Physical Oceanography
From the sound: A future powered by the sea
These two WHOI scientists discuss the promise of offshore wind and wave as renewable energy, and why WHOI is uniquely poised to make these safe and efficient forms of power
Read MoreMesoscale and submesoscale shelf-ocean exchanges initialize an advective Marine Heatwave
Chen, K., Gawarkiewicz, G., Yang, J., 2022. Mesoscale and submesoscale shelf-ocean exchanges initialize an advective Marine Heatwave. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127, e2021JC017927. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017927
Bottom intensified intrusion as revealed […]
Read MoreMIT/WHOI Joint Program Armstrong Cruise
After a year’s pause, the annual Joint Program student cruise resumed this fall!
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: El Niño Modoki Thus Far Can Be Mostly Predicted More Than 10 Years Ahead of Time
San Liang, Fudan University, China
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
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Ocean 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 MoreProgress in understanding of Indian Ocean circulation, variability, air–sea exchange, and impacts on biogeochemistry
Phillips, H. E. and Coauthors, 2021. Progress in understanding of Indian Ocean circulation, variability, air–sea exchange, and impacts on biogeochemistry. Ocean Sciences, 17, 1677-1751. doi:10.5194/os-17-1677-2021
Over the past decade, our […]
Read MoreA coral reef kickstart
WHOI’s Reef Solutions Initiative takes a multi-disciplinary approach to investigate solutions for ailing coral reefs
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Century-Long Cooling Trend in Subpolar North Atlantic Forced by Atmosphere: An Alternative Explanation
Laifang Li, Penn State
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
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Physical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Barotropic Vorticity Balances: Theory and Application to Ocean Models
Robin Waldman, Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
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Physical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Separating Balanced and Unbalanced Flow at the Ocean Surface Using Lagrangian Filtering in LLC4320
Spencer Jones, TAMU
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
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Welcome Postdoctoral Fellow Stefanie Semper
Stefanie Semper, Postdoctoral Fellow, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Ocean Heat Uptake of the Last Twenty Thousand Years
Jake Gebbie, WHOI
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
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Burrows on the beach
Rebuilding after a hurricane isn’t easy—especially for those pale, stalk-eyed creatures known as ghost crabs
Read MoreSpotlight on Assistant Scientist, Viviane Vasconcellos de Menezes
Viviane Menezes is a sea-going and satellite oceanographer investigating the interplay between ocean circulation, salinity, and air-sea interaction.
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: On the Offshore Export of Glacial Meltwater in the Western North Atlantic
Olivier Marchal, WHOI
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
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Accessible Oceans
Making marine science available to the visually-impaired
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Lagrangian Study of Three Dimensional Atmospheric Flows with Application to Wildfires Over Australia
Jezabel Curbelo, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
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Fate of warm Pacific water in the Arctic basin
Lin, P., Pickart, R. S., Våge, K., & Li, J., 2021. Fate of warm Pacific water in the Arctic basin. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL094693. https://doi. org/10.1029/2021GL094693
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Advective pathways and transit times of the Red Sea Overflow Water in the Arabian Sea from Lagrangian simulations
Menezes, V. V., 2021. Advective pathways and transit times of the Red Sea Overflow Water in the Arabian Sea from Lagrangian simulations. Progress in Oceanography, 199, 102697. doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102697.
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Read MoreModeling our climate future; WHOI to lead ocean current research
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) senior scientist of physical oceanography, Dr. Young-Oh Kwon, and WHOI adjunct scientist, Dr. Claude Frankignoul, have received a new research grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Modeling, Analysis, Predictions and Projections (MAPP) Program, funding their research project focusing on western boundary ocean currents and their correspondence with the atmosphere in relation to modern day climate.
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Combining Statistical, Physical, and Historical Evidence to Improve Historical Sea-Surface Temperature Records
Duo Chan, WHOI
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
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Study Finds Growing Potential for Toxic Algal Blooms in the Alaskan Arctic
A warming Arctic presents potential new threats to humans and marine wildlife in the fast-changing region
Changes in the northern Alaskan Arctic ocean environment have reached a point at which a […]
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 MoreObserved deep cyclonic eddies around Southern Greenland
As part of the Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program, 135 acoustically-tracked RAFOS (Range And Fixing of Sound, floats were released…
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