Posts by Elise Hugus
Welcome Postdoctoral Investigator Astrid Pacini
Astrid Pacini, Postdoctoral Investigator, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreHigh-tide floods and storm surges during atmospheric rivers on the US west coast
Atmospheric rivers (ARs) drive hydrological hazards over land related to extreme precipitation.
Read MoreWelcome Postdoctoral Investigator Leo Middleton
Leo Middleton, Postdoctoral Investigator, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreSpotlight on Assistant Scientist, Nick Foukal
Nick Foukal is interested in the dynamics of the North Atlantic and Arctic, with a particular focus on how these basins store and transport heat.
Read MoreSatellite Altimetry Mission Promises Huge Advances for Physical Oceanography and Hydrology
Thomas Farrar, the oceanography science co-lead for the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission, says that when the satellite launches in late 2022, it will provide huge advances for physical oceanography…
Read MoreMesoscale and submesoscale shelf-ocean exchanges initialize an advective Marine Heatwave
Chen, K., Gawarkiewicz, G., Yang, J., 2022. Mesoscale and submesoscale shelf-ocean exchanges initialize an advective Marine Heatwave. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127, e2021JC017927. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017927 Bottom intensified intrusion as revealed…
Read MoreMIT/WHOI Joint Program Armstrong Cruise
After a year’s pause, the annual Joint Program student cruise resumed this fall!
Read MoreMixed layer depth climatology over the Northeast U.S. continental shelf (1993-2018)
Cai, C., Y.-O. Kwon, Z. Chen, and P. Fratantoni, 2021. Mixed layer depth climatology over the Northeast U.S. continental shelf (1993-2018). Continental Shelf Research, 231, 104611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2021.104611 A new mixed…
Read MoreOcean Warming and Accelerating Southern Ocean Zonal Flow
In an article published in the Nov. 29 issue of Nature Climate Change, researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Scripps Institution of Oceanography found
Read MoreProgress in understanding of Indian Ocean circulation, variability, air–sea exchange, and impacts on biogeochemistry
Phillips, H. E. and Coauthors, 2021. Progress in understanding of Indian Ocean circulation, variability, air–sea exchange, and impacts on biogeochemistry. Ocean Sciences, 17, 1677-1751. doi:10.5194/os-17-1677-2021 Over the past decade, our…
Read MoreWelcome Postdoctoral Fellow Stefanie Semper
Stefanie Semper, Postdoctoral Fellow, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreSpotlight on Assistant Scientist, Viviane Vasconcellos de Menezes
Viviane Menezes is a sea-going and satellite oceanographer investigating the interplay between ocean circulation, salinity, and air-sea interaction.
Read MoreFate of warm Pacific water in the Arctic basin
Lin, P., Pickart, R. S., Våge, K., & Li, J., 2021. Fate of warm Pacific water in the Arctic basin. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL094693. https://doi. org/10.1029/2021GL094693 The Barrow Canyon…
Read MoreAdvective pathways and transit times of the Red Sea Overflow Water in the Arabian Sea from Lagrangian simulations
Menezes, V. V., 2021. Advective pathways and transit times of the Red Sea Overflow Water in the Arabian Sea from Lagrangian simulations. Progress in Oceanography, 199, 102697. doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102697. The…
Read MoreWHOI scientists monitor the ocean with innovative tools and techniques to improve hurricane forecasting
Steve Jayne says that flying through hurricanes on a Lockheed-Martin WC-130J Weatherbird aircraft with the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s Hurricane Hunters…
Read MoreObserved deep cyclonic eddies around Southern Greenland
As part of the Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program, 135 acoustically-tracked RAFOS (Range And Fixing of Sound, floats were released…
Read MoreAre the impacts of the observed Arctic Sea-ice variability on the cold season atmospheric circulation underestimated in AGCM experiments?
Liang, Y.-C., C. Frankignoul, Y.-O. Kwon, G. Gastineau, E. Manzini, G. Danabasoglu, L. Suo, S. Yeager, Y. Gao, J.J. Attema, A. Cherchi, R. Ghosh, D. Matei, J.V. Mecking, T. Tian,…
Read MoreA Clam at Sunrise in the Mid-Atlantic Bight
The sun rises over the Mid-Atlantic Bight behind an ocean quahog perched on the side of the F/V ESS Pursuit during a recent research cruise. Ocean quahogs are the longest-living,…
Read MoreSpatial and temporal variability of the Gulf Stream near Cape Hatteras
Andres, M. (2021). Spatial and temporal variability of the Gulf Stream near Cape Hatteras. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126, e2021JC017579. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017579 As part of the NSF-funded Processes driving Exchange at Cape Hatteras (PEACH)…
Read MoreClam Research Cruise on the F/V ESS Pursuit
Postdoc Nina Whitney and scientists from University of Mississippi and Virginia Institute of Marine Science…
Read MoreR/V Armstrong tracks Arctic freshwater along the southeast Greenland shelf
Assistant scientist Nick Foukal and Research Assistant Jessica Kozik have been deploying surface drifters and profiling floats along the southeast Greenland shelf during the OOI Irminger cruise aboard the R/V…
Read MorePO’s New MIT/WHOI Joint Program Students
Meet PO’s most recent group of MIT/WHOI Joint Program Students
Read MoreShoreside CTD Support for OOI Irminger 8 Cruise
US OSNAP works together with OOI to provide shoreside support of Shipboard CTD data collection…
Read MoreWelcome Postdoctoral Investigator Greg Koman
Greg Koman, Postdoctoral Investigator, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
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