Lisa Beal

Beal grew up in the United Kingdom,{{Cite web|title=Lisa Beal|url=https://people.miami.edu/profiles/l.beal@miami.edu|access-date=2022-02-20|website=people.miami.edu|language=en}} and was first attracted to aeronautical engineering as an undergraduate at University of Southampton before changing to oceanography.{{cite journal|date=December 17, 2015|title=Autobiographical sketches|url=https://tos.org/oceanography/article/women-in-oceanography-a-decade-later-autobiographical-sketches1|journal=Oceanography|volume=27|issue=4|page=58}} She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Southampton working on the Agulhas Current.{{Cite thesis|title=Observations of the velocity structure of the Agulhas Current.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53644738|date=1997|language=en|first=Lisa M|last=Beal|oclc = 53644738}} Following her Ph.D. she did postdoctoral work at Columbia University and Scripps Institution of Oceanography before moving to the University of Miami in 2003.{{Cite web|date=2016-07-07|title=Lisa Beal|url=https://mpowir.org/resources/career-profiles/lisa-beal/|access-date=2022-02-20|website=MPOWIR|language=en-US}} In 2021 Beal was named editor-in-chief for the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans.{{Cite web|date=2021-02-25|title=Introducing the New Editor in Chief of JGR: Oceans|url=http://eos.org/editors-vox/introducing-the-new-editor-in-chief-of-jgr-oceans|access-date=2022-02-20|website=Eos|language=en-US}} She formerly served as editor for the ocean section of Geophysical Research Letters from 2014 until 2017.{{Cite web|date=2019-05-22|title=Lisa Beal|url=https://public-old.wmo.int/en/resources/gender-equality/women-weather-water-and-climate/lisa-beal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218183032/https://public-old.wmo.int/en/resources/gender-equality/women-weather-water-and-climate/lisa-beal|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 18, 2023|access-date=2022-02-20|website=public.wmo.int|language=en}}

