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Justin Small is a Scientist at NSF NCAR working in the Oceanography Section of CGD. Justin works with high-resolution Earth system models, investigating processes in the upper ocean and the coupling with the atmospheric boundary layer. Particular focus areas include boundary currents and their effect on precipitation and climate, coastal upwelling, and drivers of surface salinity and temperature.
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Education/Academic qualification
Oceanography, PhD, University of Southampton
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Formation of the Gulf Stream Convergence Zone
Schneider, N., Cornuelle, B. D., O’neill, L. W., Masunaga, R., Kilpatrick, T., Nonaka, M., Small, R. J. & Xie, S. P., Mar 2026, In: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 83, 3, p. 341-357 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impact of the Benguela coastal low-level jet on the southeast tropical Atlantic SST bias in a regional ocean model (vol 56, pg 2773, 2021)
Kurian, J., Li, P., Chang, P., Patricola-DiRosario, C. M. & Small, J., Feb 20 2026, In: Climate Dynamics. 64, 3, 1 p., 114.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Precipitation Response to Mesoscale SST Variability: Insights From Observations and Multi-Resolution Models
Wang, X., Small, R. J., Chang, P., Lyu, M. & Fu, D., Jan 28 2026, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 53, 2, e2025GL120156.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Improving simulations of daily mean dynamic sea level extremes in the Gulf of Mexico with high-resolution community earth system model
Xu, G., Chang, P., Danabasoglu, G., Castruccio, F. S., Yeager, S., Zhang, Q., Kurian, J., Bates, S., Shepard, C. C. & Small, J., Oct 1 2025, In: Environmental Research Letters. 20, 10, 104023.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems in Ocean-Sea Ice Simulations Forced by CORE and JRA55-do: Mean State and Variability at the Surface
Small, R. J., Kurian, J., Chang, P., Xu, G., Tsujino, H., Yeager, S., Danabasoglu, G., Kim, W. M., Altuntas, A. & Castruccio, F., May 1 2024, In: Journal of Climate. 37, 9, p. 2821-2848 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Sea surface temperature, surface convergence and precipitation in the North Atlantic storm track.
Small, J. (Speaker)
Apr 24 2025Activity: Give a talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Comparisons of heat and salinity budgets in the upper ocean.
Small, J. (Speaker)
Feb 27 2025Activity: Give a talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Comparisons of heat and salinity budgets in the upper ocean
Small, J. (Speaker)
Feb 11 2025Activity: Give a talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Surface convergence and precipitation in the North Atlantic storm track.
Small, J. (Speaker)
Nov 13 2024Activity: Give a talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Upper ocean heat and salinity budgets from high resolution models and data.
Small, J. (Speaker)
Sep 13 2024Activity: Give a talk or presentation › Oral presentation