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  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Robert L. Molinari was affiliated with the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory in the United States during their career. Their work contributed to the scientific community, particularly within the scope of oceanography and meteorology as suggested by their institutional association.

In 2002, Robert L. Molinari was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). This fellowship is an acknowledgment granted by peers for significant contributions to science, reflecting their involvement and standing in the academic field.

Although specific details about their research papers, coauthors, publication venues, fields of study, subfields, and main topics of work are not available, their institutional affiliation and fellowship indicate a focus on the physical and atmospheric sciences related to the ocean and weather systems.

Throughout their career, Robert L. Molinari was engaged in a range of oceanographic and meteorological research activities conducted at a prominent national laboratory dedicated to these disciplines. Their professional status and recognition imply participation in ongoing scientific efforts to understand ocean and atmospheric phenomena.

Robert L. Molinari is deceased. Their legacy remains tied to the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, where their contributions to oceanographic and meteorological research were part of the broader scientific enterprise in these fields.

Best Publications

  • A numerical investigation of dynamics, thermodynamics and mixed-layer processes in the Indian Ocean

    Julian P. McCreary;Pijush K. Kundu;Robert L. Molinari

  • Evolution of the climatological near‐surface thermal structure of the tropical Indian Ocean: 1. Description of mean monthly mixed layer depth, and sea surface temperature, surface current, and surface meteorological fields

    Rokkam R. Rao;Robert L. Molinari;John F. Festa

  • Structure and Variability of the Florida Current at 27°N: April 1982–July 1984

    Kevin D. Leaman;Robert L. Molinari;Peter S. Vertes

  • The Argo Project: Global Ocean Observations for Understanding and Prediction of Climate Variability

    Dean H. Roemmich;Russ E. Davis;Stephen C. Riser;W. B. Owens

  • Argo: The Global Array of Profiling Floats

    Dean Roemmich;Olaf Boebel;Yves Desaubies;Howard Freeland

  • Surface current distributions in the tropical Indian Ocean derived from compilations of surface buoy trajectories

    Robert L. Molinari;Donald Olson;Gilles Reverdin

  • Calculations of Differential Kinematic Properties from Lagrangian Observations in the Western Caribbean Sea

    R. Molinari;A. D. Kirwan

  • Upper layer currents in the western tropical North Atlantic (1989-1991)

    B. Bourles;R. L. Molinari;E. Johns;W. D. Wilson

  • The arrival of recently formed Labrador sea water in the Deep Western Boundary Current at 26.5°N

    Robert L. Molinari;Rana A. Fine;W. Douglas Wilson;Ruth G. Curry

  • The zonal currents and transports at 35°W in the tropical Atlantic

    Friedrich A. Schott;Marcus Dengler;Peter Brandt;Karina Affler

  • Development of Near-Surface Flow Pattern and Water Mass Distribution in the Somali Basin in Response to the Southwest Monsoon of 1979

    John C. Swallow;Robert L. Molinari;John G. Bruce;Otis B. Brown

  • A continuous deep western boundary current between Abaco (26.5°N) and Barbados (13°N)

    Rana A. Fine;Robert L. Molinari

  • Multiyear variability in the near-surface temperature structure of the midlatitude western North Atlantic Ocean

    Robert L. Molinari;Dennis A. Mayer;John F. Festa;Hugo F. Bezdek

  • The Deep Western Boundary Current in the tropical North Atlantic Ocean

    Robert L. Molinari;Rana A. Fine;Elizabeth Johns

  • Surface currents in the Caribbean Sea as deduced from Lagrangian observations

    Robert L. Molinari;Michael Spillane;Irving Brooks;Donald Atwood

  • Observations of eastward currents in the tropical South Atlantic Ocean: 1978–1980

    Robert L. Molinari

  • Upper layer circulation in the western tropical North Atlantic Ocean during August 1989

    W. Douglas Wilson;E. Johns;R. L. Molinari

  • Somali current: evolution of surface flow.

    W. Düing;R. L. Molinari;J. C. Swallow

  • Volume and heat transports of the Florida current: april 1982 through august 1983.

    Robert L. Molinari;William D. Wilson;Kevin Leaman

  • The variability of anticyclonic current patterns in the Gulf of Mexico

    David W. Behringer;Robert L. Molinari;John F. Festa

  • The Annual Cycle of Meridional Heat Flux in the Atlantic Ocean at 26.5°N

    Robert L. Molinari;Elizabeth Johns;John F. Festa

  • Evolution of the near-surface thermal structure in the western Indian Ocean during FGGE, 1979

    Robert L. Molinari;John Swallow;John F. Festa

Frequent Co-Authors

Silvia L. Garzoli
Silvia L. Garzoli Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Rana A. Fine
Rana A. Fine University of Miami
Gilles Reverdin
Gilles Reverdin Sorbonne University
Friedrich Schott
Friedrich Schott Kiel University
Stephen C. Riser
Stephen C. Riser University of Washington
Dean Roemmich
Dean Roemmich University of California, San Diego
Gregory C. Johnson
Gregory C. Johnson Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Julian P. McCreary
Julian P. McCreary University of Hawaii at Manoa
Peter Schlosser
Peter Schlosser Arizona State University
Russ E. Davis
Russ E. Davis University of California, San Diego

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