Dr. John M. Morrison

Professor
Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography
and
Center for Marine Science
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Wilmington, NC 28403

Last Updated 5/1/2006


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Refereed Publications

1.     Morrison, J. M. and W. D. Nowlin, Jr. 1977.  Repeated nutrient, oxygen and density sections through the Loop Current.  Journal of Marine Research, 35, 105-128.

2.     Merrell, W. J. and J. M. Morrison.  1981.  The current regime of the western Gulf of Mexico as observed in April 1978.  Journal of Geophysical Research, 86, 4181-4185. 

3.     Morrison, J. M. and W. D. Nowlin, Jr.  1982.  General Distribution of water masses within the eastern Caribbean Sea during the winter of 1972 and fall of 1973.  Journal of Geophysical Research, 87, 4207-4229. 

4.     Morrison, J. M., W. J. Merrell, R. M. Key and T. C. Key.  1982.  Property distributions and deep chemical measurements within the western Gulf of Mexico.  Journal of Geophysical Research, 88, 2601-2608. 

5.    Molinari, R. L. and J. M. Morrison.  1988.  Circulation in the eastern Gulf of Mexico; 1974-1976, Journal of Marine Research, 93(C9),
10,645-10,653.

 
6.     O. P. Smith* and J. M. Morrison. 1989. Shipboard acoustic doppler current profiling in the Caribbean Sea, 1985-1986. Journal of Geophysical Research, 94,9713-9719, 1989.

7.     J. M. Morrison and O.P. Smith*. 1990. Geostrophic transport variability along the Aves Ridge, Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Geophysical Research, 95, 699-710.

8.     J. M. Morrison and D. B. Olson. 1992. Seasonal basinwide extremes in T-S characteristics in the near surface waters of the Arabian Sea and Somali Basin, Oceanography of the Indian Ocean, Ed:  B. N. Desai, Goa, India, 605-616.

9.     D. J. DeMaster, R. B. Dunbar, L. I. Gordon, A. R. Leventer, J. M. Morrison, D. M. Nelson, C. A. Nittrouer and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1992. Cycling and Accumulation of Biogenic Silica and Organic Matter in High-Latitude Environments: The Ross Sea, Oceanography, Oceanography, 5, 146 - 153.

10.  L. J. Pietrafesa, J. M. Morrison, M. P. McCann, J. Churchill, E. Bohm* and R. W. Houghton. 1995. Water mass linkages between the Middle and South Atlantic Bights, Deep-Sea Research, 41, 365-389.

11.  F. Askari, T. F. Donato * and J. M. Morrison.  1996.  Detection of Oceanic Fronts at Low Grazing Angles using an X-Band Real Aperture Radar, Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, 20883-20898.

12.  T. Chereskin, W. D. Wilson, H. L. Bryden, A. Ffield, and J. M. Morrison. 1997.  Direct estimations of the Ekman Transport at 8.5 N in the Indian Ocean during the Southwest Monsoon, Geophysical Research Letters, 24(21), 2541-2544, 1997. 

13.  J. M. Morrison. 1997. Inter-monsoonal Changes in the T-S Properties of the Near-Surface Waters of the Northern Arabian Sea, Geophysical Research Letters, 24(21), 2553 - 2556.

14.  X. Liu*, J. M. Morrison, L. Xie. 1998. Sensitivity of Equatorial Pacific SST to Atmospheric Forcing Parameterizations in a Global Isopycnic Ocean Model, Mausam, 48(4), 657-668.

15.  L. J. Pietrafesa, L. Xie, J. M. Morrison, G. S. Janowitz, J. Pelisier, K. Keeter, and R. A. Neuherz,. 1998. Numerical Modeling and Computer Visualization of the Storm Surge In and Around the Croatan-Albemarle Estuary System Produced by Hurricane Emily of August 1993, Mausam, 48(4), 567-578

16.  S. L. Smith, L. A. Codispoti, and J. M. Morrison. 1998.  The 1994-1995 Arabian Sea Expedition: An integrated, interdisciplinary investigation of the response of the northwest Indian Ocean to monsoonal forcing, Deep-Sea Research, 45,1905-1917.

