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Lisa Beal | |
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| Alma mater | University of Southampton |
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| Thesis | Observations of the velocity structure of the Agulhas Current (1997) |
Lisa M. Beal is a professor at the University of Miami known for her work on the Agulhas Current. She is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans .
Beal grew up in the United Kingdom, [1] and was first attracted to aeronautical engineering as an undergraduate at University of Southampton before changing to oceanography. [2] She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Southampton working on the Agulhas Current. [3] Following her Ph.D. she did postdoctoral work at Columbia University and Scripps Institution of Oceanography before moving to the University of Miami in 2003. [1] [4] In 2021 Beal was named editor-in-chief for the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. [5] She formerly served as editor for the ocean section of Geophysical Research Letters from 2014 until 2017. [6] [1]
Beal is known for her work on the Agulhas current, a western boundary current in the southwest Indian Ocean. She first worked on Agulhas Undercurrent [7] and determined the velocity of the current using acoustic measurements. [8] Her work has defined the role of the Agulhas Current in global climate, [9] [10] particularly through her development of high resolution models [11] She has quantified recent widening of the current and its subsequent impact on transport of heat. [12] [13] [14] Her other work in the area includes investigations into monsoons in the Arabian Sea [15] and monitoring climate change in the Indian Ocean using the Indian Ocean Observing System. [16] [17] [18] In Florida, Beal has used cruise ships such as the Explorer of the Seas to examine water currents in the Florida Straits [19] [20] and worked on sea level rise in the area around Miami. [21]
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