Calvin W. Mordy

  • Oceanographer

Ecosystems: I work with physical oceanographers and fisheries scientists to better understand how Alaskan marine ecosystems respond to changes in the environment. Some environmental changes that have occurred include warm events such as the Blob in the Gulf of Alaska, stanzas of climate variability in the Bering Sea, and reductions in ice concentrations in the arctic.

Innovative Technology: I am a lead PI for the Innovative Technology for Arctic Exploration program which develops and deploys innovative platforms and sensors in the arctic. Some of these innovations include the Saildrone, the Oculus coastal glider, and the air-deployed ALAMO floats.

 Global Hydrography: Though a partnerships with Scripps and NOAA/AOML, the GO-SHIP CLIVAR hydrographic program continues to build the premier deep-water global nutrient data set. These data were a valuable contribution to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report.

Selected publications

Full list of publications

Ecosystems

Tabisola, H., J. Duffy-Anderson, C. Mordy, and P.J. Stabeno (2021): EcoFOCI: A generation of ecosystem studies in Alaskan waters [pmel.noaa.gov]. Oceanography, 34(4), 34–35, doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2021.supplement.02-15, View online (open access) [doi.org].

Danielson, S.L., J.M. Grebmeier, K. Iken, C. Berchok, L. Britt, K.H. Dunton, L. Eisner, E.V. Farley, A. Fujiwara, D.D.W. Hauser, M. Itoh, T. Kikuchi, S. Kotwicki, K.J. Kuletz, C.W. Mordy, S. Nishino, C. Peralta-Ferriz, R.S. Pickart, P.J. Stabeno, K.M. Stafford, A.V. Whiting, and R. Woodgate (2022): Monitoring Alaskan Arctic shelf ecosystems through collaborative observation networks [pmel.noaa.gov]. Oceanography, 35(2), 52, doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2022.119 View online (open access) [doi.org].

Mordy, C.W., L. Eisner, K. Kearney, D. Kimmel, M.W. Lomas, K. Mier, P. Proctor, P.H. Ressler, P. Stabeno, and E. Wisegarver (2021): Spatiotemporal variability of the nitrogen deficit in bottom waters on the eastern Bering Sea shelf [pmel.noaa.gov]. Cont. Shelf Res., 224, 104423, doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2021.104423, View online [doi.org].

Mordy, C.W., S. Bell, E. Cokelet, C. Ladd, G. Lebon, P. Proctor, P.J. Stabeno, D. Strausz, E. Wisegarver, and K. Wood (2020): Seasonal and interannual variability of nitrate in the eastern Chukchi Sea: Transport and winter replenishment [pmel.noaa.gov]. Deep-Sea Res. II, 177, 104807, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2020.104807, View online [doi.org].

Mordy, C.W., P.J. Stabeno, N.B. Kachel, D. Kachel, C. Ladd, M. Zimmerman, A.J. Hermann, K. Coyle, and M.J. Doyle (2019): Patterns of flow in the canyons of the northern Gulf of Alaska [pmel.noaa.gov]. Deep-Sea Res. II, 165, 203–220, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2019.03.009, View online [doi.org].

Innovative Technology

Mordy, C.W., E.D. Cokelet, A. DeRobertis, R. Jenkins, C.E. Kuhn, N. Lawrence-Slavas, C.L. Berchok, J.L. Crance, J.T. Sterling, J.N. Cross, P.J. Stabeno, C. Meinig, H.M. Tabisola, W. Burgess, and I. Wangen (2017): Advances in ecosystem research: Saildrone surveys of oceanography, fish, and marine mammals in the Bering Sea [pmel.noaa.gov]. Oceanography, 30(2), 113–115, doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2017.230.

Chiodi, A.M., C. Zhang, E.D. Cokelet, Q. Yang, C.W. Mordy, C.L. Gentemann, J.N. Cross, N. Lawrence-Slavas, C. Meinig, M. Steele, D.E. Harrison, P.J. Stabeno, H.M. Tabisola, D. Zhang, E.F. Burger, K.M. O’Brien, and M. Wang (2021): Exploring the Pacific Arctic Seasonal Ice Zone with Saildrone USVs [pmel.noaa.gov]. Front. Mar. Sci., 8, 640690, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.640697, View online (open access) [doi.org].
 
Kuhn, C.E., J.T. Sterling, M. McCormley, B. Birkemeier, A. Sar, A. Flock, and C.W. Mordy (2022): Animal-borne video cameras reveal differences in northern fur seal foraging behavior related to prey size selection [pmel.noaa.gov]. Front. Mar. Sci., 9, 1015594, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.1015594, View online – open access article at Frontiers (external link) [doi.org].

Global Hydrography

Rhein, M., et al. (2013): Observations: Oceans Chapter 3 in Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, T.F. Stocker, D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S.K. Allen, J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex, and P.M. Midgley (eds.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA.

Talley, L.D., et al. (2016): Changes in ocean heat, carbon content, and ventilation: A review of the first decade of GO-SHIP global repeat hydrography. Annu. Rev. Mar. Sci., 8(1), 185–215, doi: 10.1146/annurev-marine-052915-100829.