17.  J. M. Morrison, L. A. Codispoti, S. Gaurin, B. Jones, V. Manghnani *, and Z. Zheng. 1998.  Seasonal Variation of Hydrographic and Nutrient Fields During the U. S. JGOFS Arabian Sea Process Study, Deep-Sea Research (Invited), 45, 2053-2102.

18.  V. Manghnani*, J. M. Morrison, T. Hopkins, and J. Hendricks. 1998.  Characterization of Monsoonal Upwelling in the Arabian Sea During the JGOFS Period, Deep-Sea Research, 45, 2027-2052.

19.  J. M. Morrison, L. A. Codispoti, S. Smith, K. Wishner, C. Flagg, W. E. Gardner, S. Gaurin, S. W. A. Naqvi, V. Manghnani*, L. Prosperie and J. S. Gundersen. 1999. The Oxygen Minimum Zone in the Arabian Sea during 1995, Deep-Sea Research II, 46, 1903-1932.
 
20.  E. Bohm *, J. M. Morrison, V. Manghnani,* H-S Kim, and C. Flagg. 1999. Remotely sensed and acoustic doppler observations of the Ras al Hadd Jet in 1994-1995, Deep-Sea Research II,
46,1531-1550.

21.  W. Shi *, J. M. Morrison, E. Bohm *, and V. Manghnani*. 1999. Remotely - Sensed Sea Features in the JGOFS Arabian Sea Process Study, Deep-Sea Research II, 46, 1551-1576.

22.  X. Li *, J. M. Morrison, L. Pietrafesa and A. Ochadlick. 1999.  SAR Observations of Internal Waves off Cape Hatteras, Journal of Coastal Research, 15 (4), 884-891.

23.  L. Xie, J. Morrison, X. Liu*, 2000. Sensitivity of Tropical cific Sea SurfaceTemperature to Atmopsheric Forcing in an Isopycnal Coordinate Model.  The Global Atmosphere and Ocean System, 7, 229-247.

24.  W. Shi *, J. M. Morrison, E. Bohm, V. Manghnani, 2000. The Oman Upwelling Zone during 1993, 1994 and 1995, Deep-Sea Researc II, 47, 1227-1248.

25.  V. Manghnani,* S. Raman, D. S. Niyogi,* V. Parameswara,* J. M. Morrison, W. W. Ranana, S. K. Sengupta, J. V. S. S. Raju Bhat, L. V. G. Rao, 2000. Marine boundary layer variability over the Indian Ocean during the 1998 pre-INDOEX, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 97(3), 411-430. 

26.  L. Gordon, , L. A. Codispoti, J. C. Jennings, Jr., F. J. Millero, J. M. Morrison, C. Sweeney, 2000. Seasonal Evolution of Hydrographic Properties of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, 1996-1997, Deep-Sea Research II, 47, 3095-3117.

27.  D. G. Logan*, J. M. Morrison, L. J. Pietrafesa, T. S. Hopkins and J. Churchill. 2000. Physical Oceanographic Processes Affecting Inflow/Outflow Through Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina, Journal of Coastal Research, 16(4), 1111-1125 

28.  W. O. Smith, , R. F. Anderson, J. K. Moore, L. A. Codispoti, and J. M. Morrison. 2000. The U.S. Southern Ocean Joint Global Ocean Flux Study: An Introduction to AESOPS. Deep-Sea Research II, 47(15-16), 3073 - 3094.

29.  L. I. Gordon, L. A. Codispoti, J. C. Jennings, Jr., F. J. Millero, J. M. Morrison, and C. Sweeney. 2000. Seasonal Evolution of the Hydrographic Properties During the U.S. JGOFS AESOPS Expedition to the Ross Sea, 1996 Ð 1997, Deep-Sea Research, Part II, 47(15-16), 3095 - 3118.

