Personal Information:
Dr. Arthur J. Miller
Research Oceanographer
Senior Lecturer in Climate Sciences
Director, CASPO Division
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
439 Nierenberg Hall
Office: (858) 534-8033
Fax: (858) 534-8561
ajmiller-at-ucsd.edu
Mailing Address:
SIO-UCSD 0224
La Jolla, CA 92093-0224
Complete Curriculum Vitae (2008)
Research Statement (2008)
Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans
Associate Editor, Atmospheric Science Letters
Coordinator, CASPO Seminar Series
Member, U.S. GLOBEC Scientific Steering Committee
Member, VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study (VOCALS) Modeling Group
Member, PICES Evaluations of Climate Change Projections Working Group
CRD Ocean State Estimation Projects
Center for Observations, Modeling and Prediction at Scripps (COMPAS)
Ph.D. Students
What is it like to defend a Ph.D. dissertation at Scripps?
Hendershott Symposium
University City High School Science Olympiad
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Capotondi, A., V. Combes, M. A. Alexander, E. Di Lorenzo and A. J. Miller, 2008: Low-frequency variability in the Gulf of Alaska from coarse and eddy-permitting ocean models. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, sub judice.
Ito, S.-I., A. J. Miller, K. Drinkwater, K. M. Brander, J. W. Hurrell, Y. Yamanaka, J. E. Overland and S. Sundby, 2008: Ocean ecosystem responses to future global change scenarios: A way forward. In: Global Change and Marine Ecosystems, M. Barange, J. Field, R. Harris, E. Hofmann, I. Perry and F. Werner, Eds., sub judice.
Kim, H.-J., A. J. Miller, J. McGowan and M. Carter, 2008: Climate and coastal algal blooms in the Southern California Bight. Progress in Oceanography, sub judice.
Moore, A. M., H. G. Arango, E. Di Lorenzo, A. J. Miller and B. D. Cornuelle, 2008: An adjoint sensitivity analysis of the Southern California Current circulation and ecosystem. Part I: The physical circulation. Journal of Physical Oceanography, sub judice.
Seo, H., R. Murtugudde, M. Jochum and A. J. Miller, 2008: Modeling of mesoscale coupled ocean-atmosphere interaction and its feedback to ocean in the western Arabian Sea. Ocean Modelling, accepted pending minor revisions.
Muccino, J. C., H. G. Arango, A. B. Bennett, B. S. Chua, B. D. Cornuelle, E. Di Lorenzo, G. D. Egbert, D. Haivogel, L. Hao, J. C. Levin, A. J. Miller, A. M. Moore and E. D. Zaron, 2008: The Inverse Ocean Modeling System. II: Applications. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, in press.
Overland, J., J. Alheit, A. Bakun, J. Hurrell, D. L. Mackus and A. J. Miller, 2008: Climate controls on marine ecosystems and fish populations. Journal of Marine Systems, in press.
Di Lorenzo, E., N. Schneider, K. M. Cobb, P. J. S. Franks, K. Chhak, A. J. Miller, J. C. McWilliams, S. J. Bograd, H. Arango, E. Curchitser, T. M. Powell and P. Riviere, 2008: North Pacific Gyre Oscillation links ocean climate and ecosystem change. Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L08607, doi:10.1029/2007GL032838.
Seo, H., M. Jochum, R. Murtugudde, A. J. Miller and J. O. Roads, 2008: Precipitation from African Easterly Waves in a coupled model of the tropical Atlantic. Journal of Climate, 21, 1417-1431.
Alexander, M., A. Capotondi, A. Miller, F. Chai, R. Brodeur and C. Deser, 2008: Decadal variability in the Northeast Pacific in a physical-ecosystem model: Role of mixed layer depth and trophic interactions. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 113, C02017, doi:10.1029/2007JC004359.
Haidvogel, D. B., H. Arango, W. P. Budgell, B. D. Cornuelle, E. Curchitser, E. Di Lorenzo, K. Fennel, W. R. Geyer, A. J. Hermann, L. Lanerolle, J. Levin, J. C. McWilliams, A. J. Miller, A. M. Moore, T. M. Powell, A. F. Shchepetkin, C. R. Sherwood, R. P. Signell, John C. Warner, and J. Wilkin, 2008: Ocean forecasting in terrain-following coordinates: Formulation and skill assessment of the Regional Ocean Modeling System. Journal of Computational Physics, 227, 3595-3624.
