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Kristen Thyng

Texas A&M University

Department of Oceanography

3146 TAMU
Eller O&M Building
College Station, TX  77843  

kthyng@tamu.edu

Project List:

Consortium for Simulation of Oil-Microbial Interactions in the Ocean (CSOMIO)

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Gulf of Mexico Integrated Spill Response Consortium (GISR)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Post-Doc

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 6

2021

Dukhovskoy, D. S., Morey, S. L., Chassignet, E. P., Chen, X., Coles, V. J., Cui, L., Harris, C. K., Hetland, R., Hsu, T., Manning, A. J., Stukel, M., Thyng, K., & Wang, J. (2021). Development of the CSOMIO Coupled Ocean-Oil-Sediment- Biology Model. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8.
Thyng, K. M., Kobashi, D., Ruiz-Xomchuk, V., Qu, L., Chen, X., & Hetland, R. D. (2021). Performance of offline passive tracer advection in the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS; v3.6, revision 904). Geoscientific Model Development, 14(1), 391-407.

2019

Thyng, K. M. (2019). Deepwater Horizon Oil could have naturally reached Texas beaches. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 149, 110527.

2018

Thyng, K. M., & Hetland, R. D. (2018). Seasonal and interannual cross-shelf transport over the Texas and Louisiana continental shelf. Continental Shelf Research, 160, 23-35.

2017

Khade, V., Kurian, J., Chang, P., Szunyogh, I., Thyng, K., & Montuoro, R. (2017). Oceanic ensemble forecasting in the Gulf of Mexico: An application to the case of the Deep Water Horizon oil spill. Ocean Modelling, 113, 171-184.
Thyng, K. M., & Hetland, R. D. (2017). Texas and Louisiana coastal vulnerability and shelf connectivity. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 116(1-2), 226-233.

Conference Presentations - 17

2020

Morey, S. C., E.P.; Dukhovskoy, D. H., C.K.; Coles, V. S., M.; Hetland, R. T., K.; Hsu, T. M., A.; Mason, O. Y., L.; Cui, L. C., & J.; Wang, J. (2020). A coupled modeling system for simulating oil-biological-sediment interactions in the ocean. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020
Morey, S. C., E.P.; Dukhovskoy, D. H., C.K.; Coles, V. S., M.R.; Hetland, R. T., K.M.; Hsu, T. M., A.J.; Mason, O. X., V.R.; Kobashi, D. Q., L.; Ye, L. C., L.; Chen, X. W., & J (2020). A coupled modeling system for simulating oil-biological-sediment interactions in the ocean. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020
Thyng, K. X., V.R.; Kobashi, D. Q., L.; Hetland, R. D., D.; Morey, S. C., & X.; Chassignet, E. (2020). Offline Tracer Advection in a Realistic Regional Ocean Model. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020

2019

Diao, X. T., & K (2019). Defining the Mississippi river plume with numerical drifters. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019
Morey, S. C., E.; Dukhovskoy, D. S., M.; Harris, C. H., R.; Thyng, K. C., V.; Hsu, T. M., & A.; Mason, O. (2019). Development of a coupled modeling system for simulating oil-microbial-sediment interactions in the ocean. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019

2018

Diao, X. T., & K (2018). Using statistics with drifter tracking to define a river plume. In 2018 Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas (PECS) Meeting

2015

Hetland, R. T., & K (2015). Dispersion caused by baroclinic instability on a continental shelf. In Gordon Research Conference on Coastal Ocean Modeling
Hetland, R. T., & K (2015). The effect of wind, baroclinic instabilities, and shelf circulation on the cross-shore transport of surface materials. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015
Thyng, K. H., & R (2015). Texas and Louisiana coastline sensitivity and oil dispersion. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015

2014

Khade, V. C., P.; Szunyogh, I. M., R.; Kurian, J. T., & K (2014). Quantification of the uncertainty in the BP oil spill using a mesoscale coupled model : An ensemble based approach. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Kuehl, J. T., & K.; Chapman, P. (2014). GISR Drift Card Program: Surface Transport Observation. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Thyng, K. H., & R.; (2014). Texas-Louisiana Cross Shelf Transportation due to Submesoscale Eddies. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2014
Thyng, K. H., & R.D (2014). Texas-Louisiana shelf connectivity and time variability using particle tracking. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Thyng, K. H., & R.D (2014). Cross-shelf transport and dispersion due to baroclinic instabilities. In Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas (PECS) Conference
Thyng, K. H., & R.D (2014). Cross-Shelf transport and dispersions due to barocline instabilities. In European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014

2013

Hetland, R. ;. T., & K (2013). Effect of inter annual and seasonal variability on oil fate along the Texas coastline. In Estuarine and Coastal Modeling Conference
Khade, V. C., P.; Szunyogh, I. M., R.; Kurian, J. T., & K (2013). An ensemble based approach to simulate the uncertainty of the BP oil spill using a high resolution mesoscale ocean modeling. In AMS Conference on Meoscale Processes