Ebenezer Nyadjro

Associate Research Professor, Oceanography

1021 Balch Boulevard, Suite 1003
Mississippi State, MS 39762

• esn31@msstate.edu; ebenezer.nyadjro@noaa.gov

Education

• Ph.D. Physical/Satellite Oceanography (2012), University of South Carolina
• M.S.  Organizational Leadership (2019), Cameron University, Oklahoma
• M.S.  Marine Science (2009), University of North Carolina Wilmington   
• B. S. Oceanography & Fisheries (2005), University of Ghana                                                  

Experience

• Associate Research Professor, Northern Gulf Institute and Department of Geosciences /Mississippi State University, Jan 2020 – present  
• Oceanographer, National Centers for Environmental Information, NOAA, Jan 2020 – present
• Assistant Research Professor, Department of Physics, University of New Orleans, Jan 2015 – Dec 2019
• Oceanographer, Ocean Dynamics and Prediction Branch, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, Jan 2015 – Dec 2019
• NRC Research Associate, NOAA-Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, Washington, Aug 2012-Dec 2014

Research Interests

• variability of ocean currents
• microplastics
• ocean salinity and freshwater dynamics
• temperature variability and heat budget
• equatorial oceanography (equatorial ocean dynamics)
• air-sea interactions and tropical climate variability
• ocean leadership and capacity building

Recent Publications

• Hall, S., B. Subrahmanyam, E. S. Nyadjro, and A. Samuelsen (2021). Surface freshwater fluxes in the Arctic and Subarctic Seas during contrasting years of high and low summer sea ice extent. (in revision Remote Sensing).
• Nyadjro, E. S., Z. Wang, J. Reagan, J. Cebrian, and J. Shriver (2021). Bio-physical changes in the Gulf of Mexico during the 2018 Hurricane Michael. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 10.1109/LGRS.2021.3068600.
• Nyadjro, E. S., A. V. Rydbeck, T. G. Jensen, J. G. Richman, and J. F. Shriver (2020). On the Generation and Salinity Impacts of Intraseasonal Westward Jets in the  Equatorial Indian Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 125, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016066.
• Trott, C. B., B. Subrahmanyam, and E. S. Nyadjro (2019). Influence of mesoscale features on mixed layer dynamics in the Arabian Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 121, doi: 10.1029/2019JC014965.
• Ferster, B., B. Subrahmanyam, I. Fukumori, and E. S. Nyadjro (2018). Variability of
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Southern Ocean Transports. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 48, DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-18-0055.1, 2,667-2,688.
Nyadjro, E. S., T. G. Jensen, J. G. Richman, and J. F. Shriver (2017). On the relationship between wind, SST, and the thermocline in the Seychelles-Chagos Thermocline Ridge. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 14 (12), doi:10.1109/LGRS.2017.2762961).
Rydbeck, A. V., T. G. Jensen, and E. S. Nyadjro (2017). Intraseasonal Sea Surface Warming in the Western Indian Ocean by Oceanic Equatorial Rossby Waves. Geophysical Research Letters, 44, doi: 10.1002/2017GL073331.
Burns, J., B. Subrahmanyam, E. S. Nyadjro, and V. S. N. Murty (2016). Tropical cyclone activity over the Southwest Tropical Indian Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 121, doi: 10.1002/2016JC011992.
Jensen, T. G., H. W. Wijesekera, E. S. Nyadjro, P. Thoppil, J. Shriver, K. K. Sandeep, and Vimlesh Pant (2016). Modeling salinity exchanges between the equatorial Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal. Oceanography, 29 (2), 92-101.
Nyadjro, E. S., and B. Subrahmanyam (2016). Spatial and temporal variability of central Indian Ocean salinity fronts observed by SMOS. Remote Sensing of Environment, 180, 146–153,10.1016/j.rse.2016.02.049.
D'Addezio, J.M, B. Subrahmanyam, E. S. Nyadjro, and V.S.N. Murty (2015). Seasonal variability of salinity and salt transport in the Northern Indian Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45, 1947-1966, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-14-0210.1.
Wiafe, G., and E. S. Nyadjro (2015). Satellite observations of upwelling in the Gulf of Guinea. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 12 (2), 1066:1070, doi: 10.1109/LGRS.2014.2379474.
Nyadjro, E. S., and M. J. McPhaden (2014). Variability of zonal currents in the equatorial Indian Ocean on seasonal to interannual time scales. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 119, doi: 10.1002/2014JC010380.
Nyadjro, E. S., and B. Subrahmanyam (2014). SMOS satellite mission reveals the salinity structure of the Indian Ocean Dipole. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 11 (9), 1564-1568, doi: 10.1109/LGRS.2014.2301594. (Cover).
Sarma, Y.V.B, A. Govender, E. S. Nyadjro, and S. Piontkovski (2013). Long-term changes in sea surface temperature at selected locations in the Sea of Oman and the Arabian Sea off Oman. International Journal of Marine Science, 3 (18), 145-150, doi: 10.5376/ijms.2013.03.001.
Nyadjro, E. S., B. Subrahmanyam, and B. S. Giese (2013). Variability of salt flux in the Indian Ocean during 1960-2008. Remote Sensing of Environment, 134, 175-193.
Kamykowski, D., K. G. Pridgen, J. M. Morrison, A. A. McCulloch, E. S. Nyadjro, C. A. Thomas, and G. Sinclair (2013). Cold front induced changes on the Florida panhandle shelf during October 2008. Continental Shelf Research, 54, 52-66.
Subrahmanyam, B., G. Grunseich, and E. S. Nyadjro (2013). Preliminary SMOS salinity measurements and validation in the Indian Ocean. IEEE Transactions Geoscience and Remote Sensing , 51, 12, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2012.2199122.
Nyadjro, E. S., B. Subrahmanyam, V.S.N. Murty, and J.F. Shriver (2012). The role of salinity on the dynamics of the Arabian Sea Mini Warm Pool. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, doi: 10.1029/2012JC007978.
Nyadjro, E. S., B. Subrahmanyam, and J. F. Shriver (2011). Seasonal variability of salt transport during the Indian Ocean monsoons. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 116, doi: 10.1029/2011JC006993.
Nyadjro, E. S., B. Subrahmanyam, V.S.N. Murty, and J.F. Shriver (2010). Salt transport in the near-surface layer in the monsoon-influenced Indian Ocean using HYCOM. Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1029/2010GL044127.