Alberto M. Mestas-Nuñez, PhD

(210) 458-6690 alberto.mestas@utsa.edu www.albertomestas.com

Twenty years of experience leading academic programs and initiatives. Over three years as a Program

Director in the Division of Ocean Sciences of the National Science Foundation, six years as a faculty in the

Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and ten years

as a research scientist in the Cooperative Institute between the University of Miami and the NOAA/Atlantic

Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory. Served in a variety of leadership positions in federal agency,

university, research institute, and professional society settings. At the National Science Foundation, co-

managed the Physical Oceanography Program with a portfolio of awards of $34 million, providing guidance

to Principal Investigators, selecting reviewers/panelists, approving budgets, and making funding/decline

recommendations. At Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, led the planning committee for a new Bachelor

of Science degree in Atmospheric Sciences which started in Fall, 2016. Forward thinker that thrives in

developing multi-disciplinary research and education programs and teams. Published 30 peer reviewed

research articles (over 4,000 citations) impacting Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Awarded over

$3M in grant funding. Spanish-English bilingual fluency.

Leadership

Planning and Management

Managed program resources to provide optimal appropriate scientific judgment to insure integrity and consistency in the research award/declination process.

Managed an effective merit review process with attention to increasing the size and quality of the reviewer pools and insuring participation by women, minorities and disabled scientists.

Provided scientific expertise, evaluation and advice for other programs, including international programs, educational programs, and interdisciplinary programs.

Advised and assisted in the development of short-and-long range plans, establishing goals and objectives for support of research programs.

Representation and Communication

Represented the Program within the scientific community, with other programs within the organization, with other appropriate agencies and organizations, and with the public.

Created and maintained linkages to other organizational units and other Federal agencies in pursuit of the overall organization’s mission.

Participated in staff, panel, committee and other meetings, providing input relevant to program area and/or Division.

Contributed ideas and effort for improving the quality of policies and the organization's performance of the overall mission.

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Further Management and Leadership

Served as a Physical Oceanography Program representative to the National Science Foundation, Ocean Sciences, Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program (OCE-PRF) ($ 1M, 10 awards/year)

Served as a Physical Oceanography Program representative to the National Science Foundation, Ocean Sciences, Research Initiation Grants Program (OCE-RIG) ($ 0.5M, 5 awards/year)

Served as a National Science Foundation representative to the US Climate Variability and Predictability (US-CLIVAR) Inter-Agency Working Group

Served as a National Science Foundation representative to US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), Interagency National Climate Assessment (INCA) Working Group.

Education

Degrees

PhD Physical Oceanography (Minor: Mathematics), Oregon State University, 1996. MS Physical Oceanography, Oregon State University, 1993. BS Oceanography, Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1985.

Employment History

2016-Present Associate Professor of Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio 2013-2016 Program Director, Physical Oceanography Program, National Science Foundation 2006-2013 Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Physical Oceanography, Texas A&M

University-Corpus Christi 2003-2006 Associate Scientist, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Science (CIMAS),

University of Miami 1999-2003 Assistant Scientist, CIMAS, University of Miami 1996-1999 Postdoctoral Research Associate, CIMAS, University of Miami 1996 Research Assistant, Oregon State University 1995-1996 Graduate Research Assistant, Oregon State University 1993-1995 Research Assistant, Mississippi State University 1987-1993 Graduate Research Assistant, Oregon State University 1986 Mathematics Instructor, School of Cartography, Navy Hydrographic Service, Argentina

Secondary Appointments

2013-present Research Associate Professor, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 2007-present Research Associate, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies 2013-2015 Adjunct Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio 2002-2006 Adjunct Professor, Barry University 1983-1985 Research Assistant, Navy Hydrographic Service, Argentina

Honors

NOAA Research Team Member of the Month - February 2003. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) Outstanding Scientific Paper Award 2002 for

Goldenberg, S.B., C.W. Landsea, A. Mestas-Nuñez, and W.M. Gray. 2001. The recent increase in Atlantic hurricane activity: Causes and implications. Science 293 (5529): 474-479. This paper has been cited over 1200 times.

NOAA Research Partner of the Month - February 2002. Selected for a National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associateship - December 1996.

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Publications

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Peer-reviewed book chapters:

Katsaros, K.B., A.M. Mestas-Nuñez, A. Bentamy, and E.B. Forde, 2003: Wind bursts and enhanced

evaporation in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic Ocean. In Interhemispheric Water Exchange in the Atlantic Ocean, G. Goni and P. Malanotte-Rizzoli (eds.). Elsevier Oceanographic Series, 68, 463-474.

Enfield, D. B., and A.M. Mestas-Nuñez, 2001: Interannual to multidecadal climate variability and its

relationship to global sea surface temperatures. In: Interhemispheric Climate Linkages, V. Markgraf, (ed.), Academic Press, 17-29.

Enfield, D.B., and A.M. Mestas-Nuñez, 2000: Global modes of ENSO and non-ENSO sea surface temperature variability and their associations with climate. In: El Niño and the Southern Oscillation: Multiscale Variability and Global and Regional Impacts, H.F. Diaz and V. Markgraf, (eds.), Cambridge University Press. 89-112.

Peer-reviewed journal articles (http://albertomestas.com/publications/journal-articles/):

Mestas-Nuñez, A.M., and P. Molnar, 2014. A mechanism for freshening of the Caribbean Sea in pre-Ice

Age time. Paleoceanography, 29, 508-517. Bentamy, A., S.A. Grodsky, K. Katsaros, A. M. Mestas-Nuñez, B. Blanke, F. Desbiolles,

2013. Improvements in Air-Sea Flux Estimates Derived from Satellite Observations. Int. J. Remote Sens., 34, 5243-5261.

Mestas-Nuñez, A. M., F.J. Kelly #, A. Bentamy, and K.B. Katsaros, 2013. The ENSO footprint in monthly satellite evaporation over the global ocean during 1993-2007. Remote Sens. Lett., 4, 706-714, doi:10.1080/2150704X.2013.788259.