Auad, G. and A. J. Miller, 2008: The role of tidal forcing in the Gulf of Alaska's circulation. Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L02602, doi:10.1029/2007GL031611.
Miller, A. J., D. J. Neilson, D. S. Luther, M. C. Hendershott, B. D. Cornuelle, P. F. Worcester, M. A. Dzieciuch, B. D. Dushaw, B. M. Howe, J. C. Levin, H. G. Arango and D. B. Haidvogel, 2007: Barotropic Rossby wave radiation from a model Gulf Stream. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L23613, doi:10.1029/2007GL031937.
Seo, H., M. Jochum, R. Murtugudde, A. J. Miller and J. O. Roads, 2007: Feedback of Tropical Instability Wave-induced atmospheric variability onto the ocean. Journal of Climate, 20, 5842-5855.
Kim, H-J. and A. J. Miller, 2007: Did the thermocline deepen in the southern California Current after the 1976-77 climate regime shift? Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37, 1733-1739.
Seo, H., A. J. Miller and J. O Roads, 2007: The Scripps Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Regional (SCOAR) model, with applications in the eastern Pacific sector. Journal of Climate, 20, 381-402.
Di Lorenzo, E., A. M. Moore, H. G. Arango, B. D. Cornuelle, A. J. Miller, B. Powell, B. S. Chua and A. F. Bennett, 2007: Weak and strong constraint data assimilation in the inverse Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS): Development and application for a baroclinic coastal upwelling system. Ocean Modelling, 16, 160-187.
Trites, A. W., A. J. Miller, H. D. G. Maschner, M. A. Alexander, S. J. Bograd, J. A. Calder, A. Capotondi, K. O. Coyle, E. Di Lorenzo, B. P. Finney, E. J. Gregr, C. E. Grosch, S. R. Hare, G. L. Hunt, J. Jahncke, N. B. Kachel, H.-J. Kim, C. Ladd, N. J. Mantua, C. Marzban, W. Maslowski, R. Mendelssohn, D. J. Neilson, S. R. Okkonen, J. E. Overland, K. L. Reedy-Maschner, T. C. Royer, F. B. Schwing, J. X. L. Wang and A. J. Winship, 2007: Bottom-up forcing and the decline of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Alaska: Assessing the ocean climate hypothesis. Fisheries Oceanography, 16, 46-67.
Miller, A. J., A. J. Gabric, J. R. Moisan, F. Chai, D. J. Neilson, D. W. Pierce, and E. Di Lorenzo, 2006: Global change and oceanic primary productivity: Effects of ocean-atmosphere-biological feedbacks. In: Global Climate Change and Response of the Carbon Cycle in the Equatorial Pacific and Indian Oceans and Adjacent Land Masses, H. Kawahata and Y. Awaya, Eds., Elsevier Oceanography Series, 73, pp. 29-65.
Auad, G., A. Miller and E. Di Lorenzo, 2006: Long term forecast of oceanic conditions off California and biological implications. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 111, C09008, doi:10.1029/2005JC003219.
Mestas-Nunez, A. M. and A. J. Miller, 2006: Interdecadal variability and climate change in the Eastern Tropical Pacific: A review. Progress in Oceanography, 69, 267-284.
Seo, H., M. Jochum, R. Murtugudde and A. J. Miller, 2006: Effect of ocean mesoscale variability on the mean state of tropical Atlantic climate. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L09606, doi:10.1029/2005GL025651.
Capotondi, A., M. A. Alexander, C. Deser and A. J. Miller, 2005: Low-frequency pycnocline variability in the Northeast Pacific. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35, 1403-1420.
Bograd, S. J., R. Mendelssohn, F. B. Schwing and A. J. Miller, 2005: Spatial heterogeneity of sea surface temperature trends in the Gulf of Alaska. Atmosphere-Ocean, 43, 241-247.
Miller, A. J., E. Di Lorenzo, D. J. Neilson, H.-J. Kim, A. Capotondi, M. A. Alexander, S. J. Bograd, F. B. Schwing, R. Mendelssohn, K. Hedstrom and D. L. Musgrave, 2005: Interdecadal changes in mesoscale eddy variance in the Gulf of Alaska circulation: Possible implications for the Steller sea lion decline. Atmosphere-Ocean, 43, 231-240.
Di Lorenzo, E., A. J. Miller, N. Schneider and J. C. McWilliams, 2005: The warming of the California Current: Dynamics and ecosystem implications. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35, 336-362.
