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Professor BISAGNI, JAMES J. (Dartmouth)
Associate Professor, Physics Department & School for Marine Science & Technology

    Phone: (508) 999-8359
    Alt. Phone: (508) 910-6328
    Email: jbisagni@umassd.edu

Teaching the following courses:

Fundamentals of Physical Oceanography

Physical Biological Interactions in the Ocean

Physical Oceanography of Shallow Seas

**Disclaimer: Condensed CVs for the School of Marine Sciences. For a full CV, please contact the professor.**

Education:
1972 - B.S., cum laude, Geology/Mathematics, State University of New York at Stony Brook

1976 - M.S., Oceanography, University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography

1991 - Ph.D., Oceanography, University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography

Professional History:
June 1997 - Present - Associate Professor, Physics; Fellow, School of Marine Science & Technology; University of Massachusetts, North Dartmouth, MA
July 1989 - June 1997 - Research Oceanographer, NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service,Narragansett,RI
October 1981 - July 1989 - Oceanographer, Naval Underwater Systems Center, Newport, RI

April 1978 - October 1981 - Oceanographer, NOAA/Office of Marine Pollution Assessment, Rockville, MD

October 1977 - April 1978 - Research Assistant, University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI
October 1975 - October 1977 - Oceanographer, NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service, Narragansett, RI

July 1974 - September 1974 - Research Assistant, University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI
September 1972 - June 1974 - US Environmental Protection Agency Research Traineeship, Narragansett, RI

Current Research Support:
1997 - 2001 - Interannual Physical and Biological Variability Off the Northeast US Coast, (Principal Investigator), NASA, $232,618.
1998 - 2001 - US - GLOBEC: Satellite - Derived Estimates of Mixing Across Sea Surface Temperature Fronts in the Georges Bank Region, (Principal Investigator), NSF/NOAA US GLOBEC Program, $149,986

1999 - 2001 - The Relationship Between Northern Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) Sightings and Satellite - Derived Sea Surface Temperature Fronts in Great South Channel, Gulf of Maine, (Principal Investigator), NOAA/IFAW, $103,220

2000 - Learning Encounters at CMAST, (Principal Investigator), UMass Dartmouth Public Service Endowment Award, $2,000
2000 - 2002 - Application of High - Resolution Satellite - Derived Sea Surface Temperature Data for Improved Management and Forecasting of Atlantic Mackerel, Scomber scombrus, Habitat and Predation Impact Off the East Coast of the United States, (Principal Investigator), NOAA/NESDIS, $200,057

Selected Publications:
Bisagni, J. J., J. E. O'Reilly, A. H. Barnard and C. M. Wolfteich, 1997. Determination of optimum aerosol optical thickness ratios for atmospheric correction of Coastal Zone Color Scanner data in the Georges Bank - Gulf of Maine region.Continental Shelf Research , 17:635 - 654.

Bisagni, J. J. and P. C. Smith, 1998. Eddy - induced flow of Scotian Shelf water across Northeast Channel, Gulf of Maine. Continental Shelf Research, 18:515 - 539.

Bisagni, J. J., 1999. Estimates of vertical heat flux and stratification from southern Georges Bank, model descriptions and results, winter - summer 1995. Continental Shelf Research, 19:1065 - 1086.

Bisagni, J. J., 2000. Estimates of vertical heat flux and stratification from southern Georges Bank, interannual variability, 1985 - 1995. Continental Shelf Research , 20:211 - 231.

Bisagni, J. J. and K. W. Seemann, High - resolution satellite - derived sea surface temperature variability over the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank region, 1993 - 1996. Deep - Sea Research II (in press).