M. Susan Lozier | Scholars@Duke

M. Susan Lozier
Professor in the Nicholas School of the Environment

Susan Lozier is a physical oceanographer with interests in large-scale ocean circulation. Upon completion of her PhD at the University of Washington, she was a postdoctoral scholar at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. She has been a member of the Duke faculty since 1992. Professor Lozier was the recipient of an NSF Early Career Award in 1996, was awarded a Bass Chair for Excellence in Research and Teaching in 2000, received a Duke University Award for Excellence in Mentoring in 2007, was named an American Meteorological Society Fellow in 2008, a Distinguished Professor in 2012, a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2014 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2015. She currently serves as the President of The Oceanography Society and is the international lead for the OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program) observing system.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor in the Nicholas School of the Environment, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment 2004
Ronie-Richele Garcia-Johnson Professor of Earth and Ocean Science, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment 2012
Bass Fellow, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment 2005

Contact Information

Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708-0227
Environmental Hall, Room 5119, 9 Circuit Drive, Durham, NC 27708
s.lozier@duke.edu (919) 681-8199
Lozier website

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Washington 1989
- B.S., Purdue University 1979
Duke Appointment History
- Professor, Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment 2012 - 2015
- Chair of the Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences in the Nicholas School of the Environment, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University 2007 - 2011
- Associate Professor of Coastal Systems Science and Policy, Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment 2001 - 2004
- Associate Professor with Tenure, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment 1999 - 2004
- Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering 1998 - 2000
- Assistant Professor of Ocean Sciences in the Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences in the Nicholas School of the Environment, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University 1992 - 1999
- Assistant Professor, Geology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1992 - 1994
- Assistant Research Professor, Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment 1991 - 1992
- Assistant Research Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University 1991
Recognition
In the News
- SEP 7, 2016 Yale Environment 360
  
  Susan Lozier and her oceanographic team: How climate change could jam
- APR 12, 2016 Science News
  
  Changing climate: 10 years after 'An Inconvenient Truth'
- DEC 3, 2015 Duke Campaign Stop 2016
  
  How Climate Change Reshapes the Ocean
- NOV 24, 2015
  
  Seven Faculty Named AAAS Fellows
- NOV 18, 2015 InsideClimate News
  
  Impacts on oceans need urgent attention in climate talks, researchers say
- MAR 5, 2015
  
  At Smithsonian talk, Lozier Overturns What We Know About Ocean Currents
- DEC 8, 2014
  
