Physical Oceanography
A cruise during autumn freeze-up in the western Arctic Ocean
A cruise during autumn freeze-up in the western Arctic Ocean
Read MoreAn introduction to marsh bothering
A sea-level modeler plunges into fieldwork on Prince Edward Island
Read MorePostdoctoral Fellow Xuan Shan
Xuan Shan, Postdoctoral Fellow, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreLiving on the edge
Science faces off with an increasingly volatile coast
Read MoreUntangling Eddy Kinetic Energy in Our Oceans and Climate Models
By Randy Showstack The Ocean’s heat, freshwater, carbon, and nutrients are transported around the globe by ocean currents, including the meandering, swirling, and wiggly mesoscale eddy field. These eddying motions…
Read MoreAdministrative Associate I Kurt Reynolds
Kurt Reynolds, Grant Administrator, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MorePostdoctoral Investigator Yanxu Chen
Yanxu Chen, Postdoctoral Investigator, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read More5 essential ocean-climate technologies
In the race to find solutions to our climate crisis, these marine tools help us get the data to make informed decisions
Read MoreApplying dynamical systems techniques to real ocean drifters
Rypina, I. I., Getscher, T., Pratt, L. J., & Ozgokmen, T., 2022. Applying dynamical systems techniques to real ocean drifters. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 29(4), 345–361. https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-29-345-2022 Techniques…
Read MoreOverflow water pathways in the North Atlantic
Overflow water pathways in the North Atlantic
Read MoreSlantwise convection in the Irminger Sea
Le Bras, I. a.-A., Callies, J., Straneo, F., Biló, T. C., Holte, J., & Johnson, H. L., 2022. Slantwise Convection in the Irminger Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans, 127(10),…
Read MoreSpotlight on Research Specialist Heather Furey
Heather Furey came to the Oceanographic in May 1997 after finishing a Master’s in Physical Oceanography at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
Read MoreVertical structure of barotropic‐to‐baroclinic tidal energy conversion on a continental slope
Liu, Z., Zhang, W., & Helfrich, K., 2022. Vertical structure of barotropic‐to‐baroclinic tidal energy conversion on a continental slope. Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, 127(9). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022jc019130
Read MoreWaiting on the next freshwater flush
Could the unprecedented amounts of freshwater in the Beaufort Sea stall the current system that controls our climate? WHOI’s Isabela Le Bras weighs in.
Read MoreSpotlight on PO Chair Young-Oh Kwon
The PO Department congratulates Young-Oh Kwon on his recent appointment as Department Chair.
Read MorePostdoctoral Investigator Ming Shao
Ming Shao, Postdoctoral Investigator, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreIberian hydroclimate variability and the Azores High during the last 1200 years: evidence from proxy records and climate model simulations
Thatcher, D. L., Wanamaker, A. D., Denniston, R. F., Ummenhofer, C. C., Asmerom, Y., Polyak, V. J., Cresswell-Clay, N., Hasiuk, F., Haws, J., & Gillikin, D. P., 2022. Iberian hydroclimate…
Read MoreRapid warming in the Gulf of Maine reverses 900 years of cooling
Rapid 20th century warming in the Gulf of Maine has reversed long-term cooling that occurred there during the previous 900 years, according to new research that combines an examination of shells from long-lived ocean quahogs and climate model simulations.
Read MoreOrcas spotted off the Armstrong
While transiting from the work site in the Irminger Sea to Reykjavik during a recent AR69-01 OOI-Irminger 9/OSNAP-SDWBC cruise, a pod of orca whales came by the ship. NOAA Marine…
Read MoreThe importance of non-tidal water-level variability for reconstructing Holocene relative sea level
Kemp, A. C., T. A. Shaw, and C. G. Piecuch, 2022. The importance of non-tidal water-level variability for reconstructing Holocene relative sea level, Quaternary Science Reviews, 290, 107637, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107637 Salt-marsh…
Read MoreHABS Cruise on the R/V Norseman II
Senior Scientist Bob Pickart, Research Associate Marshall Swartz, and 14 others from WHOI…
Read MoreLow-frequency dynamic ocean response to barometric-pressure loading
Piecuch, C. G., I. Fukumori, R. M. Ponte, M. Schindelleger, O. Wang, and M. Zhao, 2022. Low-Frequency Dynamic Ocean Response to Barometric-Pressure Loading, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 52, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-22-0090.1 Changes…
Read MoreContributions of different sea-level processes to high-tide flooding along the U.S. coastline
Li, S., T. Wahl, A. Barroso, S. Coats, S. Dangendorf, C. Piecuch, Q. Sun, P. Thompson, and L. Liu, 2022. Contributions of Different Sea-Level Processes to High-Tide Flooding Along the…
Read MoreSpotlight on Assistant Scientist, Alex Gonzalez
Alex Gonzalez is an Assistant Scientist in the Physical Oceanography Department at WHOI.
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