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Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli

Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli

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Earth Science

D-Index
47
Citations
10079
World Ranking
3946
National Ranking
1544

Overview

Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a primary focus on Oceanography. Their research spans several key subfields, including Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics related to oceanographic and atmospheric processes. These include:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Climate variability and models
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli illustrate their active engagement with oceanographic and climatic scientific inquiry. Key papers include:

  • "Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Modeling Over the Maritime Continent: A Review" (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans)
  • "A consensus-based, revised and comprehensive catalogue for Mediterranean water masses acronyms" (2024, Mediterranean Marine Science)
  • "A reduction in the sea surface warming rate in the South China Sea during 1999-2010" (2021, Climate Dynamics)
  • "A brief history of physical oceanography with Mediterranean examples" (2023, RENDICONTI LINCEI)
  • "Confronting Racism to Advance Our Science" (2021, AGU Advances)

The scientist has co-authored frequently with several collaborators, pointing to an interdisciplinary approach involving diverse expertise. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Peter K. Zeitler
  • Ana P. Barros
  • T. W. Becker
  • Eric A. Davidson
  • B. L. Ehlmann

Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli's research has been published across various scientific venues, indicating a breadth of scholarly communication. These publication venues include:

  • AGU Advances
  • RENDICONTI LINCEI
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Mediterranean Marine Science
  • Climate Dynamics

Best Publications

  • Data assimilation in meteorology and oceanography

    Michael Ghil;Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli

  • Model evaluation experiments in the North Atlantic Basin: simulations in nonlinear terrain-following coordinates

    Dale B. Haidvogel;Hernan G. Arango;Kate Hedstrom;Aike Beckmann

  • The Mediterranean climate: An overview of the main characteristics and issues

    P Lionello;Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli;Roberta Boscolo;Pinhas Alpert

  • Chapter 4 Changes in the oceanography of the Mediterranean Sea and their link to climate variability

    Michael N. Tsimplis;Michael N. Tsimplis;Vassilis Zervakis;Vassilis Zervakis;Simon A. Josey;Simon A. Josey;Elissaveta L. Peneva;Elissaveta L. Peneva

  • General Circulation of the Eastern Mediterranean

    A.R. Robinson;P. Malanotte-Rizzoli;A. Hecht;A. Michelato

  • A synthesis of the Ionian Sea hydrography, circulation and water mass pathways during POEM-Phase I

    Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli;Beniamino B. Manca;Maurizio Ribera D'Alcalà;Alexander Theocharis

  • The Eastern Mediterranean in the 80s and in the 90s: the big transition in the intermediate and deep circulations

    Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli;Beniamino B. Manca;Maurizio Ribera d'Alcala;Alexander Theocharis

  • An approximate Kaiman filter for ocean data assimilation: An example with an idealized Gulf Stream model

    Ichiro Fukumori;Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli

  • Large-scale properties of the eastern mediterranean - A review

    P Malanotterizzoli;A Hecht

  • Physical forcing and physical/biochemical variability of the Mediterranean Sea: a review of unresolved issues and directions for future research

    P. Malanotte-Rizzoli;V. Artale;G. L. Borzelli-Eusebi;S. Brenner

  • Ocean processes in climate dynamics : global and mediterranean examples

    Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli;Allan R. Robinson;Mediterranean Examples

  • Assimilation of Altimeter Data into an Ocean Circulation Model: Space versus Time Resolution Studies

    William R. Holland;Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli

  • Wind and thermohaline circulation of the Black Sea driven by yearly mean climatological forcing

    T. Oguz;P. Malanotte-Rizzoli;D. Aubrey

  • Modern approaches to data assimilation in ocean modeling

    Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli

  • Simulation of annual plankton productivity cycle in the Black Sea by a one-dimensional physical-biological model

    Temel Oguz;Hugh Ducklow;Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli;Suleyman Tugrul

  • Modeling distinct vertical biogeochemical structure of the Black Sea: Dynamical coupling of the oxic, suboxic, and anoxic layers

    Temel Oguz;Hugh W. Ducklow;Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli

  • Tropical instability waves in the Atlantic Ocean

    Markus Jochum;Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli;Antonio Busalacchi

  • The circulation of the Mediterranean Sea: a historical review of experimental investigations

    A. Bergamasco;P. Malanotte-Rizzoli

  • Water mass pathways between the subtropical and tropical ocean in a climatological simulation of the North Atlantic ocean circulation

    Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli;Kate Hedstrom;Hernan Arango;Dale B Haidvogel

  • Space and time variability of the surface color field in the northern Adriatic Sea

    Vittorio Barale;Charles R. McClain;Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli

  • Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Vortex Structures in Barotropic β-plane Jets

    G. R. Flierl;P. Malanotte-Rizzoli;N. J. Zabusky

  • Principles of Ocean Physics

    Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli

Frequent Co-Authors

Temel Oguz
Temel Oguz Middle East Technical University
Jun Wei
Jun Wei Harbin Institute of Technology
Markus Jochum
Markus Jochum University of Copenhagen
Allan R. Robinson
Allan R. Robinson Harvard University
William R. Holland
William R. Holland National Center for Atmospheric Research
Antonio J. Busalacchi
Antonio J. Busalacchi University of Maryland, College Park
Susan E. Trumbore
Susan E. Trumbore Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Emin Özsoy
Emin Özsoy Middle East Technical University
Bethany L. Ehlmann
Bethany L. Ehlmann University of Colorado Boulder

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