Andrew M. Moore

Andrew M. Moore
Professor of Ocean Sciences

Ocean Sciences Department
University of California
Santa Cruz, CA 95064

Office: A-460 Earth & Marine Sciences Bldg.
Tel: (831) 459-4632
Fax: (831) 459-4882

Email: ammoore@ucsc.edu

Curriculum Vitae

• Positions Held
• Education
• Professional Affiliations
• Research Interests
• Research Grants & Awards
• Publications
• Field Experience
• Sponsored Student Research
• Courses Taught

POSITIONS HELD

Jan 2006-present	Professor, Ocean Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz
Aug-Dec 2005	Full Professor, University of Colorado, Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Fellow, Cooperative Institute of Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
Aug 1996-Aug 2005	Associate Professor, University of Colorado, Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Fellow, Cooperative Institute of Research in Environmental Sciences. (Tenured since 2001)
Sept 2000- Sept 2002	Associate Director, Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado
Oct 1994-Jul 1996	Assistant Professor, Nova Southeastern University, Oceanographic Center
Nov 1992-Sept 1994	Senior Research Scientist, Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
Apr 1990- Nov 1992	Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research, Australia
Jan 1989-Mar 1990	Research Associate, Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Jan 1988- Dec 1988	Project Scientist, School of Mathematics, University of New South Wales, Australia.
Dec 1986-Dec 1987	Research Associate, School of Mathematics, University of New South Wales, Australia

EDUCATION

Oct.1983-Nov.1986	D.Phil. Physical Oceanography Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford, England
Oct.1980-Jun.1983	Physics with Astrophysics. Royal Holloway College, University of London, England (1st Class Honours)
Prizes:	Lilian F. Heather Prize, Royal Holloway College, University of London, 1981

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member, American Meteorological Society
Member, American Geophysical Union

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Ocean dynamics
Numerical modeling and data assimilation
Coastal oceanography
Tropical air-sea interaction and tropical climate variability
Generalized stability analysis
Ocean prediction and predictability
Adjoint methods in oceanography and meteorology

RESEARCH GRANTS AND AWARDS

Principal Investigator (PI) for the following awards
1 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2006	Office of Naval Research: "Ocean State Estimation and Prediction of the Intra-Americas Sea."
1 Jan 2004 - 31 Dec 2005	Office of Naval Research: "Application of the ROMS/TOMS Tangent Linear and Adjoint Models to the Littoral Ocean and Semi-Enclosed Seas."
1 Sept 2001- 31 Aug 2005	National Science Foundation, Climate Dynamics Program: "ITR/ AP (ATM): Towards the Development of Operational Adjoint Method Based Ensemble Prediction Techniques for El Nino Southern Oscillation."
1 Jan 2001- 31 Dec 2003	Office of Naval Research: "ROMS Tangent Linear and Adjoint Models: Testing and Applications."
1 Aug 2000- 31 July 2005	National Science Foundation, Physical Oceanography Program: "On the Role of Stochastic Wind Forcing in Shaping the Ocean Circulation."
15 Aug 1998- 14 Aug 2001	National Science Foundation, Climate Dynamics Program: "Understanding the Physical Basis of ENSO, ENSO Predictability, and their Relationship to Intraseasonal Variability, using a Hierarchy of Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Models".
1 Sept 1997- 31 Aug 2000	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Global Programs: "Stochastic Forcing of Low-Frequency Variability in the Tropical Pacific".
1 Sept 1995- 31 Aug 1999	National Science Foundation, Physical Oceanography Program: "A Study of the Dynamics of Error Growth and Predictability in Models of the Gulf Stream".
1 Jan 1988- 31 Dec 1991	Australian Research Council, Marine Science and Technologies Award: "Data Assimilation in Models of the Tropical Pacific Ocean."
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1 Sep 2005- 31 Aug 2008	National Ocean Partnership Program (NOPP), "Assessing the Impact of GODAE Boundary Conditions on the Estimate and Prediction of the Monterey Bay and California Central Coast Circulation." PI: C. Edwards, Co-PIs: A.M. Moore, F. Schwing, D. Foley, J. Doyle and C. Wunsch.
1 Jan 2005- 31 Dec 2009	Australian Research Council, "Wake Flows with Upstream Turbulence in Marine, Meteorological and Built Environments." PI: J.H. Middleton, Co-PIs: R. Griffiths and A.M. Moore.
1 Jan 2002- 31 Dec 2007	National Science Foundation, Physical Oceanography Program: "ITR/ AP: Collaborative Research: Modular Ocean Data Assimilation." PI: A. F. Bennett, Co-PIs: A.M. Moore, H. Arango, A.J. Miller, J. Muccino, P. Baker, R. Loft, G. Egbert.
1 June 2001- 31 May, 2004	NASA: "LWS Proposal to provide scientific guidance and modeling support for the Ionospheric Mapper Mission." PI: Tim Fuller-Rowell, Co-PIs: Moore, Richmond, Anderson and Cliff
1 Jan 1998- 31 Dec 2000	Australian Research Council. "On the Nature of Recirculating Flows in the Coastal Zone." PI: Jason Middleton
1 Oct 1999- 30 Sept 2000	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Global Programs. "Predictability ofthe Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere System on Intraseasonal and Interannual Time Scales: Emphasis on the Monsoon and ENSO and their Interaction." PI: Peter J. Webster, Co-PIs: Andrew M. Moore and Lakshmi Kantha.