Garrison, Jr., J.R., S.P. Miller #, A.M. Mestas-Nuñez, and J.R. Williams #, 2013. Record of historical Gulf

of Mexico storms preserved in the stratigraphy of Gum Hollow Delta, Nueces Bay, Texas: An example of tropical storm-induced hyperpycnal deposition, J. Sediment. Res., 83, 1-11, doi: 10.2110/jsr.2013.2

Garrison, Jr., J.R., A.M. Mestas-Nuñez, J.R. Williams #, and L.M. Lumb ##, 2012. Can beach dune

ridges of the Texas Gulf Coast preserve climate signals? Geo-Mar. Lett., 32, 241-250, doi:10.1007/s00367-011-0263-x

Santorelli, A. #, R.T. Pinker, A. Bentamy, K.B. Katsaros, W.M. Drennan, A.M. Mestas-Nuñez, and J.A. Carton, 2011: Differences between two estimates of air-sea turbulent heat fluxes over the Atlantic Ocean, J.Geophys.Res., 116, C09028, doi:10.1029/2010JC006927.

Mestas-Nuñez, A.M., D.B. Enfield, and C. Zhang, 2007: Water vapor fluxes over the Intra-Americas Sea:

Seasonal and interannual variability and associations with rainfall. J. Climate, 20, 1910–1922. Ayina, L.-H., A. Bentamy, A.M. Mestas-Nuñez, and G. Madec, 2006: The impact of satellite winds and

latent heat fluxes in a numerical simulation of the tropical Pacific Ocean. J. Climate, 19, 5889–5902. Mestas-Nuñez, A.M., and A.J. Miller, 2006: Interdecadal variability and climate change in the eastern

tropical Pacific: A review. Prog. Oceanogr., 69(2-4)267-284. Lavin, M.F., P.C. Fiedler, J.A. Amador, L.T. Ballance, J. Farber-Lorda, and A.M. Mestas-Nuñez, 2006: A

review of eastern tropical Pacific oceanography: Summary. Prog. Oceanogr., 69(2-4), 391-398. Mestas-Nuñez, A.M., A. Bentamy, and K.B. Katsaros 2006: Seasonal and El Niño variability in weekly

satellite evaporation over the global ocean during 1996-1998. J. Climate, 19, 2025-2035. Mestas-Nuñez, A.M., C. Zhang, and D.B. Enfield 2005: Uncertainties in estimating moisture fluxes in the

Intra-Americas Sea. J. Hydrometeor., 6, 696–709. Molinari, R.L., and A.M. Mestas-Nuñez, 2003: North Atlantic decadal variability and the formation of

tropical storms and hurricanes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 1541, doi:10.1029/2002GL016462.

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Bentamy, A., K.B. Katsaros, A.M. Mestas-Nuñez, W.M. Drennan, E.B. Forde, and H. Roquet, 2003: Satellite estimates of wind speed and latent heat flux over the global oceans. J. Climate, 16, 637-656.

Goldenberg, S. B., C.W. Landsea, A.M. Mestas-Nuñez, and W.M. Gray, 2001: The recent increase in Atlantic hurricane activity: Causes and implications. Science, 293, 474-479. (Cited by 1270)

Enfield, D. B., A.M. Mestas-Nuñez and P.J. Trimble, 2001: The Atlantic multidecadal oscillation and its relation to rainfall and river flows in the continental U.S. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2077-2080. (Cited by 1200)

Mestas-Nuñez, A.M., and D. B. Enfield, 2001: Eastern equatorial Pacific SST Variability: ENSO and Non-ENSO components and their Climatic Associations. J. Climate, 14, 391-402.

Mestas-Nuñez, A.M., 2000: Orthogonality properties of rotated empirical modes. Int. J. Climatol., 20, 1509-1516.

Enfield, D.B, A.M. Mestas-Nuñez, D.A. Mayer, and L. Cid-Serrano, 1999: How ubiquitous is the dipole relationship in tropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures? J. Geophys. Res., 104, 7841-7848.

Enfield, D.B. and A.M. Mestas-Nuñez, 1999: Multiscale variabilities in global sea surface temperatures and their relationships with tropospheric climate patterns. J. Climate, 12, 2719-2733.

Mestas-Nuñez, A.M. and D.B. Enfield, 1999: Rotated global modes of non-ENSO sea surface temperature variability. J. Climate, 12, 2734-2746.

Landsea, C.W., R.A. Pielke, Jr., A.M. Mestas-Nuñez, and J.A. Knaff, 1999: Atlantic basin hurricanes: Indices of climatic changes. Climatic Change, 42, 89-129.

Dietrich, D.E., C.A. Lin, A.M. Mestas-Nuñez, and D.-S. Ko, 1997: A high resolution numerical study of the Gulf of Mexico fronts and eddies. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 64, 187-201.

Dietrich, D.E., M.J. Bowman, C.A. Lin, and A.M. Mestas-Nuñez, 1996: Numerical studies of small island wakes in the ocean. J. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn., 83, 195-231.

Mestas-Nuñez, A.M., D.B. Chelton, M.H. Freilich and J.G. Richman, 1994: An evaluation of ECMWF-based climatological wind stress fields. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24, 1532-1549.

Mestas-Nuñez, A.M., D.B. Chelton and R.A. deSzoeke, 1992: Evidence of time-dependent Sverdrup circulation in the South Pacific from the Seasat scatterometer and altimeter. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 22, 934-943.

