**ALBERT J. HERMANN**

**Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean**

**University of Washington, Seattle WA 98195**

[**hermann@pmel.noaa.gov**](mailto:hermann@pmel.noaa.gov)

**http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/\~hermann**

**PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION**

Cornell University Ecological Modeling B.Sc.Eng. 1977

University of Florida Systems Ecology M.Sc. 1980

University of Washington Physical Oceanography Ph.D. 1988

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Physical Oceanography Postdoctoral
Investigator 1989-1991

**PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS**

10/03 - date: Affiliate Associate Professor

University of Washington, School of Oceanography

02/91 - date: Oceanographer

University of Washington, Joint Institute for the Study of the
Atmosphere and the Oceans

Nature of Work: Development and testing of physical models and their
coupling with biological models for application to fisheries
oceanography. Visualization of model output.

01/89 - 01/91: Postdoctoral Investigator

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Physical
Oceanography

Nature of Work: Development and testing of oceanic circulation models.
Numerical modeling of gravitational adjustment related to deep
convection in the coastal and open ocean.

09/82 - 12/88 : Pre-doctoral Research Associate

University of Washington, School of Oceanography

Nature of work: Interpretation and synthesis of physical and biological
data from upwelling experiments in the Pacific Northwest. Numerical
modeling of geophysical fluid phenomena near boundaries. Three months of
cumulative seagoing experience.

03/80 - 08/82: Faculty Research Assistant

University of Maryland, Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies

Nature of Work: Numerical modeling of estuarine ecosystems and coastal
plain hydrology.

**PROFESSIONAL SERVICE**

09/08-date: President, Eastern Pacific Ocean Congress (EPOC)

**REFEREED PUBLICATIONS**

***Submitted/in review:***

Coyle, K. O, S. Hinckley, A. J. Hermann and E. Lessard. 2009. Northern
Gulf of Alaska simulations of oceanic and shelf ecosystems: refining and
tuning an NPZ model embedding in a general circulation model. Submiited
to Continental Shelf Research.

Williams, W., T. Weingartner, and A. Hermann. 2009. Idealized
2-dimensional modeling of a coastal buoyancy front under
downwelling-favourable wind-forcing with application to the Alaska
Coastal Current. Journal of Physical Oceanography, in review.

***Accepted:***

Hermann, A. J., E. N. Curchitser, E. L. Dobbins and D. B. Haidvogel.
2009. A comparison of remote versus local influence of El Nino on the
coastal circulation of the Northeast Pacific. Deep Sea Research II.,
accepted. 

Hermann, A.J., S. Hinckley, E. L. Dobbins, D. B. Haidvogel and C. Mordy.
2009. Quantifying cross-shelf and vertical nutrient flux in the Gulf of
Alaska with a spatially nested, coupled biophysical model. Deep Sea
Research II, accepted. 

Dobbins, E. L., A. J. Hermann, and P. J. Stabeno. 2009. Modeled
transport of freshwater from a line-source in the coastal Gulf of
Alaska. Deep Sea Research II, accepted. 

Hinckley, S., K. O. Coyle, G. Gibson, A. J. Hermann, and E. L. Dobbins.
2009. A biophysical NPZ model with iron for the Gulf of Alaska:
Reproducing the differences between an oceanic HNLC ecosystem and a
classical northern temperate shelf ecosystem. Deep Sea Research II,
accepted. 

Hinckley, S., J.M. Napp, and A.J. Hermann. 2009. Simulation of
physically-mediated variability in prey resources for a larval fish - a
3-dimensional NPZ model Fisheries Oceanography, accepted.

Brickman, D., B. Ådlandsvik, U. Thygesen, C. Parada, K. Rose, A.
Hermann, and K. Edwards. 2009. Particle Tracking. In: North, E. W., A.
Gallego, and P. Petitgas (eds.). Manual of Recommended Practices for
Modelling

Physical-Biological Interactions During Fish Early Life. ICES
Cooperative Research Report, accepted.

***Published/in press:***

Hermann, A.J. and C. W. Moore. 2009 Visualization in fisheries
oceanography: new approaches for the rapid exploration of coastal
ecosystems. In: B.A. Megrey and E. Moksness (eds.), Computers in
Fisheries Research, 2nd ed., DOI 10.1007/978-1-4020-8636-6_10, Springer
Science and Business Media B.V.