  Kornbluth Names Planning Committee for New Strategic Plan
- OCT 1, 2014
  
  Overturning Assumptions About the Ocean
- MAY 29, 2014
  
  Hot Waters
- OCT 18, 2013
  
  Changes in Ocean Circulation Focus of $16 Million Project
- MAY 9, 2013
  
  Susan Lozier: "This Council Could Serve as the Antidote to the Centrifugal Forces Pulling Us Apart"
Awards & Honors
- Fellow. American Geophysical Union. 2014
Expertise
Subject Headings
Global Scholarship
- Research
  - Canada (Country)
  - Iceland (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- Collaborative Research: Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic - Labrador Basin and Floats awarded by National Science Foundation 2018 - 2021
- Collaborative Research: Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic-the Irminger and Iceland Basins awarded by National Science Foundation 2018 - 2021
- Collaborative Research: Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic-the Irminger and Iceland Basins awarded by National Science Foundation 2013 - 2019
- Overturning the Subpolar North Atlantic-the Labrador basin: Collaborative Research awarded by National Science Foundation 2013 - 2019
- The Western Transition Zone as a Gatekeeper for the North Atlantic MOC Throughput awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 2016 - 2019
- Collaborative Research: Continuation and Enhancement of MPOWIR awarded by National Science Foundation 2014 - 2019
- High primary productivity in the absence of Ekman upwelling: A new paradigm for nutrient supply in the intergyre North Atlantic awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2017 - 2018
- Collaborative Research: Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic-the Irminger and Iceland Basins-Supplement awarded by National Science Foundation 2015 - 2018
- A Mentoring Workshop for Junior Women in Physical Oceanography: Link to NASA Labs awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2016 - 2018
- Non-local physical controls on subtropical marine productivity awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2012 - 2017
- Collaborative Research: Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic - the Irminger and Iceland Basins awarded by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 2015 - 2017
- A Mentoring Workshop for Junior Women in Physical Oceanography: Link to NASA Labs awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2013 - 2017
- Satellite measurements of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2013 - 2015
- Examining Physical Drivers of Phytoplankton Bloom Phenology in Subpolar Regions awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2012 - 2015
- Continuation and enhancement of the MPOWIR program awarded by National Science Foundation 2009 - 2014
- Collaborative Research: Evolution and Fate of Eighteen Degree Water in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre awarded by National Science Foundation 2010 - 2014
- In Support of MPOWIR, a Community-Based Mentoring Program: Patullo Conference 2011 awarded by Office of Naval Research 2011 - 2012
- Support for MPOWIR activities and its direct connection to NASA labs awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2009 - 2012
- Collaborative Research: The Influence of the Mediterranean Overflow Water on the Climate Variability of the North Atlant awarded by National Science Foundation 2005 - 2011
- Collaborative Research: Export Pathways from the Subpolar North Atlantic: Phase Two awarded by National Science Foundation 2008 - 2011
- Leadership of a Mentoring Program for Junior Women in Physical Oceanography awarded by Office of Naval Research 2007 - 2010
- Collaborative Research: Implementation of a Mentoring Program for Junior Women in Physical Oceanography awarded by National Science Foundation 2007 - 2010
- The Impact of Subtropical Mode Water on the Subsurface Nutrient Reservoir: Adding Nutrient Measurements to CLIMODE awarded by National Science Foundation 2005 - 2009
- Collaborative Research: Export Pathways from the Subpolar North Atlantic; with A. Bower, WHOI (supplement) awarded by National Science Foundation 2007 - 2009
- Collaborative Research: Export Pathways from the Subpolar North Atlantic; with A. Bower, WHOI awarded by National Science Foundation 2002 - 2008
