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William S. Kessler is affiliated with the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Atmospheric Science subfields.

The scientist's recent publication record consists of studies addressing oceanographic and atmospheric processes, climate variability and models, marine and coastal ecosystems, and geology and paleoclimatology research. Notable recent papers include:

  • Diurnal Cycles of Near-Surface Currents Across the Tropical Pacific, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Modulation of Cross-Isothermal Velocities with ENSO in the Tropical Pacific Cold Tongue, 2021, Journal of Physical Oceanography
  • Diabatic Upwelling in the Tropical Pacific: Seasonal and Subseasonal Variability, 2022, Journal of Physical Oceanography

Their frequent coauthors indicate collaborative work with experts in related oceanographic and climate fields. These coauthors include:

  • Anna-Lena Deppenmeier
  • Frank O. Bryan
  • LuAnne Thompson
  • Jessica Masich
  • Meghan F. Cronin

William S. Kessler's publications are primarily featured in the Journal of Physical Oceanography and the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. These venues reflect a focus on physical processes in the ocean and their connection to broader environmental systems.

The scientist's work contributes to the understanding of oceanographic and atmospheric dynamics, climate variability patterns such as ENSO, and related impacts on marine ecosystems. Their research integrates observational data and modeling approaches to examine processes at seasonal and subseasonal scales in tropical ocean regions.

Best Publications

  • The circulation of the eastern tropical Pacific: A review

    William S. Kessler

  • Pacific western boundary currents and their roles in climate

    Dunxin Hu;Lixin Wu;Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Alex Sen Gupta

  • Forcing of intraseasonal Kelvin waves in the equatorial Pacific

    W. S. Kessler;M. J. McPhaden;K. M. Weickmann

  • Observations of long Rossby waves in the northern tropical Pacific

    William S. Kessler

  • Direct measurements of upper ocean currents and water properties across the tropical Pacific during the 1990s

    Gregory C Johnson;Bernadette M Sloyan;William S Kessler;Kristene E McTaggart

  • Rectification of the Madden-Julian Oscillation into the ENSO Cycle.

    William S. Kessler;Richard Kleeman

  • Is ENSO a cycle or a series of events

    William S. Kessler

  • EOF Representations of the Madden–Julian Oscillation and Its Connection with ENSO

    William S. Kessler

  • Climate Fluctuations of Tropical Coupled Systems—The Role of Ocean Dynamics

    P. Chang;T. Yamagata;P. Schopf;S. K. Behera

  • Oceanic Equatorial Waves and the 1991–93 El Niño

    William S. Kessler;Michael J. McPhaden

  • Dynamic Heights and Zonal Geostrophic Transports in the Central Tropical Pacific during 1979–84

    William S. Kessler;Bruce A. Taft

  • Air-Sea Interaction over the Eastern Pacific Warm Pool: Gap Winds, Thermocline Dome, and Atmospheric Convection*

    Shang-Ping Xie;Haiming Xu;William S. Kessler;Masami Nonaka

  • The 1991–1993 El Niño in the central Pacific

    William S. Kessler;Michael J. McPhaden

  • The Annual Wind-driven Rossby Wave in the Subthermocline Equatorial Pacific

    William S. Kessler;Julian P. McCreary

  • The Southwest Pacific Ocean circulation and climate experiment (SPICE)

    Alexandre Ganachaud;Sophie Cravatte;A. Melet;A. Melet;A. Schiller

  • The annual cycle of SST in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, diagnosed in an ocean GCM

    William S. Kessler;Lewis M. Rothstein;Dake Chen

  • Distinct 17- and 33-Day Tropical Instability Waves in Subsurface Observations*

    John M. Lyman;Gregory C. Johnson;William S. Kessler

  • Observed correlation of surface salinity, temperature and barrier layer at the eastern edge of the western Pacific warm pool

    Christophe Maes;Kentaro Ando;Thierry Delcroix;William S. Kessler

  • Mean Three-Dimensional Circulation in the Northeast Tropical Pacific*

    William S. Kessler

  • Near-Surface Shear Flow in the Tropical Pacific Cold Tongue Front*

    Meghan F. Cronin;William S. Kessler

Frequent Co-Authors

Sophie Cravatte
Sophie Cravatte Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Janet Sprintall
Janet Sprintall University of California, San Diego
Russ E. Davis
Russ E. Davis University of California, San Diego
Michael J. McPhaden
Michael J. McPhaden Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Wenju Cai
Wenju Cai Ocean University of China
Jacques Verron
Jacques Verron Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Meghan F. Cronin
Meghan F. Cronin Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Bo Qiu
Bo Qiu University of Hawaii at Manoa
Dean Roemmich
Dean Roemmich University of California, San Diego
Ken Ridgway
Ken Ridgway Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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