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Overview

Roger Lukas is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular attention to Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Earth-Surface Processes, and Pollution.

Their work covers several key topics that include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Coastal and Marine Dynamics, and Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation.

Lukas has coauthored publications with several frequent collaborators, including Robert A. Weller, James T. Potemra, Albert J. Plueddemann, C. W. Fairall, and Sébastien Bigorre.

Their recent contributions to scientific literature include:

  • Ocean Reference Stations: Long-Term, Open-Ocean Observations of Surface Meteorology and Air-Sea Fluxes Are Essential Benchmarks (2022, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society)
  • Potential effect of bio-surfactants on sea spray generation in tropical cyclone conditions (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Author Correction: Potential effect of bio-surfactants on sea spray generation in tropical cyclone conditions (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Providing Open Ocean Benchmark Time Series (2023, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society)

These publications reflect engagement with long-term ocean observations, air-sea interactions, and the influence of bio-surfactants under tropical cyclone conditions.

Lukas's research has been published mainly in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society and Scientific Reports, indicating active involvement in meteorological and oceanographic scholarly communication.

Best Publications

  • TOGA COARE: The Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment.

    Peter J. Webster;Roger Lukas

  • The mixed layer of the western equatorial Pacific Ocean

    Roger Lukas;Eric Lindstrom

  • The Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) program: Background, rationale and field implementation

    David M. Karl;Roger Lukas

  • Physical and biogeochemical modulation of ocean acidification in the central North Pacific.

    John E. Dore;Roger Lukas;Daniel W. Sadler;Matthew J. Church

  • Observations of the Mindanao Current during the western equatorial Pacific Ocean circulation study

    Roger Lukas;Eric Firing;Peter Hacker;Philip L. Richardson

  • Seasonal and interannual variability of the North Equatorial Current, the Mindanao Current, and the Kuroshio along the Pacific western boundary

    Bo Qiu;Roger Lukas

  • The western equatorial Pacific: A water mass crossroads

    Rana A. Fine;Roger Lukas;Frederick M. Bingham;Mark J. Warner

  • Tropical Pacific near-surface currents estimated from altimeter, wind, and drifter data

    Gary S. E. Lagerloef;Gary T. Mitchum;Roger B. Lukas;Pearn P. Niiler

  • Interaction between El Niño and Extreme Indian Ocean Dipole

    Jing-Jia Luo;Ruochao Zhang;Swadhin K. Behera;Yukio Masumoto

  • Source waters of the Pacific Equatorial Undercurrent

    Mizuki Tsuchiya;Roger Lukas;Rana A. Fine;Eric Firing

  • The Bifurcation of the North Equatorial Current in the Pacific

    Tangdong Qu;Roger Lukas

  • The Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean Circulation Study

    Eric Lindstrom;Roger Lukas;Rana Fine;Eric Firing

  • Surface Buoyancy Forcing and the Mixed Layer of the Western Pacific Warm Pool: Observations and 1D Model Results

    Steven P. Anderson;Robert A. Weller;Roger B. Lukas

  • The Near-Surface Layer of the Ocean: Structure, Dynamics and Applications

    Alexander Soloviev;Roger Lukas

  • Physical forcing of nitrogen fixation and diazotroph community structure in the North Pacific subtropical gyre

    Matthew J. Church;Claire Mahaffey;Ricardo M. Letelier;Roger Lukas

  • Pacific low-latitude western boundary currents and the Indonesian throughflow

    R. Lukas;T. Yamagata;J.P. McCreary

  • The JASMINE Pilot Study.

    P. J. Webster;P. J. Webster;E. F. Bradley;C. W. Fairall;J. S. Godfrey

  • The termination of the Equatorial Undercurrent in the eastern Pacific

    Roger Lukas

  • Summer phytoplankton blooms in the oligotrophic North Pacific Subtropical Gyre: Historical perspective and recent observations

    John E. Dore;Ricardo M. Letelier;Matthew J. Church;Roger Lukas

  • Equatorial undercurrent disappears during 1982-1983 el nino.

    Eric Firing;Roger Lukas;James Sadler;Klaus Wyrtki

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Karl
David M. Karl University of Hawaii at Manoa
Alexander Soloviev
Alexander Soloviev University of Hawaii at Manoa
Eric Firing
Eric Firing University of Hawaii at Manoa
Ricardo M. Letelier
Ricardo M. Letelier Oregon State University
Robert A. Weller
Robert A. Weller Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Matthew J. Church
Matthew J. Church University of Montana
Peter J. Webster
Peter J. Webster Georgia Institute of Technology
Bruce M. Howe
Bruce M. Howe University of Hawaii at Manoa
Brian K. Haus
Brian K. Haus University of Miami
Gary Lagerloef
Gary Lagerloef Science Applications International Corporation (United States)

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