- Workshop for the Design of a Mentoring Program for Junior Women in Physical Oceanography awarded by National Science Foundation 2004 - 2007
- Education and Outreach for the NASA Aquarius Satellite Mission awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2005 - 2006
- Collaborative Research: Ocean Circulation Climatology and Dynamics Using Bayesian Hierarchial Methods awarded by National Science Foundation 2002 - 2006
- A Focus on the Scientific Contributions by Women to the Field of Physical Oceanography awarded by Office of Naval Research 2004 - 2006
- Toward Realistic Modeling of a Shelfbreak Front: Lagrangian Metrics and Process Studies for the Middle Atlantic Bight awarded by Office of Naval Research 2001 - 2004
- Deep Recirculations in the Atlantic Basins awarded by National Science Foundation 1996 - 2003
- An Assessment of Norwegian Fjords for High Resolution Climatic Records awarded by National Science Foundation 2001 - 2003
- North Atlantic Ocean Circulation and Variability awarded by Jet Propulsion Lab 1999 - 2001
- (97-0976) Deep Recirculations in the Atlantic Basins awarded by National Science Foundation 1996 - 1998
- (96-0032) Instability and Exchange Mechanisms Across a Shelfbreak Front awarded by Office of Naval Research 1996 - 1997
- (96-0370) Deep Recirculations in the Atlantic Basins awarded by National Science Foundation 1996 - 1997
- (94-0073) The Climatology of the Atlantic Basins awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1994 - 1996
- (95-0743) The Climatology of the Ocean Basins awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1994 - 1996
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Journal Articles
  - Li, F, & Lozier, MS. (2018, July). On the Linkage between Labrador Sea Water Volume and Overturning Circulation in the Labrador Sea: A Case Study on Proxies. Journal of Climate , 31 (13), 5225-5241. Full Text
  - Foukal, NP, & Lozier, MS. (2017, August). Assessing variability in the size and strength of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans , 122 (8), 6295-6308. Full Text
  - Li, F, Lozier, MS, & Johns, WE. (2017, July). Calculating the Meridional Volume, Heat, and Freshwater Transports from an Observing System in the Subpolar North Atlantic: Observing System Simulation Experiment. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology , 34 (7), 1483-1500. Full Text
  - Susan Lozier, M, Bacon, S, Bower, AS, Cunningham, SA, Femke de Jong, M, de Steur, L, deYoung, B, Fischer, J, Gary, SF, Greenan, BJW, Heimbach, P, Holliday, NP, Houpert, L, Inall, ME, Johns, WE, Johnson, HL, Karstensen, J, Li, F, Lin, X, Mackay, N, Marshall, DP, Mercier, H, Myers, PG, Pickart, RS, Pillar, HR, Straneo, F, Thierry, V, Weller, RA, Williams, RG, Wilson, C, Yang, J, Zhao, J, & Zika, JD. (2017, April). Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program: A New International Ocean Observing System. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society , 98 (4), 737-752. Full Text
  - Rypina, II, Pratt, LJ, & Lozier, MS. (2016, September). Influence of ocean circulation changes on the inter-annual variability of American eel larval dispersal. Limnology and Oceanography , 61 (5), 1574-1588. Full Text
  - Zou, S, & Lozier, MS. (2016, July). Breaking the Linkage Between Labrador Sea Water Production and Its Advective Export to the Subtropical Gyre. Journal of Physical Oceanography , 46 (7), 2169-2182. Full Text
  - Brody, SR, Lozier, MS, & Mahadevan, A. (2016, May 28). Quantifying the impact of submesoscale processes on the spring phytoplankton bloom in a turbulent upper ocean using a Lagrangian approach. Geophysical Research Letters , 43 (10), 5160-5169. Full Text
  - Brown, PT, Lozier, MS, Zhang, R, & Li, W. (2016, April 28). The necessity of cloud feedback for a basin-scale Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation. Geophysical Research Letters , 43 (8), 3955-3963. Full Text
  - Lozier, S. (2016, March 1). The Case for a “Sea Change” in Graduate Education in the Ocean Sciences. Oceanography , 29 (1), 6-7. Full Text
  - Foukal, NP, & Lozier, MS. (2016, January). No inter-gyre pathway for sea-surface temperature anomalies in the North Atlantic. Nature communications , 7 , 11333-. Full Text
  - Lozier, S. (2016). Oceanographers at the Beach. Oceanography , 29 (2), 8-9. Full Text
