Rapid Climate Change (RAPID) Scientific Co-ordinator of the NERC Rapid Climate Change Research Programme (from 1st October 2001) Relevant national QUEST and international CLIVAR, USAMOC programmes Contact Information: Prof M.A. Srokosz Room 254/43, Ocean Observing and Climate, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS), Empress Dock, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK Phone: +44-(0)23-8059-6414 Fax: +44-(0)23-8059-6400 Email: M.Srokosz@noc.ac.uk

Research Interests Rain's effect on altimetry and the estimation of rain from spaceborne instrumentation Agulhas Current (as revealed by altimetry, SST, ocean colour and models) and Madagascar currents Cruise near Madagascar to study eddies and currents Studying plankton patchiness using ship and satellite sensors, including surface to subsurface links Assimilation of data into biological models (1998 review report in pdf) Near real-time assimilation of cruise data into a biological-physical model e.g. during FISHES cruise in 2001 (see also a picture from the FISHES cruise) Sea state bias in radar altimeter height measurements Improved radar altimeter wind speed algorithms (ESA report in pdf) Surface waves, including waves on Titan! (theory, observations, statistics) Measuring salinity from space, including involvement in the SMOS mission plus paper on salinity from 1995 ESA SMOS workshop (see also the NASA Aquarius sea surface salinity mission) SST from passive microwave sensors UK SOLAS programme - effects of breaking waves on air-sea gas transfer - now followed up with the WAGES study with Leeds University Biological modelling using a non-hydrostatic, finite-element, adaptive grid ocean model (ICOM) developed at Imperial College

Refereed publications since 1995 Guymer T.H., G.D. Quartly & M.A. Srokosz, 1995 'The effect of rain on ERS-1 radar altimeter data' J. of Atmos. and Oceanic Tech. 12, 1229-1247. Glazman R.E., A. Fabrikant & M.A. Srokosz, 1996 'Numerical analysis of the sea stae bias for satellite altimetry' J. Geophys. Res. 101, 3789-3799. Quartly G.D., T.H. Guymer & M.A. Srokosz, 1996 'The effect of rain on Topex radar altimeter data' J. of Atmos. and Oceanic Tech. 13, 1209-1229. Srokosz M.A., 1998 'A new statistical distribution for the surface elevation of weakly nonlinear water waves' J. Phys. Ocean. 28, 149-155. Quartly G.D., M.A. Srokosz & T.H. Guymer, 1999 'Global precipitation statistics from dual-frequency TOPEX altimetry' J. Geophys. Res. 104, 31489-31516. Gahfoor N.A-L., J.C. Zarnecki, P.G. Challenor & M.A. Srokosz, 2000 'Wind-driven surface waves on Titan' J. Geophys. Res. 105, 12077-12091. Quartly G.D., M.A. Srokosz & T.H. Guymer, 2000 'Changes in oceanic precipitation during the 1997-1998 El Nino' Geophys. Res. Lett. 27, 2293-2296. Srokosz M.A. 2000 'Biological oceanography by remote sensing' (408Kb pdf) in Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry, R.A. Meyers (Ed.), John Wiley & Sons Ltd, pp.8506-8533. Quartly G.D., Srokosz M.A. & McMillan A. 2001 Analysing altimeter artefacts: statistical properties of ocean waveforms, J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 18, 2074-2091. McMillan A., Quartly G.D., M.A. Srokosz & Tournadre J., 2002 Validation of the TOPEX rain algorithm: comparison with ground-based radar, J. Geophys. Res. 107 (D4), 3.1-3.10. Gommenginger C.P., Srokosz M.A., Challenor P.G. & Cotton P.D. 2002 Development and validation of altimeter wind speed algorithms using an extended collocated buoy / Topex data set, IEEE Trans. Geosci. & Remote Sensing 40, 251-260. Popova E.E., Srokosz M.A. & Smeed D.A. 2002 Real-time forecasting of biological and physical dynamics at the Iceland-Faeroes Front in June 2001, Geophys. Res. Lett. 29 (4), 14.1-14.4. Da Silva, J.C.B., New A.L., Srokosz M.A. & Smyth T.J. 2002 On the observabil ity of internal tidal waves in remotely-sensed ocean color data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29 (12), 10.1-10.4. Karaev V. Yu., Kanevsky M. B., Balandina G. N., Cotton P. D., Challenor P. G., Gommenginger C. P. & Srokosz M. A. 2002 On the problem of the near ocean surface wind speed retrieval by radar altimeter: a two-parameter algorithm, Int. J. Remote Sensing, 23, 3263-3283. Gourrion J., Vandemark D., Bailey S.A., Chapron B., Gommenginger C., Challenor P.G. & Srokosz M.A. 2002 A two parameter wind speed algorithm for Ku-band altimeters, J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 19, 2030-2048. Popova E., Lozano C., Srokosz M.A., Fasham M. J.R., Haley P.J. & Robinson A.R. 2002 Coupled 3D physical and biological modelling of the mesoscale variability observed in NE Atlantic in Spring 1997: biological processes, Deep-Sea Res. I, 49, 1741-1768. Quartly G.D. & Srokosz M.A. 2002 SST observations of the Agulhas and East Madagascar Retroflections by the TRMM Microwave Imager, J. Phys. Oceanogr. 