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Nikolai Maximenko

Senior Researcher
Affiliate Researcher, Oceanography

International Pacific Research Center
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

Phone: (808) 956-2584
Fax: (808) 956-9425
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Education

1987 - Ph.D. (Physical Oceanography), P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
Thesis title: "Water transport and mixing by mesoscale eddies."
1983 - M.Sc. (Aerodynamics and Thermodynamics), Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology

Research Interests

Mesoscale and large-scale ocean currents
Ekman dynamics and air-sea interaction
Alternating zonal jets and multiple mechanisms of their formation
Processes at oceanic fronts
Advection of passive and bio-chemical tracers

Scientific Work Experience

Senior Researcher: International Pacific Research Center, 2009–present
Associate Researcher: International Pacific Research Center, 1999–2009
Senior Research Scientist: Oceanic Currents Laboratory, Large-scale Air-Sea Interaction Division, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1991–present
Scientific Secretary of Russian National IAPSO Committee, 1998–present
Research Scientist: Hydrophysical Fields Variability Laboratory, Large-scale Air-Sea Interaction Division, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1988–1991
Junior Research Scientist: Hydrophysical Fields Variability Laboratory, Large-scale Air-Sea Interaction Division, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, 1987–1988
Engineering Staff (temporary position): Synoptic Processes Laboratory, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, 1985
Laboratory Assistant (temporary position): Synoptic Processes Laboratory, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, 1982–1983

Recent Professional Visits

1999: Visiting Scientist: International Pacific Research Center, SOEST, University of Hawaii, USA
1998: Visiting Scientist: Frontier Research System for Global Change, Tokyo, Japan
1998: Visiting Scientist: Japan Marine Science Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
1998: Visiting Scientist: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA
1997: Visiting Scientist: Japan Marine Science Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
1995: Visiting Scientist: Department of Earth and Planetary Physics, University of Tokyo, Japan
1993–1994: Postdoc Fellow: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Department of Earth and Planetary Physics, University of Tokyo, Japan
1991: Visiting Scientist: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA

Sea Expeditions

Eastern Black Sea (09/1990–10/1990), Head of Expedition, R/V “Rift”
Atlantic Ocean (03/1990–07/1990), Member of Data Processing Team, 51th cruise of the R/V “Akademik Kurchatov”
North Western Pacific (07/1987–12/1987), Member of Data Processing Team, 47th cruise of the R/V “Akademik Kurchatov”
Tropical North Atlantic (03/1985–07/1985), Member of Data Processing Team, 41th cruise of the R/V “Akademik Kurchatov”
Southern Ocean, south of Africa (11/1982–03/1983), Member of Data Processing Team, 5th cruise of the R/V “Akademik Keldysh”

Recent Research Grants and Projects

RUSSIAN FOUNDATION FOR BASIC RESEARCH, RUSSIA, “North Pacific intermediate water formation” (Principal Investigator). 1995–1997
INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, NEW YORK, USA, “Convection in the North Pacific Subarctic Front” (Principal Investigator). 1992–1995
MINISTRY OF SCIENCE, RUSSIA, “Oceanic currents study with surface drifters” (Principal Investigator). 1990–1995