  - Lozier, S. (2015, December 1). A Tribute to John A. Knauss (1925–2015). Oceanography , 28 (4), 7-7. Full Text
  - Williams, RG, Roussenov, V, Lozier, MS, & Smith, D. (2015, December). Mechanisms of Heat Content and Thermocline Change in the Subtropical and Subpolar North Atlantic. Journal of Climate , 28 (24), 9803-9815. Full Text
  - Yamamoto, A, Palter, JB, Lozier, MS, Bourqui, MS, & Leadbetter, SJ. (2015, December). Ocean versus atmosphere control on western European wintertime temperature variability. Climate Dynamics , 45 (11-12), 3593-3607. Full Text
  - (2015, September 1). Sharks and Miami Lawyers. Oceanography , 28 (3), 7-7. Full Text
  - Brody, SR, & Lozier, MS. (2015, August). Characterizing upper-ocean mixing and its effect on the spring phytoplankton bloom with in situ data. ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil , 72 (6), 1961-1970. Full Text
  - Dave, AC, & Lozier, MS. (2015, June 16). The impact of advection on stratification and chlorophyll variability in the equatorial Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters , 42 (11), 4523-4531. Full Text
  - Dave, AC, Barton, AD, Lozier, MS, & McKinley, GA. (2015, June). What drives seasonal change in oligotrophic area in the subtropical North Atlantic?. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans , 120 (6), 3958-3969. Full Text
  - Lozier, MS. (2015, June 1). Overturning assumptions past, present, and future concerns about the ocean’s circulation. Oceanography , 28 (2), 240-251. Full Text
  - Lozier, MS. (2015, June 1). Oceanographers as Masons. Oceanography , 25 (2), 7-7. Full Text
  - Kwon, Y-O, Park, J-J, Gary, SF, & Lozier, MS. (2015, April). Year-to-Year Reoutcropping of Eighteen Degree Water in an Eddy-Resolving Ocean Simulation. Journal of Physical Oceanography , 45 (4), 1189-1204. Full Text
  - Lozier, S. (2015, March 1). Ensuring a Healthy Funding Environment in Ocean Sciences. Oceanography , 28 (1), 6-6. Full Text
  - Barton, AD, Lozier, MS, & Williams, RG. (2015, January). Physical controls of variability in North Atlantic phytoplankton communities. Limnology and Oceanography , 60 (1), 181-197. Full Text
  - Dave, AC, Barton, AD, Lozier, MS, & McKinley, GA. (2015). What drives seasonal change in oligotrophic area in the subtropical North Atlantic?. Journal of Geophysical Research C: Oceans , 120 (6), 3958-3969. Full Text
  - Clem, S, Legg, S, Lozier, S, & Mouw, C. (2014, December 1). The Impact of MPOWIR: A Decade of Investing in Mentoring Women in Physical Oceanography. Oceanography , 27 (4), 39-48. Full Text
  - Rypina, II, Llopiz, JK, Pratt, LJ, & Lozier, MS. (2014, September). Dispersal pathways of American eel larvae from the Sargasso Sea. Limnology and Oceanography , 59 (5), 1704-1714. Full Text
  - Burkholder, KC, & Lozier, MS. (2014, June 28). Tracing the pathways of the upper limb of the North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Geophysical Research Letters , 41 (12), 4254-4260. Full Text
  - Brody, SR, & Lozier, MS. (2014, May 16). Changes in dominant mixing length scales as a driver of subpolar phytoplankton bloom initiation in the North Atlantic. Geophysical Research Letters , 41 (9), 3197-3203. Full Text
  - Gary, SF, Lozier, MS, Kwon, Y-O, & Park, JJ. (2014, May). The Fate of North Atlantic Subtropical Mode Water in the FLAME Model. Journal of Physical Oceanography , 44 (5), 1354-1371. Full Text
  - Abbott, J, Anderson, JL, Campling, L, Hannesson, R, Havice, E, Lozier, MS, Smith, MD, & Wilberg, MJ. (2014, March). Steering the Global Partnership for Oceans. Marine Resource Economics , 29 (1), 1-16. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Williams, RG, Roussenov, V, Smith, D, & Lozier, MS. (2014, January). Decadal Evolution of Ocean Thermal Anomalies in the North Atlantic: The Effects of Ekman, Overturning, and Horizontal Transport. Journal of Climate , 27 (2), 698-719. Full Text
  - Brody, SR, Lozier, MS, & Dunne, JP. (2013, May). A comparison of methods to determine phytoplankton bloom initiation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans , 118 (5), 2345-2357. Full Text
  - Riser, SC, & Lozier, MS. (2013, February). RETHINKING THE GULF STREAM. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN , 308 (2), 50-55. Full Text Link to Item