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PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Publications
(selected - last 10 years)

Zavala-Garay, J., C. Zhang, A.M. Moore, A.T. Wittenberg, M.J. Harrison and A. Rosati, 2005: Sensitivity of hybrid ENSO models to uncoupled atmospheric variabilty. J. Climate, Submitted.

Perez, C.L., A.M. Moore, J. Zavala-Garay and R. Kleeman, 2005: A comparison of the infiuence of additive and multiplicative stochastic forcing on a coupled ocean-atmosphere model of ENSO. J. Climate, In press.

Chhak, K.C., A.M. Moore, R.F. Milliff, G. Branstator, W.R. Holland and M. Fisher, 2005: Stochastic forcing of the North Atlantic wind-driven ocean circulation. Part 1: A Diagnostic Analysis of the Ocean Response to Stochastic Forcing. J. Phys. Oceanogr., In press.

Chhak, K.C., A.M. Moore, R.F. Milliff, G. Branstator, W.R. Holland and M. Fisher, 2005: Stochastic forcing of the North Atlantic wind-driven ocean circulation. Part II: An Analysis of the Dynamical Ocean Response using Generalized Stability Theory. J. Phys. Oceanogr., In press.

Tang, Y., R. Kleeman and A.M. Moore, 2005: On the reliability of ENSO dynamical predictions. J. Atmos. Bci., 62, 1770-1791.

Zavala-Garay, J., C. Zhang, A.M. Moore and R. Kleeman, 2005: On the linear response of ENSO to the Madden-Julian Oscillation. J. Climate, 18, 2441-2459.

Tang, Y., R. Kleeman and A.M. Moore, 2004: A simple method for estimating variations in the predictability of ENSO. Geophys. Res. Lett.,31, doi10.1029/2004GL020673.

Zavala-Garay, J., A.M. Moore and R. Kleeman, 2004: The infiuence of stochastic orcing on ENSO prediction. J. Geophys. Res., 109, C11007, doi: 10.1029 /2004JC002406.

Moore, A.M., J. Zavala-Garay, Y. Tang, R. Kleeman, A.T. Weaver, J. Vialard, K. Sahami and D.L.T. Anderson, 2004: On the low-dimensionality of ENSO as evidenced by the optimal forcing patterns of coupled models. J. Climate, Submitted and under revision.

Moore, A.M., H.G. Arango, E. Di Lorenzo, B.D. Cornuelle, A.J. Miller and D.J. Neilson, 2004: A comprehensive ocean prediction and analysis system based on the tangent linear and adjoint of a regional ocean model. Ocean Modelling, 7, 227-258.

Quan, X.W., P.J. Webster, A.M. Moore and H.R. Chang, 2004: Seasonality of SST forced atmospheric short-term climate predictability. J. Climate, 17, 3090-3108.

Tang, Y., R. Kleeman, A.M. Moore, J. Vialard and A.T. Weaver , 2004: A simple initialization scheme for an oceanic general circulation model for ENSO prediction. J. Geophys. Res., 109, C5, C0514 10.1029/2003JC002159.

Tang, Y., R. Kleeman, A.M. Moore, 2004: SST assimilation experiments in a tropical Pacific Ocean model. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 623-642.

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Tang, Y., R. Kleeman, A.M. Moore, A.T. Weaver, and J. Vialard, 2003: The use of ocean reanalysis products to initialize ENSO predictions. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, No. 13, 1694

Aiken, C.M., A.M. Moore and J.H. Middleton, 2003: Nonnormal perturbation growth in idealised island and headland wakes. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans, 37, 171-195.

