Al Hermann

Albert J. Hermann

  • Research Scientist

My chief interests are the circulation, plankton and fish dynamics of the Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska, and Pacific Northwest. I collaborate with other physical oceanographers and biologists on numerical models of these regions, as part of the Fisheries Oceanography Coordinated Investigations (Eco-FOCI) group at NOAA/PMEL. Increasingly this work is focused on model-based regional downscaling of anticipated global climate change. Related work centers on 3D visualization of physical and biological model output; this includes individual-based models of fish.

Current research projects

  • Hindcasting/Nowcasting of biophysical conditions in the Bering Sea
  • Model-based downscaling of global climate change to the regional circulation and lower trophic level dynamics of the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska
  • Seasonal forecasting of the Pacific Northwest
  • Immersive visualization of 3D ocean data

Selected publications

Hermann, Albert J., Kelly Kearney, Wei Cheng, Darren Pilcher, Kerim Aydin, Kirstin K. Holsman, and Anne B. Hollowed. Coupled modes of projected regional change in the Bering Sea from a dynamically downscaling model under CMIP6 forcing. 2021. Deep-Sea Research II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 194, 104974.

Hermann, A. J., G. A. Gibson, W. Cheng, I. Ortiz, K. Aydin, M. Wang, A.B. Hollowed and K.K. Holsman. 2019. Projected biophysical conditions of the Bering Sea to 2100 under multiple emission scenarios. ICES J. Mar Sci., fsz043, doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsz043

Coyle, K.O., A. J. Hermann. and R. R.Hopcroft. 2019. Modeled spatial-temporal distribution of productivity, chlorophyll, iron and nitrate on the northern Gulf of Alaska shelf relative to field observations. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 165: 163-191, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2019.05.006

Marshall, K.N., I.C. Kaplan, E.E. Hodgson, A.J. Hermann, S. Busch, P. McElhany, T.E. Essington, C.J. Harvey, and E.A. Fulton. 2017. Potential effects of ocean acidification on the California Current food web and fisheries: ecosystem model projections. Global Change Biology, doi: 10.1111/gcb.13594.

Siedlecki, S.A., I.C. Kaplan, A.J. Hermann, T.T. Nguyen, N.A. Bond, J. Newton, G.D. Williams, W.T. Peterson, S. Alin and R.A. Feely. 2016. Experiments with seasonal forecasts of ocean conditions for the northern region of the California Current upwelling system. Nature Scientific Reports. doi:10.1038/srep27203.

Hermann, A. J., S. Hinckley, E. L. Dobbins, D. B. Haidvogel, N. A. Bond, C. Mordy, N. Kachel and P. J. Stabeno. 2009. Quantifying cross-shelf and vertical nutrient flux in the Gulf of Alaska with a spatially nested, coupled biophysical model. Deep Sea Research II, 56:2474-2486, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.02.008.

Hermann, A. J., E. N. Curchitser, D. B. Haidvogel and E. L. Dobbins. 2009. A comparison of remote versus local influence of El Nino on the coastal circulation of the Northeast Pacific. Deep Sea Research II, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.02.005.

Stabeno, P. J., N. A. Bond, A. J. Hermann, C. W. Mordy and J. E. Overland. 2004. Meteorology and Oceanography of the Northern Gulf of Alaska. Prog. Oceanog. 24: 859-897.Hermann, A. J., S. Hinckley, B. A. Megrey and J. M. Napp. 2001. Applied and theoretical considerations for constructing spatially explicit Individual-Based Models of marine larval fish that include multiple trophic levels. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 58: 1030-1041.

Hinckley, S., A. J. Hermann and B. A. Megrey. 1996. Development of a spatially explicit, individual-based model of marine fish early life history. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 139: 47-68.