Jean-Luc Shaw

Physical scientist

Collection, processing and communication of physical oceanographic data within the Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (AZMP)

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Current research and/or projects

Currently, I am developping tools to monitor marine heatwaves in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, based on SST and Viking buoy data. Since 2020, I am also an editor for DFO science reports published by Maurice-Lamontagne Institute scientists.

Research and/or project statements

Participation in monitoring of sea-ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
Assessing a high temperature bound for deep waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence
Developping monitoring tools for marine heatwaves in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

Professional activities / interests

Process automation
Processing and visualization of geographical data
Processing of acoustic current profiler data (ADCP)
Oceanographic fieldwork
Writing scientific communications

Education and awards

M. Sc. Oceanography, Université du Québec à Rimouski (ISMER), 2019
B. Sc. Physics, University of Montreal, 2016

Key publications

Primary publications:

Jean-Luc Shaw and Peter Galbraith. 2023. Climatology of transport in the strait of Belle Isle. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 128, e2022JC019084. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JC019084
Jean-Luc Shaw, Daniel Bourgault, Dany Dumont & Denis Lefaivre. 2022. Hydrodynamics of the Bay of Sept-Îles, Atmosphere-Ocean, DOI: 10.1080/07055900.2022.2141605
Filippo Ferrario, Carlos A. S. Araújo, Simon Bélanger, Daniel Bourgault, Julie Carrière, Charlotte Carrier-Belleau, Elliot Dreujou, Ladd Erik Johnson, S. Kim Juniper, Raphael Mabit, Christopher W. McKindsey, Lindsey Ogston, Manon M. M. Picard, Richard Saint-Louis, Émilie Saulnier-Talbot, Jean-Luc Shaw, Nadine Templeman, Thomas W. Therriault, Jean-Eric Tremblay, Philippe Archambault. 2022. Holistic environmental monitoring in ports as an opportunity to advance sustainable development, marine science, and social inclusiveness. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene.10(1): 00061. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2021.00061

Secondary publications:

DFO (Chairperson: P.S. Galbraith; Editor: J.-L. Shaw). 2023. Proceedings of the twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (AZMP); March 21-23, 2022. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Proceed. Ser. 2023/018.
DFO (Chairperson: P.S. Galbraith; Editors: J.-L. Shaw and P.S. Galbraith). 2021. Proceedings of the twenty-first annual meeting of the Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (AZMP); March 19-22, 2019. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Proceed. Ser. 2021/002.
Galbraith, P.S., Chassé, J., Shaw, J.-L., Dumas, J., Caverhill, C., Lefaivre, D. and Lafleur, C. 2021. Physical Oceanographic Conditions in the Gulf of St. Lawrence during 2020. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Res. Doc. 2021/045. iv + 84 p.
DFO (Chairperson: P.S. Galbraith; Editors: J.-L. Shaw and P.S. Galbraith). 2020. Proceedings of the zonal peer review of the Twenty-second Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (AZMP); April 20-21, 2020. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Proceed. Ser. 2020/019.
Galbraith, P.S., Chassé, J., Shaw, J.-L., Dumas, J., Caverhill, C., Lefaivre, D. and Lafleur, C. 2020. Physical Oceanographic Conditions in the Gulf of St. Lawrence during 2019. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Res. Doc. 2020/030. iv + 88 p.
Shaw, J.-L. 2019. Hydrodynamique de la baie de Sept-Îles, Thèse M. Sc., Université du Québec à Rimouski, 74 pp.