Moore, A.M., J. Vialard, A.T. Weaver, D.L.T. Anderson, R. Kleeman and J.R Johnson, 2003: The role of air-sea interaction in controlling the optimal perturbations of low-frequency tropical coupled ocean-atmosphere modes. J. Climate, 16, 951-968.

Zavala-Garay, J., A.M. Moore, C.L. Perez and R. Kleeman, 2003: The response of a coupled model of ENSO to observed estimates of stochastic forcing. J. Climate, 16, 2827-2842.

Aiken, C.M., A.M. Moore, and J.H. Middleton, 2002: The nonnormal nature of recirculating fiows in the coastal zone. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 2955-2974.

Kleeman, R., Y. Tang and A.M. Moore, 2003: The calculation of climatically relevant singular vectors in the presence of weather noise. J. Atmos. Sci., 60, 2856-2868.

Arblaster, J.M., G.A. Meehl and A.M. Moore, 2002: Interdecadal modulation of Australian rainfall. Climate Dyn., 18, 519-531.

Moore, A.M. and R Kleeman, 2001: On the differences between the optimal perturbations of coupled models of ENSO. J. Climate, 14, 138-163.

Moore, A.M., C.L. Perez, and J. Zavala-Garay, 2002: A non-normal view ofthe winddriven ocean circulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 2681-2705.

Moore, A.M., 1999: Wind-induced variability of ocean gyres. Dynamics of Atmos. and Oceans, 29, 335-364.

Webster, P.J., A.M. Moore, J.P. Loschnigg, and RR Leben, 1999: Coupled ocean atmosphere dynamics in the Indian Ocean during 1997-98. Nature, 401, 356-360.

Moore, A. and R Kleeman, 1999: The non-normal nature of El Niño and intraseasonal variability. J. Climate, 12, 2965-2982.

Moore, A. and R. Kleeman, 1999: Stochastic forcing of ENSO by the Intraseasonal Oscillation. J. Climate, 12, 1199-1220.

Moore, A.M., 1999: The dynamics of error growth and predictability in a model of the Gulf Stream. II: Ensemble prediction. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, 762-778.

Kleeman, R. and A.M. Moore, 1999: A new method for determining the reliability of dynamical ENSO predictions. Mon. Wea. Rev., 127, 694-705.

Moore, A.M. and A.J. Mariano, 1999: The dynamics of error growth and predictability in a model of the Gulf Stream. 1: Singular vector analysis. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, 158-176.

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McGillicuddy, D.J., Lynch, D.R., Moore, A.M., Gentlemen, W.C., Davis, C.S., and C.J. Meise, 1998: An adjoint data assimilation approach to the diagnosis of physical and biological controls on pseudocalanus spp. Populations in the Gulf of Maine Georges Bank Region Fisheries Oceanography, 7:3/4, 205-218.

Moore, A.M. and R Kleeman, 1998: Skill assessment for ENSO using ensemble prediction. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 124, 557-584.

Moore, A.M. and R. Kleeman, 1997: The singular vectors of a coupled ocean-atmosphere model of ENSO. Part 1: Thermodynamics, energetics and error growth. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 123, 953-981.

Moore, A.M. and R. Kleeman, 1997: The singular vectors of a coupled ocean-atmosphere model of ENSO. Part II: Sensitivity studies and dynamical interpretation. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 123, 983-1006.

Kleeman, R. and A.M. Moore, 1997: A theory for the limitations of ENSO predictability due to stochastic atmospheric transients. J. Atmos. Sci., 54, 753-767.

Moore, A.M. and R. Kleeman, 1996: The dynamics of error growth and predictability in a coupled model of ENSO. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 122, 1405-1446.

Kleeman, R., A.M. Moore, and N.R. Smith 1995: Assimilation of sub-surface thermal data into an intermediate tropical coupled ocean-atmosphere model. M on. Wea. Rev., 123, 3103-3113.

Moore, A.M., 1995: Tropical interannual variability in a global coupled GCM: Sensitivity to mean climate state. J. Climate, 8, 807-828.

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Unrefereed Publications

Moore, A.M., J. Vialard, A. Weaver, D.L.T. Anderson, R. Kleeman and J.R. Johnson, 2001: The role of air-sea interaction in controlling the optimal perturbations of low-frequency tropical coupled ocean-atmosphere modes. ECMWF Tech. Memo, 351, 35pp.