Chelton, D.B., A.M. Mestas-Nuñez and M.H. Freilich, 1990: Global wind stress and Sverdrup circulation

from the Seasat scatterometer. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 20, 1175-1205.

Journal articles in preparation:

Murgulet, D., V. Murgulet, R. Hay, P. Tissot, A. M. Mestas-Nuñez, 2016. Relationships between Sea

Surface Temperature anomalies in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and South Texas precipitation and streamflow variability. Water Resour. Res. (submitted).

Trnka, M. #, and A.M. Mestas-Nuñez, 2016. The seasonal variability and dominant coupled patterns of

satellite-estimated chlorophyll and winds in the Gulf of Mexico. J. Geophys. Res. (draft complete).

Other works, publications and abstracts:

2014 A. Mestas-Nuñez, F. Kelly #, A. Bentamy, K. Katsaros, Trends in 15 years (1993-2007) of satellite-derived oceanic evaporation, International Ocean Vector Winds Science Team (IOVWST) Meeting, Brest, France, June 2-4.( http://fla.st/Zs3U8C)

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2013 A. Bentamy (IFREMER), S. Grodsky; K. Katsaros; A. Mestas-Nuñez; J. Hanafin; B. Blanke; and F. Desbiolles, New release of oceanic scatterometer and radiometer turbulent air-sea fluxes, International Ocean Vector Winds Science Team (IOVWST) Meeting, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, May 6-8.(http://fla.st/1emgDdN)

2012 A. Mestas-Nuñez, F. Kelly #, A. Bentamy, K. Katsaros, The ENSO footprint in monthly satellite evaporation over the global ocean. AGU Fall Meeting Abstract, San Francisco, December 3-7. (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012AGUFMOS53A1960M)

2012 A. Mestas-Nuñez, F. Kelly #, A. Bentamy, K. Katsaros, R. Pinker, W. Drennan, What have we learned so far from climatic applications of air-sea satellite turbulent fluxes? PORSEC 2012 Abstract, Kochi, Kerala, India, November 5-9. (http://tinyurl.com/9ep2kfx)

2012 A. Bentamy, W. Drennan, S. Grodsky, A. Mestas-Nuñez, K. Katsaros, R. Pinker, Enhancement of oceanic turbulent fluxes estimated from remotely sensed data. PORSEC 2012 Abstract, Kochi, Kerala, India, November 5-9. (http://tinyurl.com/8pmrolm)

2011 S.P. Miller #, J.R. Garrison, A.M. Mestas-Nuñez, T.M. Dellapenna, and J.R. Williams #. Stratigraphy and Internal Architecture of the Wave-Dominated Gum Hollow Delta, Nueces Bay, Texas: Implications for Architecture Scaling and Recording Paleo-Storminess in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Annual Convention and Exhibition, Making the Next Giant Leap in Geosciences, Houston, Texas, April 10-13, AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90124. (http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/abstracts/html/2011/annual/abstracts/Miller.html)

2010 F.J. Kelly #, A.M. Mestas-Nuñez, A. Bentamy, K.B. Katsaros, R.T. Pinker, W.M. Drennan, A. Santorelli # and J.A. Carton. Understanding trends in satellite-derived oceanic evaporation PORSEC 2010 Abstract, Keelung, Taiwan, October 18-23.

2010 F.J. Kelly #, A.M. Mestas-Nuñez, A. Bentamy, K.B. Katsaros, R.T. Pinker, W.M. Drennan, J.A. Carton, Trends in 15 years (1993-2007) of Satellite Derived Oceanic Evaporation. US CLIVAR/SeaFlux Workshop, Surface Fluxes: Challenges for High Latitudes, Center Green, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado, March 17-19.

(http://bit.ly/1cL0OT3) 2010 Mestas-Nunez, AM, Bentamy, A, Katsaros, KB, Kelly, FJ #, Interannual Variability in 15-years

(1993-2007) of Satellite Derived Air-Sea Turbulent Fluxes in the Central Tropical Pacific, Eos Trans. AGU, 91(26), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract PO25G-08.

2010 Arena, R #, Tarazaga, P, Mestas-Nunez, AM, Denny, D, Normal Mode Analysis of Corpus Christi Bay, TX, Eos Trans. AGU, 91(26), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract PO15A-03.

2010 Bentamy, A, Drennan, WM, Grodsky, SA, Mestas-Nunez, AM, Katsaros, KB, Pinker, RT, Santorelli, AC #, Analysis of Long Time Series of Turbulent Fluxes Estimated from Remotely Sensed Observations, Eos Trans. AGU, 91(26), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract PO25F-03.

2008 A. Mestas-Nuñez: Climatic variability in 15 years (1993-2007) of satellite derived air-sea fluxes. Proceedings of the 9th Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference (PORSEC2008) Oceanic Manifestation of Global Changes, Guangzhou, China, December 2-6.

(http://porsec.nwra.com/porsec2008_proceedings.pdf) 2008 A. Bentamy, L.-H. Ayina, W. Drennan, A. Mestas-Nuñez, K. Katsaros, and R. Pinker: Evaluation of

turbulent surface fluxes derived from satellite measurements during the period 1992-2007. Proceedings of the 9th Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference (PORSEC2008) Oceanic Manifestation of Global Changes, Guangzhou, China, December 2-6. (http://porsec.nwra.com/porsec2008_proceedings.pdf)

2008 K. Katsaros, R. Pinker, A. Bentamy, J. Carton, W. Drennan, A. Mestas-Nuñez: The net air-sea heat flux for climate studies using satellite data: status of work by the “COMPASS” group and a call for cooperation. Proceedings of the 9th Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference (PORSEC2008) Oceanic Manifestation of Global Changes, Guangzhou, China, December 2-6. (http://porsec.nwra.com/porsec2008_proceedings.pdf)

