Faculty
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4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Thuwal 23955-6900
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ibrahim Hoteit
Assistant Professor, Earth Sciences and Engineering
Assistant Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences
Red Sea Research Center
Ph.D. Université Joseph Fourrier, Grenoble, France 2000
M.S. Université Joseph Fourrier, Grenoble, France 1997
B.S. Université Joseph Fourrier, Grenoble, France 1996
Research Interests
Professor Hoteit has published 49 papers in journals and symposia. His current research interests include:
- Development of advanced methods for data assimilation and inverse problems.
- Modeling, analyzing and predicting the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf circulation.
- Uncertainty quantification and estimation of ocean models mixing parameters.
- Storm surge forecasting using nonlinear Kalman filtering.
- Data assimilation into reservoir models.
- Modeling and predicting weather variability in the Middle-East region.
- Assimilation of aerosols into a climate model
Selected Publications
- H. Song, I. Hoteit, B. Cornuelle, and A. Subramanian. "An adaptive approach to mitigate background covariance limitations in the ensemble Kalman filter". Monthly Weather Review, in press, 2010.
- X. Luo, L.M. Moroz, and I. Hoteit. "Scaled unscented transform Gaussian sum filter: theory and application". Physica-D, 239, 684-701, 2010.
- Hoteit, B. Cornuelle, and P. Heimbach. "An eddy permitting variational data assimilation system for estimating the state of the tropical pacific". Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, C03001, doi:10.1029/2009JC005437, 2010.
- Hoteit, B. Cornuelle, S.Y. Kim, E. Terrell, and G. Forget. "Assessing 4DVAR and predictability of coastal high frequency radar in San Diego". Dynamics of the Atmosphere and the Ocean, 48, 175-197, 2009.
- Hoteit, D.-T. Pham, G. Triantafyllou, and G. Korres. "A new approximate solution of the optimal nonlinear filter for data assimilation in meteorology and oceanography". Monthly Weather Review, 136, 317-334, 2008.