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ORLANSKI, Isidoro

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EDUCATION 1964 1967

Licensure in Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Buenos Aires Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

EMPLOYMENT 1963-1965 Exact Science Faculty, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1965-1967 Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 1967-1968 Research Meteorologist, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Environmental Science Services Administration, Washington, DC 1968Research Meteorologist, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Princeton, NJ 1980-1983 Deputy Director, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory; Acting Director, February 1983-May 1984 1984-2007 Meteorologist, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory 2007-2016 Senior Scientist, Princeton University, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program MEMBERSHIPS ON COMMITTEES AND PANELS; OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES Visiting Lecturer in Geological and Geophysical Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Princeton University, 1971-present; with rank of Professor 1978S.E.S.A.M.E. Steering Committee, Member, 1970-1981 Mesoscale Working Group of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, Chairman, 1978-1985 Editorial Advisory Board - Atmospheric Sciences Library Series, D. Reidel Publishing Company, Member, 1981UCAR Mesoscale Steering Committee, Member, 198l-1983 International Committee Dynamic Meteorology IAMAP - Member, 1983 GFDP (Princeton University) Visiting Scientist Program - Acting Chairman, 1983-1984 American Meteorological Society Committee on Mesoscale Meteorology, Member, 1984-1985 Peoples Republic of China-United States, Cooperative Research on Mountain Meteorology, Working Group #3 Modeling (Chairman) International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics (IAMAP) U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, 1986United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Consultant (Factability Study for an Atmospheric and Oceanic Research Center in Argentina) 1987-1988 Organizing Committee "Workshop in Numerical Weather Forecast" A.M.S. Buenos Aires, Argentina (Chairman), Argentina 1987 Founder of the CIMA, Center for Atmospheric and Ocean Research, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1988. Organizing Committee "Experts Meeting on Ocean Dynamics and South American Climate, I.O.C. (Chairman) Argentina 1988 MEMBERSHIPS ON COMMITTEES AND PANELS; OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES (cont.) Organizing Committee Latin-American Lectures "El Nino Phenomena" Ecuador, 1989

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Scientific Advisor of CIMA, Center for Atmospheric and Ocean Research, 1990NOAA Diversity Council, Member 1994-1996 Member of the Environmental Steering Committee of the International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy 1996-1999 Director of the Summer Colloquium on the Physics of Weather and Climate, “The Effect of Topography on the Atmospheric Circulation”, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, June 1998. Chairman of the Conference on the “Role of Topography in Modeling Regional Weather and Climate”, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, June 1998. Organizer of the ICTP Workshop on the Interdisciplinary Science of Climate Change: Basic Elements, 12 March - 4 April 2007, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Organizer of “2010 South-Hemisphere workshop on CO2, Biosphere and Climate”, 15-26 March 2010, Buenos Aires, Argentina MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL AND LEARNED SOCIETIES American Geophysical Union American Meteorological Society Argentine Geophysical Association Who is Who in America 2010 AWARDS, HONORS, CONSULTANTSHIPS Carl-Gustaf Rossby Award from the Meteorology Department of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968 Listed in: "American Men and Women of Science, 1976NOAA/ERL Outstanding Scientific Paper Award, 1977 NOAA Sustained Performance Award, 1983 NOAA Administrator's Award, October 1985 American Meteorological Society, Fellow 1986 NOAA/ERL Outstanding Scientific Paper Award, 1994 Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, 1998 Argentine, Ministry of Science, Technology award “premio r@ices”, 2011 AWARD CITATIONS Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CARL-GUSTAF ROSSBY AWARD IN METEOROLOGY,1968 "for the most outstanding graduate thesis submitted to the Department during the year ending in June 1968" NOAA Environmental Research Laboratories, OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC PAPER AWARD, 1977 Title of Paper: "Baroclinic Instability in Ocean Currents" (jointly with M.D. Cox) NOAA Certificate of Recognition, 1983 (Sustained Performance Award) NOAA ADMINISTRATOR's AWARD, 1985 "For Outstanding Mesoscale Research, Scientific Leadership, and Administrative Accomplishments" NOAA Environmental Research Laboratories, OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC PAPER AWARD, 1994 Title of Paper: Chang, E.K.M., and I. Orlanski, On the Dynamics of a Storm Track, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 50(4):999-1015, 1993.

