Raymond W. Schmitt Senior Scientist Physical Oceanography Office Phone: +1 508 289 2426 Fax: +1 508 457 2181 rschmitt@whoi.edu » CV Endowed Observations Seismic Oceanography Microstructure Group Site Introduction to the Global Water Cycle
WHOI Mailing Address: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 266 Woods Hole Rd. MS# 21 Woods Hole, MA 02543-1050 Education B.Sc. Carnegie-Mellon University, Physics Ph.D. University of Rhode Island, Physical Oceanography Research Interests Ocean mixing and microstructure; double-diffusive convection; relationships between small scale mixing processes and large-scale temperature and salinity distributions; the thermohaline circulation of the ocean; development of microprofiling instrumentation. Oceanic freshwater budget, autonomous profiling floats, the salinity distribution and its measurement. Seismic Oceanography (See Science Article) Affiliations Ocean Studies Board, National Academy of Sciences, 2005-2007. Panel on Advancing the Science of Climate Change, America's Climate Choices, National Academy of Sciences, 2009-2010. Marine Hydrokinetic Energy Assessment Committee, National Academy of Sciences, 2011-2012. NASA Salinity Science Team, 2011- Awards J. S. Guggenheim Fellow, 1997-1998. Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2012. Van Allen Clark Sr. Chair for Excellence in Oceanography, 2012.

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