Physical Oceanography
On the Move
The Coastal Pioneer Array is moving south in 2024. WHOI’s Al Plueddemann discusses the array’s importance and its upcoming move
Read MoreEngineer II Ian Fernandez
Ian Fernandez, Engineer II, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreInertial oscillations and frontal processes in an Alboran Sea jet: Effects on divergence and vertical transport
Esposito, G., Donnet, S., Berta, M., Shcherbina, A. Y., Freilich, M., Centurioni, L., D’Asaro, E. A., Farrar, J. T., Johnston, T. M. S., Mahadevan, A., Özgökmen, T., Pascual, A., Poulain, P.-M., Ruiz,…
Read MoreSea ice around Woods Hole
Sea ice around Woods Hole formed during the Arctic blast of February 3rd and 4th…
Read MorePostdoctoral Investigator Christoph Renkl
Christoph Renkl, Postdoctoral Investigator, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreReabsorption of lee-wave energy in bottom-intensified currents
Wu, Y., Kunze, E., Tandon, A., & Mahadevan, A, 2022. Reabsorption of lee-wave energy in bottom-intensified currents. Journal of Physical Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-22-0058.1 While lee-wave generation has been argued to…
Read MoreRiver effects on sea-level rise in the Río de la Plata estuary during the past century
Piecuch, C. G., 2023. River effects on sea-level rise in the Río de la Plata estuary during the past century, Ocean Sci., 19, 57–75. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-57-2023 Identifying the causes for…
Read MoreResearch reveals new links behind climate change in Australia
A team of scientists, including those from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), have combined stalagmites and climate model simulations to reveal links between monsoon rains and tropical cyclones in Australia.
Read MoreSubsurface ocean temperature responses to the anthropogenic aerosol forcing in the North Pacific
Shi, J.-R., Y.-O. Kwon, and S. E. Wijffels, 2023. Subsurface ocean temperature responses to the anthropogenic aerosol forcing in the North Pacific. Geophys. Res. Lett. 50, e2022GL101035, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101035 Climate variations…
Read MoreReview of oceanic mesoscale processes in the North Pacific: Physical and biogeochemical impacts
Ueno, H., Bracco, A., Barth, J., Budyansky, M., Hasegawa, D., Itoh, S., Kim, S., Ladd, C., Lin, X., Park, Y.-G., Prants, S., Ross, T., Rypina, I., Sasai, Y., Trusenkova, O.,…
Read MoreWHOI PO Department has strong showing at the COP27 Climate Conference
By Dominic Fucile Over 30 members of the WHOI community attended the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt. From November 6 – 18 2022, WHOI administrators, scientists,…
Read MoreCoupled atmosphere‐ocean observations of a cold air outbreak and its impact on the Iceland Sea
Renfrew, I., Huang, J., Semper, S., Barrell, C., Terpstra, A., Pickart, R., Våge, K., Elvidge, A., Spengler, T., Strehl, A., & Weiss, A., 2022. Coupled atmosphere‐ocean observations of a cold…
Read MoreNew Research Unlocks Clues About the Iconic Flight of the Wandering Albatross
Wandering albatrosses’ wingspan of up to 11 feet and is the largest known of any living bird, and yet wandering albatrosses fly while hardly flapping their wings. Instead, they depend on dynamic soaring in addition to updrafts and turbulence.
Read MoreThe Arctic Ocean’s Beaufort Gyre
The Arctic Ocean’s Beaufort Gyre
Read MoreA 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
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