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OceanExpert ID : 12485

Alfredo L ARETXABALETA

Program Manager Youth and Education in Science

USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Work Location

384 Woods Hole Road
USGS Woods Hole Science Center
Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02532
United States

Nationality

United States of America

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Profile URL

https://oceanexpert.org/expert/12485

Highest Degree

Ph.D. in Marine Sciences

Job Type

Research

Subject Area

Physical Oceanography

Activities

Education and Mentoring in Geosciences: Promoting education and providing mentorship within the geoscience community, emphasizing the importance of outreach in scientific research.
Scientific Integrity and Excellence: Promoting responsible practices in scientific research and ensuring high-quality science.
Water Level Dynamics: Investigating the processes controlling water levels in coastal environments, including tidal effects, storm events, and sea level rise.
Sediment Transport: Focusing on sediment dynamics, especially during storm events, and how this impacts coastal evolution.
Numerical Modeling: Utilizing models to simulate and predict coastal ocean processes, such as wave dynamics, sediment transport, and the interaction between ocean and atmosphere.
Total Water Level and Coastal Change Forecasting: Developing and implementing systems for predicting water levels and the probability of waves impacting coastal regions, aiding in the preparation and response to coastal hazards.
Development of the SMOS Satellite to Measure Ocean Salinity: Involvement in the development of the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite, which measured salinity in the oceans.
Particle Dynamics in the Coastal Ocean: Examining particle dynamics, including biophysical interactions, to understand the movement and behavior of particles in coastal environments, with applications such as the dynamics of harmful algal blooms in coastal waters.

My research mainly focused in problems related to sediment transport, including the redistribution of sediment containing harmful algal blooms, the dynamics of cohesive sediment in the water column and in the bed, and the effects of storm events in sediment dynamics. Another important focus was the investigation of the processes controlling water level in coastal environments including tidal effects, storm events and sea level rise. My interests also included the study of surface salinity variability, baroclinic processes, frontal dynamics, upwelling events, and the interaction between continental shelf circulation and larger scale currents. Some of the tools used for this work included numerical ocean models and data assimilation.

Skills

Science Education. Program Management.
Coastal Ocean Modeling. Coastal and shelf processes. Sediment transport. Satellite salinity.

Working language(s)

English

Citation(s)

Social

Website(s)

https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/alfredo-aretxabaleta

Created: 2006-10-26 | Last Updated: 2026-06-29