Victoria J. Coles                                                             March, 2006

HPL/UMCES                         Telephone: ( 410) 221-8248

P.O. Box 775                          Fax: (410) 221-8490

Cambridge, MD 21613           E-mail:   vcoles@hpl.umces.edu

Education

University of California, at San Diego, Physics sp. Earth Science - BS 1991

University of Miami, Miami FL, Physical Oceanography - PhD. 1998

Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, adv. Dr. D. B. Olson

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - (Post-doc) 1998-2000

NASA Seasonal to Interannual Prediction Project, adv. Dr. M. M. Rienecker

Appointments

2001-      Assistant Research Professor, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge Maryland.

1999-01 Visiting Scientist, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge Maryland.

Research Associate, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Goddard Earth Science and Technology Center.

Research Interests

- Observation and modeling of ocean and estuarine circulation, variability, and interaction with climate
- Climate change impacts on regional and global scales
- Coupled physical - biogeochemical and ecosystem modeling
- Remote sensing of ocean physics and biology

Publications

Refereed Publications:

Griffa, A., E. P. Chassignet, V. J. Coles, and D. B. Olson (1996) Inertial gyre solutions from a primitive equation ocean model. Journal of Marine Research, 54: 653—677.

Coles, V. J., M. S. McCartney, D. B. Olson, and W. M. Smethie, Jr. (1996) Changes in Antarctic Bottom Water properties in the western South Atlantic in the late 1980's. Journal of Geophysical Research, 101: 8957—8970.

Coles, V.J. and M. M. Rienecker (2001) North Pacific subtropical-tropical gyre exchanges in the thermocline: Simulations with two isopycnal OGCM's. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 31: 2590-2611.

Coles, V.J., C. Wilson and R. R. Hood (2004) Remote sensing of new production fuelled by nitrogen fixation. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L06301, doi:
10.1029/2003GL019018.

Coles, V.J., R. R. Hood, M. Pascual and D. G. Capone (2004) Modeling the impact of Trichodesmium and nitrogen fixation in the Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research. 109, C06006, doi:10.1029/2002JC001753.

Hood, R.R., V. J. Coles, and D. G. Capone (2004) Modeling the distribution of
Trichodesmium and nitrogen fixation in the Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research. 109, C06007, doi:10.1029/2002JC001754.

Wilson, C., V. J. Coles (2005) Global climatological relationships between satellite biological and physical observations and upper ocean properties. Journal of Geophysical Research, doi:10.1029/2004JC002724.

Coles, V. J. and R. R. Hood (2007) Modeling the impact of iron and phosphorus limitations on nitrogen fixation in the Atlantic Ocean. Biogeosciences 4: 455-479.

Cooley, S., V. J. Coles, A. Subramaniam and P. Yager (2007) Seasonal variations in the Amazon plume-related atmospheric carbon sink. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 21, GB3014, doi:10.1029/2006GB002831.

Coles, V.J. and D. G. Kimmel (2008) Projected climate change impacts for the Chesapeake Bay (submitted to Climate Research).

Other Publications:

Hood, R.R., V. J. Coles, M. Pascual, and D. G. Capone (2001) Modeling Trichodesmium and Nitrogen Fixation in the Atlantic: JGOFS meets Biocomplexity. US. JGOFS News, 11: 3pp.

Lozier, M.S., A. Adcroft, L. Beal, A. Bower, D. Byrne, A. Capotondi, V. Coles, K. Lavender, C.M. Lee, J. MacKinnon, K. Shearman, L. St. Laurent, L. Thompson,
and D. Witter. (2006) MPOWIR: Mentoring physical oceanography to increase
retention. Report of a workshop held October 9- 12, 2005. 32 pp. [Online] available at: http://www.mpowir.org.

Boesch, D. F., V. J. Coles, D. G. Kimmel, and W. D. Miller (2007), Ramifications of climate change to Chesapeake Bay hypoxia. Pew Environmental series.

Boesch, D.F. (editor). (2008) Global Warming and the Free State: Comprehensive Assessment of Climate Change Impacts in Maryland. Report of the Scientific and
Technical Working Group of the Maryland Commission on Climate Change,
submitted to the Governor and General Assembly pursuant to Executive Order
01.10.2007.07. (Primary author of Sections 3 and 4)

Hood, R. R. and V. J. Coles (2008) Marine ecosystem models. In: Encyclopedia of Ecology, S. E. Jorgensen (ed.), Elsevier Ltd., Oxford, in press.

Coles, V. J., R. R. Hood and T. F. Gross (2008), Hydrodynamic models. In: Encyclopedia of Ecology, S. E. Jorgensen (ed.), Elsevier Ltd., Oxford, in press.

Hood, R., W. Naqvi, J. Wiggert, J. Goes, V. Coles, J. McCreary, N. Bates, P. K.
Karuppasamy, N. Mahowald, S. Seitzinger and G. Meyers (2008), Research
opportunities and challenges in the Indian Ocean. Eos Transactions AGU, 89(13): 125.

Valvo, L. M., M.S. Lozier and V. Coles. (2008) The Pattullo conference report and update on other MPOWIR activities. Report of a workshop held May 18-21, 2008. 35pp. [Online] available at: http://www.mpowir.org.

Graduate and Postdoctoral Advisors

Graduate Advisor:   D. B. Olson

Post-graduate Advisor:   M. Rienecker

Synergistic Activities

Student Committees : Sarah Cooley (UGA), Maggie Sexton (UMCES), Apurva Dave (Duke)

Courses

Physics of Marine and Estuarine Environments

Climate Impacts on Estuaries and Ecosystems

Outreach / Service

MPOWIR (Committee for Mentoring Physical Oceanography Women to Increase Retention)

Mid-Atlantic COSEE - invited speaker on Ocean-Atmosphere climate interactions

Participation in development of NASA supported High School ESE curriculum and video.