Ebenezer Sackitey NYADJRO
Mississippi State University
E-mail:esn31@msstate.edu
Education:
08/2009-05/2012: Ph.D. Marine Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Advisor: Dr. Subrahmanyam Bulusu
Dissertation: Study on the basin scale salt exchange in the Indian Ocean using satellite observations and model simulations.
Specialization: Physical Oceanography / Satellite Oceanography
01/2017-05/2019: MS. Organizational Leadership, Cameron University, Lawton, OK
08/2007-07/2009: MS. Marine Science, University of North Carolina Wilmington, NC
Advisor: Dr. John M. Morrison
Thesis: Spatial and temporal dynamics of benthic chlorophyll formation on the northwest Florida continental shelf.
Specialization: Physical Oceanography
08/2001-05/2005: BSc. Oceanography & Fisheries, University of Ghana
Advisor: Prof. George Wiafe
Research Interests:
Oceanography using field observations, satellite data, and model simulations to study ocean dynamics and ocean-atmospheric interactions.
Variability of ocean currents
Microplastics
Ocean salinity and freshwater dynamics
Temperature variability and heat budget
Air-Sea interactions and climate variability
Effects of physical processes on bio-physical interactions in the continental shelf zone
Ocean leadership and Capacity development
Professional Experience:
01/2020-Present: Associate Professor-Research, Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University, MS
01/2015- 12/2019: Assistant Professor-Research, Department of Physics, University of New Orleans, LA.
08/2012- 12/2014: NRC Research Associate, NOAA-Pacific Marine Environmental Lab, Seattle, Washington
Advisor: Dr. Michael J. McPhaden
08/2009-05/2012: Graduate Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant and Lab Curator, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
08/2007-07/2009: Graduate Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, University of North Carolina Wilmington, NC
08/2005-08/2007: Teaching Assistant, University of Ghana
Field Experience:
10/2008: Benthic Dinoflagellate Survey Cruise 2, R/V Pelican, Gulf of Mexico
07/2008: Sea Education Association (SEA) academic and scientific program cruise, SSV Robert C. Seamans, California
05/2008: Benthic Dinoflagellate Survey Cruise 1, R/V Pelican, Gulf of Mexico
05/2006: African Monsoon Multivariate Analysis Survey, R/V A’talante, Gulf of Guinea
Teaching Experience:
2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 (RMU): Introductory Satellite Oceanography. Regional Maritime University Summer School
2016, 2018, 2020 (UG): Satellite Oceanography. University of Ghana Summer School on the Coastal Environment
2009-2012 (USC): MSCI 210L Oceans and humans Lab
2007-2009 (UNCW): GGY 130L Physical Geography Lab
Fellowships/Honors/Awards:
05/03/2024: Mississippi State University-Northern Gulf Institute/NOAA Recognition Award
05/06/2022: Mississippi State University-Northern Gulf Institute Research Competitive Award for Outstanding Research Accomplishments and Impact
09/2021-08/2023: Early Career Research Fellowship: The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine- Gulf Research Program
08/2012-12/2014: National Research Council (NRC) Research Associate Fellowship
10/2012: Invited participant, Physical Oceanography Dissertation Symposium VII, Lihue, Hawaii
05/2012: University of South Carolina Outstanding Dissertation Award
04/2012: National Research Council (NRC) Research Associate Fellowship
04/2012: Oral Presentation Award at University of South Carolina's Graduate Student Day
04/2012: F. John Vernberg Marine Science Outstanding Publication Award
04/2012: F. John Vernberg Marine Science Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award
04/2011: Oral Presentation Award at University of South Carolina's Graduate Student Day
10/2010: NOAA Travel Grant
02/2009-04/2009: Graduate Research Exchange Student Fellowship, National Oceanography Center, University of Southampton, UK.
07/2008: Dr. Ralph W. Brauer Fellowship Award, UNCW
05/2008: Center for Marine Science, UNCW Summer Research Award
05/2008: Graduate School, UNCW Summer Research Award
05/2005: Prof. Eric Ago Kwei award for best graduating student in Oceanography and Fisheries, University of Ghana.
Publications:
34. Seidov, D., A.V. Mishonov, O.K. Baranova, C. Bouchard, T. P. Boyer, S. L. Cross, K. Larsen, E. S. Nyadjro, A. R. Parsons, and K. Weathers. 2024. High-resolution regional ocean climatologies with the Northwest Atlantic as an example: A review. Journal of Marine Science Research and Oceanography 7(1), 1-32. https://doi.org/10.33140/JMSRO.07.01.01
33. Buhl-Mortensen, L., R. Houssa, B. M’bengue, E. S. Nyadjro, D. Cervantes, M. Idrissi, E. Mahu, A.S. Dia, M. Olsen, C. Mas, and M. Chierici. 2024. Lophelia reefs off North and West Africa – Comparing environment and health. Marine Biology, 171, 29. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04344-8.