Haidvogel, D. B., H. Arango, W. P. Budgell, B. D. Cornuelle, E.
Curchitser, E. Di Lorenzo, K. Fennel, W. R. Geyer, A. J. Hermann, L.
Lanerolle, J. Levin, J. C. McWilliams, A. J. Miller, A. M. Moore,T. M.
Powell, A. F. Shchepetkin, C. R. Sherwood, R. P. Signell, John C.
Warner, J. Wilkin. 2008. Regional Ocean Forecasting in Terrain-following
Coordinates: Model Formulation and Skill Assessment. J. Comput. Phys.
227: 3595-3624.

Stockhausen, W. T., and A. J. Hermann. 2007. Modeling larval dispersion
of rockfish: A tool for marine reserve design? In: J. Heifetz, J.
DiCosimo, A.J. Gharrett, M.S. Love, T. O\'Connell, and R. Stanley
(eds.), Biology, assessment, and management of North Pacific rockfishes.
Alaska Sea Grant College Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks, in
press. AK-SG-07-01. 

Williams, W., T. Weingartner, and A. Hermann. 2007. Idealized Modeling
of Seasonal Variation in the Alaska Coastal Current *J. Geophys.
Res.*,112, C07001, doi:10.1029/2005JC003285.

Powell, T. M., C. V. W. Lewis, E. N. Curchitser, D. B. Haidvogel, A. J.
Hermann, and E. L. Dobbins, 2006. Results from a three-dimensional, 
nested  biological-physical  model  of  the  California  Current 
System: Comparisons with Statistics from Satellite Imagery, J. Geophys.
Res., 111, C07018, doi:10.1029/2004JC002506.

Curchitser, E. N., D. B. Haidvogel, A. J. Hermann, E. L. Dobbins, and T.
M. Powell, 2005.  Multi-scale modeling of the North Pacific Ocean I:
Assessment and analysis of simulated basin-scale variability
(1996-2003). J. Geophys. Res., 110, C11021, doi:101029/2005JC002902.

Stabeno, P. J., N. A. Bond, A. J. Hermann, C. W. Mordy and J. E.
Overland. 2004. Meteorology and Oceanography of the Northern Gulf of
Alaska. Prog. Oceanog . 24: 859-897.

Hermann, A.J., D. B. Haidvogel, E. L. Dobbins, and P. J. Stabeno. 2002.
Coupling Global and Regional Circulation Models in the Coastal Gulf of
Alaska. Prog. Oceanog. 53: 335-367
(http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/\~hermann/globec-2001/ms.pdf).

Weingartner, T., B. Finney, L. Haldorson, P. Stabeno, J. Napp, S. Strom,
R. Brodeur, M. Dagg, R. Hopcroft, A. Hermann, S. Hinckley, T. Royer, T.
Whitledge, K. Coyle, T. Kline, E. Lessard, D. Haidvogel, E. Farley and 
C. Lee.  2002.  The Northeast Pacific GLOBEC Program: Coastal Gulf of
Alaska.  Oceanography Magazine 15:30-35.

Hermann, A. J., P. J. Stabeno. D. B. Haidvogel and D. L. Musgrave. 2002.
A regional tidal/subtidal circulation model of the southeastern Bering
Sea: Development, sensitivity analyses and hindcasting. Deep-Sea Res. II
(Topical Studies in Oceanography) 49: 5495-5967.
(http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/\~hermann/sebscc-2001/ms.pdf).

Hermann, A. J., S. Hinckley, B. A Megrey and J. M. Napp. 2001. Applied
and theoretical considerations for constructing spatially explicit
Individual-Based Models of marine larval fish that include multiple
trophic levels. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 58: 1030-1041
(http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/\~hermann/doc/ices/icesweb.htm).

Hinckley, S., Hermann, A. J., Meir, K. L. and B. A. Megrey. 2001. The
importance of spawning location and timing to successful transport to
nursery areas: a simulation modeling study of Gulf of Alaska walleye
pollock. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 58:1042-1052.

Hermann, A. J. and P. J. Stabeno. 1996. An eddy resolving model of
circulation on the western Gulf of Alaska shelf. I. Model development
and sensitivity analyses. J. Geophys. Res. 101: 1129-1149.

Stabeno. P. J. and A. J. Hermann. 1996. An eddy resolving model of
circulation on the western Gulf of Alaska shelf. II. Comparison of
results to oceanic observations. J. Geophys. Res. 101: 1151-1161.