32, 1585-1592. Quartly G.D., Guymer T.H. & Srokosz M.A. 2002 Measuring rainfall at sea. Part II. Spaceborne sensors, Weather, 57, 363-366. Martin A.P. & Srokosz M.A. 2002 Plankton distribution spectra: inter-size class variability and the relative slopes for phytoplankton and zooplankton, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29 (24), 66.1-66.4. Anderson C., Macklin J.T., Gommenginger C.P. & M.A. Srokosz 2002 A comparison of the sea-state sensitivity in empirical and theoretical models of altimeter ocean backscatter, Canadian J. Remote Sensing, 28, 475-483. Anderson C., Macklin J.T., Gommenginger C.P. & M.A. Srokosz 2002 Towards a unified theoretical model of ocean backscatter for wind speed retrieval from SAR, scatterometer and altimeter, Canadian J. Remote Sensing, 28, 354-366. Quartly G.D. & Srokosz M.A. 2003 Satellite observations of the Agulhas Current System, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond.,A 361, 51-56. Hemmings J.C.H., Srokosz M.A., Challenor P.G. & Fasham M.J.R. 2003 Assimilating satellite ocean colour observations into oceanic ecosystem models, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond.,A 361, 33-39. Rixen M. et al. (incl. Srokosz M.A.) 2003 Along or across front survey strategy? An operational example at an unstable front, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30 (1), 17.1-17.4. Gommenginger C., Srokosz M.A., Wolf J. & Janssen P.A.E.M. 2003 An investigation of altimeter sea state bias theories, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (1), 11.1-11.13. Srokosz M.A. 2003 Rapid climate change - scientific challenges and the new NERC programme, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., A 361, 2061-2078. Quartly G.D. & Srokosz M.A. 2003 A plankton guide to ocean physics, Ocean Challenge, 12, 19-23. Srokosz M.A., Martin A.P. & Fasham M.J.R. 2003 On the role of biological dynamics in plankton patchiness: an example from the eastern North Atlantic, J. Mar. Res., 61,517-537. Gommenginger C., Srokosz M.A., Challenor P.G. & Cotton P.D. 2003 Measuring ocean wave period with satellite altimeters: a simple empirical model, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30 (2), OCE 2.1-2.5. Srokosz M.A. 2004 New experiment deploys observing array in N Atlantic to investigate Rapid Climate Change, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(8), 78 & 83. Quartly G.D. & Srokosz M.A. 2004 Eddies in the Southern Mozambique channel, Deep-Sea Res. II, 51, 69-83. Srokosz M.A., Quartly G.D. & Buck J.J.H. 2004 A possible plankton wave in the Indian Ocean, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L13301.1-4. Hemmings J.C.H., Srokosz M.A., Challenor P.G. & Fasham M.J.R. 2004 Split-domain calibration of an ecosystem model using satellite ocean colour data, J. Mar. Sys., 50, 141-179. Quartly G.D., Buck J.J.H. & Srokosz M.A. 2005 Eddy variability east of Madagascar, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., A363, 77-79. Karaev V.Yu., Kanevsky M.B., Balandina G.N., Challenor P., Gommenginger C. & Srokosz M. 2005 The concept of a microwave radar with knife-like beam as applied to remote sensing of the World Ocean, J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech,, 22, 1809-1820. Gomez-Enri J., Gommenginger C.P., Challenor P.G., Srokosz M.A. & Drinkwater M.R. 2006 Envisat radar altimeter tracker bias, Mar. Geodesy, 29, 19-38. Karaev V.Yu., Kanevsky M.B., Balandina G.N., Meshkov E.M., Challenor P., Srokosz M. & Gommenginger C. 2006 New system for remote sensing of the ocean: a microwave radar with a knife-beam antenna pattern, Sensors, 6, 260-281 (online journal @ http://www.mdpi.net/sensors). Quartly G.D., Buck J.J.H., Srokosz M.A. & Coward A.C. 2006 Eddies round Madagascar-the retroflection reconsidered, J. Mar. Sys., 63,115-129. Wallhead P., Martin A.P., Srokosz M.A. & Fasham M.J.R. 2006 Accounting for unresolved spatial variability in marine ecosystems using time lags, J. Mar. Res., 