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Christopher Brown

Cooperative Research Program

Satellite Climate Studies Branch, in College Park, Maryland
Research Scientist

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Recent Publications

To see Dr. Brown's complete list of publications, abstracts, and citation metrics, visit his ResearcherID page.

photo: Christopher BrownChristopher Brown received a B.S. degree in Biological Sciences from Cornell University in 1982, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Oceanography from the Graduate School of Oceanography of the University of Rhode Island in 1987 and 1993, respectively. After his doctorate, he began a two year postdoctoral fellowship at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center as a National Research Council Resident Research Associate. Chris joined NESDIS in November 1995. He is currently a member of the Satellite Climate Studies Branch and a Visiting Associate Research Scientist with the Cooperative Institute of Climate and Satellites at the University of Maryland.

An oceanographer, he uses remote sensing to address and understand biological patterns and their biogeochemical consequences in the global ocean. His primary research interest includes the remote detection, characterization and prediction of marine organisms. His activities include:

  • Detecting Algal Blooms in US coastal waters and the global ocean from space; and
  • Predicting Sea Nettles and Harmful Algal Blooms in Chesapeake Bay

Recent Publications

Corliss, B., C.W. Brown, Sun, X., and W.J. Showers. 2009. Deep-sea benthic foraminiferal diversity linked to pelagic seasonality of productivity. Deep-Sea Research Part I 56: 835-841.

Del Vecchio, R., A. Subramaniam, S. Schollaert, J. Ballabrera Poi, C.W. Brown and N. V. Blough. 2009. Time-series of SeaWiFS retrieve CDOM absorption and estimates of CO2 photoproduction on the continental shelf of the Eastern United States. Geophysical Research Letters 36, L02602, doi:10.1029/2008GL036169.

Vargas, M., C. W. Brown and M. R. P. Sapiano. 2009. Phenology of marine phytoplankton from satellite ocean color measurements. Geophysical Research Letters 36, L01608, doi:10.1029/2008GL036006.

Constantin de Magny, G., R. Murtugudde, M.R.P. Sapiano, A. Nizam, C.W. Brown, A.J. Busalacchi, M. Yunnus, B.G. Nair, A.I. Gil, C.F. Lanata, J.Calkins, B. Manna, K. Rajendran, M.K. Bhattacharya, A. Huq, R.B. Sack, and R.R. Colwell. 2008. Environmental signatures associated with cholera epidemics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 105 (46): 17676-17681.

Decker, M. B., C. W. Brown, R. R. Hood, J. E. Purcell, T. F. Gross, J. C. Matanoski, R. O. Bannon, and E. M. Setzler-Hamilton. 2007. Predicting the distribution of the scyphomedusa, Chrysaora quinquecirrha, in Chesapeake Bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series 329:99-113.

Corliss, B.H., X. Sun, C.W. Brown, and W.J. Showers. 2006. Influence of seasonal primary productivity on δ13C of North Atlantic deep-sea benthic foraminifera. Deep-Sea Research I, 53: 740-746.

Hood, R.R., E.A. Laws, R.A. Armstrong, N.R. Bates, C.W. Brown, C.A. Carlson, F. Chai, S.C. Doney, H. Ducklow, P. G. Falkowski, R.A. Feely, A.M. Friedrichs, M.R. Landry, J.K. Moore, D.M. Nelson, T.L. Richardson, B. Salihoglu, M. Schartau, D.A. Toole, and J.D. Wiggert. 2006. Pelagic functional group modeling: Progress, challenges and prospects. Deep-Sea Research II 53: 459-512.

Sun, X., B.H. Corliss, C.W. Brown, and W.J. Showers. 2006. The effect of primary productivity and seasonality on the distribution of deep-sea benthic foraminifera in the North Atlantic. Deep-Sea Research I 53: 28-47.

Brown, C.W., L.N. Connor, J.L. Lillibridge, N.R. Nalli, and R.V. Legeckis. 2004: An introduction to satellite sensors, observations and techniques. In: Miller, R. L., C. E. Del Castillo, and B. A. McKee, Remote Sensing of Coastal Aquatic Environments, Springer, New York, pp. 21-50.

Legeckis, R., C.W. Brown, F. Bonjean, and E.S. Johnson. 2004. The influence of Tropical Instability Waves on phytoplankton blooms in the wake of the Marquesas Islands during 1998 and on the currents observed during the drift of the Kon-Tiki in 1947. Geophysical Research Letters 31(23), L23307, doi:10.1029/2004GL021637.

Legeckis, R., C.W. Brown, F. Bonjean, and E.S. Johnson. 2004. Satellites reveal the influence of equatorial currents and tropical instability waves on the drift of the Kon-Tiki in the Pacific. Oceanography 17(4): 166-175.

Vaillancourt, R.D., C.W. Brown, R.R.L. Guillard, and W.W. Balch. 2004. Light backscattering properties of marine plankton: Relationships to cell size, chemical composition and taxonomy. Journal of Plankton Research 26(2): 191-212.


E-mail to: Christopher.W.Brown@noaa.gov


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