and H.G. Arango, 1997: Circulation and Dynamics of the Western North Atlantic, I: Multiscale Feature Models. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 14(6), 1314-1332.

Robinson, A.R., and A. Gangopadhyay, 1997: Circulation and Dynamics of the Western North Atlantic, II: Dynamics of Meanders and Rings. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 14(6), 1333-1351.

Gangopadhyay, A., and A.R. Robinson, 1997: Circulation and Dynamics of the Western North Atlantic, III: Forecasting the Meanders and Rings. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 14(6), 1352-1365.

Lozano, C.J., A. Robinson, H.G.Arango, A.Gangopadhyay, Q.Sloan, P.J.Haley, L. Anderson, and W. Leslie, 1996: An interdisciplinary Ocean Prediction System: Assimilation Strategies and Structured Data Models, in Modern Approaches to Data Assimilation in Ocean Modeling, (Ed. P. Malanotte-Rizzoli), Elsevier Sciences.

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