  - Dave, AC, & Lozier, MS. (2013). Examining the global record of interannual variability in stratification and marine productivity in the low-latitude and mid-latitude ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans , 118 (6), 3114-3127. Full Text
  - Lozier, MS, Gary, SF, & Bower, AS. (2013). Simulated pathways of the overflow waters in the North Atlantic: Subpolar to subtropical export. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography , 85 , 147-153. Full Text
  - Gary, SF, Lozier, MS, Biastoch, A, & Boening, CW. (2012, December 22). Reconciling tracer and float observations of the export pathways of Labrador Sea Water. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS , 39 . Full Text Link to Item
  - Srokosz, M, Baringer, M, Bryden, H, Cunningham, S, Delworth, T, Lozier, S, Marotzke, J, & Sutton, R. (2012, November). Past, Present, and Future Changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society , 93 (11), 1663-1676. Full Text
  - Ayers, JM, & Lozier, MS. (2012). Unraveling dynamical controls on the North Pacific carbon sink. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans , 117 (1). Full Text
  - Lozier, MS, Gary, SF, & Bower, AS. (2012). Simulated pathways of the overflow waters in the North Atlantic: Subpolar to subtropical export. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography . Full Text
  - Lozier, MS. (2012, January). Overturning in the North Atlantic. Annual Review of Marine Science , 4 , 291-315. (Review) Full Text
  - Palter, JB, Lozier, MS, Sarmiento, JL, & Williams, RG. (2011, December). The supply of excess phosphate across the Gulf Stream and the maintenance of subtropical nitrogen fixation. Global Biogeochemical Cycles , 25 (4), n/a-n/a. Full Text
  - Bower, A, Lozier, S, & Gary, S. (2011). Export of Labrador Sea Water from the subpolar North Atlantic: A Lagrangian perspective. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography , 58 (17-18), 1798-1818. Full Text
  - Bozec, A, Lozier, MS, Chassignet, EP, & Halliwell, GR. (2011). On the variability of the mediterranean outflow water in the North Atlantic from 1948 to 2006. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans , 116 (9). Full Text
  - Burkholder, KC, & Lozier, MS. (2011). Subtropical to subpolar pathways in the North Atlantic: Deductions from Lagrangian trajectories. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans , 116 (7). Full Text
  - Burkholder, KC, & Lozier, MS. (2011). Mid-depth Lagrangian pathways in the North Atlantic and their impact on the salinity of the eastern subpolar gyre. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers , 58 (12), 1196-1204. Full Text
  - Coles, V, Gerber, L, Legg, S, & Lozier, S. (2011). Mentoring groups a non-exit strategy for women in physical oceanography. Oceanography , 24 (2), 17-20. Full Text
  - Dave, A, & Lozier, MS. (2011). The Impact of MOC Variability on Marine Productivity and Carbon Uptake and Storage in the North Atlantic. Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry News , 4 (2), 8-11. (Academic Article)
  - Gary, SF, Lozier, MS, Böning, CW, & Biastoch, A. (2011). Deciphering the pathways for the deep limb of the Meridional Overturning Circulation. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography , 58 (17-18), 1781-1797. Full Text
  - Lozier, MS, Dave, AC, Palter, JB, Gerber, LM, & Barber, RT. (2011). On the relationship between stratification and primary productivity in the North Atlantic. Geophysical Research Letters , 38 (18). Full Text
  - Robel, AA, Lozier, MS, Gary, SF, Shillinger, GL, Bailey, H, & Bograd, SJ. (2011). Projecting uncertainty onto marine megafauna trajectories. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers , 58 (9), 915-921. Full Text
  - Rypina, II, Pratt, LJ, & Lozier, MS. (2011). Near-surface transport pathways in the North Atlantic Ocean: Looking for throughput from the subtropical to the subpolar gyre. Journal of Physical Oceanography , 41 (5), 911-925. Full Text
  - Lozier, MS, Roussenov, V, Reed, MSC, & Williams, RG. (2010, November). Erratum: Opposing decadal changes for the North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. Nature Geoscience , 3 (11), 805-805. Full Text
  - Lozier, MS, Roussenov, V, Reed, MSC, & Williams, RG. (2010, October). Opposing decadal changes for the North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. Nature Geoscience , 3 (10), 728-734. Full Text