Beal is known for her work on the Agulhas current, a western boundary current in the southwest Indian Ocean. She first worked on Agulhas Undercurrent{{Cite journal|last1=Beal|first1=Lisa M.|last2=Bryden|first2=Harry L.|date=1997-09-01|title=Observations of an Agulhas Undercurrent|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967063797000332|journal=Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers|language=en|volume=44|issue=9|pages=1715–1724|doi=10.1016/S0967-0637(97)00033-2|bibcode=1997DSRI...44.1715B|issn=0967-0637}} and determined the velocity of the current using acoustic measurements.{{Cite journal|last1=Beal|first1=Lisa M.|last2=Bryden|first2=Harry L.|date=1999-03-15|title=The velocity and vorticity structure of the Agulhas Current at 32°S|url=https://doi.org/10.1029/1998JC900056|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans|volume=104|issue=C3|pages=5151–5176|doi=10.1029/1998jc900056|bibcode=1999JGR...104.5151B|issn=0148-0227}} Her work has defined the role of the Agulhas Current in global climate,{{Cite journal|last1=Beal|first1=Lisa M.|last2=De Ruijter|first2=Wilhelmus P. M.|last3=Biastoch|first3=Arne|last4=Zahn|first4=Rainer|date=2011|title=On the role of the Agulhas system in ocean circulation and climate|url=http://www.nature.com/articles/nature09983|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=472|issue=7344|pages=429–436|doi=10.1038/nature09983|pmid=21525925|bibcode=2011Natur.472..429B|s2cid=4424886|issn=0028-0836}}{{Cite web|last=Purcell|first=Conor|date=November 13, 2019|title=A Sharper View of the World's Oceans|url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-sharper-view-of-the-worlds-oceans/|access-date=2022-02-20|website=Scientific American|language=en}} particularly through her development of high resolution models{{Cite journal|last1=Cheng|first1=Yu|last2=Putrasahan|first2=Dian|last3=Beal|first3=Lisa|last4=Kirtman|first4=Ben|date=2016-10-01|title=Quantifying Agulhas Leakage in a High-Resolution Climate Model|journal=Journal of Climate|language=en|volume=29|issue=19|pages=6881–6892|doi=10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0568.1|bibcode=2016JCli...29.6881C|issn=0894-8755|doi-access=free}} She has quantified recent widening of the current and its subsequent impact on transport of heat.{{Cite journal|last1=Beal|first1=Lisa M.|last2=Elipot|first2=Shane|date=2016|title=Broadening not strengthening of the Agulhas Current since the early 1990s|url=http://www.nature.com/articles/nature19853|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=540|issue=7634|pages=570–573|doi=10.1038/nature19853|pmid=27828944|bibcode=2016Natur.540..570B|s2cid=4451613|issn=0028-0836}}{{Cite web|last=Chakravorty|first=Adityarup|date=February 7, 2017|title=Broadening ocean current could carry less heat poleward with climate change|url=https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/broadening-ocean-current-could-carry-less-heat-poleward-climate-change/|access-date=2022-02-20|website=www.earthmagazine.org}}{{Cite web|date=2016-11-10|title=Indian Ocean's widening current to impact climate change|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/science/indian-oceans-widening-current-to-impact-climate-change-4368306/|access-date=2022-02-20|website=The Indian Express|language=en}} Her other work in the area includes investigations into monsoons in the Arabian Sea{{cite journal |last1=Beal |first1=L. M. |last2=Hormann |first2=V. |last3=Lumpkin |first3=R. |last4=Foltz |first4=G. R. |title=The Response of the Surface Circulation of the Arabian Sea to Monsoonal Forcing |journal=Journal of Physical Oceanography |date=1 September 2013 |volume=43 |issue=9 |pages=2008–2022 |doi=10.1175/JPO-D-13-033.1 |bibcode=2013JPO....43.2008B |s2cid=129835577 |url=https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-13-033.1 |language=en |issn=0022-3670|doi-access=free }} and monitoring climate change in the Indian Ocean using the Indian Ocean Observing System.{{Cite web|last=Ghosh|first=Sahana|date=2021-05-07|title=Improved monitoring proposed in the Indian Ocean as climatic and oceanic changes increase|url=https://india.mongabay.com/2021/05/improved-monitoring-proposed-in-the-indian-ocean-as-climatic-and-oceanic-changes-increase/|access-date=2022-02-20|website=Mongabay-India|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2021-01-17|title=Researchers offer guide to improve ecological perceptions in Indian ocean|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/environment/researchers-offer-guide-to-improve-ecological-perceptions-in-indian-ocean-101610869494037.html|access-date=2022-02-20|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}{{Cite journal|last1=Beal|first1=L. M.|last2=Vialard|first2=J.|last3=Roxy|first3=M. K.|last4=Li|first4=J.|last5=Andres|first5=M.|last6=Annamalai|first6=H.|last7=Feng|first7=M.|last8=Han|first8=W.|last9=Hood|first9=R.|last10=Lee|first10=T.|last11=Lengaigne|first11=M.|date=2020-11-01|title=A Road Map to IndOOS-2: Better Observations of the Rapidly Warming Indian Ocean|journal=Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society|language=en|volume=101|issue=11|pages=E1891–E1913|doi=10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0209.1|bibcode=2020BAMS..101E1891B|s2cid=225682650|issn=0003-0007|doi-access=free|hdl=1912/26841|hdl-access=free}} In Florida, Beal has used cruise ships such as the Explorer of the Seas to examine water currents in the Florida Straits{{Cite journal|last1=Beal|first1=Lisa M.|last2=Hummon|first2=Julia M.|last3=Williams|first3=Elizabeth|last4=Brown|first4=Otis B.|last5=Baringer|first5=Warner|last6=Kearns|first6=Edward J.|date=2008-06-03|title=Five years of Florida Current structure and transport from the Royal Caribbean Cruise ShipExplorer of the Seas|url=https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JC004154|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research|volume=113|issue=C6|doi=10.1029/2007jc004154|bibcode=2008JGRC..113.6001B|issn=0148-0227}}{{Cite journal|last1=Rousset|first1=Clément|last2=Beal|first2=Lisa M.|date=2010-07-01|title=Observations of the Florida and Yucatan Currents from a Caribbean Cruise Ship|journal=Journal of Physical Oceanography|language=en|volume=40|issue=7|pages=1575–1581|doi=10.1175/2010JPO4447.1|bibcode=2010JPO....40.1575R|issn=0022-3670|doi-access=free}} and worked on sea level rise in the area around Miami.{{Cite web|last=Quynh|first=Jacqueline|date=2021-11-02|title=Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava During Climate Summit:'We're Often The Canary In The Coal Mine'|url=https://miami.cbslocal.com/2021/11/02/climate-summit-daniella-levine-cava/|access-date=2022-02-20|language=en-US}}

