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Oceanographer
Lisa M. Beal is a professor at the
University of Miami known for her work on the
Agulhas Current . She is the editor-in-chief of the
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans .
Education and career
Beal grew up in the United Kingdom,
[1] and was first attracted to aeronautical engineering as an undergraduate at
University of Southampton before changing to oceanography.
[2] She earned her Ph.D. from the
University of Southampton working on the
Agulhas Current .
[3] Following her Ph.D. she did postdoctoral work at
Columbia University and
Scripps Institution of Oceanography before moving to the University of Miami in 2003.
[1]
[4] In 2021 Beal was named editor-in-chief for the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans .
[5] She formerly served as editor for the ocean section of Geophysical Research Letters from 2014 until 2017.
[6]
[1]
Research
Beal is known for her work on the Agulhas current, a
western boundary current in the southwest Indian Ocean. She first worked on Agulhas Undercurrent
[7] and determined the velocity of the current using acoustic measurements.
[8] Her work has defined the role of the Agulhas Current in global climate,
[9]
[10] particularly through her development of high resolution models
[11] She has quantified recent widening of the current and its subsequent impact on transport of heat.
[12]
[13]
[14] Her other work in the area includes investigations into monsoons in the Arabian Sea
[15] and monitoring climate change in the Indian Ocean using the Indian Ocean Observing System.
[16]
[17]
[18] In Florida, Beal has used cruise ships such as the
Explorer of the Seas to examine water currents in the Florida Straits
[19]
[20] and worked on sea level rise in the area around Miami.
[21]
Selected publications
Cunningham, Stuart A.; Kanzow, Torsten; Rayner, Darren; Baringer, Molly O.; Johns, William E.; Marotzke, Jochem; Longworth, Hannah R.; Grant, Elizabeth M.; Hirschi, Joël J.-M.; Beal, Lisa M.; Meinen, Christopher S.; Bryden, Harry L. (17 August 2007).
"Temporal Variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26.5°N" . Science . 317 (5840): 935–938.
Bibcode :
2007Sci...317..935C .
doi :
10.1126/science.1141304 .
PMID
17702940 .
S2CID
129048818 .
Beal, Lisa M.; De Ruijter, Wilhelmus P. M.; Biastoch, Arne; Zahn, Rainer (April 2011). "On the role of the Agulhas system in ocean circulation and climate". Nature . 472 (7344): 429–436.
Bibcode :
2011Natur.472..429B .
doi :
10.1038/nature09983 .
PMID
21525925 .
S2CID
4424886 .
Johns, W. E.; Baringer, M. O.; Beal, L. M.; Cunningham, S. A.; Kanzow, T.; Bryden, H. L.; Hirschi, J. J. M.; Marotzke, J.; Meinen, C. S.; Shaw, B.; Curry, R. (15 May 2011).
"Continuous, Array-Based Estimates of Atlantic Ocean Heat Transport at 26.5°N" . Journal of Climate . 24 (10): 2429–2449.
Bibcode :
2011JCli...24.2429J .
doi :
10.1175/2010JCLI3997.1 .
hdl :
11858/00-001M-0000-0012-3173-2 .
ISSN
0894-8755 .
S2CID
4824522 .
Beal, Lisa M.; Bryden, Harry L. (15 March 1999).
"The velocity and vorticity structure of the Agulhas Current at 32°S" . Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans . 104 (C3): 5151–5176.
Bibcode :
1999JGR...104.5151B .
doi :
10.1029/1998jc900056 .
ISSN
0148-0227 .
Beal, Lisa M.; Ffield, Amy; Gordon, Arnold L. (15 April 2000).
"Spreading of Red Sea overflow waters in the Indian Ocean" . Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans . 105 (C4): 8549–8564.
Bibcode :
2000JGR...105.8549B .
doi :
10.1029/1999jc900306 .
ISSN
0148-0227 .
Awards and honors
References
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"Lisa Beal" . people.miami.edu . Retrieved 2022-02-20 .
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"Autobiographical sketches" . Oceanography . 27 (4): 58. December 17, 2015.
^ Beal, Lisa M (1997).
Observations of the velocity structure of the Agulhas Current (Thesis).
OCLC
53644738 .
^
"Lisa Beal" . MPOWIR . 2016-07-07. Retrieved 2022-02-20 .
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"Introducing the New Editor in Chief of JGR: Oceans" . Eos . 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2022-02-20 .
^
"Lisa Beal" . public.wmo.int . 2019-05-22. Archived from
the original on December 18, 2023. Retrieved 2022-02-20 .
^ Beal, Lisa M.; Bryden, Harry L. (1997-09-01).
