OCEANOGRAPHY RESEARCH

OCEANOGRAPHY EMPLOYMENT & PUBLICATIONS

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Employment

1979–1983
Research Assistant, School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle
Physical Oceanography; with Dr. Bruce A. Taft

1983–1985
Consultant, INTECSA
Computer system for ocean data analysis.

1985–Present
President and collaborator, AINCO–INTEROCEAN
Non-profit organization for oceanographic and environmental research.

1990
Member and coordinator of the Spanish WOCE Committee.

Research Experience

With AINCO–INTEROCEAN (1984–1986)

Oceanographic data processing and analysis.
North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean circulation.
Research in oceanography and related topics (modelling, environment, computing, etc.).

With Dartmouth College and Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO) (1985–1987)

Implementation and use of numerical models (finite elements and finite differences) for the simulation of the Western Mediterranean circulation.

University of Washington (1979–1983)

Dynamics of the Central Tropical Pacific from hydrographic data analysis (NORPAX/FGGE Programmes).
Gyre dynamics (POLYMODE multi-national programme).
Geological oceanography and sediment transport analysis of the northern Saratoga Passage in Puget Sound, Washington.

Field Work

World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) Cruise
Transatlantic section WOCE A-5, 24°N. R/V Hespérides, Jul./Aug. 1992.
P.I.: Gregorio Parrilla. Physical and biological data / water mass identification for global ocean and climate studies.
Physical Oceanography Cruise, Gulf of Cadiz
Sept. 1988. R/V Oceanus.
With Tom Sanford (University of Washington) and Jim Price (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution).
Sampling: XCP, XDP, XSV and bathysonde.
Physical Oceanography Cruises, Strait of Gibraltar and Alboran Sea
USNS Lynch, Nov. 1985 and Jun. 1986.
Chief scientist: Tom Kinder (NORDA). CTD surveys.
Chemical and Biological Oceanography Cruise, Catalan Sea
B/O Garcia del Cid, Sept. 1986 (Instituto de Investigaciones Pesqueras, Barcelona).
Chief scientist: Antonio Cruzado (CEAB). Water samples, temperature and salinity.
Physical Oceanography Cruise (Hawaii–Panama)
Sept.–Oct. 1982. Onset of “El Niño”.
R/V Conrad from Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Columbia University, New York.
Chief scientist: John Toole (WHOI). CTD, XBTs and experimental current profilers.
Physical and Biological Oceanography Cruises (DOE), U.S. West Coast
- R/V Wecoma (Oregon State University), Sept. 1980 and Feb. 1981.
- R/V Thompson (University of Washington), Aug. 1981.
  Chief scientist: Barbara Hickey (University of Washington). CTD and current meter deployment and recovery.

Professional Travel

WOCE Core Project 3 Meeting, Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Wormley, UK, 21–23 May 1990.
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES): Oceanic Hydrography Working Group Meeting, Copenhagen, 28–29 April 1990.
European Geophysical Society, XV General Assembly, Copenhagen, 23–27 April 1990.
I Gulf of Cadiz Workshop, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Mass., Oct. 1989.
European Geophysical Society, XIV General Assembly, Barcelona, 13–17 March 1989 (Poster presentation).
Workshop on Physical Oceanography of the Strait of Gibraltar, Madrid, Oct. 1988.
C.I.E.S.M. Meeting: Mediterranean Oceanography, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Oct. 1986 (Poster presentation).
Cooperative work with Dr. F. Werner on numerical modelling of the Western Mediterranean, Apr. 1986 and Feb. 1987, Dartmouth College, N.H., U.S.A. (Spain–U.S. Joint Project).
8th Consultative Meeting of the London Dumping Convention, member of the Spanish Delegation. Two reports presented. London, June 1985.
C.N.R.S. Meeting: Mediterranean Oceanography, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France, Sept. 1985.
Advanced Course on Ocean Hydrodynamics and Numerical Models by Dr. F. Ronday (Dept. of Geohydrodynamics and Environmental Research, University of Liège, Belgium), Barcelona, Oct. 1984, at Instituto de Investigaciones Pesqueras.
Fuengirola Workshop: Oceanography of Gibraltar/Alboran Sea (“¿Dónde Va?” Experiment), IEO, Málaga, Spain, Oct. 1983.
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meetings, San Francisco, U.S.A., Dec. 1981, 1982 and 1986.