Argentine, Ministry of Science, Technology award “premio r@ices” For a life long contribution to the development of Argentine sciences. PUBLICATIONS (1)

Orlanski, I., Instability of Frontal Waves, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 25(2):178-200, 1968.

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Orlanski, I., The Influence of Bottom Topography on the Stability of Jets in a Baroclinic Fluid, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 26(6):1216-1232, 1969.

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Orlanski, I., and K. Bryan, Formation of the Thermocline Step Structure by LargeAmplitude Internal Gravity Waves, Journal of Geophysical Research, 74(28):6975-6983, 1969.

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Orlanski, I., Energy Spectrum of Small-Scale Internal Gravity Waves, Journal of Geophysical Research, 76(24):5829-5835, 1971.

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Orlanski, I., On the Breaking of Standing Internal Gravity Waves, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 54(4):577-598, 1972.

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Orlanski, I., and M.D. Cox, Baroclinic Instability in Ocean Currents, Journal of Fluid Dynamics, IV(4):297-332, 1973.

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Orlanski, I., Trapeze Instability as a Source of Internal Gravity Waves, Part I, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 30(6):1007-1016, 1973.

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Orlanski, I., and B.B. Ross, Numerical Simulation of the Generation and Breaking of Internal Gravity Waves, Journal of Geophysical Research, 78(36):8808-8826, 1973.

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Orlanski, I., B.B. Ross, and L.J. Polinsky, Diurnal Variation of the Planetary Boundary Layer in a Mesoscale Model, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 31(4):965989, 1974.

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Orlanski, I., B.B. Ross, and L.J. Polinsky, Reply, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 32(4): p. 842, 1975.

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Orlanski, I., A Rational Subdivision of Scales for Atmospheric Processes, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 56(5):527-530, 1975.

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Delisi, D.P., and I. Orlanski, On the Role of Density Jumps in the Reflections and Breaking of Internal Gravity Waves, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 69(3):445-464, 1975.

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Orlanski, I., The Trapeze Instability in an Equatorial B-Plane, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 33(5):745-763, 1976.

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Orlanski, I., Review of "Numerical Models of Ocean Circulation" EOS, R.O. Reid, A.R. Robinson, and K. Bryan (eds.), 57(7):515-517, Copyright by American Geophysical Union, 1976.

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Orlanski, I., A Simple Boundary Condition for Unbounded Hyperbolic Flows, Journal of Computational Physics, 21(3):251-269, 1976.

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Orlanski, I., and B.B. Ross, The Circulation Associated With a Cold Front, Part I: Dry Case, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 34(10):1619-1633, 1977.

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Orlanski, I., and L.J. Polinsky, Spectral Distribution of Cloud Cover over Africa, Journal of Meteorological Society, Japan, 55(5):483-493, 1977.

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Ross, B.B., and I. Orlanski, The Circulation Associated with a Cold Front. Part II: Moist Case, Journal of the Atmospherical Sciences, 35(3):445-465, 1978.

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Orlanski, I., and B.B. Ross, The Dry and Moist Circulation Associated with a Cold Front, Journal of Israel Meteorological Society, 11:28-54, 1978.

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Orlanski, I., and B.B. Ross, 3-D Simulation of a Frontal Squall Line: Sensitivity Studies, 11th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Kansas City, American Meteorological Society, 557-558, 1979.

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Orlanski, I., and B.B. Ross, Reply (in reference to The Circulation Associated with a Cold Front, Part I: Dry Case), Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 37(4):909911, 1980.

