Ke Chen
| Associate Scientist | Telephone: +1 508-289-2308 |
| Department of Physical Oceanography | Fax: 508-457-2181 |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | E-mail: kchen@whoi.edu |
| Woods Hole, MA 02543 | Home Page: http://www.whoi.edu/people/kchen/ |
EDUCATION:
B. Sc., Oceanography, Ocean University of China, 2004
M. Sc., Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China, 2007
Ph.D., Physical Oceanography, North Carolina State University, 2011
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2020-
Assistant Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2016-2020
Postdoctoral Investigator, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2014-2016
Postdoctoral Scholar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2012-2014
Postdoctoral Research Associate, North Carolina State University, 2011-2012
Research Assistant, North Carolina State University, 2007-2011
AWARDS:
Postdoctoral Scholarship, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2012
Williams/Tobias Award, North Carolina State University, 2010
Graduate Scholarship, Ocean University of China, 2004-2006
Undergraduate Scholarship, Ocean University of China, 2003
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
American Geophysical Union
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Coastal Ocean and Climate; Shelf-Ocean Exchange; Physical-Biological/Biogeochemical Interactions; Numerical Modeling and Data Assimilation
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
WHOI (Non-Education Related):
- Physical Oceanography department retreat planning committee, 2019
- Physical Oceanography department recruitment committee, 2018-
- Physical Oceanography department seminar coordinator, 2016-2018
- High Performance Computing advisory committee, 2016-2021
Outside WHOI (Other than Attendance at Society/National Meetings):
- US CLIVAR AMOC Science Task Team, 2021-
- NOAA Earth System Science and Modeling (ESSM) workshop “Climate Research to Enhance Resilience to Extreme Heat”, Silver Spring, MD, 2019
- Invited participant to Northeast Climate Integrated Modeling workshop, Portland, ME, 2019
- Co-chair and moderator, session “Advances in Understanding Marine Heatwaves and Their Impacts” in Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, 2018
- Member of NOAA Marine Prediction Task Force, 2017-2020
- Invited participant to NSF Ocean Observing Initiative (OOI) Coastal Observatories Workshop, Arlington, VA, 2016
- Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere-Wave-Sediment Transport (COAWST) Modeling System Workshop, Woods Hole, MA, 2014
- Invited participant to Cooperative Institute for the North Atlantic Region (CINAR) Shelfbreak Ecosystem Workshop, Providence, RI, 2013
- Invited participant to NSF Ocean Observing Initiative (OOI) Pioneer Array Science Workshop, Providence, RI, 2011
- Gulf of Mexico Pilot Prediction Project Meeting, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, 2010
- ROMS 4-Dimensional Variational (4D-Var) Data Assimilation Systems workshop for Advanced ROMS Users, Santa Cruz, CA, 2010
Editorial:
- Co-Organizer: Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, special issue “Advancing prediction of coastal marine ecosystems”
- Co-Editor: Frontiers in Marine Science, special issue “Advances in Understanding Marine Heatwaves and Their Impacts”
Reviewer:
- Journals: Advances in Meteorology, Applied Mathematical Modeling, Biogeosciences, Continental Shelf Research, Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Journal of Climate, Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Marine Systems, Journal of Physical Oceanography, Nature Communications, Nature Reviews Earth and Environment, Ocean Modeling
- Books: Monitoring and Modeling the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Record-Breaking Enterprise, Geophysical Monograph Series, AGU/geopress, Washington, D.C.