2008 Garcia-Pineda, O. #, Zimmer, B., Mestas-Nuñez, A., MacDonald, I.R.: Quantification of Oil Seeps in the Northern Gulf of Mexico by Satellite Remote Sensing. Online abstracts of the 2008 Ocean Science Meeting, Orlando, Florida, March 2-7 (http://www.sgmeet.com/aslo/orlando2008/viewabstract2.asp?AbstractID=602)

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2008 Katsaros, K., R. Pinker, J. Carton, A. Bentamy, W. Drennan, and A. Mestas-Nuñez: Atlantic Air-Sea Fluxes from Satellites, their Variability and Analysis of Ocean Models: Background. Flux News, 5 (http://www.sail.msk.ru/newsletter/fluxnews_5_final.pdf)

2008 Pinker, R., K. Katsaros, J. Carton, A. Bentamy, W. Drennan, and A. Mestas-Nuñez. Atlantic Air-Sea Fluxes from Satellites, their Variability and Analysis of Ocean Models: Radiative Fluxes. Flux News, 5 (http://www.sail.msk.ru/newsletter/fluxnews_5_final.pdf)

2008 Bentamy, A., L.-H. Ayina, W. Drennan, K. Katsaros, A. Mestas-Nuñez, and R. Pinker. Fifteen Years of Ocean Surface Momentum and Heat Fluxes from Remotely Sensed Observations. Flux News, 5 (http://www.sail.msk.ru/newsletter/fluxnews_5_final.pdf)

2007 Katsaros, K.B., A. Bentamy, R. Pinker, J. Carton, W. Drennan, A. Mestas-Nuñez, and W.T. Liu. Air-sea fluxes in the Atlantic from satellite measurements. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 9, 05729 (http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/EGU2007/05729/EGU2007-J-05729.pdf)

2007 Garcia-Pineda, O.G. #, B. Zimmer, A. Mestas-Nuñez, and I.R. MacDonald. Monitoring Hydrocarbons Transfer in the Gulf of Mexico with Synthetic Aperture Radar; Radarsat-1, Envisat, ERS-1, ERS-2 and JERS-1, EOS Transactions American Geophysical Union, 88 (23), Joint Assembly Supplement, Abstract OS51B-01.

2007 Mestas-Nuñez, A.M., D.B. Enfield, and C. Zhang. Water Vapor Fluxes over the Intra-Americas Sea: Seasonal and Interannual Variability and Associations with Rainfall. EOS Transactions American Geophysical Union, 88 (23), Joint Assembly Supplement, Abstract U24A-03.

2003 Investigation of intra-seasonal to multi-decadal variability in South Florida rainfall. Final Report. Prepared by NOAA/AOML under South Florida Water Management contract C-10806. March, Miami, FL, 79 pp. (A.M. Mestas-Nuñez and D.B. Enfield).

2002 Warm season water vapor fluxes in the Intra-Americas Sea, Online Proceedings of the 27th Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop, October 21-25, Fairfax, VA, 4 pp. (A. Mestas-Nunez, C. Zhang, B. Albrecht and D. Enfield). (http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/outreach/proceedings/cdw27_proceedings/amestas_2002.pdf)

2001 Comparison of NCEP/NCAR and ECMWF latent heat fluxes with remote sensed estimates. The Oceanography Society Biennial Scientific Meeting, April 2-5, Miami Beach, Florida, Oceanography, 14, 10. (A. Bentamy, A. Mestas-Nuñez, K. Katsaros, W. Drennan and E. Forde).

2000 North Pacific circulation variability from TOPEX/POSEIDON sea level observations. Proceedings of the 5th Pacific Ocean Remote Sensing Conference (PORSEC), December 5-8, Goa, India, 1, 263-267. (A.M. Mestas-Nuñez, D.B. Chelton and D.B. Enfield).

2000 Tropospheric direct circulations associated with the climatic components of SST variability in the equatorial Pacific. Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Interaction of Sea and Atmosphere, 29 May - 2 June, Fort Lauderdale, Fl, J49-J50. (A.M. Mestas-Nuñez and D.B. Enfield).

2000 El Niño-Southern Oscillation: Canonical and non-canonical aspects. Proceedings of the 24th Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop, November 1-5, Tucson, Arizona, National Weather Service, 111–114. (A.M. Mestas-Nuñez and D.B. Enfield).

1999 The dipole in tropical Atlantic SST: Common? Random? Intrinsic? Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop, October 26-30, Miami, Florida, National Weather Service, 223–226. (D.B. Enfield and A.M. Mestas-Nuñez).

1999 Rotated global modes of non-ENSO SST. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop, October 26-30, Miami, Florida, National Weather Service, 162–165. (A.M. Mestas-Nuñez and D.B. Enfield).

1997 The large-scale, wind-driven response of the North Pacific. International WOCE Newsletter, 25, 3 – 6. (D.B. Chelton and A.M. Mestas-Nuñez).

1996 The Large-Scale Wind-Forced Response of the Pacific. PhD Thesis, Oregon State University, March 20 (A.M. Mestas-Nuñez).

1993 An evaluation of ECMWF-based climatological wind stress fields. Preprints, Fourth International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, March 29-April 3, Hobart, Australia (A.M. Mestas-Nuñez, D.B. Chelton, M.H. Freilich and J.G. Richman).

1991 The equilibrium linear ocean response to fluctuating winds: Analytical solutions to simplified forcing (unpublished draft) (A.M. Mestas-Nuñez)

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Grants, Research and Educational Support Total approximately $3 million

Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement, National Science Foundation, 2012-2016, $508,475.

Trends in 15 years (1993-2007) of Satellite Derived Evaporation Estimates over the Global Oceans. University Research Enhancement, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, 2010-2011, $9,005, A. Mestas-Nuñez, PI.

