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| Title: | Branch Head |
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| Affiliation: | NASA |
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E-mail Office Phone: 301-614-5698 Fax: 301-614-5644 |
Overview
David Adamec is head of the Ocean Sciences Branch at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and has worked as a physical oceanographer at NASA since October 1988. From 1991-1994, he managed NASA's Physical Oceanography Program at NASA Headquarters. He is a member of the science team for NASA’s ocean surface topography missions, studying the ocean’s general circulation, and has worked for NASA’s Carbon Cycling Program conducting studies of the spatial and temporal scales of dissolved CO2 in the surface ocean. He is currently leading research on the role of salinity in seasonal-to-interannual variability of the Pacific Ocean in support of NASA’s upcoming Aquarius satellite mission. In addition, he is involved with NASA’s Seasonal-to-Interannual prediction efforts for forecasting coupled atmosphere-ocean variability related to El Niño and La Niña. He served as a member of NASA's Space Architect Committee, a group that devised the agency's long range plans for developments in space.
Dr. Adamec attained a BS and MS degree in meteorology from the Florida State University, and a PhD in meteorology from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA.
Dr. Adamec has appeared in hundreds of television interviews on all major networks discussing various topics relevant to NASA's earth science program. He has also served as the technical consultant for an ocean exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and a children's book on El Niño.
When not at work, David dabbles in acting, though after six years of professional training, and to no one's surprise, nobody is beating a path to his door. He has written a few screenplays, and though written for personal enjoyment, some have actually made it to later rounds of screenplay competitions. David also enjoys reading U.S. history for the period 1787 -1800.
Employment History
2005—present Head, Ocean Sciences Branch, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
1993—2005 Oceanographer, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
1990—1993 Manager, Physical Oceanography Program, NASA HQ
1989—1990 Oceanographer, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
1988—1989 Oceanographer, University Space Research Associates
1986—1988 UCAR Scientist II, Institute for Naval Oceanography
1985—1986 Adjunct Research Professor, Naval Postgraduate School
Publications
J.J. O'Brien, D. Adamec and D.W. Moore, 1978: A simple model of upwelling in the Gulf of Guinea, Geophys. Res. Let., 5, 641--644.
D. Adamec and J.J. O'Brien, 1978: The seasonal upwelling in the Gulf of Guinea due to remote forcing, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 8, 1050--1060.
D. Adamec, R.L. Elsberry, R.W. Garwood Jr. and R.L. Haney, 1981: An embedded mixed layer-ocean circulation model, Dyn. Atmos. Ocean, 6, 69--96.
D. Adamec, and R.L. Elsberry, 1984: Sensitivity of mixed layer predictions at ocean station Papa to atmospheric forcing parameters, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 14, 769--780.
D. Adamec, and R.L. Elsberry, 1984: The use of mean atmospheric forcing in an ocean mixed-layer model, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 14, 1670--1676.
D. Adamec, and R.W. Garwood, Jr, 1985: The simulated response of an upper-ocean density front to local atmospheric forcing. J. Geophys. Res., 90, 917--928.
D. Adamec, and R.L. Elsberry, 1985: Response of an intense oceanic current system to cross-stream cooling events, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 15, 273--287.
D. Adamec, and R.L. Elsberry, 1985: The response of intense oceanic current systems entering regions of strong cooling, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 15, 1284--1295.
D. Adamec, 1988: Numerical simulations of the effects of seamounts and vertical resolution on strong ocean flows, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 18, 258--269.
D. Adamec, 1989: Predictability of quasigeostrophic ocean flow: sensitivity to varying model vertical resolution. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 19, 1753--1764.
D. Adamec, M.M. Rienecker and J. Vukovich, 1993: Time-varying characteristics of the meridional Ekman heat transport for the world ocean, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 23, 2704-2716.
M. Rienecker and D. Adamec, 1995: Assimilation of altimeter data into a quasigeostrophic ocean model using optimal interpolation and eofs, J. Mar. Sys., 6, 125-143.
J.E. Ghiradelli, M.M. Rienecker, and D. Adamec, 1995: Meridional Ekman heat transport from satellite data, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25, 2741-2755.
C-H. Sui, X. Li ,and D. Adamec, 1997: Multi-scale air-sea interactions during TOGA COARE, Mon. Wea. Rev., 125, 448-462.
D. Adamec, 1997: Western Boundary Current sensitivity studies using a quasigeostrophic ocean model, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 27, 798-809.
X. Li, C-H. Sui, D. Adamec and K-M. Lau, 1998: Impacts of precipitation in the Western Pacific warm pool during TOGA COARE, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 5347-5359.
J. Yang, L. Yu, C.J. Koblinsky and D. Adamec, 1998: Dynamics of seasonal variation on the Indian Ocean from TOPEX/Poseidon sea surface Height and an ocean model, 1998: Geophys. Res. Let., 25, 1915-1918.
D. Adamec, 1998: Modulation of the seasonal signal of the Kuroshio Extension during 1994 from satellite data, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 10209-10222.
X. Li, C-H. Sui, K-M. Lau, and D. Adamec, 2000: Effects of precipitation on ocean mixed-layer temperature and salinity as simulated in a coupled ocean-cloud resolving atmosphere model, J. Met. Soc. Japan, 78, 647-659.
D. Adamec, 2000: Eddy flow characteristics and mean flow interactions in the North Pacific, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 11373-11383.
C. Wilson and D. Adamec, 2001: Correlations between surface chlorophyll and sea surface height in the tropical Pacific during the 1997-1999 ENSO event, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 31175-31188.
K.S. Casey and D. Adamec, 2002: Sea surface temperature and sea surface height variability in the North Pacific Ocean from 1993-1996, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 10.1029/2001JC001060.
C. Wilson and D. Adamec, 2002: A global view of biophysical coupling from SeaWIFS and TOPEX satellite data 1997-2001, Geophys. Res. Let., 29, 10.1029/2001GL014063
Li, Z., D. Adamec, T. Takahashi, and S.C. Sutherland, 2005: Global autocorrelation scale of the partial pressure of oceanic CO2, J. Geophys. Res. (in press).
Keppenne, C.L., M.M. Rienecker, N.P. Kurkowski, and D. Adamec, 2005: Ensemble Kalman filtering of temperature and altimeter data in 3x107 dimensions with bias correction and application to seasonal prediction, J. Nonlinear Sci., (in press).
Selected Publications
Li, Z., D. Adamec, T. Takahashi, and S.C. Sutherland (2005). Global autocorrelation scales of the partial pressure of oceanic CO2. J. Geophys. Res., 110(C08002)
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