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| Ana Carrasco. Photo: private |
Title: Researcher
E-mail: ana.c@met.no
Postal address: P.O.Box 43 Blindern, NO-0313 Oslo
Phone: (+47) 2296 3313
Research Interests:
- Ensemble validation
- Stokes Drift and oil drift problems.
Research projects:
- WEPO
- OILDRIFT
- Waveflux
Employment:
- 2006-Present: Researcher associate at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo
Education:
- 1998 Ph.D in Physical Oceanography from the University of British Columbia. Vancouver, Canada.
- 1991 M.Sc. in Physical Oceanography from Centro de Investigación Científica y Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Baja California, Mexico.
Recent publications:
- Brostrom, G., Carrasco, A., Daniel, P., Hackett, B. and Paradis, D. 2010. Comparison of two oil drift models and different ocean forcing: With application
to Mediterranean drifter trajectories and North Sea oil spill. In: B. Dahlin, Flemming, Petersson (Editor), Eurogoos publication
no. 28. Coastal to global operational oceanography: Achievements and challanges, 5th Eurogoos conferance, Exeter, pp. 260-266.
- Gusdal Y, Carrasco A., Furevik B.R., Sætra Ø.: Validation of the Operational Wave Models WAM and SWAN 2010. Under bearbeidelse for Met.no report
series.
- Broström, G., Melsom, A. and Carrasco, A., 2009: Iceberg modelling at met.no: evaluation of hindcast study. Met.no report series, 16, Norwegian Meteorological Institute,
Oslo, Norway. pp. 63.
- Røed, L. P., I. Fossum, and A. Carrasco, 2010: Towards eddy resolving ocean prediction off the northern coast of Norway. In: Coastal to Global Operational Oceanography:
Achievements and Challenges. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on EuroGOOS, 20-22 May 2008, Exeter, UK. Eds.
H. Dahlin, M. J. Bell, N. C. Flemming, S.E. Petersson, pp. 246-252. ISBN 978-91-974828-6-8.
- Gusdal Yvonne, Ana Carrasco, Birgitte R. Furevik, Øyvind Sætra: Validation of the Operational Wave Model WAM at met.no - Report 2010. Report no. 14/2011. Oceanography. ISSN: 1503-8025. Oslo, December 8, 2011.
- Carrasco A. and Ø. Sætra: Global vs Limited Area Ensemble Prediction System. Report no. 11/2011. Oceanography. ISSN:Oslo, November 9, 2011.
- Broström, G. Carrasco A., Hole L.R., Dick S., Janssen F., Mattsson J., Berger S., 2011: Usefulness of high resolution coastal
models for
operational oil spill forecast: the Full City accident. Ocean Science 7, 805-820, 2011. http://www.ocean-sci.net/7/805/2011/os-7-805-2011.pdf - Ana Carrasco, Øyvind Sætra and Jean-Raymond Bidlot, 2011: Wave Ensemble Predictions for Safe Offshore Operations. Proc. 12th
International
Workshop on Wave Hindcasting and Forecasting and 3rd Coastal Hazard Symposium, Kohala Coast, Hawaii, October 30-November 4,G2011. http://www.waveworkshop.org/12thWaves/index.htm
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