32. Djakoure, S., M. Koné, U. Koffi, K. Y. Kouadio, M. Adon, E. S. Nyadjro, and S. Ta. 2023. Characterization of marine heat waves in the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1293779. https://doi.org/0.3389/fmars.2023.1293779.
31. Nyadjro, E. S., J. B. Webster, T. P. Boyer, J. Cebrian, L. Collazo, G. Kaltenberger, K. Larsen, Y. H. Lau, P. Mickle, T. Toft, and Z. Wang. 2023. The NOAA NCEI microplastic database. Scientific Data, 10, 726. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02632-y.
30. Wang, Z., K. Saha, E. S. Nyadjro, Y. Zhang, B. Huang, and J. Reagan. 2023. Oceanic responses to the winter storm outbreak of February 2021 in the Gulf of Mexico from in situ and satellite observations. Remote Sensing, 15, 2967. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15122967.
29. Mofokeng, R. P., A. Faltynkova, M. B. Alfonso, I. Boujmil, I. de Carvalho, K. Lunzalu, N. B. M. Zanuri, E. S. Nyadjro, P. S. Puskic, D. Lindsay, K. Willis, T. M. Adyel, C. Serra-Gonçalves, A. Zolich, T. S. Eriksen, H.-C. Evans, D. Gabriel, S. Hajbane, G. Suaria, K. L. Law, and D. Lobelle. 2023. The future of ocean plastics: Designing diverse collaboration frameworks. ICES Journal of Marine Science, fsad055. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsad055
28. Cronin, M.F., S. Swart, C. A. Marandino, C. Anderson, P. Browne, S. Chen, W. R. Joubert, U. Schuster, R. Venkatesan, C. I. Addey, F. Ardhuin, S. Battle, M. Bourassa, Z. Chen, M. Chory, C. Clayson, R. B. de Souza, M. du Plessis, M. Edmondson, J. Edson, S. T. Gille, J. Hermes, V. Hormann, S. A. Josey, M. Kurz, T. Lee, F. Maicu, E. H. Moustahfid, S.-A. Nicholson, E. S. Nyadjro, J. Palter, R. G. Patterson, S. G. Penny, L. P. Pezzi, N. Pinardi, J. Reeves-Eyre, N. Rome, A. Subramanian, C. Steinbarger, T. Steinhoff, A. J. Sutton, H. Tomita, S. M. Wills, C. Wilson, L. Yu. 2022. Developing an Observing Air-Sea Interactions Strategy (OASIS) for the global ocean. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 80(2), 367–373. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac149
27. Jenkins, T., B. Persaud, W. C. Cowger, K. Szigeti, D. G. Roche, E. Clary, S. Slowinski, B. Lei, A. Abeynayaka, E. S. Nyadjro, T. Maes, L. T. Hampton, M. Bergmann, J. Aherne, S. A. Mason, J. F. Honek, F. Rezanezhad, A. L. Lusher, A. M. Booth, R. Smith, P. V. Cappellen. 2022. Current State of Microplastic Pollution Research Data: Trends in Availability and Sources of Open Data. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10:912107. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.912107
26. Light, C. X., B. K. Arbic, P. E. Martin, L. Brodeau, J. T. Farrar, S. M. Griffies, B. P. Kirtman, L. C. Laurindo, D. Menemenlis, A. Molod, A. D. Nelson, E. S. Nyadjro, A. K. O’Rourke, J. F. Shriver, L. Siqueira, R.J. Small, and E. Strobach. 2022. Effects of grid spacing on high-frequency precipitation variance in coupled high-resolution global ocean-atmosphere models. Climate Dynamics, 59, 2887–2913. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-022-06257-6.
25. Padi, M., B. A. K. Foli, E. S. Nyadjro, K. Owusu, and G. Wiafe. 2022. Extreme rainfall events over Accra, Ghana, in recent years. Remote Sensing in Earth System Sciences, 5, 71–82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41976-021-00062-1.
24. Nyadjro, E. S., B. A. K. Foli, K. Agyekum, G. Wiafe, and S. Tsei. 2022. Seasonal Variability of Sea Surface Salinity in the NW Gulf of Guinea from SMAP Satellite. Remote Sensing in Earth System Sciences, 5, 83–94. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41976-021-00061-2.
23. Nyadjro, E. S., B. K. Arbic, C. E. Buckingham, P. E. Martin, E. Mahu, J. K. Ansong, J. Adjetey, E. Nyarko, and K. Appeaning Addo. 2022. Enhancing satellite oceanography-driven research in West Africa: a case study of capacity development in an underserved region. Remote Sensing in Earth System Sciences, 5, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41976-021-00051-4.
22. Nyadjro, E. S. 2021. Impacts of the 2019 strong IOD and monsoon events on Indian Ocean Sea Surface Salinity. Remote Sensing in Earth System Sciences, 4, 158–171. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41976-021-00054-1.
21. Hall, S., B. Subrahmanyam, E. S. Nyadjro, and A. Samuelsen. 2021. Surface freshwater fluxes in the Arctic and Subarctic Seas during contrasting years of high and low summer sea ice extent. Remote Sensing, 13, 1570. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13081570.
