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W. Carlisle Thacker

University of Miami

Project List:

Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment (CARTHE)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Research Scientist

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 7

2016

Gonçalves, R. C., Iskandarani, M., Srinivasan, A., Thacker, W. C., Chassignet, E., & Knio, O. M. (2016). A framework to quantify uncertainty in simulations of oil transport in the ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121(4), 2058-2077.
Iskandarani, M., Wang, S., Srinivasan, A., Carlisle Thacker, W., Winokur, J., & Knio, O. M. (2016). An overview of uncertainty quantification techniques with application to oceanic and oil‐spill simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121(4), 2789-2808.
Wang, S., Iskandarani, M., Srinivasan, A., Thacker, W. C., Winokur, J., & Knio, O. M. (2016). Propagation of uncertainty and sensitivity analysis in an integral oil‐gas plume model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121(5), 3488-3501.

2015

Thacker, W. C., Iskandarani, M., Gonçalves, R. C., Srinivasan, A., & Knio, O. M. (2015). Pragmatic aspects of uncertainty propagation: A conceptual review. Ocean Modelling, 95, 25-36.

2014

Sraj, I., Iskandarani, M., Thacker, W. C., Srinivasan, A., & Knio, O. M. (2014). Drag Parameter Estimation Using Gradients and Hessian from a Polynomial Chaos Model Surrogate. Monthly Weather Review, 142(2), 933-941.

2013

Sraj, I., Iskandarani, M., Srinivasan, A., Thacker, W. C., Winokur, J., Alexanderian, A., Lee, C., Chen, S. S., & Knio, O. M. (2013). Bayesian Inference of Drag Parameters Using AXBT Data from Typhoon Fanapi. Monthly Weather Review, 141(7), 2347-2367.
Winokur, J., Conrad, P., Sraj, I., Knio, O., Srinivasan, A., Thacker, W. C., Marzouk, Y., & Iskandarani, M. (2013). A priori testing of sparse adaptive polynomial chaos expansions using an ocean general circulation model database. Computational Geosciences, 17(6), 899-911.

Conference Presentations - 4

2013

Iskandarani, M. S., A.; Le Henaff, M. T., & W.C.; Knio, O. (2013). Quantifying Initial Conditions Uncertainties in a Gulf of Mexico HYCOM Ocean Forecast. In CARTHE Spring Meeting
Iskandarani, M. S., A.; Le Henaff, M. T., & W.C.; Knio, O. (2013). Application of Polynomial Chaos Methods to Ocean Modeling. In SIAM Annual Meeting
Iskandarani, M. S., A.; Le Henaff, M. T., & W.C.; Knio, O. (2013). Coastal Models of Oil Transport in the Gulf of Mexico under Normal and Extreme Conditions. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013
Sraj, I. I., M.; Srninivasan, A. T., W.C.; Winokur, J. A., & A.; Lee, C. (2013). Combining HYCOM, AXBTs and Polynomial Chaos Methods to Estimate Wind Drag Parameters. In Layered Ocean Models Workshop