- Proposals: National Science Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION PROGRAM:
Courses taught:
Dynamics of Shelf Circulation, Fall 2012 (NCSU, R. He primary lecturer), Coastal Ocean Modeling, Spring 2010 (NCSU, R. He primary lecturer), Coastal Circulation Dynamics, Fall 2009 (NCSU, R. He primary lecturer)
Guest lecturer:
WHOI Summer Student Lecture Series, 2019
Advising:
WHOI Summer Student Fellows: S. Meng (2019)
Ph.D. dissertation committees: MIT/WHOI Joint Program – J. Forsyth (2017-2020)
Post-Doctoral Fellows: Z. Chen (2018-2021), R. Schlegel (2019-2020), Alma Carolina Castillo Trujillo (2021-)
Guest student: J. Ning (2019-2021)
CRUISE PARTICIPATION/FIELD WORK:
NCSU Slocum glider deployment/recovery, R/V Explorer, Savannah, GA, Mar 2012
NCSU Slocum glider deployment/recovery, R/V Seahawk, Wilmington, NC, Mar 2012
NCSU Slocum glider ballasting and deployment, Wilmington, NC, Aug 2011
Physical and biogeochemical survey, Sargasso Sea, R/V Cape Hatteras, Mar 2008
Multi-disciplinary oceanographic survey, East China Sea, R/V Dongfanghong II, Jun-Jul 2006
SC cross-section survey, Yellow Sea, Mar 2005
RESEARCH PROJECTS:
Regional multi-year prediction for the Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf, co-PI with Y.-O. Kwon, H. Seo, P. Fratantoni, M. Alexander and V. Saba, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Program Office (NA20OAR4310482, $658,422), 2020-2023.
Investigating the Connection between the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and the Northwest Atlantic Coastal Sea Level: Connecting the Dots across the Shelf Break, lead-PI with J. Yang and J. Zhao, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Program Office (NA20OAR4310398, $669,811), 2020-2023.
Numerical Investigation of Recent Extreme Shelf-slope Exchanges in the Mid-Atlantic Bight, PI, WHOI Independent Research and Development Award, 2020.
Towards a comparative understanding of shelf-ocean interactions in the Northwest Pacific and Northwest Atlantic, co-PI with J. Yang, Y. Ding, and X. Lin, OUC-WHOI Cooperative Research Initiative ($196,683), 2018-2020.
Development and evaluation of a seasonal-to-interannual statistical forecasting system for oceanographic conditions and living marine resources on the Northeast U.S. Shelf, Co-PI with Y.-O. Kwon, G. Gawarkiewicz, T. Joyce, J. Nye, J. Hare, P. Fratantoni, V. Saba, and T. Miller, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Program Office (NA19OAR4320074, $508,488), 2017-2021.
The Northwestern North Atlantic: A Retrospective Analysis of Observations from the CV Oleander on the Shelf and Slope, co-PI, with M. Andres, National Science Foundation (OCE-1634094, $477,879), 2016-2019, No-Cost Extension to 2020.
Collaborative Research: Physical-Biological Processes of Gulf Stream Warm Core Rings: Vertical Nutrient Delivery and Ecosystem Response, lead-PI, with P. Gaube, National Science Foundation (OCE-1558960, $398,810), 2016-2019, No-Cost Extension to 2021.
Physical and Biological Exchange Processes and Lagrangian Pathways between Deep Ocean and Shelf Regions of the Northwestern Atlantic, co-PI, with I. Rypina, J. Llopiz and L. Pratt, National Science Foundation (OCE-1558806, $772,970), 2016-2019, No-Cost Extension to 2021.
Interactions between the East China Sea and North Pacific: Interannual-to-decadal Variability, co-PI, with Y.-O. Kwon, T. Joyce, B. Gan, and Z. Yao, WHOI-OUC Joint Center ($182,791), 2016-2017.
Interannual Variability of Winter-Spring Temperature in the Middle Atlantic Bight: Linkages to Large-Scale Atmospheric and Oceanic Changes, lead-PI, with Y.-O. Kwon and G. Gawarkiewicz, National Science Foundation (OCE-1435602, $768,030), 2014-2017.
Impact of extreme Climate Variability on the Circulation and Heat Budget in the Coastal Ocean of Northeast U.S., lead-PI, with G. Gawarkiewicz and D. McGillicuddy, Coastal Ocean Institute, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2014.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES AND INVITED LECTURES:
Chen, K., Marine Heatwaves in the Northwest Atlantic Coastal Ocean, coastal ocean modeling seminar series, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) of New Zealand, virtual seminar, 2021.
