Posts by Molly Kelleher
Postdoctoral Investigator Yang Yu
Postdoctoral Investigator Yang Yu joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreExperiencing an International Geophysics Conference as a Postdoc by Maurice Huguenin
Last month, I had the privilege to help convene, present my science and attend the European Geophysical Union (EGU) annual meeting in Vienna, Austria. What an experience it has been!…
Read MoreEGU 2025 in Vienna, Austria – by MIT/WHOI Joint Program Student Sean Chen
It was a warm and beautiful week in central Europe. Several of us from the PO department had a wonderful time presenting and learning everyone else’s research, while also soaking…
Read MoreAssistant Scientist Svenja Ryan Visiting Kiel, Germany on a Research Fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
EGU25 Highlights from the Physical Oceanography Department
WHOI PO postdoc Ali Exley and URI/SGO grad student Lindsay Grose at EGU25. Photo provided by Magdalena Andres.
Read MoreBeaufort Gyre Liquid Freshwater Content Change Under Greenhouse Warming From an Eddy-Resolving Climate Simulation
Shan, X., Spall, M., Sun, S., & Wu, L. (2025). Beaufort Gyre Liquid Freshwater Content Change Under Greenhouse Warming From an Eddy-Resolving Climate Simulation. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(8), e2024GL113847. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL113847 Response of the Beaufort…
Read MorePhysical drivers of a massive harmful algal bloom in the Northern Bering and Chukchi Seas in summer 2022
Lago, L., Pickart, R., Lin, P., Bahr, F., Fachon, E., Brosnahan, M., Pathare, M., Munlbach, W., Horn, K., Rajagopalan, A., & Anderson, D. (2025). Physical Drivers of a Massive Harmful Algal Bloom in the Northern Bering and Chukchi…
Read MoreBuoy Lunch Presentation – PO Administration Station
The Buoy Lunch is a seminar hosted by the PO Department every month featuring different topics of interest to its members. April’s Buoy Lunch was called Administration Station, and it…
Read MoreMIT/WHOI JP Students and WHOI Scientists take part in Geodynamics Seminar Program in Patagonia
Icebergs in Lago Grey (Grey Lake). In the background are the forests of the Sendero Refugio Paine and further back are the peaks of Cerro Paine Grande…
Read MoreTroubled Waters – A Short Film Screening and Discussion on Preserving the East Coast Fisheries in a Changing Environment
A Short Film Screening and Discussion on Preserving the East Coast Fisheries in a Changing Environment Monday, April 7, 1-2:30 PM Clapp Auditorium, Marine Biological Laboratory 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole Free and open to the public. Limited on-street parking available.
Read MorePast and future modulation of the ENSO teleconnection to Southeast Asian rainfall by interbasin interactions
Le Roy, E. J., & Ummenhofer, C. C. (2025). Past and Future Modulation of the ENSO Teleconnection to Southeast Asian Rainfall by Interbasin Interactions. Geophysical Research Letters, 52, e2024GL111916. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL111916 ENSO’s teleconnection with rainfall in mainland…
Read MoreCan the marked Arctic Ocean freshwater content increases of the last two decades be explained within observational uncertainty?
Le Bras, I. A.-A., & Timmermans, M.-L. (2025). Can the marked Arctic Ocean freshwater content increases of the last two decades be explained within observational uncertainty? Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 130(2),…
Read MorePostdoctoral Investigator Glenn Liu
Postdoctoral Investigator Glenn Liu joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreCirculation of Baffin Bay and Hudson Bay waters on the Labrador shelf and into the subpolar North Atlantic
Duyck, E., Foukal, N., & Frajka-Williams, E. (2025). Circulation of Baffin Bay and Hudson Bay waters on the Labrador shelf and into the subpolar North Atlantic. Ocean Science, 21(1), 241–260. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-241-2025 Above is a…
Read MorePostdoctoral Investigator Shawn Wang
Postdoctoral Investigator Shawn Wang joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreWhy Is the monsoon coastal upwelling signal subdued in the Bay of Bengal?
Abbott, K., Mahadevan, A. (2024). Why Is the Monsoon Coastal Upwelling Signal Subdued in the Bay of Bengal?; Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129(12), e2024JC022023. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC022023 A conceptual schematic of how the surface…
Read MoreMIT/WHOI Joint Program Students Attend AGU24 Fall Meeting in Washington, DC
Students from WHOI’s Physical Oceanography department joined more than 27,000 attendees at the AGU24 Fall Meeting in Washington, DC this December for a week jam-packed with science! Among the scientists…
Read MorePostdoctoral Investigator Ali Johnson Exley
Ali Johnson Exley, Postdoctoral Investigator, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
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Research Keywords: Air-Sea Interaction, Surface Waves, Earth System Predictability
Assistant Scientist Xiaoting Yang
Xiaoting Yang, Assistant Scientist, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreAssistant Scientist Momme Hell
Momme Hell, Assistant Scientist, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreNew England Seamounts Acoustics (NESMA) Experiment
MIT/WHOI Joint Program Students and MIT Students help members of USGS collect a core on board the RV Roger Revelle…
Read MoreIs the regime shift in Gulf Stream warm core rings detected by satellite altimetry? An inter-comparison of eddy identification and tracking products
Perez, E., Andres, M., Gawarkiewicz, G. (2024). Is the Regime Shift in Gulf Stream Warm Core Rings Detected by Satellite Altimetry? An Inter-Comparison of Eddy Identification and Tracking Products; Journal of…
Read MoreResearch Assistant II Finn Wimberly
Finn Wimberly, Research Associate II, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
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