Avijit Gangopadhyay
Professor‌
SMAST / Estuarine & Ocean Sciences
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
United States of America
Biography
Research Interest
My primary research interest is in ocean circulation and numerical modeling. I am particularly interested in (i) applying mesoscale and finer resolution models for operational synoptic ocean forecasting and (ii) understanding the multi-scale response of ecosystems to multi-scale climatic forcing using innovative basin-scale modeling and data-model assimilation and synthesis approaches. My current research activities include coastal operational ocean modeling (western North Atlantic (MARCOOS), Brazil Current system, Trinidad-North Brazil Current ring region, Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank); basin-scale circulation modeling to understand the 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 observations with numerical models in different parts of the world ocean.
Publications
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Soutelino, R., I. Silveira, A. Gangopadhyay and J. Miranda, 2011. Is the Brazil Current eddy-dominated north of 20S? Geophys. Res. Lett. 38, L03607.
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Davidovich, V., and A. Gangopadhyay, 2012. An algorithm for the automatic recognition of oceanic features in frontal maps, Oceanology 52(3), 436-446. Original Russian article published in Okeanologiya, 2012, Vol. 52, No. 3, pp. 462– 472.
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Gangopadhyay, A., N. Bharath Raj, A. Chaudhuri, M.T. Babu and D. Sengupta, 2013. On the nature of meandering od the springtime western boundary current in the Bay of Bengal. Geophysical Research Letters 40, 1–6, doi:10.1002/grl.50412, 2013.
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Soutelino, R.G., A. Gangopadhyay, and I.C.A. da Silveira, 2013. The roles of topography and vertical shear on the eddy formation near the site of origin of the Brazil Current. Continental Shelf Research 70 (2013), 46-60.