Moore, A.M. and R. Kleeman, 1999: Stochastic Forcing of ENSO by Intraseasonal Variability: Implications for ENSO Prediction and Predictability. COARE98, Proceedings of a Conference on the TOGA Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (COARE). WCRP-107, WMO/TD-No. 940.

Moore, A.M. and H.B. Gordon, 1994: A systematic investigation of climate drift in a global coupled model. In Proccedings of Air and Waste Management Association International Speciality Conference on Global Climate Change: Science, Policy and Mitigation Strategies. AWMA, Pittsburgh, U.S.A., 1101pp.

Middleton, J.H., A.M., Moore, and T. Denniss, 1992: Recirculating oceanic fiows around headlands. Bulletin of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, 5(3), 49.

Farrell, B.F. and A.M. Moore, 1991: Optimal excitation of perturbations in oceanic fiows. Eighth Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Waves and Stability, Denver, Colorado, October, 1991.

Moore, A.M., 1991: Adjoint data assimilation in a quasigeostrophic model of the Gulf Stream region. In the proceedings of the "Second Annual BMRC Numerical Modelling Workshop: Data Assimilation Systems", Melbourne, Australia.

Anderson, D.L.T., and A.M. Moore, 1986: Data Assimilation. Advanced Physical Oceanographic Numerical Modelling. Editor J.J. O'Brien. NATO ASI Series. Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 186, D. Reidel Publishing, Holland.

Anderson, D.L.T. and A.M. Moore, 1985: Four-Dimensional Data Assimilation in TOGA Models. The Use of Satellite Data in Climate models. European Space Agency Publication, 151-154

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Journal Editing

Associate Editor for American Meteorological Society Journal of Physical Oceanography. Sept 1995-Aug 2000

Associate Editor for American Meteorological Society Journal Monthly Weather Review. Jan 1998-Jan 1999

FIELD EXPERIENCE

Professional:
Sept 1992-Dec 1994	Member of the World Meteorological Organisation's World Climate Research Program Steering Group for Global Climate Modelling
1995-2000	Associate Editor for JPO
1998-1999	Associate Editor for MWR
1994-1996	Acting Editor, JGR-Oceans and JPO during absences of Chief Editor
Feb 2004	Chair, NOAA-OAR Science Advisory Board review panel of JIMAR, University of Hawaii
Oct 2003	Member, organizing committee of joint NSF jONR workshop on data assimilation
Community:
July 2003	Education specialist and guest lecturer, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
	Science fair judging
	Advising of foreign exchange and local high school students
	Lecturer at various summer schools and workshops for graduate students
Additional Skills and experience:
2002-2003	Seasonal forecasting consultant for Foresight Weather (FSWx), a private weather forecasting company in Boulder, Colorado
	Private Pilot, single engine, land, instrument rated

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SPONSORED STUDENTS & POSTDOCTURAL RESEARCH

Students graduated
Oct 2001	Christopher Iken, Ph.D., University of NSW, Australia
Sept 2002	Javier Zavala-Garay, Ph.D., University of Colorado
Oct 2002	Cristina Perez, Ph.D., University of Colorado

December 1999	Julie Arblaster, M.Sc., University of Colorado
Current students:
(graduation expected in Summer 2006)	Ms. Kettyah Chhak, PhD candidate, University of Colorado
Post-doctoral research associates advised:
DI. Christopher Aiken, University of Colorado
DI. Kamran Sahami, University of Colorado
DI. Thomas Hopson, University of Colorado
DI. Brian Powell, University of Colorado

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TEACHING INTERESTS

Physical oceanography
Ocean dynamics
Ocean, atmosphere and climate prediction
Climate dynamics
Fluid dynamics
Stochastic systems
Stability theory

COURSES TAUGHT (At University of California, Santa Cruz)

Course Number	Course Name
OCEA 80B	Our Changing Planet
OCEA 292	Ocean Sciences Seminar

COURSES TAUGHT (At University of Colorado, Boulder)

Course Number	Course Name
ATOC 1060	Our Changing Environment: El Niño, the Ozone Hole and the Greenhouse Effect (a 1st year undergraduate course (r-v 200 students)
ATOC 5061	Dynamics of Oceans (a 2nd year graduate course)
ATOC 6100	Predicting Weather and Climate (a 3rd year graduate course)

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Selected Publications

Aiken, et. al. Journal Phys Oceanography October 2002

Moore, Journal of Climate March 2003

Ocean Modelling Paper 2004

Tang, Y., et. al. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 2005

Zavala, et. al. Journal of Climate September 2003

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