30.  J. M. Morrison, S. Gaurin, L. A. Codispoti, T. Takahashi, F. J. Millero. W. Gardner and M.J. Richardson, 2000. Seasonal Evolution of the Hydrographic Properties During the U.S. JGOFS AESOPS Expedition to the Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone, 1997 Ð 1998, Deep-Sea Research II, 48, 3943-3972.

31.  XIE, L., MORRISON, J., AND LIU, X. 2001. Sensitivity of tropical Pacific sea surface temperature to atmospheric forcing in an isopycnic coordinate ocean model. Global Atmosphere and Ocean System, 7(3), 229-247.

32.  W. Shi*, J. M. Morrison, and H. L. Bryden, 2002. The Flux of Heat and Fresh Water at 8.5¡ N in the Northern Indian Ocean, Deep-Sea Research II, 49, 1231-1252.

33.  Arnold E. Gordon, Claudia F. Giulivi, Taro Takahashi, Stewart Sutherland, John Morrison and Donald Olson, 2002. Bay of Bengal Nutrient Rich Benthic Layer, Deep Sea Research II, 49, 1411-1422.

34.  Vijay Kumar Manghnani, John M. Morrison, Lian Xie, Subrahmanyam Bulusu, 2002. Heat Transport in the Indian Ocean using TOPEX/Poseidon Altimetry and Model Simulations, Deep-Sea Research II, 49,1459-1480.

35.  L. J. Pietrafesa, L. Xie, G. L. Weatherly, Charles N. Flagg, and J. M. Morrison, 2002. The winter/spring 1996 OMP current, meteorological, sea state and coastal sea level fields. Deep-Sea Research II, 49, 4331-4354.

36.  Daniel Kamykowski, Sara-Joan Zentara, John. M. Morrison and Anna C. Switzer, 2002.  Dynamic global patterns of nitrate, phosphate, silicate, and iron availability and phytoplankton community composition from remote sensing data.  Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 16(4), 25-1 to 25-29

37.  Wei Shi*, Bulusu Subrahmanyam, John M. Morrison, 2003. Estimation of heat and salt storage variability in the Indian Ocean from TOPEX/Poseidon altimetry. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106 (C7), doi: 10. 1029/2001JC1244.

38.  Vijay Manghnani*, Bulusu Subrahmanyam, Lian Xie, John M. Morrison, 2003. Numerical simulation of seasonal and interannual Indian Ocean upper layer circulation using Miami Isopyncal Coordinate Ocean Model, Journal of Geophysical Research, 106 (C7), doi: 10.1029/2002JC001567.

39.  Lian Xie, Tingzhuang Yan, Leonard J. Pietrafesa, John M. Morrison and Thomas Karl. Climatology and Interannual Variability of North Atlantic Hurricane Tracks , Journal of Climate, In Press.

 
(* Graduate Student)

Presentations at Professional Meetings

J. M. Morrison and W. D. Nowlin, Jr. and W. J. Merrell, Jr.  1976. A Fall Portraiture of the Eastern Caribbean Sea.  (Invited presentation) Progress in Marine Research in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions.  CICAR-II Symposium, Caracas, Venezuela, July 12-16, 1976.

W. J. Merrell, Jr., J. M. Morrison, R. L. Molinari, W. D. Nowlin, Jr., I. H. Brooks and R. Yager.  1976.  A detailed description of the circulation observed in the eastern Gulf of Mexico during CICAR Survey Month II, May 1972.  Progress in Marine Research in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions.

B. Elliot, W. J. Merrell, Jr. and J. M. Morrison.  1978.  Introductory remarks about the western Gulf of Mexico.  (Invited presentation) Conference on Circulation in the Gulf of Mexico, Department of Oceanography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, October 18-19, 1978. 

