Jacob M. Steinberg

Research Scientist, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

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NOAA/GFDL

Princeton, NJ

Hello! I’m a research scientist at NOAA OAR’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. As a physical oceanographer in the Ocean and Cryosphere Division I work to understand the patterns and drivers of sea level variability and improve sea level process representation in ocean and climate models. I’m especially interested in sea level along the world’s coastlines and changing nature of extreme events and flooding. My research leverages observational datasets and state-of-the-art ocean and earth system models to link regional sea level change to ocean heat content, water mass transformation, and larger-scale ocean circulation changes. A central goal of my work is building a mechanistic understanding that can imrpove predictions of future states across daily to decadal timescales.

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selected publications

  1. JPO
    A Landscape of Eddy Vertical Structure: Methods of Characterization and the Role of Bathymetric Slope and Roughness
    Jacob M. Steinberg, Elizabeth Yankovsky, Sylvia T. Cole, and 1 more author
    Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2025
  2. JGR
  3. JGR
    Influence of Deep-Ocean Warming on Coastal Sea-Level Decadal Trends in the Gulf of Mexico
    Jacob M. Steinberg, Christopher G. Piecuch, Benjamin D. Hamlington, and 2 more authors
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2024
  4. JPO
    Seasonality of the Mesoscale Inverse Cascade as Inferred from Global Scale-Dependent Eddy Energy Observations
    Jacob M. Steinberg, Sylvia T. Cole, Kyla Drushka, and 1 more author
    Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2022
  5. JPO
    Observed Evolution of a California Undercurrent Eddy
    Jacob M. Steinberg, Noel A. Pelland, and Charles C. Eriksen
    Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2019