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PO graduate students help organize the 17th Graduate Climate Conference in Woods Hole
Photo provided by Elena Perez
The 17th annual Graduate Climate Conference (GCC) was held on November 2 – 4, 2023, hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and […]
Read MoreNew text on coastal oceanography, by PO Senior Scientist Emeritus Ken Brink
Ken Brink, PO Senior Scientist Emeritus, recently published a graduate level text, “Physical Oceanography of the Continental Shelf.” The book focuses on…
Read MoreOcean, Clouds, and Rainfall in the South Asian Summer Monsoon
A sunset peppered with cumulus clouds over the renowned palace of Mysore, India. Photo provided by Alex Kinsella.
by Alex Kinsella
Every year around the beginning of June, a huge shift […]
Read MoreWHOI PO Department has strong showing at the COP27 Climate Conference
A cruise during autumn freeze-up in the western Arctic Ocean
A cruise during autumn freeze-up in the western Arctic Ocean
Read MoreUntangling Eddy Kinetic Energy in Our Oceans and Climate Models
By Randy Showstack
This figure shows how mesoscale features and eddy kinetic energy change with, or depend on, model grid scale and resolution. The figure provides a snapshot of surface […]
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 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 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 MoreChanges in the North Atlantic deep western boundary currents not directly linked to the Meridional Overturning Circulation in 2014-2018
A new study through the international efforts of fifteen research institutes has cast doubts on the view…
Read MoreThe coastal ocean can intensify atmospheric rivers, researchers find
In a paper published in Geophysical Research Letters, researchers found that ARs derive moisture, known as latent heat flux, from the coastal ocean as the rivers travel…
Read MoreNew resource for teachers on how oceanographers take the pulse of ocean currents
One of the means by which we observe the ocean is to deploy moorings, lines with anchors on the seafloor and flotation…
Read MoreSearch and rescue at sea aided by hidden flow structures
Schematic diagram showing how TRAPs attract people lost at sea (Taken from Serra et al., 2020)
Predicting the location of a person lost at sea several hours […]
Read MoreGulf Stream transport
CMV Oleander passing by RV Endeavor on station in the Gulf Stream (Andres et al., 2020)
The Gulf Stream, one of, if not the world’s strongest ocean current, […]
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