J. M. Morrison.  1981.  Estimates of kinetic energy exchange between the fluctuations and mean flow in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.  EOS  / AGU, 62, 925.

W. J. Merrell and J. M. Morrison.  1982.  Circulation patterns and water characteristics of the Gulf of Mexico.  (Invited presentation)  EOS / AGU, 63, 344. 

J.M. Morrison and W. J. Merrell, Jr. 1982.  Water mass distribution within the western Gulf of Mexico.  (Invited presentation) EOS / AGU, 63, 344.

J. M. Morrison and R. L. Molinari.  1986.  Circulation in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico.  EOS/AGU, 67, 1049 

J. M. Morrison. 1987.  Wind Driven Circulation of The Caribbean Sea.  CIMAS, Miami.

J. M. Morrison.  1987.  Variability Within the Cayman Sea and Eastern Gulf of Mexico.  CIMAS, Miami.

J. M. Morrison.  1987.  Seasonal Variability of the Loop Current.  CIMAS, Miami. 

J. M. Morrison.  1987.  Antarctic Energetics.  CIMAS, Miami.

O. P. Smith*,and J. M. Morrison.  1987.  Shipboard ADCP Data Applied to Transport Studies in the Eastern Caribbean.  EOS/ AGU, 68, 1305. 

J. M. Morrison and L. J. Pietrafesa. 1990.  Mass Transport Around Cape Hatteras.  EOS / AGU, 71, 532.

G. Valenzuela, R. P. Mied, A. R. Ochadlick, M. Kobrick, P. M. Smith, W. C. Keller, R. J. Lai, D. Sheres, J. M. Morrison, and R. C. Beal. 1991.  The July 1990 Gulf Stream Experiment, IGARSS 1991. 

R.  Ochadlick, G. R. Valenzuela, K. Birney, S. Lyness, P. Cho, J. Evans-Morgis, R. P. Mied, J. M. Morrison, and Y. Yannone.  1991.  Evolution of Ocean Surface Features Observed with SAR during The July 1990 Gulf Stream Experiment, IGARSS 1991

S. R. Chubb, A. L. Cooper, G. R. Valenzuela, C. Shen, R. P. Mied, G. Marmorino, C. Trump, A. R. Ochadlick, J. M. Morrison and J. R. Bennett.  1991.  Preliminary Investigation of The Nature of Radar Signatures of The Gulf Stream with SAR, IGARSS 1991.

J. M. Morrison and L. J. Pietrafesa. 1992. Water Mass between the Middle and South Atlantic Bight, EOS / AGU, 73, 1992.                                                       

Carrerra, et al. 1992.  NADC SAR Imagery of Coastal Waters and the Gulf Stream, IGARSS'92

J. M. Morrison and A. R. Ochadlick . 1992. Sea Truthing SAR Observations of Slicks off the Mouth of the Chesapeake, EOS / AGU, 73 (43), 1992 

S. Raman, F. Askari, T. Donato*, J. M.  Morrison. 1994.  Remote sensing of sea surface roughness change across the Gulf Stream front, Air-Sea Interface Sym., Marseille, France, June 1994.

J. M. Morrison, D. DeMaster and C. Nittrouer. 1994. Hydrographic and Current Measurements in the Ross Sea During 1990 and 1992, AGU/Ocean Sciences, 1994. 

R. Ochadlick and J. M. Morrison. 1994. LOGAN 1992, IGARRS 1994.

L. A. Codispoti, J. M. Morrison, B. Jones. 1996. The Chemical Hydrographic Milieu of the U. S. JGOFS Arabian Sea Process Study.  EOS / AGU, 76 (3), OS23. 

J. M. Morrison. 1995.  U. S. WOCE Transindian Ocean Section I1:  Hydrographic Results. Indian Ocean, Indian Ocean Symposium, Marine Fisheries Institute of Sri Lanka.