Chen, K., Vertical Velocity and Nutrient Delivery in Warm Core Rings, PO department seminar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 2020.
Chen, K., The 2012 extreme heat in NW Atlantic: from understanding to predictability, NOAA ESSM workshop “Climate Research to Enhance Resilience to Extreme Heat”, Silver Spring, MD, 2019.
Chen, K., Heat Balance in the Northeast US Coastal Ocean: Extreme event, Interannual variability, and Pacific-Atlantic connection, School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2019
Chen, K., Does Pacific Variability Influence the Northwest Atlantic Shelf Temperature?, Middle Atlantic Bight Physical Oceanography and Meteorology meeting, Woods Hole, MA, 2018.
Chen, K., Does Pacific Variability Influence the Northwest Atlantic Shelf Temperature?, Ocean Sciences meeting, Portland, OR, 2018.
Chen, K., Atmospheric and offshore forcing of temperature variability at the shelfbreak, OOI Facility Board Ocean Sciences Town Hall meeting, Portland, OR, 2018
Chen, K., Interannual Variability of Winter-Spring Temperature in the Middle Atlantic Bight, Gordon Research Conference Coastal Ocean Dynamics, Biddeford, ME, 2017.
Chen, K., Heat balance and temperature variability in the Northeast US coastal ocean, College of Marine Science seminar, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, 2017 (invited talk).
Chen, K., Interannual temperature variability in the Middle Atlantic Bight, Middle Atlantic Bight Physical Oceanography and Meteorology Meeting, New Bedford, MA, 2016.
Chen, K., Heat balance and temperature variability in the Northeast US coastal ocean, PO department seminar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 2016 (invited talk).
Chen, K., Heat balance and temperature variability in the Northeast US coastal ocean, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 2016.
Chen, K., G. Gawarkiewicz, S. Lentz, J. Bane, Y. -O. Kwon, and W. G. Zhang, Heat Balance in the Northwest Atlantic Coastal Ocean: The Role of Atmospheric Forcing versus Ocean Advection during an Extreme Warming, Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2016 (invited author to the session "Coastal Seas and Deep Ocean Connections: Observing and Modeling for Process and Climate Studies").
Chen, K., Recent Extreme Temperature Variability in the Middle Atlantic Bight, Middle Atlantic Bight Physical Oceanography and Meteorology Meeting, Cape May, NJ, 2015.
Chen, K., G. Gawarkiewicz, Y.-O. Kwon, and G. W. Zhang, Heat balance in the Northeast U.S. coastal ocean: the role of atmospheric forcing versus ocean advection during an extreme case in 2012, Gordon Research Conference, Biddeford, ME, 2015.
Chen, K., Shelfbreak Biophysical Interactions and Recent Extreme Climate Variability in the Middle Atlantic Bight, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 2015 (invited talk).
Chen, K., Shelfbreak Circulation in the Middle Atlantic Bight and Its Interaction with the Gulf Stream Warm Core Ring, University of Miami & Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, FL, 2015 (invited talk).
Chen, K., G. Gawarkiewicz, S. Lentz, J. Bane, Diagnosing the Warming of the Northeastern U.S. Coastal Ocean in 2012: Integrated Data Analysis and Numerical Modeling, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 2014.
Chen, K., Middle Atlantic Bight Shelfbreak Circulation Dynamics and Biophysical Interactions, Graduate School of Oceanography/University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, 2013 (invited talk).
Chen, K., G. Gawarkiewicz, S. Lentz, J. Bane, Diagnosing the warming in the Northeast US coastal ocean in 2012: Atmospheric forcing or ocean advection?, MABPOM meeting, Narragansett, RI, 2013.