Major Publications

Eriksen, M., N.A. Maximenko, M. Thiel, A. Cummins, G. Lattin, S. Wilson, J. Hafner, A. Zellers, and S. Rifman, in press: Plastic pollution in the South Pacific subtropical gyre. Marine Pollution Bulletin, IPRC-948.
Carson, H.S., M.R. Lamson, D. Nakashima, D. Toloumu, J. Hafner, N.A. Maximenko, and K.J. McDermid, 2013: Tracking the sources and sinks of local marine debris in Hawai'i Marine Environmental Research, 84, 76-83, doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2012.12.002. IPRC-947.
Lumpkin, R., N.A. Maximenko, and M. Pazos, 2012: Evaluating where and why drifters die. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 29 (2), 300‐308, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00100.1. IPRC-828.
Dohan, K., and N. Maximenko, 2010: Monitoring ocean currents with satellite. Oceanography, 23 (4), 94-103.
Law, K.L., S. Morét-Ferguson, N.A. Maximenko, G. Proskurowski, E. E. Peacock, J. Hafner, and C. M. Reddy, 2010: Plastic accumulation in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre. Science, 329, 1185-1188.
Lamas, L., A. Peliz, I. Ambar, A. Barbosa Aguiar, N. Maximenko, and A. Teles-Machado, 2010: Evidence of time-mean cyclonic cell southwest of Iberian Peninsula: The Mediterranean Outflow-driven beta-plume? Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L12606, doi:10.1029/2010GL043339.
Melnichenko, O.V., N.A. Maximenko, N. Schneider, and H. Sasaki, 2010: Quasi-stationary striations in basin-scale oceanic circulation: Vorticity balance from observations and eddy-resolving model. Ocean Dynamics, 60 (3), 653-666.
Sasaki,Y., N. Schneider, N. Maximenko, and K. Lebedev, 2010: Observational evidence for propagation of decadal spiciness anomalies in the North Pacific. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L07708, doi:10.1029/2010GL042716.
Maximenko, N., P. Niiler, M.-H. Rio, O. Melnichenko, L. Centurioni, D. Chambers, V. Zlotnicki, and B. Galperin, 2009: Mean dynamic topography of the ocean derived from satellite and drifting buoy data using three different techniques journal. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 26 (9), 1910–1919.
Maximenko, N.A., O.V. Melnichenko, P.P. Niiler, and H. Sasaki, 2008: Stationary mesoscale jet-like features in the ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L08603, doi:10.1029/2008GL033267.
Maximenko, N.A., P.P. Niiler, and O.V. Melnichenko, 2008: Global mean dynamic ocean topography reveals new coherent features of surface circulation. Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference "Fluxes and Structures in Fluid", pp. 146–155. Moscow, Russia.
Panteleev, G., D. Nechaev, V. Luchin, P. Stabeno, N. Maximenko, and M. Ikeda, 2008 : Toward development of the 4Dvar data assimilation system in the Bering Sea: Reconstruction of the mean dynamic topography. Chinese Journal of Polar Research, 19 (2),123–134.
Wilson, C., T.A. Villareal, N. Maximenko, S.J. Bograd, J.P. Montoya, and C.A. Schoenbaechler, 2008: Biological and physical forcings of late summer chlorophyll blooms at 30°N in the oligotrophic Pacific. J. Mar. Sys., 69, 164–176.
Huang, H.-P., A. Kaplan, E.N. Curchitser, and N.A. Maximenko, 2007: The degree of anisotropy for mid-ocean currents from satellite observations and an eddy-resolving model simulation. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 112, C09005, doi:10.1029/2007JC004105.
Melnichenko, O.V., and N.A. Maximenko, 2007: Stationary alternating zonal jets in hydrographic data of the eastern North Pacific. Proceedings of PACON 2007: Ocean Observing Systems and Marine Environment, 55-63.
Maximenko, N.A., and P.P. Niiler: Mean surface circulation of the global ocean inferred from satellite altimeter and drifter data. In 15 years of Progress in Radar Altimetry, ESA Publication SP-614, July 2006.
Richards, K.J., N.A. Maximenko, F.O. Bryan, and H. Sasaki, 2006: Zonal Jets in the Pacific Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L03605, doi:10.1029/2005GL024645.
Liu, Q., S.-P. Xie, L. Li, and N.A. Maximenko, 2005: Ocean thermal advective effect on the annual range of sea surface temperature.Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L24604, doi:10.1029/2005GL024493.
Maximenko, N.A., B. Bang, and H. Sasaki, 2005: Observational evidence of alternating zonal jets in the World Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L12607, doi:10.1029/2005GL022728.
Maximenko, N.A., and R.I. Gouskina, 2005: A method for current velocity correction contaminated by wind wave effect on surface float of the mooring. Oceanology, 45 (2), 179–185.