E. Bohm*, J. M. Morrison, V. Manghnani*, H-S Kim and C. Flagg. 1995. Remotely sensed and acoustic doppler observations of the Ras al Hadd Jet in 1995, EOS / AGU, 77, (46), F382. 

J. M. Morrison and L. A. Codispoti. 1996. Hydrographic Variability within the upper ocean of the Northern Arabian Sea over a monsoonal cycle, EOS / AGU, 77 (46), November 1996, F389.

V. Manghnani*, J. M. Morrison, W. Shi*, and J. Kindle 1996.  Characterization of Monsoonal Upwelling in the Arabian Sea During the JGOFS Period, EOS / AGU, 77(46), November 1996, F390. 

T. Chereskin, W. D. Wilson, H. L. Bryden, A. Ffield, and J. M. Morrison. 1996. Direct estimations of the Ekman Transport at 8.5 N in the Indian Ocean during the Southwest Monsoon, EOS / AGU, Volume 77, Number 46, November 1996, F392.

X. Liu *, L. Xie, and J. M. Morrison. 1997. Sensitivity of Equatorial Pacific SST to Atmospheric Forcing Parameterizations in a Global Isopycnic Ocean Model, 22 Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Miami, Florida, Feb 1997. 

T. K. Chereskin, W. D. Wilson, H. L. Bryden, A. Ffield, and J. M. Morrison. 1997. Surface Layer Circulation and Water Mass Distribution at 8.5 N in the Arabian Sea During June and September 1995. IAPSO, July 1997, IAPSO, July 1997

J. M. Morrison, L. A. Codispoti, S. Gaurin, B. Jones, V. Manghnani, and Z. Zheng. 1998. The Hydrographic Milieu of the U.S. JGOFS Arabian Sea Process Experiment. The Oceanography Society Meeting, Paris, July 1998.

S. L. Smith, L.A. Codispoti, J. M. Morrison, and R. T. Barber. 1999. The 1994-1996 U.S. Arabian Sea Expedition: an integrated, interdisciplinary investigation of the response of the northwestern Indian Ocean to monsoonal forcing, International Scientific Symposium: Biogeochemistry of the Arabian Sea: Synthesis and Modeling, Bangalore, India, January 18-20, 1999. 

W. Shi,*, J. M. Morrison, E. Bšhm and V. Manghnani*. 1999.  Features of the Upwelling and Open Ocean Circulation in the Arabian Sea Observed During 1993 - 1995, International Scientific Symposium: Biogeochemistry of the Arabian Sea: Synthesis and Modeling, Bangalore, India, January 18-20, 1999.

J. M. Morrison, L. A. Codispoti,S. L. Smith, K. Wishner, C. Flagg, W. D. Gardner, S. Gaurin, S. W. A. Naqvi, V. Manghnani*, L. Prosperie and J. S. Gundersen*. 1999 The oxygen minimum zone in the Arabian Sea during 1995, International Scientific Symposium: Biogeochemistry of the Arabian Sea: Synthesis and Modeling, Bangalore, India, January 18-20, 1999. 

J. M. Morrison, L.A. Codispoti, S. Gaurin, B. Jones, V. Manghnani and Z. Zheng. 1999. Seasonal variation of hydrographic and nutrient fields during the U.S. JGOFS Arabian Sea Process Study, International Scientific Symposium: Biogeochemistry of the Arabian Sea: Synthesis and Modeling, Bangalore, India, January 18-20, 1999

S. Gaurin, L. A. Codispoti, F. J. Millero and J. M. Morrison. 1999. Relationships between nitrite and ammonium concentrations in the Ross Sea.  U. S. JGOFS Workshop, Keystone, Co, August 1999 

L. I. Gordon, L. A. Codispoti, J. M. Morrison, and F. J. Millero. 1999.  Evolution of hydrographic properties during the U. S. JGOFS - AESOPS Expedition to the Ross Sea, 1996 - 1997. U. S. JGOFS Workshop, Keystone, Co, August 1999