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Orlanski, I., and C.P. Cerasoli, Resonant Wave-Wave Interactions for Internal Gravity Waves, Marine Turbulence, Jacques C.J. Nihoul (ed.), Proceedings of the 11th International Colloquium on Ocean Hydrodynamics, Elsevier Oceanography Series, 28:65-100, 1980.

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Orlanski, I., The Quasi-Hydrostatic Approximation, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 38(3): 572-582, 1981.

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Orlanski, I., and C.P. Cerasoli, Energy Transfer Among Internal Gravity Modes: Weak and Strong Interactions, Journal of Geophysical Research, 26(C5):4103-4124, 1981.

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Sun, W.-Y., and I. Orlanski, Large Mesoscale Convection and Sea Breeze Circulation, Part I: Linear Stability Analysis, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 38(8):1675-1693, 1981.

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Sun, W.-Y., and I. Orlanski, Large Mesoscale Convection and Sea Breeze Circulation, Part II: Nonlinear Numerical Model, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 38(8):1694-1706, 1981.

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Ross, B.B., and I. Orlanski, The Evolution of an Observed Cold Front, Part I: Numerical Simulation, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 39(2):297-327, 1982.

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Orlanski, I., Orographically Induced Vortex Centers. Proceedings of the Joint U.S. - China Mountain Meteorology Symposium, Beijing, China, May 1982.

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Orlanski, I., and L.J. Polinsky, Ocean Response to Mesoscale Atmospheric Forcing, Tellus, 35A:296-323, l983.

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Orlanski, I., and B.B. Ross, The Mesoscale Structure of a Moist Cold Front Simulation with Explicit Convection. Proceedings of CIMMS Symposium on Mesoscale Modeling, Norman, OK, 1-2 June, 1982.

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Orlanski, I., and L.J. Polinsky, Predictability of Mesoscale Phenomena. Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Nowcasting, Norrkoping, Sweden, 3-7 September 1984, 271-280, ESA SP-208.

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Orlanski, I., and B.B. Ross, The Evolution of an Observed Cold Front, Part II: Mesoscale Dynamics. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 41(10):1669-1703, 1984.

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Orlanski, I., B.B. Ross, L. Polinsky, and R. Shaginaw, Advances in the Theory of Atmospheric Fronts, In Advances in Geophysics, (28), B. Weather Dynamics, B. Saltzman (ed.), Academic Press, New York, 223-252, (1985).

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Orlanski, I., Mesoscale Modeling and Predictability - Summer Colloquium, 26 June 1984, NCAR, Boulder, CO. In Dynamics of Mesoscale Weather Systems, 393-407, 1984.

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Orlanski, I., and B.B. Ross, Low-Level Updrafts in Stable Layers Forced by Convection, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 43(10):997-1005, 1986.

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Orlanski, I., Localized Baroclinicity: A Source for Meso-Cyclones, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 43(23):2857-2885, 1986.

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Wang, B., and I. Orlanski, Study of a Heavy Rainfall Vortex Formed over the Eastern Flank of the Tibetan Plateau, Monthly Weather Review, 115(7):1370-1393, 1987.

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Orlanski, I., and J.J. Katzfey, Sensitivity of Model Simulations for Coastal Cyclone, Monthly Weather Review, 115(11):2792-2821, 1987.

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Orlanski, I., and J. Katzfey, Sensitivity of Numerical Simulations of the President's Day Snowstorm, Preprints, 8th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Baltimore, MD, February 22-26, 1988. American Meteorology Society, Boston, 674-681, (1988).

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Orlanski, I., M. Marino, C. Menendez, and J. Katzfey, The Role of Cyclones in the Daily Variability of Antarctic Ozone, Reprinted from the Third International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, November 13-17, 1989. Buenos Aires, Argentina. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA 416-420, 1989.

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Orlanski, I., and J. Katzfey, The Life Cycle of a Cyclone Wave in the Southern Hemisphere, Part I: Eddy Energy Budget. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 48(17):1972-1998, 1991.

