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Ali Reda Bel Madani Postdoctoral FellowAffiliate Researcher, Oceanography [Past Staff] International Pacific Research Center School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology University of Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Email: |
Education
- 2009 – Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography, LEGOS, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
Thesis: Impact of Climate Change in the Humboldt Current System simulated by a Regional Ocean Model - 2004 – M.S. in Environmental and Water Sciences, ENSEEIHT, National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse, France
– Exchange Student in Marine Science, University of Sydney, Australia
Thesis: Modelling the Wind-wave Field in the Southwest Lagoon of New Caledonia
Research Interests
- Mesoscale ocean dynamics: eddies, jets, plumes
- ENSO dynamics and future evolution under global warming
- Equatorial, coastal and planetary wave dynamics
- Eastern boundary upwelling systems
- Tropical climate modelling
- Regional oceanic and atmospheric modelling
- Wave dynamics and modelling
Scientific Work Experience
- Affiliate Researcher, Department of Oceanography, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), University of Hawaii, USA, November 2011-December 2012
- Postdoctoral Fellow, International Pacific Research Center (IPRC), School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), University of Hawaii, USA, September 2010-December 2012
- Postdoctoral Fellow, LOCEAN, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, January 2010-July 2010
- Research Assistant, LOCEAN, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, April 2009-December 2009
- Research Assistant, IRD, IMARPE, Lima, Peru, May 2007-March 2009
- Research Assistant, LEGOS, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France, October 2006-April 2007
- Research Engineer, Mercator-Ocean, Toulouse, France, January 2006-September 2006
- Research Engineer, IERSET, Toulouse, France, July 2005-November 2005
- Research Assistant, IRD, Noumea, New Caledonia, July 2003-December 2003
Sea Expeditions
- Eastern South Pacific Ocean (10/2008), R/V "José Olaya", VOCALS-Rex Peru cruise, CTD and radiosondes
- Western South Pacific Ocean (07-12/2003), R/V "Coris", IRD-Camelia coastal cruises, CTD
Synergistic Activities
- Convener and chair for the special session "Mesoscale Ocean Processes", AGU Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco CA, December 2012
- Convener and chair for the special session "Beta-Plane Dynamics: Jets, Eddies, Waves, and Plumes", AGU Fall Meeting 2011, San Francisco CA, December 2011
Reviewer for International Journals
- Journal of Physical Oceanography
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Journal of Geophysical Research
- National Science Foundation proposals
Refereed Publications
- Belmadani, A., E. Concha, D. Donoso, A. Chaigneau, F. Colas, N.A. Maximenko, and E. Di Lorenzo, 2017: Striations and preferred eddy tracks triggered by topographic steering of the background flow in the eastern South Pacific. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 122 (4), 2847-2870, doi:10.1002/2016JC012348. IPRC-1243.
- Belmadani, A., V. Echevin, F. Codron, K. Takahashi, and C. Junquas, 2014: What dynamics drive future wind scenarios for coastal upwelling off Peru and Chile? Clim. Dyn., 43 (7‐8), 1893-1914, doi:10.1007/s00382-013-2015-2. IPRC-1028.
- Davis, A., E. Di Lorenzo, H. Luo, A. Belmadani, N.A. Maximenko, O.V. Melnichenko, and N. Schneider, 2014: Mechanisms for the emergence of ocean striations in the North Pacific. Geophys. Res. Lett., 41 (3), 948-953, doi:10.1002/2013GL057956. IPRC-1044.
- Belmadani, A., N.A. Maximenko, J.P. McCreary, R. Furue, O.V. Melnichenko, N. Schneider, and E. Di Lorenzo, 2013: Linear wind-forced beta-plumes with application to the Hawaiian Lee Countercurrent. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 43 (10), 2071-2094, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-12-0194.1. IPRC-990.
- Belmadani, A., and B. Dewitte, 2010: ENSO feedbacks in the IPCC-AR4 models. In Climate variability in the tropical Pacific: Mechanisms, modeling and observations, Y. duPenhoat and A. Kislov [Eds.], MAKS-press, Moscow, Russia, 154-180.
- Belmadani, A., B. Dewitte, and S.-I. An, 2010: ENSO feedbacks and associated time scales of variability in a multimodel ensemble. J. Climate, 23, 3181-3204, doi:10.1175/2010JCLI2830.1.
- Ouillon, S., P. Douillet, J.P. Lefebvre, R. Le Gendre, A. Jouon, P. Bonneton, J.M. Fernandez, C. Chevillon, O. Magand, J. Lefèvre, P. Le Hir, R. Laganier, F. Dumas, P. Marchesiello, A. Belmadani, S. Andréfouët, J. Y. Panché, and R. Fichez, 2010: Circulation and suspended sediment transport in a coral reef lagoon: The southwest lagoon of New Caledonia. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 61, 269-296, doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.06.023.