Kamykowski, J. M. Morrison and S-J. Zentara.  Estimating nutrient availability in the Northern Indian Ocean using AVHRR Ocean Pathfinder Sea Surface Temperature, AGU Ocean Science Meeting, EOS Transactions AGU, January 2000

J. M. Morrison, L. A. Codispoti, L. I. Gordon, and F. J. Millero.  Evolution of hydrographic properties during the U. S. JGOFS - AESOPS Expedition to the Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone, 1997 - 1998. AGU Ocean Science Meeting, EOS Transactions AGU, January 2000 

W. Shi* and J. M. Morrison, 2000. Meridional Transport through WOCE Section I1 In The Indian Ocean. AGU Ocean Science Meeting, EOS Transactions AGU, January 2000

L. A. Codispoti, L. I. Gordon, J. M. Morrison, and S. Gaurin Curious Relationships Between Nitrtite and Ammonium Concentrations in the Ross Sea. AGU Ocean Science Meeting, EOS Transactions AGU, January 2000

J. M. Morrison, L. A. Codispoti, S. Gaurin, F. J. Millero, Seasonal Evolution of Hydrographic Properties during US JGOFS - AESOPS Expedition to the Polar Frontal Zone, 1997-1998, JGOFS Open Ocean Conference, Bergen, March 2000.

John M. Morrison, Louis A. Codispoti, Frank J. Millero, Seasonal evolution of hydrographic properties during the US JGOFS - AESOPS Expedition to the polar frontal zone, 1996-1997, JGOFS Southern Ocean Meeting, Brest, France, July 2000.

J. M. Morrison, D. Kamykowski, D., M. Datta*, S-J. Zentara and A. C. Switzer*, A Northern Indian Ocean Comparison between Nutrient Availability Derived from AVHRR-SST and Phytoplankton Biomass/Productivity based on SeaWiFS, PORSEC 2000, Goa, India.

W. Shi* and J. M. Morrison, On the accuracy of the Pathfinder SST retrieval in the northern Indian Ocean, PORSEC 2000, Goa, India

(* Graduate Student)

Reports

J. M. Morrison, W. J. Merrell, Jr. and W. D. Nowlin, Jr. 1973.  The waters of the eastern Gulf of Mexico as observed during May 1972.  I.  Data collected aboard the R/V ALAMINOS. Unpublished Data Report, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, Reference 73-10-T, 330 pp.

J. M. Morrison. 1974.  Nutrient and dissolved oxygen distribution in the Gulf of Mexico and adjacent regions.  M. S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 117 pp. 

Morrison, J. M.  1977.  Water mass properties used as flow indicators within the eastern Caribbean Sea during the winter of 1972 and fall of 1973.  Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 74 pp. 

W. J. Merrell, Jr., J. M. Morrison, R. L. Molinari, W. D. Nowlin, Jr., I. H. Brooks, and R. Yager.  1978.  A description of the circulation observed in the eastern Gulf of Mexico during CICAR Survey Month II.  May 1972.  CICAR-II Symposium on Progress in Marine Research in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions.  FAO Fisheries Report No. 200, Suppl., Rome 51-61.

J. M. Morrison, ed. 1980.  Program Summary of the International Southern Ocean Studies.  National Science Foundation, Report NSF 80-4, 43 pp. 

Academic Research Vessels, 1985-1990.  1982.  Steering Committee for Academic Research Fleet Study, Ocean Sciences Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Science, Washington, DC 132 pp.

S. L. Smith, L. A. Codispoti, J. M. Morrison and C. Flagg.  First Arabian Sea Cruise Achieves it Goals.  U. S. JGOFS News, 6 (1), WHOI, 1994. 

L. A. Codispoti and J. M. Morrison.  The U. S. JGOFS Arabian Sean Hydrographic Program:  Progress and Prospects. U. S. JGOFS News, 7 (1), WHOI, 1995.