Major Research Instrumentation: Acquisition of Equipment to Quantify Environmental Conditions in Estuarine Systems. Division of Ocean Sciences, National Science Foundation, 2008-2011, $450,000, L. Smee, PI (A. Mestas-Nuñez, P. Montagna, D. Overath, G. Stunz, co-PIs).

Collaborative Research: Atlantic Air-Sea Fluxes from Satellites, Their Variability and Analysis of Ocean Models, 11/01/06-10/31/11. Division of Atmospheric Sciences – Climate and Large Scale Dynamics, National Science Foundation, 2006-2011, $809,292 (University of Maryland College Park, $509,633, R. Pinker, PI, J. Carton, co PI; University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, $179,825, W. Drennan, PI; and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, $119,834, A. Mestas-Nuñez, PI; Project Coordinator: K. Katsaros).

Surface Circulation of Corpus Christi Bay using HF Radar Observations for Applications such as Oil Spill Trajectory Modeling. Texas General Land Office, 2008-2010, $101,453, P. Tarazaga, PI (A. Mestas-Nuñez, D. Denny and D. Jensen, co-PIs).

Towards Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change in Water Availability and Quality in the Nueces River Basin. Texas Research Development Fund, 2008-2009, $31,400, A. Mestas-Nuñez, PI (R. Hay, E. Weber, co-PIs).

Collaborative Research: Atlantic Air-Sea Fluxes from Satellites, Their Variability and Analysis of Ocean Models. Research for Undergraduates Supplement, Division of Atmospheric Sciences–Climate and Large Scale Dynamics, National Science Foundation, 2007-2008, $5,000, A. Mestas-Nuñez, PI.

Analysis of Oceanic Evaporation Estimates from Satellite Observations. University Research Enhancement Grant, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, 2007-2008, $7,500, A. Mestas-Nuñez, PI.

The Mean and Seasonal Cycle of Water Budget Variables over the Intra-Americas Sea in Climate Model Runs. Texas Research Development Fund, 2007-2009, $23,750, A. Mestas-Nuñez, PI.

Moisture Budget in the Intra-Americas Sea, its Transport into North America, and their Roles in Warm-Season Precipitation, CLIVAR/PACS-GEWEX/GAPP, 2001-2004, $340,189, C. Zhang, PI (A. Mestas-Nuñez, participant).

Interpretation of Satellite Estimates of Wind Speed and Latent Heat Flux over the Atlantic Ocean, IFREMER, 2002-2003, $40,000, A. Mestas-Nuñez, PI (K. Katsaros, co-PI)

Interannual to Century Scale Climate Records from the Atlantic: Coral-based Reconstructions, NSF, 2000-2003, $236,656, P. Swart, PI (A. Mestas-Nuñez, co-PI).

Operational Planning - Rain Driven Operations, South Florida Water Management District, 2000-2001, $45.800, A. Mestas-Nuñez, PI (D. Enfield, co-PI).

Inter-American Climate and Atlantic Ocean Variability, PACS-GOALS (NOAA OGP), 1999-2001, $178.700, D. Enfield, PI (A. Mestas-Nuñez and Chris Landsea, co-PIs).

Participant with Kristina Katsaros (AOML) and others on a project funded by NASA/NSCAT (UPN 261-75) (ending in Dec 2000).

Inter-American Climate and Atlantic Ocean Variability, PACS-GOALS (NOAA OGP), 1997-1999, $165.300, D. Enfield, PI (A. Mestas-Nuñez and Chris Landsea, co-PIs).

Editorial Responsibilities

Peer Reviewer, United Nations Report:

Lead Expert Reviewer for Chapter 4: The Oceans’ Role in the Hydrological Cycle, United Nations First World Ocean Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment Including Socioeconomic Aspects (May 2014 to April 2015).

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Journal Editor:

Editorial Board Member of ISRN Meteorology (Jun 2011 to Dec 2013)

Journal Reviewer:

Advances in Meteorology, American Geophysical Union Geophysical Monographs, Atmospheric Science Letters, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Climate Dynamics, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, Geophysical Research Letters, International Journal of Climatology, International Journal of Oceanography, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Journal of Climate, Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Hydrological Engineering, Journal of Hydrology, Journal of Hydrometeorology, Journal of Operational Oceanography, Nature Geoscience, Remote Sensing of Environment

Proposal Reviewer:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Physical Oceanography Panel, National Science Foundation (NSF) Physical Oceanography Review Panel; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Prediction Program for the Americas (CPPA); NSF Climate and Large Scale Dynamics Program; Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) sponsored by the NSF and the Louisiana Board of Regents

Professional and Honorary Organizations

American Geophysical Union (AGU),

American Meteorological Society (AMS),

Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference (PORSEC) Association,

Presentations and Other Professional Activities

2016 Participated as NSF Program Director in Physical Oceanography in the Early Career Breakfast Meetings: “Meet your Agency Program Manager” at the AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 21-26.

2014 Oral presentation entitled “Inspecting Trends in Satellite-derived Oceanic Evaporation”, PORSEC 2014, Bali, Indonesia, November 4-7.

2014 Oral presentation entitled “Trends in 15 years (1993-2007) of satellite-derived oceanic evaporation”, International Ocean Vector Winds Science Team (IOVWST) Meeting, Brest, France, June 2-4.

2014 Participated as NSF Program Director in Physical Oceanography in the Early Career Breakfast Meetings: “Meet your Agency Program Manager” at the AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, February 23-28.

2013 Participated as NSF Program Director in the career development session for “Young Professionals” at the 38th Climate Diagnostic and Prediction Workshop, College Park, Maryland, October 21-23.

2010 Oral presentation entitled “Is there a wind-driven signal in satellite chlorophyll observations of the western Gulf of Mexico?”, PORSEC 2010, Keelung, Taiwan, October 18-23.

