MERCEDES POZO BUIL
University of California Santa Cruz,
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center

ABOUT ME
I am an Assistant Project Scientist at the University of California Santa Cruz and NOAA’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center. I am originally from Spain, and I came to the U.S. for graduate school. I obtained my Ph.D from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2017. Previously, I received my M.S. in Physical Oceanography from the University of Cádiz, Spain. My research interests are in ocean modeling and large-scale circulation, specifically about subsurface ocean variability, large-scale changes in water masses and circulation, and how they affect upwelling systems.

RESEARCH

FROM CLIMATE TO
REGIONAL MODELS

SUBSURFACE OCEAN DYNAMICS AND PREDICTABILITY
PUBLICATIONS
2021
Pozo Buil, M., Jacox, M., Fiechter, J., Alexander, M., Bograd, S., Curchitser E., Edwards C., Rykaczewski, R., Stock, C., A dynamically downscaled ensemble of future projections for the California Current System. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.612874 [PDF]
Kearney, K.A., Bograd, S.J., Drenkard, E., Gomez, F.A., Haltuch, M., Hermann, A.J., Jacox, M.G., Kaplan, I.C., Koenigstein, S., Luo, J.Y., Masi, M., Muhling, B., Pozo Buil, M. and Woodworth-Jefcoats, P.A., 2021. Using Global-Scale Earth System Models for Regional Fisheries Applications.
Frontiers. Marine. Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.68524 [PDF]
Fiechter, J., Pozo Buil, M., Jacox, M., Alexander, M., Rose, K., 2021. Projected shifts in 21st century sardine distribution and catch in the California Current. Frontiers Marine Sciences, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.685241 [PDF]
Drenkard E., …, Pozo Buil, M., et al., 2021. Next-generation regional ocean projections for living marine resource management in a changing climate. ICES Journal of Marine Science. fsab100, https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab100 [PDF]
Brodie, S., Abrahms, B., Bograd, S.J., Carroll, G., Hazen, E.L., Muhlng, B., Pozo Buil, M., Smith, J.A, Welch, H., Jacox, M., 2021. Exploring timescales of predictability in species distributions. Ecography. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05504 [PDF]
Smith, J., Muhling, B., Sweeney, J., Tommasi, D., Pozo Buil, M., Fiechter, J., Jacox, M., 2021, The potential impact of a shifting Pacific sardine distribution on U.S. West Coast landings. Fisheries Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12529 [PDF]
2020
Evans N., Schroeder I., Pozo Buil, M., Jacox M., Bograd S., 2020, Drivers of Subsurface Deoxygenation in the Southern California Current System. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, e2020GL089274, doi.org:10.1029/2020GL089274 [PDF]
Jacox M., …, Pozo Buil, M., et al., 2020, Seasonal-to-interannual prediction of North American coastal marine ecosystems: Forecast methods, mechanisms of predictability, and priority developments, Progress in Oceanography, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102307 [PDF]
2019
Capotondi A., …, Pozo Buil, M., et al., 2019, Observational Needs Supporting Marine Ecosystems Modeling and Forecasting: Insights from U.S. Coastal Applications. Front. Mar. Sci. 6:623. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00623 [PDF]
2017
Pozo Buil, M. and Di Lorenzo, E., 2017, Decadal predictability of coastal hypoxia in the Northeast Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 4204–4213, doi:10.1002/2017GL072931 [PDF]
Wong-Villacres, ..., Pozo Buil, M., 2017, Design Guidelines for Parent-School Technologies to Support the Ecology of Parental Engagement. 2017 ACM Interaction Design & Children conference, Conference paper, doi: 10.1145/3078072.307974 [PDF]
2015
Pozo Buil, M. and Di Lorenzo, E., 2015, Decadal changes in Gulf of Alaska upwelling source waters. Geophysical Research Letters, 42: 1488–1495. doi: 10.1002/2015GL063191 [PDF]
Bograd, S. J., Pozo Buil, M., Di Lorenzo, E., Castro G. C., Schroeder D. I., Goericke R., Anderson C., Benitez-Nelson, C. and Whitney, F., 2015, Changes in source waters to the southern California Bight. Deep-Sea Research Part a-Oceanographic Research Papers, 117 42-52 [PDF]
MERCEDES POZO BUIL
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Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz &
Environmental Research Division NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
99 Pacific St. Ste. 255A
Monterey, CA, 93940
