Physical Oceanography
PO scientists and engineers track pathways of freshwater from Greenland and the Arctic
Dan Torres, Jim Dunn, and Andy Davies successfully deployed seven moorings…
Read MoreAn afternoon on the RV Sally Ride
An afternoon on the RV Sally Ride: Brian Hogue (foreground, steadying the instrument) from the FIXIT Lab and Austin Liou from the Upper Ocean Processes Group (background, running the A-frame)…
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 MorePostdoctoral Investigator Nihar Paul
Nihar Paul, Postdoctoral Investigator, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreSynergy II Project – Marine Heatwaves
PO scientists Svenja Ryan (left) and Caroline Ummenhofer (right) pose with artist Deb Ehrens (middle) in front of kinetic 3D sculptures representing marine heatwaves…
Read MorePostdoctoral Investigator Ben Barr
Ben Barr, Postdoctoral Investigator, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreSphere implosion
A crushed subsurface flotation sphere is pulled from the Southern Atlantic Ocean in 2018. As part of the Ocean Observatories Initiative Global Argentine Basin Array, the sphere was part of…
Read MorePostdoctoral Investigator Giovanni Dematteis
Giovanni Dematteis, Postdoctoral Investigator, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MorePostdoctoral Investigator Onur Karakus
Onur Karakus, Postdoctoral Investigator, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreWhat’s happening with AMOC?
Scientists discuss the state of the Atlantic Ocean’s ‘conveyor belt’
Read MorePO’s 2023 Summer Student Fellows and Guest Students
Formation and circulation of newly ventilated winter water in the western Beaufort Sea
Lin, P., Pickart, R. S., Weingartner, T. J., Simmons, H. L., Itoh, M., & Kikuchi, T., 2023. Formation and circulation of newly ventilated winter water in the western Beaufort Sea. Progress in…
Read MorePostdoctoral Investigator Shikhar Rai
Shikhar Rai, Postdoctoral Investigator, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MorePostdoctoral Investigator Carolina Camargo
Carolina Camargo, Postdoctoral Investigator, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreRecord-level heat is predicted for the months, and years, ahead. Why is this happening?
Ongoing climate change and a naturally-occurring El Niño event overlap to bring the heat
Read MoreFreshwater contributions to decadal variability of the Indonesian Throughflow
Wang S, Ummenhofer CC, Oppo D, Murty SA, Wagner P, Böning CW, and Biastoch A., 2023. Freshwater contributions to decadal variability of the Indonesian Throughflow. Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2023GL103906. Average SSS in…
Read MoreResearch Associate Austin Liou
Austin Liou, Research Associate I, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreA sensor to monitor acid in the ocean
Excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is making the ocean more acidic and less hospitable to shelled marine life. At WHOI, scientists Jennie Rheuban, Aleck Wang, MIT-WHOI joint program student…
Read MorePostdoctoral Investigator Dong Wan (Lewis) Kim
Dong Wan (Lewis) Kim, Postdoctoral Investigator, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreStructure and variability of the Barrow Canyon outflow from two high‐resolution shipboard surveys in 2018
Huang, J., Pickart, R., Foukal, N., Spall, M., & Lin, P., 2023. Structure and variability of the Barrow Canyon outflow from two high‐resolution shipboard surveys in 2018. Journal of Geophysical…
Read MoreCategorization of high‐wind events and their contribution to the seasonal breakdown of stratification on the Southern New England shelf
Lobert, L., Gawarkiewicz, G., & Plueddemann, A., 2023. Categorization of high‐wind events and their contribution to the seasonal breakdown of stratification on the Southern New England shelf. Journal of Geophysical…
Read MoreOcean, Clouds, and Rainfall in the South Asian Summer Monsoon
by Alex Kinsella Every year around the beginning of June, a huge shift occurs in the ocean and atmosphere as the northern hemisphere’s monsoons roar back to life. The South…
Read MoreOcean temperature observations in Hurricane Dorian (2019)
Densmore, C. R., Sanabia, E. R., & Jayne, S. R., 2023. Ocean Temperature Observations in Hurricane Dorian (2019). Monthly Weather Review. https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0271.1 This study examined in situ and satellite ocean…
Read MoreAdministrative Associate I Grettel Valverde
Grettel Valverde, Administrative Associate I, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
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