2010 Attended the NSF workshop entitled "Integrating Sustainability into Engineering: Design principles and tools to expand your educative capacity " held at the 2010 SACNAS National Conference in Anaheim, California, October 2.

2010 Poster presentation entitled “Interannual Variability in 15-years (1993-2007) of Satellite Derived Air-Sea Turbulent Fluxes in the Central Tropical Pacific”, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon, February 22-26.

2009 Invited oral presentation entitled “How good are climate models for water budget studies over the Intra-Americas Sea?”, Texas A&M University - Galveston, October 16, Galveston, Texas.

2009 Oral presentation entitled “Climatic variability in 15 years (1993-2007) of satellite derived air-sea fluxes”, NOAA/Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory Miami, Florida, March 6.

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2009 Oral presentation entitled “Status of inter-annual analysis of the flux data”. Sea-Flux Mini Workshop for PIs of the NSF funded projects on Air-Sea Fluxes from Satellite Data, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, Florida, March 3-6.

2008 Oral presentation entitled “Climatic variability in 15 years (1993-2007) of satellite derived air-sea fluxes”. Session GC3a, Interactions between Ocean and Atmosphere; Satellite based Air-sea flux estimates; 9th Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference (PORSEC2008), Guangzhou, China, December 2-6.

2008 Attended the “Gulf Region Unmanned Aerial Systems Applications Conference”, April 1, Biloxi, Mississippi.

2008 Attended the Atlantic Air-Sea Fluxes NSF PIs Workshop, March 12-13, University of Maryland. 2008 Collaborated with other TAMUCC and TAMU-College Station faculty in writing a planning document

for a NOAA Weather Research Center at TAMUCC. 2007 Participated and presented a talk entitled “Climate Research at TAMUCC” at the NOAA UAS

Planning Meeting, December 6, Harte Research Institute, TAMUCC, TX. 2007 Attended the Environmental Science Focus Group at W.H. Freeman and Company Publishers,

October 5-7, New York. 2007 Attended the “Civilian Applications of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (CAUAS) First Community

Symposium dedicated to civilian applications of Unmanned Aircraft Systems”, October 1-3, Boulder, Colorado.

2007 Participated in the National Science Foundation Workshop for Hispanic Serving Institutions, April 20th, Albuquerque, NM.

2007 The AMO: Definition and Link to Atlantic Hurricanes - Overview of the TAMUCC CMSS PhD Program. Invited presentation, March 29, UT-Kingsville. Kingsville, TX.

2007 Collaborated with other TAMUCC faculty in writing and promoting a research initiative on the use of marine currents in the Gulf of Mexico for renewable energy generation.

2006 Visited UT Pan American (with Dr. Philippe Tissot) to give a research talk on the ocean and climate and to promote TAMUCC CMSS PhD Program, November 17.

2006 The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation: Definition and Link to Atlantic Hurricanes. Invited presentation at the RMS Hurricane Eyewall Symposium, October 12, New York, USA.

2006 Participated in TAMUCC Grant Writing Seminar, September 30, Corpus Christi, TX. 2005 Participated in the workshop "Observational and Modeling Requirements for Predicting Drought on

Seasonal to Decadal Time Scales" held on May 17-19 in College Park, MD, USA. 2005 Participated in the 1st South Atlantic ARGO Data Center Meeting to be held on May 12-14 in Cape

Town, South Africa. 2005 Moisture fluxes over the Intra-Americas Sea. U.S. CLIVAR Atlantic Science Conference, January

31- February 2, RSMAS, University of Miami, Florida. 2004 Uncertainties in Estimating Moisture Fluxes in the Intra-Americas Sea. 1st International CLIVAR

Science Conference, Understanding and Predicting our Climate System, June 21-25, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

2003 The Multidecadal Signal in Global temperatures and its Land-Climate Impacts. Invited Presentation at the EPA Workshop “Use of Science in Gulf of Mexico Decision Making Involving Climate Change”, May 6-7, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

2003 Estimation of air-sea latent heat flux distributions from satellites. 4th Meeting of the “Friends of the Tropical Atlantic”, March 25-27, Miami, Florida.

2002 Warm season water vapor fluxes in the Intra-Americas Sea, 27th Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop, October 21-25, Fairfax, Virginia.

2002 Surface Fluxes of Momentum and Water Vapor in the Tropical and Subtropical Atlantic Ocean. Invited presentation during a work visit to IFREMER, July 15, Plouzane, France.

2001 The multidecadal signal in global temperatures and its associated land-climate impacts. 16th Biennial Conference of the Estuarine Research Federation, November 4-8, St. Pete Beach, Florida.

2001 Comparison of NCEP/NCAR and ECMWF latent heat fluxes with remote sensed estimates. The Oceanography Society Biennial Scientific Meeting, April 2-5, Miami Beach, Florida.

2000 North Pacific circulation variability from TOPEX/POSEIDON sea level observations. The 5th Pacific Ocean Remote Sensing Conference (PORSEC), December 5-8, Goa, India.

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2000 Climatic associations of eastern equatorial Pacific ENSO and non-ENSO SST variability. Invited presentation at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Climate Seminar Series, May 22-24, La Jolla, California.

2000 Global modes of SST variability. Invited presentation at the First General Workshop of the Eastern Pacific Consortium for Research on Global Change, March 5-8, Heredia, Costa Rica.

1999 El Niño-Southern Oscillation: Canonical and non-canonical aspects. 24th Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop, November 1-5, Tucson, Arizona.

1999 Potential climatic induced changes in the Gulf of Mexico. Invited presentation at the U.S. GLOBEC Workshop, Large Rivers and Marine Populations, January 13-15, Chauvin, Louisiana.