Maximenko, N.A., and P.P. Niiler, 2005: Hybrid decade-mean global sea level with mesoscale resolution. In N. Saxena (Ed.) Recent Advances in Marine Science and Technology, 2004, pp. 55-59. Honolulu: PACON International.
Maximenko, N., 2004: Correspondence between Lagrangian and Eulerian velocity statistics at the ASUKA line. J. Oceanogr., 60 (4), 681–687.
Niiler, P.P., N.A. Maximenko, and J.C. McWilliams, 2003: Dynamically balanced absolute sea level of the global ocean derived from near-surface velocity observations. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30 (22), 2164, doi:10.1029/2003GRL018628, 2003.
Niiler, P.P., N.A. Maximenko, G.G. Panteleev, T. Yamagata, and D.B. Olson, 2003: Near-surface dynamical structure of the Kuroshio Extension. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 108 (C6), 3193.
Yu, Z., N. Maximenko, S.-P. Xie, and M. Nonaka, 2003: On the termination of the Hawaiian Lee Countercurrent. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30 (5), 1215, doi:10.1029/2002GL016710.
Maximenko, N.A., 2002: Index and composites of the Kuroshio meander south of Japan. J. Oceanogr., 58, 639–649.
Panteleev, G.G., N.A. Maximenko, B. deYoung, C. Reiss, and T. Yamagata, 2002: Variational interpolation of circulation with nonlinear, advective smoothing. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 19 (9),1442–1450.
Yaremchuk, M., and N. Maximenko, 2002: A dynamically consistent analysis of the mesoscale eddy field at the western North Pacific Subarctic Front. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 107 (C12), 16, doi:10.1029/2002JC001379.
Maximenko, N.A., M.N. Koshlyakov, Y.A. Ivanov, M.I. Yaremchuk, and G.G. Panteleev, 2001: Hydrophysical experiment "Megapolygon-87" in the northwestern Pacific Subarctic Frontal Zone. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 106, 14,143–14,163.
Panteleev, G.G., N.A. Maximenko, B. deYoung, C. Reiss, and T. Yamagata, 2000: Anisotropic optimization of the current field with the variational method. Oceanology, 40, 451–457.
Byshev, V.I., V.D. Yegorihin, N.A. Maximenko, and V.K. Sobol, 1997: Structure and synoptic variability of the North Atlantic Current at the meridional section along 36N in Summer of 1990. Doklady of Russian Academy of Sciences, 355 (3), 397–400.
Maximenko, N.A., P.P. Niiler, and T. Yamagata, 1997: Mean circulation in the North Western Pacific mixed layer from drifter data. International WOCE Newsletter, No.25, 13–14.
Maximenko, N.A., G.G. Panteleev, A. Grotov, P.P. Niiler, and T. Yamagata, 1997: Mean circulation in the North Western Pacific mixed layer from TOGA/WOCE Lagrangian drifters. Proceedings of the CREAMS'97 International Symposium, Fukuoka, Japan, January 28-30, 1997, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, 189–192.
Maximenko, N.A., A.Yu. Shcherbina, R.I. Gouskina, and A.I. Kharlamov, 1997: Spatial structure and dynamics of the layer of North Pacific intermediate water. Oceanology, 37 (6), 798–805.
Maximenko, N.A., T. Yamagata, and K. Okuda, 1997: Frontal convection in the Kuroshio and at the Subarctic Front. Oceanology, 37 (3), 295–300.
Maximenko, N.A., and A.G. Zatsepin, 1997: On regularities of dense water sinking downslope the shelf. Oceanology, 37 (4), 513–516.
Yu.A. Gol'din, and N.A. Maksimenko, 1996: Application of a mathematical model of an automatic buoy station to the analysis of measured temperature distortion.Oceanology, 36, No.6, 885–890.
Maximenko, N.A., and T. Yamagata, 1995: Submesoscale anomalies in the North Pacific Subarctic Front. J.Geophys.Res., 100, No.C9, 18,459–18,469.
Maximenko, N.A., 1993: Intrathermocline lens in the Northwestern Pacific ocean. Oceanology, 33, No.3, 287–292.
Maximenko, N.A. and N.M. Mardashkina, 1993: Advective mixing by eddies, particle dispersion. Oceanology, 33 (4), 507–512.
Maximenko, N.A., P.P. Niiler, A.L. Sybrandy, and A.I. Kharlamov, 1993: Drifter experiment in Black Sea. Oceanology, 33 (3), 379–383.
Maximenko, N.A., 1992: Effect of surface waves on current meter velocity measurements. Experiment Megapolygon (ed.: Yu A. Ivanov), 304–318.
Maximenko, N.A., 1990: Comparative analysis of Lagrangian statistical characteristics for synoptic-scale currents in hydrophysical study areas. Oceanology, 30 (1), 5–9.
Maximenko, N.A., 1986: Transport and mixing in the ocean in a field of synoptic eddies according to POLYMODE data. Oceanology, 26 (2), 140–144.