Impacts of warming on phytoplankton abundance and phenology in a typical tropical marine ecosystem

JA Gittings, DE Raitsos, G Krokos, I Hoteit - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
In the tropics, thermal stratification (during warm conditions) may contribute to a shallowing
of the mixed layer above the nutricline and a reduction in the transfer of nutrients to the …

Eddies in the Red Sea: A statistical and dynamical study

P Zhan, AC Subramanian, F Yao… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Sea level anomaly (SLA) data spanning 1992–2012 were analyzed to study the statistical
properties of eddies in the Red Sea. An algorithm that identifies winding angles was …

Seasonal overturning circulation in the Red Sea: 1. Model validation and summer circulation

F Yao, I Hoteit, LJ Pratt, AS Bower… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The overturning circulation in the Red Sea exhibits a distinct seasonally reversing pattern
and is studied using high‐resolution MIT general circulation model simulations. In the first …

[HTML][HTML] Phytoplankton phenology indices in coral reef ecosystems: Application to ocean-color observations in the Red Sea

MF Racault, DE Raitsos, ML Berumen… - Remote Sensing of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Phytoplankton, at the base of the marine food web, represent a fundamental food source in
coral reef ecosystems. The timing (phenology) and magnitude of the phytoplankton biomass …

Towards an end-to-end analysis and prediction system for weather, climate, and marine applications in the red sea

I Hoteit, Y Abualnaja, S Afzal… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Red Sea, home to the second-longest coral reef system in the world, is a vital
resource for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Red Sea provides 90% of the Kingdom's …

Sensing coral reef connectivity pathways from space

DE Raitsos, RJW Brewin, P Zhan, D Dreano… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Coral reefs rely on inter-habitat connectivity to maintain gene flow, biodiversity and
ecosystem resilience. Coral reef communities of the Red Sea exhibit remarkable genetic …

The eddy kinetic energy budget in the Red Sea

P Zhan, AC Subramanian, F Yao… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The budget of eddy kinetic energy (EKE) in the Red Sea, including the sources,
redistributions, and sink, is examined using a high'resolution eddy‐resolving ocean …

The climatology of the Red Sea-part 1: the wind

S Langodan, L Cavaleri, Y Vishwanadhapalli… - 2017 - repository.kaust.edu.sa
The wind climatology of the Red Sea is described based on a 30-year high-resolution
regional reanalysis generated using the Advanced Weather Research Forecasting model …

[HTML][HTML] The Red Sea: a natural laboratory for wind and wave modeling

S Langodan, L Cavaleri… - Journal of Physical …, 2014 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Red Sea is a narrow, elongated basin that is more than 2000 km long. This
deceivingly simple structure offers very interesting challenges for wind and wave modeling …

The Gulf of Aden intermediate water intrusion regulates the southern Red Sea summer phytoplankton blooms

D Dreano, DE Raitsos, J Gittings, G Krokos, I Hoteit - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Knowledge on large-scale biological processes in the southern Red Sea is relatively limited,
primarily due to the scarce in situ, and satellite-derived chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) datasets …