Hermann, A. J., S. Hinckley, B. A. Megrey and P. J. Stabeno. 1996.
Interannual variability of the early life history of walleye pollock
near Shelikof Strait, as inferred from a spatially explicit,
individual-based model. Fish. Oceanogr. 5 (Suppl. 1): 39-57.

Hermann, A. J., W. C. Rugen, P. J. Stabeno and N. A. Bond. 1996.
Physical transport of young walleye pollock larvae (*Theragra
chalcogramma*) near Shelikof Strait as inferred from a hydrodynamic
model. Fish. Oceanogr. 5 (Suppl. 1): 58-70.

Hinckley, S., A. J. Hermann and B. A. Megrey. 1996. Development of a
spatially explicit, individual-based model of marine fish early life
history. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 139: 47-68.

Stabeno, P. J., A. J. Hermann, N. A. Bond and S. J. Bograd. 1995.
Modeling the possible impact of climate change on the survival of larval
walleye pollock (*Theragra chalcogramma*) in the Gulf of Alaska. Can.
Spec. Pub. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 121: 719-727.

Kemp, W. M., W. R. Boynton and A. J. Hermann. 1995. Ecosystem modeling
and energy analysis of submerged aquatic vegetation in Chesapeake Bay.
*In:* C. A. S. Hall, ed., *Maximum Power: The Contribution of H. T. Odum
to Ecology, Energy, and Engineering* , University Press of Colorado.

Kemp, W. M., W. R. Boynton and A. J. Hermann. 1995. Simulation models of
an estuarine macrophyte ecosystem. *In:* B. Patten and S. Jorgensen,
eds., *Complex Ecology: The Part-Whole Relation in Ecosystems*,
Prentice-Hall.

Hermann, A. J. and H. M. Hsu. 1993. A vertical coordinate mapping
technique for semi-spectral primitive equation models of oceanic
circulation. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 10: 381-396.

Hermann, A. J. and W. B. Owens. 1993. Energetics of gravitational
adjustment for mesoscale chimneys. Journal of Physical Oceanography 23:
346-371.

Hermann, A. J. and W. B. Owens. 1991. Modeling the geostrophic
adjustment and spreading of waters formed by deep convection. *In:* P.
C. Chu and J. C. Gascard, eds., *Deep Convection and Deep Water
Formation in the Oceans*., Elsevier Publishers.

Hermann, A. J., B. M. Hickey, C. F. Mass and M. D. Albright. 1990.
Orographically- trapped coastal wind events in the Pacific Northwest and
their oceanic response. J. Geophys. Res. 95:13169-13193.

Kemp, W. M., W. R. Boynton and A. J. Hermann. 1989. Simulation models of
an estuarine macrophyte ecosystem: community dynamics and resource
management. *In*: B. C. Patten and S. E. Jorgensen, eds., *Progress in
Systems Ecology*, John Wiley.

Hermann, A. J., P. B. Rhines and E. R. Johnson. 1989. Nonlinear Rossby
adjustment in a channel: beyond Kelvin waves. J. Fluid Mech. 205: 469 -
502.

Hermann, A. J., B. M. Hickey, M. L. Landry and D. F. Winter. 1989.
Coastal Upwelling Dynamics. *In*: B. M. Hickey and M. R. Landry, eds.,
*Coastal Oceanography of Washington and Oregon*, Elsevier Publishers.

Bayley, S. E., J. Zoltek, Jr., A. J. Hermann, T. J. Dolan and L.
Tortorra. 1985. Experimental manipulation of nutrients and water in a
freshwater marsh: Effects on biomass, decomposition, and nutrient
accumulation. Limnol. Oceanogr. 30: 500 ‑ 512.

Dolan, T. J., A. J. Hermann, S. E. Bayley and J. Zoltek, Jr. 1984.
Evapotranspiration of a Florida, U.S.A., freshwater wetland. J. Hydrol.
74: 355 ‑ 371.

Kemp, W. M., W. R. Boynton and A. J. Hermann. 1983. A simulation
modeling framework for ecological research in complex systems: the case
of submerged vegetation in upper Chesapeake Bay. *In*: K. W. Turgeon,
ed., *Marine Ecosystem Modeling*, U. S. Dept. of Commerce NOAA
publication \# S/T 83‑38.

Dolan, T. J., S. E. Bayley, J. Zoltek, Jr. and A. J. Hermann. 1981.
Phosphorous dynamics of a Florida freshwater marsh receiving treated
wastewater. J. Appl. Ecol. 18: 205 ‑ 219.

