Posts by Molly Kelleher
Postdoctoral Investigator Francesco Ventura
Postdoctoral Investigator Francesco Ventura joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreSensing Currents at Sunset in Provincetown with HF Radar
Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory (MVCO) team in action
The Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory (MVCO) team loads gear onto the Air-Sea Interaction Tower…
Read MoreUpstream Pathways of the Faroe Overflow (UFO) underway in the subpolar North Atlantic
UFO is multi-institutional, interdisciplinary effort to study the origin and pathways of the dense water that feeds the Faroe Bank Channel overflow…
Read MoreWHOI deploys ocean sensors ahead of Hurricane Erin as part of the SASCWATCH project funded by the Office of Naval Research
The next frontier in understanding the coupled ocean–wave–atmosphere system requires detailed investigations of turbulence and wave dynamics within tropical cyclones, using a combination of observational and modeling approaches. To address…
Read MoreDeploying an IWR Array of the Aleutians through the NOPP Global Internal Wave Study
The IWR Array team from the National Ocean Partnership Program (NOPP) Global Internal Wave study just deployed an Internal Wave Resolving Array…
Read MoreIntroduction to the special collection on the Arctic Ocean’s changing Beaufort Gyre
Timmermans, M.-L., Le Bras, I., O’Brien, J., Margevich, A., Macoun, P., Williams, B., & Zimmermann, S. (2025). Introduction to the Special Collection on the Arctic Ocean’s Changing Beaufort Gyre. Journal…
Read MoreGlobal mean sea level changes to ENSO-related regional land water storage
Li, H., Taschetto, A. S., Sen Gupta, A., & Ummenhofer, C. C. (2025). Global Mean Sea Level Changes to ENSO-Related Regional Land Water Storage. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(14), e2025GL115799. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL115799 The…
Read MoreLocal versus far-field control on South Pacific Subantarctic mode water variability
Pimm, C., Meijers, A. J. S., Jones, D. C., & Williams, R. G. (2025). Local versus far-field control on South Pacific Subantarctic mode water variability. Ocean Science, 21(4), 1237-1253. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-1237-2025…
Read MoreBuoy Lunch: WHOI in the Old Days by George Tupper
Last month’s Buoy Lunch, presented by George Tupper, was an exciting peek into a time when the approaches to physical oceanography were different, or, perhaps, comfortingly similar, to the…
Read MorePostdoctoral Investigator Jilian Xiong
Postdoctoral Investigator Jilian Xiong joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreSeasonal salinification of the US Northeast continental shelf Cold Pool driven by imbalance between cross-shelf fluxes and vertical mixing
Taenzer, L. L., Chen, K., Plueddemann, A. J., & Gawarkiewicz, G. G. (2025). Seasonal Salinification of the US Northeast Continental Shelf Cold Pool Driven by Imbalance Between Cross-Shelf Fluxes and…
Read MorePostdoctoral 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 MoreSeasonal dissolved oxygen gas exchange in the California Current Upwelling System
Ren, A.S., Rudnick, D.L., & Nicholson, D.P. (2025). Seasonal dissolved oxygen gas exchange in the California Current Upwelling System. Progress In Oceanography, 103473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2025.103473 Eastern boundary current systems are known for seasonal upwelling that…
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 MoreThe May 2024 flood disaster in Southern Brazil: Causes, impacts, and SWOT-based volume estimation
Simoes‐Sousa, I., Camargo, C., Tavora, J., Piffer‐Braga, A., Farrar, J., & Pavelsky, T. (2025). The May 2024 flood disaster in Southern Brazil: Causes, impacts, and SWOT‐based volume estimation. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(4). https://doi.org/10.1029/2024gl112442 (a)…
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