1998 Rotated global modes of non-ENSO SST. 23rd Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop, October 26-30, Miami, Florida.

1998 Global modes of ENSO and non-ENSO sea surface temperature variability. Invited presentation at the Third ICES/GLOBEC Backward-Facing Workshop, Ocean Climate of the NW Atlantic during the 1960s and 70s and Consequences for Gadoid Populations, May 4-6, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

1998 Rotated global modes of multiyear SST variability. American Geophysical Union Ocean Sciences Meeting, February 9-13, San Diego, California.

1993 An evaluation of ECMWF-based climatological wind stress fields. The Oceanography Society Third Scientific Meeting, Seattle, Washington.

1990 Geosat altimeter observations of the surface circulation of the Southern Ocean. The Biogeochemistry and the Circulation of Water Masses in the Southern Ocean. International symposium organized by the Institute for Marine Studies, University of Western Britany, Brest, France.

1990 An investigation of Sverdrup dynamics on seasonal time scales in the Southern Ocean. American Geophysical Union Ocean Science Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.

1989 An investigation of Sverdrup dynamics in the Southern Ocean from the Seasat altimeter and scatterometer. The Oceanography Society Inaugural Meeting, Monterey, California.

Teaching

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMUCC) At TAMUCC, taught 35 graduate and undergraduate classes. Developed new physical oceanography and climate science classes for undergraduate students in the Environmental Science program, and physical oceanography classes for the graduate programs in Environmental Science (MS) and Coastal and Marine System Science (PhD) (see the classes labeled “New class” in the list below). The undergraduate and graduate Environmental Science/Costal and Marine System Science programs at TAMUCC are interdisciplinary. This provided opportunities for working with scientists and students with background in other disciplines (e.g., biology, geology, and hydrology). These new classes contributed to updating the Environmental Science program. The upper undergraduate class Climate and Climate Variability became a required class for the B.S. in Environmental Science in Spring 2009. ESCI 3351, Oceanography (Spring 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; Summer II 2010, 2011; Summer I 2012) ESCI 4360, Physical Oceanography (former ESCI 4490, Selected Topics: Physical Oceanography). New

class (Fall 2009, 2010) ESCI 5490, Advanced Topics: Introduction to Physical Oceanography. New class (Fall 2009, 2010) ESCI 4335, Climate and Climate Variability. New class (Spring 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) ESCI 5490, Advanced Topics: Climate Change. New class (Spring 2009, 2010) CMSS 6590, Topics in Physical Oceanography, now adopted as CMSS 6537, Physical Oceanography.

New class developed and taught with Bill Schmitz and Francis J. Kelly (Spring 2007), and offered with Frank Kelly (Spring 2009).

ESCI 5490, Advanced Topics: Physical Oceanography. New class (Spring 2009, Fall 2010) ESCI 1401, Environmental Science I (Fall 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012; Summer II 2007; Summer I 2012). ESCI 1402, Environmental Science II (Spring 2007, 2008). ESCI 5412, Environmental Measurement & Data Synthesis (Fall 2006). ESCI 5101.001, Environmental Research Seminar (Fall 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009).

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National Spill Control School, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Co-taught (with David Jensen) a Spanish Language Oil Spill Response and Strategies Training class at the National Oil Spill Response Testing and Training Facility (Ohmsett) in Leonardo, NJ (Summer 2008). This class was offered in Spanish to oil spill response personnel from several Central and South American countries. Translated simultaneously (English-to-Spanish) the Oil Response lectures given by D. Jensen and taught in Spanish the FEMA Incident Command System (ICS) courses.

Barry University, Adult and Continuing Education (ACE) At Barry University, taught 14 science undergraduate classes for non-science majors. The student population at Barry University was very diverse. These students were non-conventional and included professionals from various fields (e.g. nurses, law enforcement officers, insurance workers) seeking undergraduate degrees. Classes were medium size (~15 students) which favored student-teacher exchange. The experience was both, very challenging and very rewarding. BIO306, Introduction to Oceanography (Spring and Fall 2002, Fall 2003, Spring and Fall 2004). EVS409, Ocean World (Fall 2003, Spring A 2004). EVS415, Weather and Climate of Florida (Fall B 2004, Fall A and B 2005, Spring A 2006). EVS320, Physical Oceanography (Fall A 2005, Spring B 2006). EVS425, Human Impact on Global Change (Spring A 2006).

Thesis Advising/Student Supervision

2008-2015 PhD Committee Chair, Maureen Trnka, Coastal and Marine System Science major, TAMUCC. Thesis topic: Associations between chlorophyll and wind forcing in the Gulf of Mexico from satellite observations.

2013-2014 MS Committee member, Eric Kouba, MS student, Geology Major, University of Texas at San Antonio. Thesis topic: Chlorophyll concentrations in a set of Texas coastal bays using variable atmospheric correction of LANDSAT-7 ETM+ images.

2009-2011 MS Committee Chair, Frank J. Kelly, Environmental Science major, TAMUCC. Thesis title: Understanding interannual variability and trends in 15 years (1993-2007) of satellite derived oceanic evaporation.

2007-2012 Faculty Academic Advisor for several Environmental Science undergraduate students per semester, TAMUCC.

2011-2012 MS Committee Chair, Virginia Hallinan, Environmental Science major, TAMUCC. Report title: A Review of Recent Red Tide (K. brevis) Events along the Texas Gulf Coast.

