Dhruv Balwada

Dhruv Balwada

Oceanographer, engineer, & data enthusiast.

Publications

Google Scholar Profile

Submitted/ In Review

  1. Learning Machine Learning with Lorenz-96
    Dhruv Balwada & M2LInES team
    Journal of Open Source Education
    Jupyter Book

  2. A Data-Driven Approach for Parameterizing Submesoscale Vertical Buoyancy Fluxes in the Ocean Mixed Layer
    Abigail Bodner, Dhruv Balwada, Laure Zanna
    arXiv

Peer Reviewed Publications

  1. The multi-scale response of the eddy kinetic energy and transport to strengthened westerlies in an idealized Antarctic Circumpolar Current
    Ran Liu, Guihua Wang, Dhruv Balwada
    Geophysical Research Letters (2024)

  2. Tracer stirring and variability in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current near the Southwest Indian Ridge
    Dhruv Balwada, Alison Gray, Lilian Dove, & Andrew Thompson
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans (2024)
    Github repo with data and code

  3. Reconstruction of Surface Kinematics from Sea Surface Height Using Neural Networks
    Qiyu Xiao, Dhruv Balwada, C. Spencer Jones, Mario Herrero-Gonz ́alez, K. Shafer Smith, & Ryan Abernathey
    Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (2023)

  4. Cautionary tales from the mesoscale eddy transport tensor
    Takaya Uchida, Dhruv Balwada, Quentin Jamet, William K. Dewar, Bruno Deremble, Thierry Penduff, Julien Le Sommer
    Ocean Modelling (2023)

  5. Direct observational evidence of an oceanic dual kinetic energy cascade and its seasonality
    Dhruv Balwada, Jin-Han Xie, Raffaele Marino, & Fabio Feraco
    Science Advances (2022)

  6. Enhanced ventilation in the energetic regions of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
    Lilian Dove, Dhruv Balwada, Andrew Thompson, & Alison Gray
    Geophysical Research Letters (2022)
    Supp Mat

  7. Diagnosing the thickness-weighted averaged eddy-mean flow interaction in an eddying North Atlantic ensemble
    Takaya Uchida, Quentin Jamet, William Dewar, Julien Le Sommer, Thierry Penduff, & Dhruv Balwada
    Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (2022)

  8. Influence of surface water flows on phytoplankton distribution in a shallow estuary
    Natalie L. Geyer, Dhruv Balwada, Elizabeth Simons, Kevin Speer, & Markus Huettel
    Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (2022)

  9. Observational evidence for ventilation hot spots in the Southern Ocean
    Lillian Dove, Andrew F. Thompson, Dhruv Balwada, & Alison R. Gray
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans (2021)

  10. Vertical fluxes conditioned on vorticity and strain reveal submesoscale ventilation
    Dhruv Balwada, Qiyu Xiao, Shafer Smith, Ryan Abernathey, & Alison R Gray
    Journal of Physical Oceanography (2021)

  11. Parameterizing non-propagating form drag over rough bathymetry
    Jody M. Klymak, Dhruv Balwada, Alberto Naveira Garabato, & Ryan Abernathey
    Journal of Physical Oceanography (2021)

  12. Relative Dispersion in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
    Dhruv Balwada, Joseph H. LaCasce, Kevin Speer, & Raffaele Ferrari
    Journal of Physical Oceanography (2021)

  13. Vertical Eddy Iron Fluxes Support Primary Production in the Open Southern Ocean
    Takaya Uchida, Dhruv Balwada, Ryan Abernathey, Galen McKinley, Shafer Smith, & Marina Levy
    Nature Communications (2020)
    Supp Mat

  14. Southern Ocean Phytoplankton Blooms Observed by Biogeochemical Floats
    Takaya Uchida, Dhruv Balwada, Ryan Abernathey, Channing Prend, Emmanuel Boss, & Sarah Gille
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans (2019)
    Supp Mat

  15. The Contribution of Submesoscale Over Mesoscale Eddy Iron Transport in the Open Southern Ocean
    Takaya Uchida, Dhruv Balwada, Ryan Abernathey, Galen McKinley, Shafer Smith, & Marina Levy
    Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (2019)

  16. Modulation of Lateral Transport by Submesoscale Eddies and Inertia Gravity Waves
    Anirban Sinha, D. Balwada, N. Tarshish, & R. Abernathey
    Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (2019)

  17. Submesoscale Vertical Velocities Enhance Tracer Subduction in an Idealized Antarctic Circumpolar Current
    Dhruv Balwada, S. Smith, & R. Abernathey
    Geophysical Research Letters (2018)
    Supp Mat, Video1km, Video5km, Video20km, Github repo with setup

  18. Global Observations of Horizontal Mixing from Argo float and Surface drifter trajectories
    Christopher Roach, D. Balwada, & K.G. Speer
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans (2018)
    Github repo with results

  19. Scale Dependent Distribution of Kinetic Energy from Surface Drifters in the Gulf of Mexico
    Dhruv Balwada, J.H. LaCasce, & K.G. Speer
    Geophysical Research Letters (2016)
    Supp Info.

  20. Horizontal Mixing in the Southern Ocean from Argo Float Trajectories
    Christopher Roach, D. Balwada, & K.G. Speer
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans (2016)

  21. Circulation and stirring in the South East Pacific Ocean and the Scotia Sea Sectors of the ACC
    Dhruv Balwada, K. G. Speer, J. H. LaCasce, B. Owens, R. Ferrari, & J. Marshall
    Journal of Physical Oceanography (2016)

  22. Tracking with Ranked Signals
    Tianyang Li, H. Pareek, P. Ravikumar, D. Balwada, & K.G. Speer
    31 Conf. on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (2015)

  23. Float-derived Isopycnal Diffusivities in the DIMES experiment
    Joseph H. LaCasce, R. Ferrari, R. Tulloch, D. Balwada, & K.G. Speer
    Journal of Physical Oceanography (2014)

  24. The Diapycnal and Isopycnal Mixing Experiment: A First Assessment
    Sarah T. Gille, J. Ledwell, A. Naveira-Garabato, K. Speer, D. Balwada, A. Brearley, J. B. Girton, A. Griesel, R. Ferrari, A. Klocker, J. LaCasce, P. Lazarevich, N. Mackay, M. P. Meredith, M.J. Messias, B. Owens, J.-B. Sallée, K. Sheen, E. Shuckburgh, D. A. Smeed, L. C. St. Laurent, J. M. Toole, A. J. Watson, N. Wienders, & U. Zajaczkovski
    CLIVAR Exchanges (2012)

Peer-reviewed Notebooks

Grey Literature