Physical Oceanography
Welcome Postdoctoral Investigator Jia-Rui (Ray) Shi
Jia-Rui (Ray) Shi, Postdoctoral Investigator, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreWelcome Postdoctoral Scholar Duo Chan
Duo Chan, Postdoctoral Scholar, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreWelcome Postdoctoral Investigator Alex Kinsella
Alex Kinsella, Postdoctoral Investigator, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreWelcome Postdoctoral Fellow Alma Carolina Castillo-Trujillo
Alma Carolina Castillo-Trujillo, Postdoctoral Fellow, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreReview Evaluates the Evidence for an Intensifying Indian Ocean Water Cycle
Report Calls for Better Integration of Observations, Models, and Paleo Proxies The Indian Ocean has been warming much more than other ocean basins over the last 50-60 years. While temperature…
Read MoreAn idealized modeling study of the midlatitude variability of the wind-driven meridional overturning circulation
Spall, M.A., 2021: An Idealized Modeling Study of the Midlatitude Variability of the Wind-Driven Meridional Overturning Circulation. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2425-2441, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0317.1 The amplitude of the wind-forced meridional overturning…
Read MoreA rare mission north
Serendipitous science mission aboard the Polar Star provides “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity to collect critical ocean data below the ice
Read MoreSalinity Maximum Intrusion Cruise
Under the lead of Glen Gawarkiewicz the R/V Neil Armstrong surveys the Southern New England shelfbreak…
Read MoreSpotlight on Administrative Associate Andrea Harvey
This month, we are spotlighting PO’s Andrea Harvey, who joined WHOI in 2016…
Read MoreMaine’s having a lobster boom. A bust may be coming.
The waters off Maine’s coast are warming, and no one knows what that’s going to mean for the state’s half-billion-dollar-a-year lobster industry—the largest single-species fishery in North America. Some fear that continued warming could cause the lobster population to collapse. To understand what’s happening to the ecosystem of the Gulf of Maine, says Glen Gawarkiewicz, an oceanographer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, in Massachusetts, you have to look beyond it—see how it’s affected by the atmosphere, ocean currents, and rivers that flow into it.
Read MoreScience RoCS Initiative responds to need for increased ocean monitoring
Commercial ships are helping oceanographers deploy robotic Argo floats to keep an eye on hard-to-reach parts of the ocean
Read MoreThe ocean science-art connection
Some of the most complex insights in marine science are no match for the communicative power of art. Check out these five recent collaborations between ocean scientists and artists
Read MoreState of the Observatory Report gives an overview of the 20 year history of the observatory and outlines possible paths for the future of MVCO and its assets
Kirincich, A. (2021) Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory 2021: State of the Observatory Report. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Schematic drawing of MVCO’s assets, the Air-Sea Interaction Tower, Offshore Node, Meteorological Mast,…
Read MoreSeasonal prediction of bottom temperature on the Northeast U.S. continental shelf
Chen, Z., Y.-O. Kwon, K. Chen, P. Fratantoni, G. Gawarkiewicz, T.J. Joyce, T.J. Miller, J.A. Nye, V.S. Saba, and B.C. Stock, 2021: Seasonal Prediction of Bottom Temperature on the Northeast…
Read MoreLong-distance radiation of Rossby waves from the equatorial current system
Farrar, J. T., Durland, T., Jayne, S. R., and Price, J. F., 2021. Long-Distance Radiation of Rossby Waves from the Equatorial Current System. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 51(6):1947-1966. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0048.1 Satellite…
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 MoreIntraseasonal sea level variability in the Persian Gulf
Piecuch, C.G., Fukumori, I., and Ponte, R. M., 2021. Intraseasonal Sea Level Variability in the Persian Gulf. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 51(5), 1687-1704. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0296.1 The Persian Gulf is one of…
Read MoreSpotlight on Engineering Assistant III Barbara Callahan
This week, we are highlighting PO’s Barbara Callahan, who joined the PO Department in 2010.
Read MoreSpray Glider Deployment
After a multi-month break due to COVID, Robert Todd’s group resumed routinely surveying the Gulf Stream.
Read MoreClimate did not drive Common Era Maldivian sea-level lowstands
Piecuch, C.G., Kemp, A.C., Gebbie, G., and Meltzner, A. J., 2021. Climate did not drive Common Era Maldivian sea-level lowstands. Nature Geoscience, 14, 273–275. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00731-2 Reconstructions of sea level during…
Read MoreParticulate Carbon Gulf of Maine Biogeochemistry
The CTD on the deck of the R/V Endeavor is a hub of activity.
Read MoreSpotlight on PO Research Specialist Frank Bahr
This week, we are highlighting PO’s own Frank Bahr, who joined the PO Department in 1991.
Read MoreData with a side of sass
The name “data dollies” was a tongue-in-cheek way of calling attention to the essential yet unglamorous work these mostly young, college-educated women performed while not at sea.
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…
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