  - Lozier, MS. (2010, June 18). Deconstructing the conveyor belt. Science , 328 (5985), 1507-1511. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ayers, JM, & Lozier, MS. (2010). Physical controls on the seasonal migration of the North Pacific transition zone chlorophyll front. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans , 115 (5). Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Dave, AC, & Lozier, MS. (2010). Local stratification control of marine productivity in the subtropical North Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans , 115 (12). Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Gerber, LM, & Lozier, MS. (2010). Mentoring women in physical oceanography. Eos , 91 (33), 291--. Full Text
  - The Climode Group:, , Marshall, J, Ferrari, R, Forget, G, Maze, G, Andersson, A, Bates, N, Dewar, W, Doney, S, Fratantoni, D, Joyce, T, Straneo, F, Toole, J, Weller, R, Edson, J, Gregg, M, Kelly, K, Lozier, S, Palter, J, Lumpkin, R, Samelson, R, Skyllingstad, E, Silverthorne, K, Talley, L, & Thomas, L. (2009, September). The Climode Field Campaign: Observing the Cycle of Convection and Restratification over the Gulf Stream. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society , 90 (9), 1337-1350. Full Text
  - Bower, AS, Lozier, MS, Gary, SF, & Böning, CW. (2009, May). Interior pathways of the North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. Nature , 459 (7244), 243-247. Full Text
  - Lavine, M, Hegerl, GC, & Lozier, S. (2009). Discussion of reified Bayesian modelling and inference for physical systems by Michael Goldstein and Jonathan Rougier. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference , 139 (3), 1243-1245. Full Text
  - Lozier, MS, & Sindlinger, L. (2009). On the source of Mediterranean Overflow Water property changes. Journal of Physical Oceanography , 39 (8), 1800-1817. Full Text
  - Lozier, MS. (2009). A Successful First Pattullo Conference. Oceanography , 22 (1), 224-225.
  - Lozier, S. (2009). Overturning assumptions. Nature Geoscience , 2 (1), 12-13. Full Text
  - Lozier, MS, Leadbetter, S, Williams, RG, Roussenov, V, Reed, MSC, & Moore, NJ. (2008, February). The spatial pattern and mechanisms of heat-content change in the North Atlantic. Science (New York, N.Y.) , 319 (5864), 800-803. Full Text
  - Hanshaw, MN, Lozier, MS, & Palter, JB. (2008). Integrated impact of tropical cyclones on sea surface chlorophyll in the North Atlantic. Geophysical Research Letters , 35 (1). Full Text
  - Lozier, MS, & Stewart, NM. (2008). On the temporally varying northward penetration of mediterranean overflow water and eastward penetration of Labrador sea water. Journal of Physical Oceanography , 38 (9), 2097-2103. Full Text
  - Palter, JB, & Lozier, MS. (2008). On the source of Gulf Stream nutrients. Journal of Geophysical Research , 113 (CO6018). (Academic Article) Link to Item
  - Palter, JB, & Lozier, MS. (2008). On the source of Gulf Stream nutrients. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans , 113 (6). Full Text
  - Palter, JB, Lozier, MS, & Lavender, KL. (2008). How does Labrador sea water enter the deep western boundary current?. Journal of Physical Oceanography , 38 (5), 968-983. Full Text
  - Rappold, AG, Lavine, M, & Lozier, S. (2007). Subjective likelihood for the assessment of trends in the ocean's mixed-layer depth. Journal of the American Statistical Association , 102 (479), 771-780. Full Text
  - Lozier, MS. (2006). Mentoring program for women in physical oceanography. Eos , 87 (12), 127-128.
  - Palter, JB, Lozier, MS, & Barber, RT. (2005, September). The effect of advection on the nutrient reservoir in the North Atlantic subtropical gyre. Nature , 437 (7059), 687-692. Full Text
  - Lozier, MS, & Reed, MSC. (2005). The influence of topography on the stability of shelfbreak fronts. Journal of Physical Oceanography , 35 (6), 1023-1036. Full Text
  - Lozier, MS. (2005). A Community effort toward: The retention of women in physical oceanography. Oceanography , 18 (SPL.ISS. 1), 35-38. Full Text
  - Rasmussen, LL. (2005). Slope water, Gulf Stream, and seasonal influences on southern Mid-Atlantic Bight circulation during the fall-winter transition. Journal of Geophysical Research , 110 (C2). Full Text