H. Bryden and J. M. Morrison.  Transindian Hydrographic Section I1 Across 8 N.  SIGMA - The UK WOCE Newsletter, 19, National Environmental Research Council, Southampton, UK, 1996.

J. M. Morrison. WOCE Transindian Hydrographic Section I1 Across 8¡N. U. S. WOCE, WHP Ref. No.: Initial I1 Cruise Report, 12 December 1995.

J. M. Morrison. WOCE Transindian Hydrographic Section I1 Across 8¡N. U. S. WOCE, WHP Ref. No.:  Final I1 Cruise Report, 1995. 

J. M. Morrison. Annual Report for the Facility for Ocean/Atmosphere Modeling and Visualization (1993), IBM Environmental Programs, Febuary 1994

J. M. Morrison. Annual Report for the Facility for Ocean/Atmosphere Modeling and Visualization (1994), IBM Environmental Programs, February 1995 

J. M. Morrison. Annual Report for the Facility for Ocean/Atmosphere Modeling and Visualization (1995), IBM Environmental Programs, February 1996

J. M. Morrison. Annual Report for the Facility for Ocean/Atmosphere Modeling and Visualization (1996), IBM Environmental Programs,February 1997 

J. M. Morrison. Final Report for the Facility for Ocean/Atmosphere Modeling and Visualization (1998),  IBM Environmental Programs.September 1998

J. M. Morrison and O. B. Brown.  Satellite Receiving Station in Muscat continues to serve ocean scientists. U. S. JGOFS News, 8(3), WHOI, July 1997. 

Morrison, J. M. (2002) Hydrography in Watts, Burkill and Smith, Report of the Indian Ocean Synthesis Group on the Arabian Sea Process Study, JGOFS Report No. 35, Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research, International Council of Scientific Unions, January 2002.

Smith, S. L., J. M. Morrison and L. A. Codispoti (2002) The Role of the Oxygen Minimum Zone in Biogeochemical Cycles. in Watts, Burkill and Smith, Report of the Indian Ocean Synthesis Group on the Arabian Sea Process Study, JGOFS Report No. 35, Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research, International Council of Scientific Unions, January 2002.
 

Meeting and Workship Presentations

J. M. Morrison, NCSC/CONCERT Visualization Demonstration for Dr. Alan Bromley, Presidential Science Advisor, 11/91.

J. M. Morrison, Presentation to the IBM management for the Sponsored University Research Program on Scientific Visualization and Network Research, Raleigh, 1/94. 

J. M. Morrison, Presentation to the IBM Environmental Research Program on FOAMv, Washington, DC, October 1994. 

J. M. Morrison, Presentation to the IBM management for the Sponsored University Research Program on Scientific Visualization and Network Research, Raleigh, 1/95.

J. M. Morrison, Presentation to Korean Ambassador on Scientific Visualization and Network Research, IBM RTP, 7/95

J. M. Morrison, Presentation to Ambassador of People's Republic of China on Scientific Visualization and Network Research, IBM RTP, 7/95 

J. M. Morrison, FOAMv, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India, 11/96.

J. M. Morrison, Preliminary results from WOCE Transindian Ocean Section I1, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India, 11/96. 

J. M. Morrison, FOAMv, Indian Institute of Technology, Madas, India, 11/96

J. M. Morrison, FOAMv, National Institute of Ocean Technology, Madras, India, 11/96 

J. M. Morrison, FOAMv, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 11/96.

J. M. Morrison, FOAMv, Centre for Water Resources and Ocean Management, Anna University, Madras, India, 11/96. 

J. M. Morrison, FOAMv, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India, 11/96

J. M. Morrison, Preliminary results from WOCE Transindian Ocean Section I1, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India, 11/96 

J. M. Morrison, Preliminary results from the JGOFS Arabian Sea Process Study, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India, 11/96

J. M. Morrison, Presentation to the IBM management for the Sponsored University Research Program on Scientific Visualization and Network Research, Raleigh, October 1996. 

