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Dr Fatma Jebri

Job Title
Research Scientist
Site
Southampton

Biography

Research Interests:

I am a biophysical oceanographer with a background in satellite and physical oceanography. My research focuses on linking ocean physical and biological processes and addressing societal challenges such as climate change impacts on marine environment; combing observations and models and different tools, including Machine Learning. My research case studies are in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans and the Mediterranean Sea. I am also experienced in capacity building at an international level.

Visiting Fellow position:

  • Visiting scholar to the Alan Turing Institute as part of the Turing Research and Innovation Cluster in Digital Twins programme.

PhD Students:

  • William Luty (2023-present): Impact of oceanic mesoscale eddies on the productivity of the western Bay of Bengal: contribution of new Earth Observation data and Machine Learning
  • Sunny Joshi (2023-present): Bayesian Meta-Learning for Earth Observation: Better Models with Less Data
  • Lingxing Dai (Feb-Nov 2024) as a visiting PhD student: on using machine learning to generate super high-resolution surface currents in the equatorial Pacific

MSc Students:

  • Karl Kay (2021-22): La Niña impacts on chlorophyll-a variations in coastal East Africa
  • Timea Faber (2020-21): Productivity controls at the Somali coast during the northeast monsoon

Links:

Committee Memberships

  • Member of the IOC-UNESCO Group of Experts on Capacity Building (GoE CD) (2022-present).
  • Member of “Ocean Science in Action” MOOC international mentoring team (2020-21).

 

Projects

PROMOTE (Co-I) - Progressing Earth System Modelling for Tipping Point Early Warning Systems
AtlantiS (Co-I) - Atlantic Climate and Environment Strategic Science
MEZCAL (Co-I) - Methods for Extending the horiZontal Coverage of the Amoc Latitudinally and retrospectively
FOCUS - Future states Of the global Coastal ocean: Understanding for Solutions
TerraFIRMA - Future Impacts, Risks and Mitigation Actions in a changing Earth system
COMFORT  - Common Future ocean in the Earth System - Quantifying coupled cycles of carbon, oxygen, and nutrients for determining and achieving safe operating spaces with respect to tipping points 
SOLSTICE - Sustainable Oceans, Livelihoods and food Security Through Increased Capacity in Ecosystem research in the Western Indian Ocean
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Publications

Authors

Gittings, John A; Dall’Olmo, Giorgio; Tang, Weiyi; Llort, Joan; Jebri, Fatma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7048-0068; Livanou, Eleni; Nencioli, Francesco; Darmaraki, Sofia; Theodorou, Iason; Brewin, Robert J W; Srokosz, Meric ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7347-7411; Cassar, Nicolas; Raitsos, Dionysios E; Palumbi, Stephen. 2024 An exceptional phytoplankton bloom in the southeast Madagascar Sea driven by African dust deposition. PNAS Nexus, 3 (10). 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae386

Publication year

2024

Publication type

Article

Authors

Hancke, Lisa; Smeed, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1740-1778; Roberts, Mike; Russo, Cristina; Rayner, Darren ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2283-4140; Jebri, Fatma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7048-0068. 2023 Atmospheric and advective forcing of upwelling on South Africa's central Agulhas Bank. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 209, 105293. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2023.105293

Publication year

2023

Publication type

Article

Authors

Hancke, Lisa; Roberts, Michael J.; Smeed, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1740-1778; Jebri, Fatma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7048-0068. 2023 Cold ridge formation mechanisms on the Agulhas Bank (South Africa) as revealed by satellite-tracked drifters. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 208, 105245. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2022.105245

Publication year

2023

Publication type

Article

Authors

Jacobs, Zoe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-0699; Kelly, Stephen; Jebri, Fatma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7048-0068; Roberts, Michael; Srokosz, Meric ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7347-7411; Sauer, Warwick; Hancke, Lisa; Popova, Ekaterina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2012-708X. 2022 Retention properties of the Agulhas bank and their relevance to the chokka squid life cycle. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 202, 105151. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2022.105151

Publication year

2022

Publication type

Article

Authors

Jacobs, Zoe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-0699; Roberts, Mike; Jebri, Fatma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7048-0068; Srokosz, Meric ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7347-7411; Kelly, Stephen; Sauer, Warwick; Bruggeman, Jorn; Popova, Ekaterina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2012-708X. 2022 Drivers of productivity on the Agulhas Bank and the importance for marine ecosystems. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 199, 105080. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2022.105080

Publication year

2022

Publication type

Article

Authors

Mazwane, Sixolile L.; Poulton, Alex J.; Hickman, Anna E.; Jebri, Fatma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7048-0068; Jacobs, Zoe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-0699; Roberts, Mike; Noyon, Margaux. 2022 Spatial and temporal variability of net primary production on the Agulhas Bank, 1998–2018. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 199, 105079. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2022.105079

Publication year

2022

Publication type

Article

Authors

Jebri, Fatma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7048-0068; Raitsos, Dionysios E.; Gittings, John A.; Jacobs, Zoe L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-0699; Srokosz, Meric ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7347-7411; Gornall, Jessica; Sauer, Warwick H.H.; Roberts, Michael J.; Popova, Ekaterina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2012-708X. 2022 Unravelling links between squid catch variations and biophysical mechanisms in South African waters. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 196, 105028. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2022.105028

Publication year

2022

Publication type

Article

Authors

Mutia, Damaris; Carpenter, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5707-1465; Jacobs, Zoe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-0699; Jebri, Fatma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7048-0068; Kamau, Joseph; Kelly, Stephen J.; Kimeli, Amon; Langat, Philip Kibet; Makori, Amina; Nencioli, Francesco; Painter, Stuart C.; Popova, Ekaterina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2012-708X; Raitsos, Dionysios; Roberts, Michael. 2021 Productivity driven by Tana river discharge is spatially limited in Kenyan coastal waters. Ocean & Coastal Management, 211, 105713. 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105713