2011 Undergraduate student supervisor, Jael Sprinkle, Geology major, TAMUCC. 2010-2011 MS Committee member, Diana Del Angel, Environmental Science major, TAMUCC. 2010-2011 MS Committee member for Sara Potter Miller, Environmental Science major, TAMUCC. 2010-2011 Undergraduate student supervisor, Luz Lumb, Environmental Science major, TAMUCC. 2009-2011 Undergraduate student supervisor, Jenifer York, Biology major, TAMUCC. 2008-2010 Undergraduate student supervisor, Molly Edens, Environmental Science major, TAMUCC. 2008 Undergraduate student supervisor, Michael Bueno, Environmental Science major, TAMUCC. 2008 Undergraduate student supervisor, Isabel Hemby, Environmental Science major, TAMUCC

(summer). 2008 Undergraduate student supervisor, Andre Terceros, Environmental Science major, TAMUCC. 2007-2009 MS student co-supervisor, Richard Arena, Mathematics major, TAMUCC. 2007 Committee member, Steve Buschang, MS student, Environmental Science major, TAMUCC. 2006-2009 Committee member, Oscar Garcia, PhD student, Coastal and Marine System Science major,

TAMUCC (first doctoral student to graduate from the TAMUCC marine science program). 2003 Robert Durning, summer computer science graduate student intern at NOAA/AOML, The City

College of New York, The City University of New York.

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2002 Edward Black, summer high school student intern, Maritime & Science and Technology (MAST) Academy, Miami, Florida.

Conference Organization/Session Chair

Member of the Scientific Organizing Committee of the Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference (PORSEC) 2014, Bali, Indonesia, November 4-7, 2014.

Co-convener of the Sessions 9 & 12 entitled “Air-Sea Interactions Turbulent and Radiative Fluxes Estimated from Remotely Sensed Data, Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference (PORSEC) 2012, Kochi, Kerala, India, November 5-9.

Member of the Scientific Organizing Committee of the Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference (PORSEC) 2010, Keelung, Taiwan, October 19-22, 2010.

Chaired a Session GE9 entitled “Physical Biological Interactions in Meso-Scale Processes” of theme Global Environment at the Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference (PORSEC) 2010, Connecting Regional Impacts to Global Environmental Change, Keelung, Taiwan, October 19-22.

Co-chaired Session GC3b entitled “Interactions between Ocean and Atmosphere; Satellite based Air-sea flux estimates” of theme Global Change at the Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference (PORSEC) 2008, Oceanic Manifestation of Global Changes, Guangzhou, China, December 2-6.

Member of the Scientific Organizing Committee of the Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference (PORSEC) since December 2008.

University Service

2007-2013 Environmental Science MS Student Admission Committee 2011-2012 Coastal and Marine System Science PhD Curriculum Committee 2008-2012 Undergraduate BS Degree in Atmospheric Science Planning Committee (Chair) 2008-2011 Environmental Science New-Student Graduate Scholarship Selection Committee 2007-2011 Coastal and Marine System Science PhD Student Recruitment Committee (Chair: Jan 2011-

Dec 2011) 2010-2011 Physics/Atmospheric Sciences Faculty Search Committee (2 consecutive searches) 2008-2010 Center for Water Supply Studies Advisory Board 2006-2010 Environmental Science MS Program Review Committee 2008-2009 Center for Coastal Studies Director Search Committee 2007-2008 Harte Research Institute Director Search Advisory Committee 2007-2009 Earth System Science Faculty Search Committee (3 consecutive searches) 2007 Long-range strategic planning committee for Harte Research Institute research program on

Ecosystems Science and Modeling 2007 Long-range strategic planning committee for Harte Research Institute research program on

Geospatial Information Science of Coastal and Marine Environments 2006-2008 Department representative to the TAMUCC Science &Technology Scholarship Committee 2006-2008 Graduate student recruitment efforts, College of Science & Technology, TAMUCC

University Research Initiatives

Participant with other TAMUCC faculty in an initiative to bring a NOAA Research Center for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) site to TAMUCC, Aug 2007-Dec 2012.

Participant with other TAMUCC faculty in a federal initiative on Sustainable Energy Research with the goal of obtaining support for hydro-kinetic research in TAMUCC, Feb-April, 2007.

Selected Community Activities and Outreach

Interview with KIII TV 3 Corpus Christi on El Niño and South Texas rainfall, 18 September 2012. http://bit.ly/OCPHK5

Interview with Corpus Christi Caller Times about hurricane preparedness, June 2011. http://bit.ly/1ZBWvAY

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Interview with KIII TV 3 Corpus Christi on the US tornado outbreak, 27 May 2011.

Interview with KIII TV 3 Corpus Christi on the Japan nuclear crisis, 17 March 2011.

Staffed the ESCI and CMSS table at the “Feria para Aprender”, Del Mar College, 5 March 2011.

Interview with Popular Mechanics on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, 25 June 2010.

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Student shadowing of a student from Flour Bluff High Scholl (28 October 2009)

Attended TAMUCC Commencement Ceremony: 12 May 2007, 4 Aug 2007, 17 May 2008, 20 Dec 2008, 19 Dec 2009, 18 Dec 2010, 6 Aug 2011, 17 Dec 2011.

Invited oral presentation about the ocean and climate at the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History, Corpus Christy, Texas, 18 March 2008.

Staffed the ESCI-MS table at the TAMUCC Graduate School Open House, 26 Feb 2008, 26 Mar 2009.

Staffed the ESCI-MS table at the Grad School Fair, 21 October 2008.

Staffed the Env. Science TAMUCC Island Days display on 11 Nov 2006, 10 Nov 2007, 12 Apr 2008, 8 Nov 2008, 25 Apr 2009, 16 Oct 2009, 27 Mar 2010, 26 Feb 2011, 15 Oct 2011

Science Judge. Fifth Florida Regional Ocean Sciences Bowl, February 1-3, 2002, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Fort Pierce, Florida.

Global Warming. Invited presentation at the Regional Ocean Conference for Students (ROCS), April 24th, 2001, The Florida Aquarium, Tampa, Florida.