J. M. Morrison, Presentation to the IBM Environmental Research Program on FOAMv, San Jose, CA, October 1996. 

J. M. Morrison, Presentation to Directors of Taiwanese Supercomputer Center as part of discussions on potential VBNS connectivity between the Center and NCSU, September 1997.

J. M. Morrison, CTD Observations during the JGOFS Arabian Sea Process Study, JGOFS Workshop (NH), 7/97. 

J. M. Morrison, Satellite Observations during the JGOFS Arabian Sea Process Study, JGOFS Workshop (NH), 7/97.

J. M. Morrison and L. A. Codispoti, Hydrographic Variability within the upper ocean of the Northern Arabian Sea over a monsoonal cycle, JGOFS Workshop (NH), 7/97. 

J. M. Morrison, CTD Observations during the JGOFS AESOPS Experiment, JGOFS Workshop (U. Tenn at Knoxville), 5/98.

J. M. Morrison, NOAA/NESDIS/Seagrant Workshop, with Science House and N. C. Department of Public Instruction in a feasibility study for the use of NOAA satellite remote sensing products in K-12 Curriculum in North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, 12/98. 

J. M. Morrison, Hydrography of the Arabian Sea - Seasonal Variability, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India, 2/3/99.

J. M. Morrison, Remotely sensed features of the upwelling and circulation in the Arabian Sea, Goa, India, 2/4/99.

S. Gaurin, L. A. Codispoti, F. J. Millero and J. M. Morrison. 1999. Relationships between nitrite and ammonium concentrations in the Ross Sea.  U. S. JGOFS Workshop, Keystone, Co, August 1999

L. I. Gordon, L. A. Codispoti, J. M. Morrison, and F. J. Millero. 1999.  Evolution of hydrographic properties during the U. S. JGOFS - AESOPS Expedition to the Ross Sea, 1996 - 1997. U. S. JGOFS Workshop, Keystone, Co, August 1999

Morrison, J. M., Oceanographic satellite remote sensing,  Charles Darwin Research Station, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

L. J. Piertrafesa, J. M. Morrison and L. Xie, The Carolina's Coastal Ocean Observing and Prediction System,  SE-Coastal Ocean Observing System Planning Meeting, Miami, Florida, July 2001. 

Morrison, J. M., Galapagos - Islands of Change, Ocean Day invited lecture for the general public at the Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA, July 2004.

National and International Committees

University Committees


Outreach

Courses Taught

Courses Established

Students Graduated 

PhD

Masters

Current Graduate Students

MS and PhD Advisor

Dr. Worth D. Nowlin, Jr.

Department of Oceanography

Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas 77840

MS Thesis (1974):              Nutrient and Dissolved Oxygen Distributions in the Gulf of Mexico and Adjacent Regions, 117 pp.

PhD Thesis (1997):           Water Mass Properties Used as Flow Indicators within the Eastern Caribbean Sea During the Winter of 1972 and Fall 1973, 75 pp.

Recent Collaborators

Donald Olson, Viva Banzon, Robert Evans, Otis Brown, Sharon Smith, Frank Millero at U. Miami;   Robert Molinari and Elizabeth Johns at NOAA/ AOML; Bruce Warren, James Churchill, John Toole at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Lou Codispoti, Horne Pointe Laboratory, Arnold Gordon, Robert Anderson, Taro Takahashi at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Walker Smith at Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Harry Bryden at Southampton Oceanography Centre, Lou Gordon at Oregon State University, Teresa Chereskin, James Swift at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Charles Flagg at Brookhaven National Laboratories; Gene Feldman, NASA Goddard; Jerry Schubel, Aquarium of the Pacific, Madeline Fletcher, University of South Carolina, Richard Reynold, National Climate Date Center, Wilford Gardner, Texas A&M University.