20. Nyadjro, E. S., Z. Wang, J. Reagan, J. Cebrian, and J. Shriver. 2021. Bio-physical changes in the Gulf of Mexico during the 2018 Hurricane Michael. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 19, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2021.3068600.
19. Nyadjro, E. S., A. V. Rydbeck, T. G. Jensen, J. G. Richman, and J. F. Shriver. 2020. On the Generation and Salinity Impacts of Intraseasonal Westward Jets in the Equatorial Indian Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 125, e2020JC01606. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016066.
18. Trott, C. B., B. Subrahmanyam, and E. S. Nyadjro. 2019. Influence of mesoscale features on mixed layer dynamics in the Arabian Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 124, 3361–3377. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC014965.
17. Ferster, B., B. Subrahmanyam, I. Fukumori, and E. S. Nyadjro. 2018. Variability of Southern Ocean Transports. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 48, 2667-2688. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-18-0055.1
16. Nyadjro, E. S., T. G. Jensen, J. G. Richman, and J. F. Shriver. 2017. On the relationship between wind, SST, and the thermocline in the Seychelles-Chagos Thermocline Ridge. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 14 (12), 2315-2319. https://doi.org/ 10.1109/LGRS.2017.2762961.
15. Rydbeck, A. V., T. G. Jensen, and E. S. Nyadjro. 2017. Intraseasonal Sea Surface Warming in the Western Indian Ocean by Oceanic Equatorial Rossby Waves. Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 4224–4232. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL073331.
14. Burns, J., B. Subrahmanyam, E. S. Nyadjro, and V. S. N. Murty. 2016. Tropical cyclone activity over the Southwest Tropical Indian Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 121, 6389–6402. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JC011992.
13. Jensen, T. G., H. W. Wijesekera, E. S. Nyadjro, P. Thoppil, J. Shriver, K. K. Sandeep, and V. Pant. 2016. Modeling salinity exchanges between the equatorial Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal. Oceanography, 29 (2), 92-101. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2016.42.
12. Nyadjro, E. S., and B. Subrahmanyam. 2016. Spatial and temporal variability of central Indian Ocean salinity fronts observed by SMOS. Remote Sensing of Environment, 180, 146–153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2016.02.049.
11. D'Addezio, J.M, B. Subrahmanyam, E. S. Nyadjro, and V.S.N. Murty. 2015. Seasonal variability of salinity and salt transport in the Northern Indian Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45, 1947-1966. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-14-0210.1.
10. Wiafe, G., and E. S. Nyadjro. 2015. Satellite observations of upwelling in the Gulf of Guinea. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 12 (2), 1066:1070. https://doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2014.2379474.
9. Nyadjro, E. S., and M. J. McPhaden. 2014. Variability of zonal currents in the equatorial Indian Ocean on seasonal to interannual time scales. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 119, 7969–7986. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JC010380.
8. Nyadjro, E. S., and B. Subrahmanyam. 2014. SMOS satellite mission reveals the salinity structure of the Indian Ocean Dipole. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 11 (9), 1564-1568. https://doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2014.2301594. (Cover).
7. Sarma, Y.V.B, A. Govender, E. S. Nyadjro, and S. Piontkovski. 2013. Long-term changes in sea surface temperature at selected locations in the Sea of Oman and the Arabian Sea off Oman. International Journal of Marine Science, 3 (18), 145-150.
6. Nyadjro, E. S., B. Subrahmanyam, and B. S. Giese. 2013. Variability of salt flux in the Indian Ocean during 1960-2008. Remote Sensing of Environment, 134, 175-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2013.03.005
5. Kamykowski, D., K. G. Pridgen, J. M. Morrison, A. A. McCulloch, E. S. Nyadjro, C. A. Thomas, and G. Sinclair. 2013. Cold front induced changes on the Florida panhandle shelf during October 2008. Continental Shelf Research, 54, 52-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2012.12.006
4. Subrahmanyam, B., G. Grunseich, and E. S. Nyadjro. 2013. Preliminary SMOS salinity measurements and validation in the Indian Ocean. IEEE Transactions Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 51(1), 19-27. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2012.2199122
3. Nyadjro, E. S., B. Subrahmanyam, V.S.N. Murty, and J.F. Shriver. 2012. The role of salinity on the dynamics of the Arabian Sea Mini Warm Pool. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 117, C09002. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JC007978.
2. Nyadjro, E. S., B. Subrahmanyam, and J. F. Shriver. 2011. Seasonal variability of salt transport during the Indian Ocean monsoons. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 116, C08036. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC006993.
1. Nyadjro, E. S., B. Subrahmanyam, V.S.N. Murty, and J.F. Shriver. 2010. Salt transport in the near-surface layer in the monsoon-influenced Indian Ocean using HYCOM. Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GL044127.
Professional membership:
American Geophysical Union
European Geophysical Union (EGU)
Black in Marine Science (BIMS)