64, 881-914. Kyte E.A., Quartly G.D., Srokosz M.A. & Tsimplis M.N. 2006 Interannual variations in precipitation: the effect of the North Atlantic and Southern Oscillations as seen in a satellite precipitation dataset and in models, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D24113, doi:10.1029/2006JD007138. Guirey E.J., Bees M., Martin A.P., Srokosz M.A. & Fasham M.J.R. 2007 Emergent features due to grid-cell biology: synchronisation in biophysical models, Bull. Math. Bio., 69, 1401-1422. Quartly G.D., Kyte E.A., Srokosz M.A. & Tsimplis M.N. 2007 An intercomparison of global oceanic precipitation observations, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D10121, doi:10.1029/2006JD007810. Srokosz M., Wolff E. & Byfield V. 2007 Rapid Climate Change International Science Conference, 24-27 October 2006, Birmingham, UK, Eos Trans. AGU, 88, 152 (with supplementary material http://www.agu.org/eos_elec/2007/13-152.html) Gomez-Enri J., Gommenginger C.P., Srokosz M.A., Challenor P.G. & Benveniste J. 2007 Measuring global ocean wave skewness by retracking RA-2 Envisat waveforms, J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 24,1102-1116. Gomez-Enri J., Srokosz M.A. Gommenginger C.P., Challenor P.G., & Milagro-Perez, M.P. 2007 On the impact of mispointing and filtering on altimeter waveform retracking and skewness retrieval, Mar. Geodesy, 30, 217-233. Wallhead P.J., Martin A.P. & Srokosz M.A. 2008 Spatially implicit plankton population models: transient spatial variability, J. Theo. Bio., 253, 405-423. Srokosz M.A. 2008 God's story and the Earth's story: grounding our concern for the environment in the biblical metanarrative, Science & Christian Belief, 20, 163-174. Clarizia M.P., Gommenginger C.P., Gleason S.T., Srokosz M.A., Galdi C. & Di Bisceglie M. 2009 Analysis of GNSS-R delay-Doppler maps from the UK-DMC satellite over the ocean, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L02608, doi:10.1029/2008GL036292 Popova E.E. & Srokosz M.A. 2009 Modelling the ecosystem dynamics at the Iceland-Faeroes Front: biophysical interactions, J. Mar. Sys., 77, 182-196 doi: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.12.005 Wallhead P.J. Martin A.P., Srokosz M.A. & Franks P.J.S. 2009 Predicting the bulk ecosystem dynamics of Georges Bank. Model skill assessment, J. Mar. Sys., 76, 134-150. Guirey E., Bees M., Martin A.P. & Srokosz M.A. 2009 Synchronous clustering: a mechanism for plankton patchiness and a simulation pitfall, Ocean Mod., 29, 223-233. Brooks I.M. and 54 other (incl. Srokosz M.A.) 2009 Physical exchanges at the air-sea interface: UK-SOLAS field measurements, Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 90, 629-644. Kalantzi G.D. , Gommenginger C. & Srokosz M. 2009 Assessing the performance of the dissipation parameterisations in WAVEWATCH III by using collocated altimetry data, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 39, 2800-2819. Guirey E., Bees M., Martin A.P. & Srokosz M.A. 2010 Persistence of cluster synchronisation under the influence of advection, Phys. Rev. E., 81, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.81.051902 Pidcock R., Srokosz M., Allen J., Hartman M., Painter S., Mowlem M., Hydes D. & Martin A. 2010 A novel integration of an ultra-violet nitrate sensor on-board a towed vehicle for mapping open ocean submesoscale nitrate variability, J. Atmos. Oceanic tech., 27, 1410-1416. Prytherch J., Yelland M.J., Pascal R.W., Moat B.I., Sklelvan I. & Srokosz M.A. 2010 Open ocean gas transfer velocity derived from long-term direct measurements of the CO2 flux, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, doi:10.1029/2010GL045597 Pascal R.W., Yelland M.J., Srokosz M.A., Moat B.I., Waugh E.M., Comben D.H., Cansdale A.G., Hartman M.C., Coles D.G.H., Huseh P.C. & Leighton T.G. 2011 A spar buoy for high frequency measurements and detection of wave breaking in the open ocean, J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 28, 590-605. Good P. and 23 others (incl. Srokosz M.A.) 2011 A review of recent developments in climate change science. Part I: understanding of future chgange in the large-scale climate system, Prog. Physical Geog., 35, 281-296. Holmes J., Lowe J., Wolff E. & Srokosz M.A. 2011 Rapid cliamte change: lessons from the recent geological past, Global & Planetary Change, 79, 157-162.

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