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Robert Hallberg is affiliated with the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans several areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. Their work also touches on Atmospheric Science and Environmental Chemistry as subfields.

The main topics of Robert Hallberg's research encompass:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Climate variability and models
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing

Robert Hallberg has contributed to numerous publications, many appearing in scientific venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Geoscientific Model Development, Journal of Physical Oceanography, and Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans.

Selected recent papers include:

  • The GFDL Earth System Model Version 4.1 (GFDL-ESM 4.1): Overall Coupled Model Description and Simulation Characteristics, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • SPEAR: The Next Generation GFDL Modeling System for Seasonal to Multidecadal Prediction and Projection, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • A Primer on the Vertical Lagrangian-Remap Method in Ocean Models Based on Finite Volume Generalized Vertical Coordinates, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • A high-resolution physical-biogeochemical model for marine resource applications in the northwest Atlantic (MOM6-COBALT-NWA12 v1.0), 2023, Geoscientific Model Development
  • A Potential Energy Analysis of Ocean Surface Mixed Layers, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

Robert Hallberg has frequently collaborated with other researchers in their field, including:

  • Alistair Adcroft
  • Stephen M. Griffies
  • Niki Zadeh
  • Raphaël Dussin
  • Charles A. Stock

Best Publications

  • GFDL’s ESM2 Global Coupled Climate–Carbon Earth System Models. Part I: Physical Formulation and Baseline Simulation Characteristics

    John P. Dunne;Jasmin G. John;Alistair J. Adcroft;Stephen M. Griffies

  • The GFDL Earth System Model Version 4.1 (GFDL-ESM 4.1): Overall Coupled Model Description and Simulation Characteristics

    J. P. Dunne;L. W. Horowitz;A. J. Adcroft;P. Ginoux

  • Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments (COREs)

    Stephen M. Griffies;Arne Biastoch;Claus W. Böning;Frank Bryan

  • Parameterization of Mixed Layer Eddies. Part I. Theory and Diagnosis

    Baylor Fox-Kemper;Raffaele Ferrari;Robert Hallberg

  • The Role of Eddies in Determining the Structure and Response of the Wind-Driven Southern Hemisphere Overturning: Results from the Modeling Eddies in the Southern Ocean (MESO) Project

    Robert Hallberg;Anand Gnanadesikan

  • Structure and Performance of GFDL's CM4.0 Climate Model

    I. M. Held;H. Guo;A. Adcroft;J. P. Dunne

  • Biharmonic Friction with a Smagorinsky-Like Viscosity for Use in Large-Scale Eddy-Permitting Ocean Models

    Stephen M. Griffies;Robert W. Hallberg

  • Using a resolution function to regulate parameterizations of oceanic mesoscale eddy effects

    Robert Hallberg;Robert Hallberg

  • Parameterization of mixed layer eddies. III: Implementation and impact in global ocean climate simulations

    B. Fox-Kemper;B. Fox-Kemper;G. Danabasoglu;R. Ferrari;S.M. Griffies

  • The GFDL Global Ocean and Sea Ice Model OM4.0: Model Description and Simulation Features

    Alistair Adcroft;Whit Anderson;V. Balaji;Chris Blanton

  • On the Future of Argo: A Global, Full-Depth, Multi-Disciplinary Array

    Dean Roemmich;Matthew H. Alford;Hervé Claustre;Kenneth Johnson

  • OMIP contribution to CMIP6: experimental and diagnostic protocol for the physical component of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project

    Stephen M. Griffies;Gokhan Danabasoglu;Paul J. Durack;Alistair J. Adcroft

  • Internal wave generation in a global baroclinic tide model

    Harper L. Simmons;Harper L. Simmons;Robert W. Hallberg;Brian K. Arbic

  • Climate Process Team on Internal Wave–Driven Ocean Mixing

    Jennifer A. MacKinnon;Zhongxiang Zhao;Caitlin B. Whalen;Amy F. Waterhouse

  • Challenges and Prospects in Ocean Circulation Models

    Baylor Fox-Kemper;Alistair Adcroft;Alistair Adcroft;Claus W. Böning;Eric P. Chassignet

  • Spurious Diapycnal Mixing Associated with Advection in a z-Coordinate Ocean Model

    Stephen M. Griffies;Ronald C. Pacanowski;Robert W. Hallberg

  • SPEAR – the next generation GFDL modeling system for seasonal to multidecadal prediction and projection

    Thomas L. Delworth;William F. Cooke;William F. Cooke;Alistair Adcroft;Alistair Adcroft;Mitchell Bushuk;Mitchell Bushuk

  • The accuracy of surface elevations in forward global barotropic and baroclinic tide models

    Brian K. Arbic;Stephen T. Garner;Robert W. Hallberg;Harper L. Simmons;Harper L. Simmons

  • Comparison of entrainment in overflows simulated by z-coordinate, isopycnal and non-hydrostatic models☆

    Sonya Legg;Sonya Legg;Robert W. Hallberg;James B. Girton

  • Improving Oceanic Overflow Representation in Climate Models: The Gravity Current Entrainment Climate Process Team

    Sonya Legg;Bruce Briegleb;Yeon Chang;Eric P. Chassignet

  • Parameterization of mixed layer eddies. III: Implementation and impact in global ocean climate simulations

    B. Fox-Kemper;G. Danabasoglu;S.M. Griffies;R.W. Hallberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Alistair Adcroft
Alistair Adcroft Princeton University
Stephen M. Griffies
Stephen M. Griffies National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Sonya Legg
Sonya Legg Princeton University
Gokhan Danabasoglu
Gokhan Danabasoglu National Center for Atmospheric Research
Eric P. Chassignet
Eric P. Chassignet Florida State University
Anand Gnanadesikan
Anand Gnanadesikan Johns Hopkins University
Michael Winton
Michael Winton Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Ronald J. Stouffer
Ronald J. Stouffer University of Arizona
Simon J. Marsland
Simon J. Marsland Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Harper L. Simmons
Harper L. Simmons University of Alaska Fairbanks

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