Boynton, W. R., W. M. Kemp, A. J. Hermann and others. 1981. An analysis
of energetic and economic values associated with the decline of
submerged macrophytic communities in Chesapeake Bay. *In*: W. J. Mitsch
and R. W. Bosserman, eds., *Energy and Ecological Modeling*. Int. Soc.
Ecol. Modl. Publ., Copenhagen.

**SELECTED TECH REPORTS**

Hermann, A. J. and D. L. Musgrave. 2006. Evaluation of ocean circulation
models for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Region. North Pacific
Research Board Project 402 Final Report
(http://doc.nprb.org/web/04_prjs/f0402_final_report.pdf)

**WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED**

North Pacific Research Board workshop on "Evaluation of ocean
circulation models for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Region", with
Dr. David Musgrave (U Alaska Fairbanks), 3-4 Feb 2005, Seattle, WA.

Pacific Northwest Modeling Workshop, with Drs. Barbara Hickey and Parker
MacReady (University of Washington), 10 Jan 2003, Seattle, WA.

Regional Ocean Modeling System User's workshop, with Dr. Hernan Arango
(Rutgers Univeristy) and Dr. Tal Ezer (Princeton University), 4-6 Aug
2003, Seattle, WA.

**SYMPOSIA/CONFERENCES ORGANIZED**

Co-Convenor of symposium on "Subarctic Gyre processes and their
interaction with coastal and transition zones: physical and biological
relationships and ecosystem impacts", for North Pacific Marine Science
Organization (PICES) 9^th^ annual meeting, Hakodate, Hokaido, Japan,
20-28 October 2000.

Co-Convener of session on "Lagrangian Parcel Trajectories, Retention and
Tracking", for Eastern Pacific Ocean Conference (EPOC), Stanford Sierra
Camp, Fallen Leaf Lake, CA, Sep. 23-26, 2001.

Co-Convenor of session on "Coupled Biophysical Processes, Fisheries
Resources, and Climate Variability in Coastal Ecosystems of the
Northeast Pacific Ocean", for 2002 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu,
Hawaii., Feb. 11-15, 2002.

**CITATIONS AND AWARDS**

Department of Commerce Bronze Medal (awarded collectively to FOCI
program)

Department of Commerce High Performance Computing and Communications
Award for advanced NOAA technology achievements (with Christopher Moore)

**SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES**

-Development of low-cost Virtual Reality techniques on desktop/laptop
PCs, for use by educators and research scientists. These techniques
enable immersive stereo visualization of 3D model output and data
through web browsers (for details see
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/people/hermann/vrml/stereo.html)

-National Science Foundation review panelist

-Session Chair at annual meetings of PICES, EPOC and AGU

-Member American Geophysical Union and American Meteorological Society

-Northeast Pacific GLOBEC Executive Committee

**COLLABORATORS AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS**

**Collaborators**

J. Allen (OSU), D. Armstrong (UW-SAFS), H. Batchelder (UC-Berkeley), N.
Bond (UW-JISAO), K. Coyle (UAF), E. Curchitser (Columbia-LDEO), E.
Dobbins (UW-JISAO), G. Egbert (OSU), B. Ernst (UC, Chile), D. Haidvogel
(Rutgers), S. Hinckley (NMFS), A. Kurapov (OSU), G. Kruse (UAF), C. Ladd
(UW-JISAO), C. Lewis (UC-Berkeley), B. Megrey (NMFS), R. Miller (OSU),
C. Moore (UW-JIASO), C. Mordy (UW-JISAO), D. Musgrave (UA-Fairbanks), J.
Napp (NMFS), J. Overland (PMEL), L. Orensanz (UW-SAFS), C. Parada
(UW-JISAO), T. Powell (UC-Berkeley), P. Rand (Wild Salmon Center), N.
Soreide (PMEL), P. Stabeno (PMEL), W. Stockhausen (NMFS), W. Williams (U
Victoria)

**Graduate and Postdoctoral Advisors**

PhD co-chairs: Drs. Barbara M. Hickey and Peter B. Rhines, University of
Washington

Postdoctoral sponsor: Dr. Breck Owens, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution

**Students Advised**

William J. Williams, University of Alaska Fairbanks (doctoral committee)

Elaina M. Jorgensen, University of Washington, Seattle (doctoral
committee)