"Observations of an Agulhas Undercurrent" . Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers . 44 (9): 1715–1724.
Bibcode :
1997DSRI...44.1715B .
doi :
10.1016/S0967-0637(97)00033-2 .
ISSN
0967-0637 .
^ Beal, Lisa M.; Bryden, Harry L. (1999-03-15).
"The velocity and vorticity structure of the Agulhas Current at 32°S" . Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans . 104 (C3): 5151–5176.
Bibcode :
1999JGR...104.5151B .
doi :
10.1029/1998jc900056 .
ISSN
0148-0227 .
^ Beal, Lisa M.; De Ruijter, Wilhelmus P. M.; Biastoch, Arne; Zahn, Rainer (2011).
"On the role of the Agulhas system in ocean circulation and climate" . Nature . 472 (7344): 429–436.
Bibcode :
2011Natur.472..429B .
doi :
10.1038/nature09983 .
ISSN
0028-0836 .
PMID
21525925 .
S2CID
4424886 .
^ Purcell, Conor (November 13, 2019).
"A Sharper View of the World's Oceans" . Scientific American . Retrieved 2022-02-20 .
^ Cheng, Yu; Putrasahan, Dian; Beal, Lisa; Kirtman, Ben (2016-10-01).
"Quantifying Agulhas Leakage in a High-Resolution Climate Model" . Journal of Climate . 29 (19): 6881–6892.
Bibcode :
2016JCli...29.6881C .
doi :
10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0568.1 .
ISSN
0894-8755 .
^ Beal, Lisa M.; Elipot, Shane (2016).
"Broadening not strengthening of the Agulhas Current since the early 1990s" . Nature . 540 (7634): 570–573.
Bibcode :
2016Natur.540..570B .
doi :
10.1038/nature19853 .
ISSN
0028-0836 .
PMID
27828944 .
S2CID
4451613 .
^ Chakravorty, Adityarup (February 7, 2017).
"Broadening ocean current could carry less heat poleward with climate change" . www.earthmagazine.org . Retrieved 2022-02-20 .
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"Indian Ocean's widening current to impact climate change" . The Indian Express . 2016-11-10. Retrieved 2022-02-20 .
^ Beal, L. M.; Hormann, V.; Lumpkin, R.; Foltz, G. R. (1 September 2013).
"The Response of the Surface Circulation of the Arabian Sea to Monsoonal Forcing" . Journal of Physical Oceanography . 43 (9): 2008–2022.
Bibcode :
2013JPO....43.2008B .
doi :
10.1175/JPO-D-13-033.1 .
ISSN
0022-3670 .
S2CID
129835577 .
^ Ghosh, Sahana (2021-05-07).
"Improved monitoring proposed in the Indian Ocean as climatic and oceanic changes increase" . Mongabay-India . Retrieved 2022-02-20 .
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"Researchers offer guide to improve ecological perceptions in Indian ocean" . Hindustan Times . 2021-01-17. Retrieved 2022-02-20 .
^ Beal, L. M.; Vialard, J.; Roxy, M. K.; Li, J.; Andres, M.; Annamalai, H.; Feng, M.; Han, W.; Hood, R.; Lee, T.; Lengaigne, M. (2020-11-01).
"A Road Map to IndOOS-2: Better Observations of the Rapidly Warming Indian Ocean" . Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society . 101 (11): E1891–E1913.
Bibcode :
2020BAMS..101E1891B .
doi :
10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0209.1 .
hdl :
1912/26841 .
ISSN
0003-0007 .
S2CID
225682650 .
^ Beal, Lisa M.; Hummon, Julia M.; Williams, Elizabeth; Brown, Otis B.; Baringer, Warner; Kearns, Edward J. (2008-06-03).
"Five years of Florida Current structure and transport from the Royal Caribbean Cruise ShipExplorer of the Seas" . Journal of Geophysical Research . 113 (C6).
Bibcode :
2008JGRC..113.6001B .
doi :
10.1029/2007jc004154 .
ISSN
0148-0227 .
^ Rousset, Clément; Beal, Lisa M. (2010-07-01).
"Observations of the Florida and Yucatan Currents from a Caribbean Cruise Ship" . Journal of Physical Oceanography . 40 (7): 1575–1581.
Bibcode :
2010JPO....40.1575R .
doi :
10.1175/2010JPO4447.1 .
ISSN
0022-3670 .
^ Quynh, Jacqueline (2021-11-02).
"Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava During Climate Summit:'We're Often The Canary In The Coal Mine' " . Retrieved 2022-02-20 .
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"Western border currents in climate change" . www.geomar.de . September 3, 2019. Retrieved 2022-02-20 .
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