Publications

J. F. Price, M. O’Neil Baringer, R. G. Lueck, G. C. Johnson, I. Ambar, G. Parrilla, A. Cantos-Figuerola, M. A. Kennelly and T. B. Sanford, 1993: Mediterranean Outflow Mixing Dynamics. Science, 26 February 1993, Vol. 259, pp. 1277–1282.
A. Cantos-Figuerola, G. Parrilla and F. E. Werner, 1991: Modelling of the Surface Flow in the Alboran Sea: Review of Sensitivity Studies of Reduced Gravity Flows. Física de la Tierra, 3, 307–330. Ed. Univ. Complutense, Madrid, 1991.
I. Ambar, A. Bower, A. Cantos-Figuerola, M. A. Kennelly, E. L. Kunze, R. Lueck, M. T. O’Neil Baringer, G. Parrilla, M. D. Prater, J. F. Price, P. L. Richardson, T. B. Sanford and K. S. Tokos, 1990: Report on the Gulf of Cadiz Expedition Workshop, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Technical Memorandum APL-UW TM9-90, September 1990.
D. R. Lynch, F. E. Werner, A. Cantos-Figuerola and G. Parrilla, 1989: Finite Element Modelling of Reduced-Gravity Flow in the Alboran Sea: Sensitivity Studies. In: Proceedings of the Workshop on Physical Oceanography in the Straits of Gibraltar, eds. J. L. Almazan, H. Bryden, T. Kinder and G. Parrilla, Madrid, Oct. 1988, pp. 283–295.
F. E. Werner, A. Cantos-Figuerola and G. Parrilla, 1987: A Sensitivity Study of Reduced Gravity Flows with Application to the Alboran Sea. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 18, 373–383.
F. E. Werner, G. Parrilla, A. Cantos-Figuerola, D. R. Lynch, M. J. Garcia, P. Sanchez and J. Escobar, 1986: A Sensitivity Analysis of the Circulation in the Alboran Sea. Presented at the XXX Assemblée Plénière of the C.I.E.S.M., Palma de Mallorca, Oct. 1986.
A. Cantos-Figuerola, F. Werner and S. Kristmannsson, 1985: A Critical Assessment of the Physical Oceanography and Modelling Considerations Contained in the NEA/OECD Reports on the Continued Suitability of the Dumping Site for Radioactive Waste Disposal in the North-East Atlantic. 8th Consultative Meeting of the London Dumping Convention, London, June 1984. Documents LDC/PRAD.1/WP.3 and 4. Report prepared for the Dept. of the Environment, Ministry of Public Works, Spain.
A. Cantos-Figuerola and B. A. Taft, 1983: The South Equatorial Current during the Tahiti Shuttle Experiment. Tropical Ocean–Atmosphere Newsletter, July 1983, no. 19.
B. A. Taft, A. Cantos-Figuerola and P. Kovala, 1983: Vertical Sections of Temperature, Salinity, Thermosteric Anomaly and Zonal Geostrophic Velocity from NORPAX Shuttle Experiment, Part 3. NOAA Data Report ERL PMEL–3.
B. A. Taft, P. Kovala and A. Cantos-Figuerola, 1982: Vertical Sections of Temperature, Salinity, Thermosteric Anomaly and Zonal Geostrophic Velocity from NORPAX Shuttle Experiment, Part 3. NOAA Data Report ERL PMEL–3.
B. A. Taft and A. Cantos-Figuerola, 1981: Seasonal Variation of Zonal Geostrophic Flow in the Central Tropical Pacific. Transactions, American Geophysical Union (EOS), 62: 897.