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Overview

Christopher A. Edwards is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, particularly within the domains of Environmental Science and Oceanography.

Edwards's work encompasses several key subfields including:

  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Physiology
  • Ecology

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Climate variability and models
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Their recent papers highlight work related to marine systems and forecasting. Some notable publications are:

  • "A Dynamically Downscaled Ensemble of Future Projections for the California Current System," 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Seasonal-to-interannual prediction of North American coastal marine ecosystems: Forecast methods, mechanisms of predictability, and priority developments," 2020, Progress In Oceanography
  • "Regional and basin scale applications of ensemble adjustment Kalman filter and 4D-Var ocean data assimilation systems," 2020, Progress In Oceanography
  • "The Inner-Shelf Dynamics Experiment," 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Dissimilar Sensitivities of Ocean Acidification Metrics to Anthropogenic Carbon Accumulation in the Central North Pacific Ocean and California Current Large Marine Ecosystem," 2022, Geophysical Research Letters

Christopher A. Edwards frequently collaborates with the following researchers:

  • Andrew M. Moore
  • Jérôme Fiechter
  • Jonathan G. Izett
  • Mercedes Pozo Buil
  • Michael G. Jacox

Edwards publishes regularly in several scientific venues, with a concentration in journals related to marine and atmospheric sciences. Their frequent publication outlets include:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Ocean Modelling
  • Progress In Oceanography
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography

Best Publications

  • Impacts of the 2015–2016 El Niño on the California Current System: Early assessment and comparison to past events

    Michael G. Jacox;Michael G. Jacox;Elliott L. Hazen;Katherine D. Zaba;Daniel L. Rudnick

  • Coastal Upwelling Revisited: Ekman, Bakun, and Improved Upwelling Indices for the U.S. West Coast

    Michael G. Jacox;Michael G. Jacox;Christopher A. Edwards;Elliott L. Hazen;Steven J. Bograd

  • Individual-based models of copepod populations in coastal upwelling regions: implications of physiologically and environmentally influenced diel vertical migration on demographic success and nearshore retention

    Harold P. Batchelder;Christopher A. Edwards;Thomas M. Powell

  • The Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) 4-dimensional variational data assimilation systems: Part II – Performance and application to the California Current System

    Andrew M. Moore;Hernan G. Arango;Gregoire Broquet;Chris Edwards

  • Regional Ocean Data Assimilation

    Christopher A. Edwards;Andrew M. Moore;Ibrahim Hoteit;Bruce D. Cornuelle

  • Modeling environmental DNA transport in the coastal ocean using Lagrangian particle tracking

    Elizabeth A Andruszkiewicz;Jeffrey R Koseff;Oliver B Fringer;Nicholas T Ouellette

  • Sustainable agricultural systems

    C. Edwards;Rattan Lal;P. Madden;R. Miller

  • ENSO and the California Current coastal upwelling response

    Michael G. Jacox;Jerome Fiechter;Andrew M. Moore;Christopher A. Edwards

  • The Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) 4-dimensional variational data assimilation systems Part III - Observation impact and observation sensitivity in the California Current System

    Andrew M. Moore;Hernan G. Arango;Gregoire Broquet;Chris Edwards

  • Abundance and distribution of major groups of diazotrophic cyanobacteria and their potential contribution to N2 fixation in the tropical Atlantic Ocean

    Nicole L. Goebel;Kendra A. Turk;Katherine M. Achilles;Ryan Paerl

  • Scale of inference: on the sensitivity of habitat models for wide-ranging marine predators to the resolution of environmental data

    Kylie L. Scales;Kylie L. Scales;Elliott L. Hazen;Michael G. Jacox;Michael G. Jacox;Christopher A. Edwards

  • Advancing marine biogeochemical and ecosystem reanalyses and forecasts as tools for monitoring and managing ecosystem health

    Katja Fennel;Marion Gehlen;Pierre Brasseur;Christopher Brown

  • Spatially resolved upwelling in the California Current System and its connections to climate variability

    M. G. Jacox;A. M. Moore;C. A. Edwards;J. Fiechter

  • An historical analysis of the California Current circulation using ROMS 4D-Var: System configuration and diagnostics

    Emilie Neveu;Andrew M. Moore;Christopher A. Edwards;Jérôme Fiechter

  • A central California coastal ocean modeling study: 1. Forward model and the influence of realistic versus climatological forcing

    M. Veneziani;C. A. Edwards;J. D. Doyle;D. Foley

  • Application of 4D-Variational data assimilation to the California Current System

    G. Broquet;C.A. Edwards;A.M. Moore;B.S. Powell

  • A Dynamically Downscaled Ensemble of Future Projections for the California Current System

    Mercedes Pozo Buil;Mercedes Pozo Buil;Michael G. Jacox;Michael G. Jacox;Michael G. Jacox;Jerome Fiechter;Michael A. Alexander

  • Moving Towards Dynamic Ocean Management: How Well Do Modeled Ocean Products Predict Species Distributions?

    Elizabeth A. Becker;Karin A. Forney;Paul C. Fiedler;Jay Barlow

  • Integrating Dynamic Subsurface Habitat Metrics Into Species Distribution Models

    Stephanie Brodie;Stephanie Brodie;Michael G. Jacox;Michael G. Jacox;Michael G. Jacox;Steven J. Bograd;Steven J. Bograd;Heather Welch;Heather Welch

  • Demonstration of a fully-coupled end-to-end model for small pelagic fish using sardine and anchovy in the California Current

    Kenneth A. Rose;Jerome Fiechter;Enrique N. Curchitser;Kate Hedstrom

  • Seasonal-to-interannual prediction of North American coastal marine ecosystems: Forecast methods, mechanisms of predictability, and priority developments

    Michael G. Jacox;Michael G. Jacox;Michael A. Alexander;Samantha Siedlecki;Ke Chen

  • GROWTH AND CARBON CONTENT OF THREE DIFFERENT‐SIZED DIAZOTROPHIC CYANOBACTERIA OBSERVED IN THE SUBTROPICAL NORTH PACIFIC1

    Nicole L. Goebel;Christopher A. Edwards;Brandon J. Carter;Katherine M. Achilles

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew M. Moore
Andrew M. Moore University of California, Santa Cruz
Michael G. Jacox
Michael G. Jacox National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Herman M. Presby
Herman M. Presby Nokia (Finland)
Elliott L. Hazen
Elliott L. Hazen National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Steven J. Bograd
Steven J. Bograd National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Arthur J. Miller
Arthur J. Miller University of California, San Diego
Jonathan P. Zehr
Jonathan P. Zehr University of California, Santa Cruz
Emanuele Di Lorenzo
Emanuele Di Lorenzo Georgia Institute of Technology
James D. Doyle
James D. Doyle United States Naval Research Laboratory
Henry A. Ruhl
Henry A. Ruhl Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

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