Selected publications

For a full list of publications, see CV

• Pedro A. Figueroa, Gonzalo S. Saldías, Susan E. Allen. (2025). The influence of a submarine canyon on the wind-driven downwelling circulation over the continental shelf. Ocean Science, doi:10.5194/os-21-643-2025.

• Yosvany García-Santos, Diego A. Narváez, Martin Jacqués-Coper, Gonzalo S. Saldías, Deniz Bozkurt, Benjamin M. Alessio. (2025). Dominant Wind Patterns Under the Influence of Atmospheric Rivers: Implications for Coastal Upwelling off Central‐Southern Chile. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, doi:10.1029/2024JC021444.

• Andrea Corredor-Acosta, Alexander Galán, Gonzalo S. Saldías, Jorge I. Mardones, Johanna Medellín-Mora, Máximo Frangopulos, Takuhei Shiozaki, Naomi Harada, Humberto E. González, José L. Iriarte. (2025). Oceanic phytoplankton structure off western Patagonia during the austral summer: Implications for harmful algal blooms. Progress in Oceanography, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2024.103409.

• Odette A. Vergara, Pedro A. Figueroa, Cristian Salas, Sebastián I. Vásquez, Richard Muñoz, Gonzalo S. Saldías. (2024). The influence of the Biobio Canyon on the circulation and coastal upwelling/downwelling off central Chile. Continental Shelf Research, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2024.105335.

• Elizabeth D. Curra-Sánchez, Aline de M. Valerio, Carlos Lara, Wirmer García-Tuñon, Bernardo R. Broitman, Gonzalo S. Saldías, Jorge Nimptsch, Cristian A. Vargas. (2024). CDOM dynamics in two coastal zones influenced by contrasting land uses in northern Patagonia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2024.108897.

• Macarena Díaz-Astudillo, Ramiro Riquelme-Bugueño, Gonzalo S. Saldías, Jaime Letelier. (2024). Mesoscale and climate environmental variability drive krill community changes in the Humboldt Current System. Journal of Marine Systems, doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2024.103998.

• Luis Bustos-Espinoza, Patricio Torres-Ramírez, Sergio Figueroa, Pablo González, Marcelo Pavez, Rodolfo Jerez, Gonzalo S. Saldías, Claudio Espinoza, Alexander Galán. (2024). Biogeochemical response of the pelagic system of Concepción Bay, Chile, to a new regime of atmospheric and oceanographic variability. Geosciences, doi:10.3390/geosciences14050125.

• Gonzalo S. Saldías, Pedro A. Figueroa, David Carrasco, Diego A. Narváez, Iván Pérez-Santos, Carlos Lara. (2024). Satellite-derived variability of sea surface salinity and geostrophic currents off Western Patagonia. Remote Sensing, doi:10.3390/rs16091482.

• Alonso Roco, Raúl Flores, Megan Williams, Gonzalo S. Saldías. (2024). Observations of river-wave interactions at a small-scale river mouth. Coastal Engineering, doi:10.1016/j.coastaleng.2024.104456.

• Julio Salcedo-Castro, Antonio Olita, Freddy Saavedra, Gonzalo S. Saldías, Raúl Cruz-Gómez, Cristian D. de la Torre Martínez. (2023). Modelling the interannual variability of Maipo and Rapel river plumes off central Chile. Ocean Science, doi:10.5194/os-19-1687-2023.

• Richard Muñoz, Odette A. Vergara, Pedro A. Figueroa, Piero Mardones, Marcus Sobarzo, Gonzalo S. Saldías. (2023). On the phenology of coastal upwelling off central-southern Chile. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, doi:10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2023.101405.

• Pamela Linford, Iván Pérez-Santos, Ivonne Montes, Boris Dewitte, Susana Buchan, Diego Narváez, Gonzalo S. Saldías, et al. (2023). Recent deoxygenation of Patagonian fjords subsurface waters connected to the Peru-Chile Undercurrent and Equatorial Subsurface Water Variability. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, doi:10.1029/2022GB007688.

• Richard Muñoz, Carlos Lara, Johny Arteaga, Sebastián I. Vásquez, Gonzalo S. Saldías, Raúl P. Flores, Junyu He, Bernardo R. Broitman, Bernard Cazelles. (2023). Temporal synchrony in satellite-derived ocean parameters in the Inner Sea of Chiloé, northern Patagonia, Chile. Remote Sensing, doi:10.3390/rs15082182.

• Cristian M. Rojas, Gonzalo S. Saldías, Raúl P. Flores, Sebastián I. Vásquez, Cristian Salas, Cristian A. Vargas. (2023). A modeling study of hydrographic and flow variability along the river-influenced coastal ocean off central Chile. Ocean Modelling, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2022.102155.

• Jurleys P. Vellojin, Gonzalo S. Saldías, Susan E. Allen, Rodrigo Torres, Maximiliano Vergara, Marcus Sobarzo, Mike DeGrandpre, Jose Luis Iriarte. (2022). Understanding the implications of hydrographic processes on the dynamics of the carbonate system in a Sub-Antarctic marine-terminating glacier-fjord (53°S). Frontiers in Marine Science, doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.643811.