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Orlanski, I., J. Katzfey, C. Menendez, and M. Marino, Simulation of an Extratropical Cyclone in the Southern Hemisphere: Model Sensitivity, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 48(22):2293-2311, 1991.

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Orlanski, I., Atmospheric Fronts, In Encyclopedia of Earth System Science, Vol.1., 201-216, Academic Press, 1992.

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Orlanski, I., and E.K.M. Chang, Ageostrophic Geopotential Fluxes in Downstream and Upstream Development of Baroclinic Waves, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 50(2):212-225, 1993.

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Chang, E.K.M., and I. Orlanski, On the Dynamics of a Storm Track, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 50(4):999-1015, 1993.

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Orlanski, I., and J. Sheldon, A Case of Downstream Baroclinic Development over Western North America, Monthly Weather Review, 121(11):2929-2950, 1993

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Orlanski, I., and B.D. Gross, Orographic Modification of Cyclone Development, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 51(4):589-611, 1994.

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Orlanski, I., Energy Dispersion vs. Baroclinic Conversion in the Life Cycle of Atmospheric Eddies, Proceedings of the Life Cycle of Extratropical Cyclone Conference, Bergen, Norway, June 27-July 2, 1994.

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Chang, E.K.M., and I. Orlanski, A Note of Energy Flux and Group Velocity of Waves in Baroclinic Flows, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences,51(24):3823-3828, 1994.

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Orlanski, I., and J. Sheldon, Stages in the Energetics of Baroclinic Systems, Tellus, 47A:605-628, 1995.

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Orlanski, I., On the Poleward Deflection of Storm Tracks, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 55(16):2577-2602, 1998.

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Orlanski, I., and B. Gross, On the Life-Cycle of Baroclinic Eddies in a Storm Track Environment, Journal of Atmospheric Science, 57(21):3498-3513, 2000.

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Orlanski, Isidoro, Bifurcation of Eddy life cycle: Implications for storm track variability, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 60(8), Pp. 993-1023, 2003.

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Orlanski, Isidoro, A new look at the Pacific Storm Track variability: Sensitivity to Tropical SST and to Upstream Seeding, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 62, pp. 1367- 1390, 2005.

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Riviere, G., and I. Orlanski, Characteristics of the Atlantic Storm track-eddy activity and its relation with the North Atlantic Oscillation, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 64(2), 241-266, 2007

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Orlanski, Isidoro, The rationale on why Climate Models should adequately resolve the Mesoscale; Book, High Resolution Numerical Modelling of the Atmosphere and Ocean, editor, K. Hamilton, 2007.

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Orlanski, Isidoro and Christopher Kerr, Project TERRA: A Glimpse into the Future of Weather and Climate Modeling; Book, High Resolution Numerical Modelling of the Atmosphere and Ocean, editor, K. Hamilton, 2007.

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Orlanski Isidoro, Review Book Mesoscale Dynamics by Yuh-Lang Lin Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 2009.

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Solman Silvina and Isidoro Orlanski, Sub-polar high anomaly preconditioning precipitation over South America (in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 67(5), DOI:10.1175/2009JAS3309.1. 2010.

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Orlanski Isidoro and Silvina Solman. The Mutual Interaction between External Rossby Waves and Thermal Forcing: The sub-polar regions. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 67(6), DOI:10.1175/2010JAS3267.1. 2010

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Orlanski Isidoro. What Controls the Recent Changes in the Circulation of the Southern Hemisphere: Polar Stratospheric or Equatorial Surface Temperatures? Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, 3, 497-509 http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/acs.2013.34052 ; 2013

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Solman Silvina and Isidoro Orlanski: Poleward Shift and Change of Frontal Activity in the Southern Hemaiphere over the Last 40 years. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 71(2) : 539-552, (doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-13-0105.1); 2014

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Solman, S.A. and I. Orlanski, 2016: Climate Change over the Extratropical Southern Hemisphere: The Tale from an Ensemble of Reanalysis Datasets. J. Climate, 29, 1673-1687, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0588.1.