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John Wilkin is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Oceanography and related subfields. Their work spans areas such as Environmental Science and incorporates specialized topics including climate variability, marine ecosystems, and atmospheric processes.

The scientist's primary fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

The subfields they work in include:

  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Ecology

Main research topics covered by John Wilkin are:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Coastal and Marine Management

Recent publications by John Wilkin and collaborators include:

  • Doppio - a ROMS (v3.6)-based circulation model for the Mid-Atlantic Bight and Gulf of Maine: configuration and comparison to integrated coastal observing network observations, 2020, Geoscientific Model Development
  • Implementing Operational Ocean Monitoring and Forecasting Systems, 2022, HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • A data-assimilative model reanalysis of the U.S. Mid Atlantic Bight and Gulf of Maine: Configuration and comparison to observations and global ocean models, 2022, Progress In Oceanography
  • Ocean Integration: The Needs and Challenges of Effective Coordination Within the Ocean Observing System, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Estuarine retention of larvae: Contrasting effects of behavioral responses to turbulence and waves, 2022, Limnology and Oceanography

John Wilkin frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Ocean Modelling
  • Estuaries and Coasts
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, most notably:

  • Andrew M. Moore
  • Elias Hunter
  • Julia Levin
  • Hernan G. Arango
  • Jessica C. Garwood

Best Publications

  • Ocean forecasting in terrain-following coordinates: Formulation and skill assessment of the Regional Ocean Modeling System

    D. B. Haidvogel;H. Arango;W. P. Budgell;B. D. Cornuelle

  • Nitrogen cycling in the Middle Atlantic Bight: Results from a three‐dimensional model and implications for the North Atlantic nitrogen budget

    Katja Fennel;John Wilkin;Julia Levin;John Moisan

  • Ocean Interpolation by Four-Dimensional Weighted Least Squares—Application to the Waters around Australasia

    K. R. Ridgway;J. R. Dunn;J. L. Wilkin

  • US GODAE: Global Ocean Prediction with the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM)

    Eric P Chassignet;Harley E Hurlburt;E J Metzger;Ole M Smedstad

  • A semi-spectral primitive equation ocean circulation model using vertical sigma and orthogonal curvilinear horizontal coordinates

    Dale B. Haidvogel;John L. Wilkin;Roberta Young

  • Altimetry for the future: building on 25 years of progress

    Saleh Abdalla;Abdolnabi Abdeh Kolahchi;Michaël Ablain;Susheel Adusumilli

  • The Coupled Boundary Layers and Air–Sea Transfer Experiment in Low Winds

    James Edson;Timothy Crawford;Jerry Crescenti;Tom Farrar

  • Denitrification effects on air-sea CO2 flux in the coastal ocean: Simulations for the northwest North Atlantic

    Katja Fennel;John Wilkin;Michael Previdi;Raymond Najjar

  • The Effect of Wind on the Dispersal of the Hudson River Plume

    Byoung-Ju Choi;John L. Wilkin

  • A regional ocean modeling system for the Long-term Ecosystem Observatory

    John L. Wilkin;Hernan G. Arango;Dale B. Haidvogel;C. Sage Lichtenwalner;C. Sage Lichtenwalner

  • Extracting Multiyear Surface Currents from Sequential Thermal Imagery Using the Maximum Cross-Correlation Technique

    Melissa M. Bowen;William J. Emery;John L. Wilkin;Paul C. Tildesley

  • Requirements for a Coastal Hazards Observing System

    Jérôme Benveniste;Anny Cazenave;Stefano Vignudelli;Luciana Fenoglio-Marc

  • Variability and forcing of the East Australian Current

    Melissa M. Bowen;Melissa M. Bowen;John L. Wilkin;William J. Emery

  • Chesapeake Bay Nitrogen Fluxes Derived From a Land-Estuarine Ocean Biogeochemical Modeling System: Model Description, Evaluation, and Nitrogen Budgets

    Yang Feng;Marjorie A. M. Friedrichs;John Wilkin;Hanqin Tian

  • Use of satellite observations for operational oceanography: recent achievements and future prospects

    P.-Y. Le Traon;D. Antoine;A. Bentamy;H. Bonekamp

  • Ocean currents and the larval phase of Australian western rock lobster, Panulirus cygnus

    David A. Griffin;John L. Wilkin;Chris F. Chubb;Alan F. Pearce

  • What we have learned from the framework for ocean observing: evolution of the global ocean observing system

    Toste Tanhua;Andrea McCurdy;Albert Fischer;Ward Appeltans

  • The Summertime Heat Budget and Circulation of Southeast New England Shelf Waters

    John L. Wilkin

  • Scattering of coastal-trapped waves by irregularities in coastline and topography

    John L. Wilkin

  • Simulation of Water Age and Residence Time in New York Bight

    Weifeng G. Zhang;John L. Wilkin;Oscar M. E. Schofield

  • Modeling the Dynamics of Continental Shelf Carbon

    Eileen E. Hofmann;Bronwyn Cahill;Katja Fennel;Marjorie A.M. Friedrichs

Frequent Co-Authors

Marjorie A. M. Friedrichs
Marjorie A. M. Friedrichs Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Katja Fennel
Katja Fennel Dalhousie University
Dale B. Haidvogel
Dale B. Haidvogel Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Oscar Schofield
Oscar Schofield Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Eileen E. Hofmann
Eileen E. Hofmann Old Dominion University
Raymond G. Najjar
Raymond G. Najjar Pennsylvania State University
Scott Glenn
Scott Glenn Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Andrew M. Moore
Andrew M. Moore University of California, Santa Cruz
Paolo Cipollini
Paolo Cipollini Natural Environment Research Council
Josh Kohut
Josh Kohut Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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