Moisan, J. R., A. J. Miller, E. Di Lorenzo and J. Wilkin, 2005: Modeling and data assimilation. In: Remote Sensing in Coastal Aquatic Environments, R. L. Miller, C. E. Del Castillo, and B. A. McKee, Eds., Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 229-257.
Auad, G., A. J. Miller and J. O. Roads, 2004: Pacific Ocean forecasts. Journal of Marine Systems, 45, 75-90.
Di Lorenzo, E., A. J. Miller, D. J. Neilson, B. D. Cornuelle and J. R. Moisan, 2004: Modeling observed California Current mesoscale eddies and the ecosystem response. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 25, 1307-1312.
Moore, A. M., H. G. Arango, E. Di Lorenzo, B. D. Cornuelle, A. J. Miller and D. J. Neilson, 2004: A comprehensive ocean prediction and analysis system based on the tangent linear and adjoint of a regional ocean model. Ocean Modelling, 7, 227-258.
Miller, A. J., F. Chai, S. Chiba, J. R. Moisan and D. J. Neilson, 2004: Decadal-scale climate and ecosystem interactions in the North Pacific Ocean. Journal of Oceanography, 60, 163-188.
Auad, G., J. P. Kennett and A. J. Miller, 2003: The North Pacific Intermediate Water response to a modern climate shift. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 108, 3349, doi:10.1029/2003JC001987.
McGowan, J. A., S. J. Bograd, R. J. Lynn and A. J. Miller, 2003: The biological response to the 1977 regime shift in the California Current. Deep-Sea Research, 50, 2567-2582.
Miller, A. J., M. A. Alexander, G. J. Boer, F. Chai, K. Denman, D. J. Erickson, R. Frouin, A. J. Gabric, E. A. Laws, M. R. Lewis, Z. Liu, R. Murtugudde, S. Nakamoto, D. J. Neilson, J. R. Norris, J. C. Ohlmann, R. I. Perry, N. Schneider, K. M. Shell, and A. Timmermann, 2003: Potential feedbacks between Pacific Ocean ecosystems and interdecadal climate variations. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 84, 617-633.
Schneider, N., A. J. Miller and D. W. Pierce, 2002: Anatomy of North Pacific decadal variability. Journal of Climate, 15, 586-605.
Schneider, N. and A. J. Miller, 2001: Predicting western North Pacific Ocean climate. Journal of Climate (letters), 14, 3997-4002.
Auad, G., A. J. Miller, J. O. Roads and D. R. Cayan, 2001: Pacific Ocean wind stresses and surface heat fluxes from the NCEP Reanalysis and observations: Cross-statistics and ocean model responses. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 106, 22,249-22,265.
Miller, A. J., E. Di Lorenzo, D. J. Neilson, B. D. Cornuelle and J. R. Moisan, 2000: Modeling CalCOFI observations during El Nino: Fitting physics and biology. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports, 41, 87-97.
Miller, A. J. and N. Schneider, 2000: Interdecadal climate regime dynamics in the North Pacific Ocean: Theories, observations and ecosystem impacts. Progress in Oceanography, 47, 355-379.
Miller, A. J., J. C. McWilliams, N. Schneider, J. S. Allen, J. A. Barth, R. C. Beardsley, F. P. Chavez, T. K. Chereskin, C. A. Edwards, R. L. Haney, K. A. Kelly, J. C. Kindle, L. N. Ly, J. R. Moisan, M. A. Noble, P. P. Niiler, L. Y. Oey, F. B. Schwing, R. K. Shearman, and M. S. Swenson, 1999: Observing and modeling the California Current System. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 80, 533-539.
Miller, A. J. and B. D. Cornuelle, 1999: Forecasts from fits of frontal fluctuations. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 29, 305-333.
Schneider, N., S. Venzke, A. J. Miller, D. W. Pierce, T. P. Barnett, C. Deser and M. Latif, 1999: Pacific thermocline bridge revisited. Geophysical Research Letters, 26, 1329-1332.
Schneider, N., A. J. Miller, M. A. Alexander and C. Deser, 1999: Subduction of decadal North Pacific temperature anomalies: Observations and dynamics. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 29, 1056-1070.
Auad, G., A. J. Miller and W. B. White, 1998: Simulation of heat storages and associated heat budgets in the Pacific Ocean - 1. El Nino Southern Oscillation timescale. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 103, 27,603-27,620.
Auad, G., A. J. Miller and W. B. White, 1998: Simulation of heat storages and associated heat budgets in the Pacific Ocean - 2. Interdecadal timescale. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans,, 103, 27,621-27,636.