• {{cite journal |last1=Cunningham |first1=Stuart A. |last2=Kanzow |first2=Torsten |last3=Rayner |first3=Darren |last4=Baringer |first4=Molly O. |last5=Johns |first5=William E. |last6=Marotzke |first6=Jochem |last7=Longworth |first7=Hannah R. |last8=Grant |first8=Elizabeth M. |last9=Hirschi |first9=Joël J.-M. |last10=Beal |first10=Lisa M. |last11=Meinen |first11=Christopher S. |last12=Bryden |first12=Harry L. |title=Temporal Variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26.5°N |journal=Science |date=17 August 2007 |volume=317 |issue=5840 |pages=935–938 |doi=10.1126/science.1141304 |pmid=17702940 |bibcode=2007Sci...317..935C |s2cid=129048818 |url=https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1141304 |language=en}}
• {{cite journal |last1=Beal |first1=Lisa M. |last2=De Ruijter |first2=Wilhelmus P. M. |last3=Biastoch |first3=Arne |last4=Zahn |first4=Rainer |title=On the role of the Agulhas system in ocean circulation and climate |journal=Nature |date=April 2011 |volume=472 |issue=7344 |pages=429–436 |doi=10.1038/nature09983|pmid=21525925 |bibcode=2011Natur.472..429B |s2cid=4424886 }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Johns |first1=W. E. |last2=Baringer |first2=M. O. |last3=Beal |first3=L. M. |last4=Cunningham |first4=S. A. |last5=Kanzow |first5=T. |last6=Bryden |first6=H. L. |last7=Hirschi |first7=J. J. M. |last8=Marotzke |first8=J. |last9=Meinen |first9=C. S. |last10=Shaw |first10=B. |last11=Curry |first11=R. |title=Continuous, Array-Based Estimates of Atlantic Ocean Heat Transport at 26.5°N |journal=Journal of Climate |date=15 May 2011 |volume=24 |issue=10 |pages=2429–2449 |doi=10.1175/2010JCLI3997.1 |bibcode=2011JCli...24.2429J |s2cid=4824522 |url=https://doi.org/10.1175/2010JCLI3997.1 |language=en |issn=0894-8755|doi-access=free |hdl=11858/00-001M-0000-0012-3173-2 |hdl-access=free }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Beal |first1=Lisa M. |last2=Bryden |first2=Harry L. |title=The velocity and vorticity structure of the Agulhas Current at 32°S |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans |date=15 March 1999 |volume=104 |issue=C3 |pages=5151–5176 |doi=10.1029/1998jc900056 |bibcode=1999JGR...104.5151B |url=https://doi.org/10.1029/1998JC900056 |issn=0148-0227}}
• {{cite journal |last1=Beal |first1=Lisa M. |last2=Ffield |first2=Amy |last3=Gordon |first3=Arnold L. |title=Spreading of Red Sea overflow waters in the Indian Ocean |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans |date=15 April 2000 |volume=105 |issue=C4 |pages=8549–8564 |doi=10.1029/1999jc900306 |bibcode=2000JGR...105.8549B |url=https://doi.org/10.1029/1999JC900306 |issn=0148-0227}}

• In 2019, Beal delivered the Marie Tharpe lecture at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel.{{Cite web|date=September 3, 2019|title=Western border currents in climate change|url=https://www.geomar.de/en/news/article/western-border-currents-in-climate-change|access-date=2022-02-20|website=www.geomar.de|language=en}}

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