Yvette Spitz
Yvette Spitz
Associate Professor, Biological Oceanography
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
Oregon State University
104 COAS Admin Bldg
Corvallis, OR 97331-5503
Tel: (541) 737-3227
Fax: (541) 737-2064
Email: yspitz@coas.oregonstate.edu
Education:
BS, University of Liege, Belgium (Physics), 1983
BS, University of Liege, Belgium (Oceanology), 1985
MS, Florida State University, 1991
PhD, Old Dominion University, 1995
Research Interests:
Investigation of the main pathways in marine ecosystems; development of coupled physical-biological models.
Current Research:
Use of data-assimilative models in conjunction with observations from long-term time series and Ocean Color data (such as SeaWiFS and MODIS) to modify model pathways and estimate model parameters and errors for the North Pacific carbon cycle; modeling of ecosystem response to upwelling off the Oregon coast; data-assimilative modeling of eutrophication in the North Sea.
Publications:
Lancelot C, Spitz Y, Gypens N, Ruddick K, Becquevort S, Rousseau V, Lacroix G, Billen G, 2004. Modelling diatom-Phaeocystis blooms and nutrient cycles in the Southern Bight of the North Sea: the MIRO model Marine Ecology Progress Series, in press
Spitz, Y.H., J.S. Allen and P.A. Newberger, 2003: Ecosystem response to upwelling off the Oregon coast: Behavior of three nitrogen-based models. Journal of Geophysical Research, VOL. 108, NO. C3, 3062, doi:10.1029/2001JC001181.
Newberger, P.A., J.S. Allen and Y.H. Spitz: Analysis and comparison of three ecosystem models. Journal of Geophysical Research, VOL. 108, NO. C3, 3062, doi:10.1029/2001JC001181.
Fennel, K., M.R. Abbott, Y.H. Spitz, J.G. Richman, and D.M. Nelson, 2003: Modeling controls of phytoplankton production in the southwest Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean. Deep-Sea Research II, 50, 769-798
Fennel, K., M.R. Abbott, Y.H. Spitz, J.G. Richman, and D.M. Nelson: Impacts of iron control on phytoplankton production in the modern and glacial Southern Ocean Deep-Sea Research II, 50, 833-851
Fennel, K., Y.H. Spitz, R.M. Letelier, M.R. Abbott, and D.M. Karl, 2001. A deterministic model for N2-fixation at the HOT site in the subtropical North Pacific. Deep-Sea Research II. 49, 149-174.
Spitz, Y.H., J.R. Moisan, M.R. Abbott, 2001. Configuring an ecosystem model using data from the Bermuda-Atlantic Time Series (BATS). Deep-Sea Res. II, 48, 1733-1768
Spitz, Y.H., J.R. Moisan, M.R. Abbott, and J.G. Richman, 1998. Data assimilation and a pelagic ecosystem model: parameterization using time series observations. J. Marine Systems, 16, 51-68.
Spitz, Y.H., and J.M. Klinck, 1998. Estimate of bottom and surface stress during a spring-neap tide cycle by dynamical assimilation of tide gauge data in the Chesapeake Bay. J. Geophys. Res., 12,761-12,782.
Lawson, L.M., E.E. Hofmann and Y.H. Spitz, 1996. Time series sampling and data assimilation in a simple marine ecosystem model. Deep-Sea Res, II, Vol. 43, 625-651.
Lawson, L.M., Y.H. Spitz, E.E. Hofmann and R.B. Long, 1995. A data assimilation technique applied to a predator-prey model. Bullletin of Mathematical Biology, Vol. 57, 4, 593-617.
Spitz, Y.H. and D. Nof, 1991. Separation of boundary currents due to bottom topography. Deep-Sea Res. I, Vol. 38, 1-20.