• Marcus Sobarzo, Camila Soto-Riquelme, Raúl P. Flores, Gonzalo S. Saldías. (2022). Synoptic flow variability in a river-influenced inner shelf off central Chile. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, doi:10.3390/jmse10040501.

• Saurav Sahu, Susan E. Allen, Gonzalo S. Saldías, Jody M. Klymak, Li Zhai. (2022). Spatial and temporal origins of the La Perouse low oxygen pool: A combined Lagrangian approach. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, doi:10.1029/2021JC018135.

• Raúl P. Flores, Carlos Lara, Gonzalo S. Saldías, Sebastián I. Vásquez, Alonso Roco. (2022). Spatio-temporal variability of turbid freshwater plumes in the Inner Sea of Chiloé, northern Patagonia. Journal of Marine Systems, doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2022.103709.

• Gonzalo S. Saldías, Karina Ramos-Musalem, Susan E. Allen. (2021). Circulation and upwelling induced by coastal trapped waves over a submarine canyon in an idealized eastern boundary margin. Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2021GL093548.

• Zeneida Wong, Gonzalo S. Saldías, John Largier, P. Ted Strub, Marcus Sobarzo. (2021). Surface thermal structure and variability of upwelling shadows in the Gulf of Arauco, Chile. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, doi:10.1029/2020JC016194.

• Gonzalo S. Saldías, Wilber Hernández, Carlos Lara, Richard Muñoz, Cristian Rojas, Sebastián Vásquez, Iván Pérez-Santos, Luis Soto-Mardones. (2021). Seasonal variability of SST fronts in the Inner Sea of Chiloé and its adjacent coastal ocean. Remote Sensing, doi:10.3390/rs13020181.

• Alexander Galán, Gonzalo S. Saldías, Andrea Corredor-Acosta, Richard Muñoz, Carlos Lara, Jose Luis Iriarte. (2021). Argo float reveals biogeochemical characteristics along the freshwater gradient off western Patagonia. Frontiers in Marine Science, doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.613265.

• Gonzalo S. Saldías, Susan E. Allen. (2020). The influence of a submarine canyon on the circulation and cross-shore exchanges around an upwelling front. Journal of Physical Oceanography, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-19-0130.1.

• Cristian A. Vargas, Rene Garreaud, Ricardo Barra, Felipe Vásquez-Lavin, Gonzalo S. Saldías, Oscar Parra. (2020). Environmental costs of water transfers. Nature Sustainability, doi:10.1038/s41893-020-0526-5.

• Gonzalo S. Saldías, P. Ted Strub, R. Kipp Shearman. (2020). Spatio-temporal variability and ENSO modulation of turbid freshwater plumes along the Oregon coast. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106880.

• Gonzalo S. Saldías, Carlos Lara. (2020). Satellite-derived sea surface temperature fronts in a river-influenced coastal upwelling area off central-southern Chile. Regional Studies in Marine Science, doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101322.

• Julio Salcedo-Castro, Gonzalo S. Saldías, Freddy Saavedra, David Donoso. (2020). Climatology of Maipo and Rapel River plumes off central Chile from numerical simulations. Regional Studies in Marine Science, doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101389.

• Gonzalo S. Saldías, Marcus Sobarzo, Renato Quiñones. (2019). Freshwater structure and its seasonal variability off western Patagonia. Progress in Oceanography, 174, 143-153.

• Fernanda Henderikx Freitas, Gonzalo S. Saldías, Miguel Goñi, R. Kipp Shearman, Angelicque E. White. (2018). Temporal and spatial dynamics of physical and biological properties along the Endurance Array of the California Current Ecosystem. Oceanography, 31, 80-89.

• Renato Mendes, Gonzalo S. Saldías, Maite deCastro, Moncho Gómez-Gesteira, Nuno Vaz, João M. Dias. (2017). Seasonal and interannual variability of the Douro turbid river plume, northwestern Iberian Peninsula. Remote Sensing of Environment, 194, 401-411.

• Gonzalo S. Saldías, John L. Largier, Renato Mendes, Iván Pérez-Santos, Cristian A. Vargas, Marcus Sobarzo. (2016). Satellite-measured interannual variability of turbid river plumes off central–southern Chile: Spatial patterns and the influence of climate variability. Progress in Oceanography, 146, 212-222.

• Marcus Sobarzo, Gonzalo S. Saldías, Fabian J. Tapia, Luis Bravo, Carlos Moffat, John L. Largier. (2016). On subsurface cooling associated with the Biobio River Canyon (Chile). Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121, 4568-4584, doi:10.1002/2016JC011796.

• Gonzalo S. Saldías, R. Kipp Shearman, John A. Barth, Nicholas Tufillaro. (2016). Optics of the offshore Columbia River plume from glider observations and satellite imagery. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121, 2367-2384, doi:10.1002/2015JC011431.

• Gonzalo S. Saldías, Marcus Sobarzo, John Largier, Carlos Moffat, Ricardo Letelier. (2012). Seasonal variability of turbid river plumes off central Chile based on high-resolution MODIS imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 123, 220-233.