Chen, K., G. Gawarkiewicz, S. Lentz, J. Bane, Diagnosing the warming in the Northeast US coastal ocean in 2012: Atmospheric forcing or ocean advection?, RARGOM meeting, Portsmouth, NH, 2013.
Chen, K., G. Gawarkiewicz, S. Lentz, J. Bane, Diagnosing the warming in the Northeast US coastal ocean in 2012: A linkage between remote atmospheric forcing and local response, Gordon Research Conference, Biddeford, ME, 2013.
Chen, K., Numerical investigation of the Middle Atlantic Bight shelfbreak frontal circulation and its interaction with a Warm Core Ring, School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA, 2013 (invited talk).
Chen, K., Numerical investigation of the Middle Atlantic Bight shelfbreak frontal circulation and its interaction with a Warm Core Ring, PO department seminar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 2013.
Chen, K., and R. He, Data-Assimilative Modeling Investigation of Gulf Stream Warm-Core Ring Interaction with the Mid-Atlantic Bight Continental Shelf and Slope, Ocean Science Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, 2012.
Chen, K., Middle Atlantic Bight Shelfbreak Circulation Dynamics and Biophysical Interactions, AOPE department seminar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 2012.
He, R., Woods, W., Xue, Z., Zambon, J., Chen, K., Li, Y., Gong, Y., Yin, Y., Glider Surveys in the South Atlantic Bight: a Component of an Integrated Coastal Ocean Observing and Data Assimilative Prediction System, SECOORA Meeting, 2012, Miami, FL.
Chen, K., R. He, B. Powell, A.Moore, Data-Assimilative Modeling Investigation of Gulf Stream Warm-Core Ring Interaction with the Mid-Atlantic Bight Continental Shelf and Slope, Gordon Research Conference, South Hadley, MA, 2011.
He, R., W. Zhang, K. Hyun, K. Chen, H. Qian, Hindcasting of the Gulf of Mexico Circulation and Age and Distribution of the Oil Plume Arising from the Deepwater Horizon Spill, Joint subcommittee on Ocean Science & Technology Conference on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, St. Petersburg, FL, 2010.
He, R., W. Zhang, K. Hyun, K. Chen, H. Qian, Hindcasting of the Gulf of Mexico Circulation and Age and Distribution of the Oil Plume Arising from the Deepwater Horizon Spill, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2010.
Chen, K., Numerical Investigation of the Middle Atlantic Bight Shelfbreak Frontal Circulation, Marine Earth and Atmospheric Science department seminar, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 2010.
Chen, K., R. He, K. Fennel, Numerical Investigation of the Middle Atlantic Bight Shelfbreak Circulation and Ecosystem Dynamics, Ocean Science Meeting, Portland, OR, 2009.
Chen, K. and R. He., Investigation of MAB Shelfbreak Circulation and Biophysical Interactions, Mid-Atlantic Bight Physical Oceanography Meteorology & Southeast Coastal Oceanography and Meteorology Conference, Raleigh, NC, 2009.
Chen, K. and R. He, Investigation of Northeastern North America Coastal Circulation Using a Nested Regional Circulation Hindcast Model, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2008.
He, R. and K. Chen, Investigation of Northeast North American Coastal Circulation using a Nested Regional Hindcast model. MABPOM Meeting, Woods Hole, MA, 2008.
Chen, K. and R. He, High Resolution, Coupled biophysical Modeling Experiments for the MAB Shelfbreak: 2006 Hindcast, MABPOM Meeting, Woods Hole, MA, 2008.
He, R. and K. Chen, Coastal Circulation in the Gulf of Maine and Middle Atlantic Bight: A View from Regional Model Hindcast Experiment, AOPE department seminar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 2008.
He, R. and K. Chen, Understanding coastal circulation in the Gulf of Maine and Mid-Atlantic Bight: A regional model hindcast experiment. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2008.
Chen K., Dexing Wu, Xiaopei Lin, Xiangfeng Meng, Study on Available Gravitational Potential Energy Associated with PDO. AGU Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Beijing, China, 2006.