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Mark A. Bourassa is affiliated with Florida State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research focuses strongly on Oceanography and Atmospheric Science, with particular attention to Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing.

Their work frequently addresses topics such as Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Climate variability and models, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Mark A. Bourassa has published numerous papers in reputable venues, with repeated contributions to journals such as Remote Sensing, Preprints.org, Atmosphere, Earth, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). Key recent publications include:

  • Ocean Mesoscale and Frontal-Scale Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions and Influence on Large-Scale Climate: A Review (2023, Journal of Climate)
  • Progress in Operational Modeling in Support of Oil Spill Response (2020, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering)
  • Satellite Remote Sensing of Surface Winds, Waves, and Currents: Where are we Now? (2023, Surveys in Geophysics)
  • FluxSat: Measuring the Ocean-Atmosphere Turbulent Exchange of Heat and Moisture from Space (2020, Remote Sensing)
  • Upper-Ocean Response to Precipitation Forcing in an Ocean Model Hindcast of Hurricane Gonzalo (2020, Journal of Physical Oceanography)

Their collaborative work includes frequent co-authorship with a core group of researchers: Yangxing Zheng, M. M. Ali, Sarah T. Gille, Hyodae Seo, and Ad Stoffelen, reflecting ongoing partnerships within the scientific community.

The consistent themes in Mark A. Bourassa's research reflect a focus on remote sensing technologies and ocean-atmosphere interactions, demonstrating an integration of observational techniques and modeling aimed at understanding climate variability and environmental processes.

Best Publications

  • Globally Gridded Satellite Observations for Climate Studies

    Kenneth R. Knapp;Steve Ansari;Caroline L. Bain;Mark A. Bourassa

  • A Quantitative Evaluation of ENSO Indices

    Deborah E. Hanley;Mark A. Bourassa;James J. O'Brien;Shawn R. Smith

  • High-Latitude Ocean and Sea Ice Surface Fluxes: Challenges for Climate Research

    Mark A. Bourassa;Mark A. Bourassa;Sarah T. Gille;Cecilia Bitz;David Carlson

  • Air-Sea Fluxes With a Focus on Heat and Momentum

    Meghan F. Cronin;Chelle Leigh Gentemann;James B Edson;Iwao Ueki

  • SeaWinds validation with research vessels

    Mark A. Bourassa;David M. Legler;James J. O'Brien;Shawn R. Smith

  • Effects of Rain Rate and Wind Magnitude on SeaWinds Scatterometer Wind Speed Errors

    David E. Weissman;Mark A. Bourassa;Jeffrey Tongue

  • Ocean Mesoscale and Frontal-Scale Ocean–Atmosphere Interactions and Influence on Large-Scale Climate: A Review

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  • A Flux Parameterization Including the Effects of Capillary Waves and Sea State

    Mark A. Bourassa;Dayton G. Vincent;W. L. Wood

  • Monitoring and understanding changes in extremes: Extratropical storms, winds, and waves

    Russell S. Vose;Scott Applequist;Mark A. Bourassa;Sara C. Pryor

  • Review and assessment of latent and sensible heat flux accuracy over the global oceans

    A. Bentamy;J. F. Piollé;A. Grouazel;R. Danielson

  • Remotely Sensed Winds and Wind Stresses for Marine Forecasting and Ocean Modeling

    Mark A. Bourassa;Thomas Meissner;Ivana Cerovecki;Paul Chang

  • Integrated Observations of Global Surface Winds, Currents, and Waves: Requirements and Challenges for the Next Decade

    Ana B. Villas Bôas;Fabrice Ardhuin;Alex Ayet;Alex Ayet;Mark A. Bourassa

  • ESTABLISHING MORE TRUTH IN TRUE WINDS

    Shawn R. Smith;Mark A. Bourassa;Ryan J. Sharp

  • Objectively Derived Daily “Winds” from Satellite Scatterometer Data

    P. J. Pegion;M. A. Bourassa;D. M. Legler;J. J. O’Brien

  • The Winds and Currents Mission Concept

    Ernesto Rodriguez;Mark Allan Bourassa;Dudley Chelton;J. Thomas Farrar

  • Progress in operational modeling in support of oil spill response

    Christopher H. Barker;Vassiliki H. Kourafalou;C. J. Beegle-Krause;Michel Boufadel

  • Wind observations from new satellite and research vessels agree

    Mark A. Bourassa;Michael H. Freilich;David M. Legler;W. Timothy Liu

  • Air‐sea stability effects on the 10 m winds over the global ocean: Evaluations of air‐sea flux algorithms

    Ahmet B. Kara;Alan J. Wallcraft;Mark A. Bourassa

  • EARLY DETECTION OF TROPICAL CYCLONES USING SEAWINDS-DERIVED VORTICITY

    Ryan J. Sharp;Mark A . Bourassa;James J. O'Brien

  • Remote forcing contribution to storm‐induced sea level rise during Hurricane Dennis

    Steven L. Morey;Stephen Baig;Mark A. Bourassa;Dmitry S. Dukhovskoy

  • Remotely Sensed Winds and Wind Stresses for Marine Forecasting and Ocean Modeling

    Mark A. Bourassa

  • Wind Stress Drag Coefficient over the Global Ocean

    A. Birol Kara;Alan J. Wallcraft;E. Joseph Metzger;Harley E. Hurlburt

  • High-latitude ocean and sea ice surface fluxes: requirements and challenges for climate research

    Mark Bourassa;Sarah Tragler Gille;Cecilia M. Bitz;David Carlson

Frequent Co-Authors

James J. O'Brien
James J. O'Brien Florida State University
Sarah T. Gille
Sarah T. Gille University of California, San Diego
Ad Stoffelen
Ad Stoffelen Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Rachel T. Pinker
Rachel T. Pinker University of Maryland, College Park
Meghan F. Cronin
Meghan F. Cronin Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Christopher W. Fairall
Christopher W. Fairall National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ross N. Hoffman
Ross N. Hoffman University of Maryland, College Park
Ernesto Rodriguez
Ernesto Rodriguez Jet Propulsion Lab
Gary A. Wick
Gary A. Wick National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
David G. Long
David G. Long Brigham Young University

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