Miller, A. J., D. R. Cayan and W. B. White, 1998: A westward-intensified decadal change in the North Pacific thermocline and gyre-scale circulation. Journal of Climate, 11, 3112-3127.
Miller, A. J., W. B. White and D. R. Cayan, 1997: North Pacific thermocline variations on ENSO time scales. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 27, 2023-2039.
Miller, A. J., P. F. G. Lermusiaux and P.-M. Poulain, 1996: A topographic-Rossby mode resonance over the Iceland-Faeroe Ridge. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 26, 2735-2747.
Nese, J. M., A. J. Miller and J. A. Dutton, 1996: The nature of predictability enhancement in a low-order ocean-atmosphere model. Journal of Climate, 9, 2167-2172.
Miller, A. J., 1996: Recent advances in California Current modeling: Decadal and interannual thermocline variations. In: California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports, 37, 69-79.
Robinson, A. R., H. G. Arango, A. Warn-Varnas, W. G. Leslie, A. J. Miller, P. J. Haley and C. J. Lozano, 1996: Real-time regional forecasting. In: Modern Approaches to Data Assimilation in Ocean Modeling, P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, ed., Elsevier Science, B.V., pp. 377-410.
Robinson, A. R., H. G. Arango, A. J. Miller, P.-M. Poulain, A. Warn-Varnas and W. G. Leslie, 1996: Real time operational forecasting on shipboard of the Iceland-Faroe frontal variability. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 77, 243-259.
Cayan, D. R., A. J. Miller, T. P. Barnett, N. E. Graham, J. N. Ritchie and J. M. Oberhuber, 1995: Seasonal-interannual fluctuations in surface temperature over the Pacific: Effects of monthly winds and heat fluxes. In: Natural Climate Variability on Decadal-to-Century Time Scales, National Academy Press, pp. 133-150
Miller, A. J., P.-M. Poulain, A. R. Robinson, H. G. Arango, W. G. Leslie and A. Warn-Varnas, 1995: Quantitative skill of quasigeostrophic forecasts of a baroclinically unstable Iceland-Faroe Front. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 100, 10,833-10,849.
Miller, A. J., H. G. Arango, A. R. Robinson, W. G. Leslie, P.-M. Poulain and A. Warn-Varnas, 1995: Quasigeostrophic forecasting and physical processes of Iceland-Faroe Frontal variability. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 25, 1273-1295.
Miller, A. J., D. R. Cayan, T. P. Barnett, N. E. Graham and J. M. Oberhuber, 1994: The 1976-77 climate shift of the Pacific Ocean. Oceanography, 7, 21-26.
Miller, A. J., D. R. Cayan, T. P. Barnett, N. E. Graham and J. M. Oberhuber, 1994: Interdecadal variability of the Pacific Ocean: Model response to observed heat flux and wind stress anomalies. Climate Dynamics, 9, 287-302.
Miller, A. J., T. P. Barnett and N. E. Graham, 1993: A comparison of some tropical ocean models: Hindcast skill and El Nino evolution. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 23, 1567-1591.
Miller, A. J., D. S. Luther and M. C. Hendershott, 1993: The fortnightly and monthly tides: Resonant Rossby waves or nearly equilibrium gravity waves? Journal of Physical Oceanography, 23, 879-897.
Miller, A. J., J. M. Oberhuber, N. E. Graham and T. P. Barnett, 1992: Tropical Pacific Ocean response to observed winds in a layered ocean general circulation model. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 97, 7317-7340.
Miller, A. J., 1992: On forced barotropic vorticity oscillations. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 22, 808-810.
Miller, A. J., 1992: Large-scale ocean-atmosphere interactions in a simplified coupled model of the midlatitude wintertime circulation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 49, 273-286.
Miller, A. J. and J. O. Roads, 1990: A simplified coupled model of extended-range predictability. Journal of Climate, 3, 523-542.
Miller, A. J., 1989: On the barotropic planetary oscillations of the Pacific. Journal of Marine Research, 47, 569-594.
Miller, A. J., W. R. Holland and M. C. Hendershott, 1987: Open-ocean response and normal mode excitation in an eddy-resolving general circulation model. Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 37, 253-278.
Miller, A. J., 1986: Non-divergent planetary oscillations in mid-latitude ocean basins with continental shelves. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 16, 1914-1928.
Miller, A. J., 1986: Barotropic planetary-topographic oscillations in ocean basins. Ph.D. dissertation. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 133 pp.