Publication year

2021

Publication type

Article

Authors

Kamau, Joseph N.; Jacobs, Zoe L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-0699; Jebri, Fatma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7048-0068; Kelly, Stephen; Kimani, Edward; Makori, Amina; Mwaluma, James; Mueni, Elizabeth; Ong'anda, Harrison; Palmer, Matthew R.; Popova, Ekaterina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2012-708X; Roberts, Michael J.; Taylor, Sarah F.W.; Wihsgott, Juliane U. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7909-0007; Painter, Stuart C.. 2021 Managing emerging fisheries of the North Kenya Banks in the context of environmental change. Ocean & Coastal Management, 209, 105671. 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105671

Publication year

2021

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Article

Publication year

2021

Publication type

Article

Authors

Kizenga, Hellen J.; Jebri, Fatma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7048-0068; Shaghude, Yohana; Raitsos, Dionysios E.; Srokosz, Meric ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7347-7411; Jacobs, Zoe L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-0699; Nencioli, Francesco; Shalli, Mwanahija; Kyewalyanga, Margareth S.; Popova, Ekaterina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2012-708X. 2021 Variability of mackerel fish catch and remotely-sensed biophysical controls in the eastern pemba channel. Ocean & Coastal Management, 207, 105593. 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105593

Publication year

2021

Publication type

Article

Publication year

2020

Publication type

Article

Authors

Sekadende, Baraka; Scott, Lucy; Anderson, Jim; Aswani, Shankar; Francis, Julius; Jacobs, Zoe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-0699; Jebri, Fatma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7048-0068; Jiddawi, Narriman; Kamukuru, Albogast T.; Kelly, Stephen; Kizenga, Hellen; Kuguru, Baraka; Kyewalyanga, Margareth; Noyon, Margaux; Nyandwi, Ntahondi; Painter, Stuart C.; Palmer, Matthew; Raitsos, Dionysios E.; Roberts, Michael; Sailley, Sévrine F.; Samoilys, Melita; Sauer, Warwick H.H.; Shayo, Salome; Shaghude, Yohana; Taylor, Sarah F.W.; Wihsgott, Juliane ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7909-0007; Popova, Ekaterina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2012-708X. 2020 The small pelagic fishery of the Pemba Channel, Tanzania: What we know and what we need to know for management under climate change. Ocean & Coastal Management, 197, 105322. 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105322

Publication year

2020

Publication type

Article

Authors

Jacobs, Zoe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-0699; Jebri, Fatma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7048-0068; Srokosz, Meric ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7347-7411; Raitsos, Dionysios E.; Painter, Stuart C.; Nencioli, Francesco; Osuka, Kennedy; Samoilys, Melita; Sauer, Warwick; Roberts, Michael; Taylor, Sarah F. W.; Scott, Lucy; Kizenga, Hellen; Popova, Ekaterina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2012-708X. 2020 A major ecosystem shift in coastal East African waters during the 1997/98 Super El Niño as detected using remote sensing data. Remote Sensing, 12 (19), 3127. 10.3390/rs12193127

Publication year

2020

Publication type

Article

Authors

Jebri, Fatma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7048-0068; Jacobs, Zoe L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-0699; Raitsos, Dionysios E.; Srokosz, Meric ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7347-7411; Painter, Stuart C.; Kelly, Stephen; Roberts, Michael J.; Scott, Lucy; Taylor, Sarah F. W.; Palmer, Matthew; Kizenga, Hellen; Shaghude, Yohana; Wihsgott, Juliane ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7909-0007; Popova, Ekaterina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2012-708X. 2020 Interannual monsoon wind variability as a key driver of East African small pelagic fisheries. Scientific Reports, 10 (1), 13247. 10.1038/s41598-020-70275-9

Publication year

2020

Publication type

Article

Authors

Verron, Jacques; Bonnefond, Pascal; Aouf, Lofti; Birol, Florence; Bhowmick, Suchandra; Calmant, Stéphane; Conchy, Taina; Crétaux, Jean-François; Dibarboure, Gérald; Dubey, A.; Faugère, Yannice; Guerreiro, Kevin; Gupta, P.; Hamon, Mathieu; Jebri, Fatma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7048-0068; Kumar, Raj; Morrow, Rosemary; Pascual, Ananda; Pujol, Marie-Isabelle; Rémy, Elisabeth; Rémy, Frédérique; Smith, Walter; Tournadre, Jean; Vergara, Oscar. 2018 The Benefits of the Ka-Band as Evidenced from the SARAL/AltiKa Altimetric Mission: Scientific Applications. Remote Sensing, 10 (2). 163. 10.3390/rs10020163

Publication year

2018

Publication type

Article

Authors

Jebri, Fatma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7048-0068; Zakardjian, Bruno; Birol, Florence; Bouffard, Jérôme; Jullion, Loïc; Sammari, Cherif. 2017 Interannual variations of surface currents and transports in the Sicily Channel derived From coastal altimetry. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122 (11). 8330-8353. 10.1002/2017JC012836

Publication year

2017

Publication type

Article

Authors

Jebri, Fatma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7048-0068; Birol, Florence; Zakardjian, Bruno; Bouffard, Jérome; Sammari, Cherif. 2016 Exploiting coastal altimetry to improve the surface circulation scheme over the central Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121 (7). 4888-4909. 10.1002/2016JC011961

Publication year

2016

Publication type

Article