  - Potter, RA. (2004). On the warming and salinification of the Mediterranean outflow waters in the North Atlantic. Geophysical Research Letters , 31 (1). Full Text
  - Rasmussen, LL, Gawarkiewiecz, G, Owens, WB, & Lozier, MS. (2004). Slope water, Gulf Stream and seasonal influences during the fall-winter transition in the southern Mid-Atlantic Bight. Journal of Geophysical Research , 109 . (Academic Article)
  - Yuan, G-C, Lozier, MS, Pratt, LJ, Jones, CKRT, & Helfrich, KR. (2004). Estimating the predictability of an oceanic time series using linear and nonlinear methods. Journal of Geophysical Research C: Oceans , 109 (8), C08002 1-13-. Full Text
  - Lozier, MS, Reed, MSC, & Gawarkiewicz, GG. (2002, March). Instability of a Shelfbreak Front. Journal of Physical Oceanography , 32 (3), 924-944. Full Text
  - Chao, Y, & Lozier, MS. (2001). Evaluation of North Atlantic property field simulations at 1/6. Journal of Physical Oceanography , 31 (11), 3200-3213.
  - Lozier, MS, & Gawarkiewicz, G. (2001). Cross-frontal exchange in the Middle Atlantic Bight as evidenced by surface drifters. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY , 31 (8), 2498-2510. Full Text Link to Item
  - Iorga, MC, & Lozier, MS. (1999, November 15). Signatures of the Mediterranean outflow from a North Atlantic climatology: 2. Diagnostic velocity fields. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans , 104 (C11), 26011-26029. Full Text
  - Iorga, MC, & Lozier, MS. (1999, November 15). Signatures of the Mediterranean outflow from a North Atlantic climatology: 1. Salinity and density fields. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans , 104 (C11), 25985-26009. Full Text
  - Lavine, M, & Lozier, S. (1999). A Markov random field spatio-temporal analysis of ocean temperature. Environmental and Ecological Statistics , 6 (3), 249-273. Full Text
  - Lozier, MS. (1999). The impact of mid-depth recirculations on the distribution of tracers in the North Atlantic. Geophysical Research Letters , 26 (2), 219-222.
  - Lozier, MS, Pratt, LJ, Rogerson, AM, & Miller, PD. (1997, November). Exchange Geometry Revealed by Float Trajectories in the Gulf Stream*. Journal of Physical Oceanography , 27 (11), 2327-2341. Full Text
  - Lozier, MS. (1997). Evidence for large-scale eddy-driven gyres in the North Atlantic. Science , 277 (5324), 361-364. Full Text
  - Lozier, MS, Bold, TJ, & Bower, AS. (1996, September). The Influence of Propagating Waves on Cross-Stream Excursions. Journal of Physical Oceanography , 26 (9), 1915-1923. Full Text
  - PRATT, LJ, LOZIER, MS, & BELIAKOVA, N. (1995, June). PARCEL TRAJECTORIES IN QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC JETS - NEUTRAL-MODES. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY , 25 (6), 1451-1466. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lozier, M, Owens, W, & Curry, RG. (1995, January). The climatology of the North Atlantic. Progress in Oceanography , 36 (1), 1-44. Full Text
  - Wang, W, & Lozier, MS. (1995). An estimate of the climatological mean circulation in the western North Atlantic. Journal of Marine Research , 53 (6), 1059-1080.
  - Bower, AS, & Lozier, MS. (1994). A closer look at particle exchange in the Gulf Stream. Journal of Physical Oceanography , 24 (6), 1399-1418.
  - Lozier, MS, McCartney, MS, & Owens, WB. (1994). Anomalous anomalies in averaged hydrographic data. Journal of Physical Oceanography , 24 (12), 2624-2638.
  - Lozier, MS, & Bercovici, D. (1992, December). Particle Exchange in an Unstable Jet. Journal of Physical Oceanography , 22 (12), 1506-1516. Full Text
  - Lozier, MS, & Riser, SC. (1990). Potential vorticity sources and sinks in a quasi-geostrophic ocean: beyond western boundary currents. J. PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY , 20 (10 Oct.), 1608-1627.
  - Lozier, MS, & Riser, SC. (1989, September). Potential Vorticity Dynamics of Boundary Currents in a Quasi-geostrophic Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography , 19 (9), 1373-1396. Full Text
Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
- EOS 202: Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics 2017
- EOS 520: Introduction to Fluid Dynamics 2017

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