Physical Oceanography
Profiler buoyancy sphere recovered on the Pioneer 14 cruise
While this may look like Snuffleupagus on the back deck of the R/V Neil Armstrong, it is actually a profiler buoyancy sphere recovered on the Pioneer 14 cruise.
Read MorePioneer 14 Expedition Chief Scientist, Al Plueddemann
Chief Scientist of the Pioneer 14 Expedition, Al Pluedemann, models the uniform de rigueur
Read MoreAmidst pandemic, researchers deploy new monitoring station in tropical Pacific
After two attempts in 2020 to replace a monitoring station of the coast of Chile, WHOI researchers and colleagues successfully deployed the moored system despite pandemic-related challenges. This extends a 20-year ongoing presence of a monitoring buoy in this otherwise data-sparse area of the Pacific.
Read MoreWelcome Guest Investigator Jezabel Curbelo
Jezabel Curbelo, “Ramón y Cajal” researcher at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, joins WHOI’s PO Department as a Guest Investigator
Read MoreWelcome Research Assistant II Adele Anderson
Adele Anderson, Research Assistant II, joins WHOI’s PO department
Read MoreUnderstanding physical drivers of the 2015/16 marine heatwaves in the Northwest Atlantic
Perez, E., Ryan, S., Andres, M. et al, 2021. Understanding physical drivers of the 2015/16 marine heatwaves in the Northwest Atlantic. Scientific Reports 11, 17623. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97012-0 The authors of this…
Read MoreHow much Arctic fresh water participates in the subpolar overturning circulation?
Le Bras, I., F. Straneo, M. Muilwijk, L. H. Smedsrud, F. Li, M. S. Lozier, and N. P. Holliday, 2021: How much Arctic fresh water participates in the subpolar overturning…
Read MoreTracking change in the Arctic Ocean
Changes in the Arctic Ocean are becoming clearer, thanks to an ocean monitoring network maintained by WHOI researchers in the Beaufort Gyre since 2003.
Read MoreNew observation network will provide unprecedented, long-term view of life in the ocean twilight zone
A new observation network under development by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will offer round-the-clock data about the ocean twilight zone – a dimly lit region roughly 200–1000 meters (650–3200 feet) below the surface, containing the largest amount of fish biomass on Earth.
Read MoreGulf Stream mean and eddy kinetic energy: Three‐dimensional estimates from underwater glider observations
Todd, R.E. 2021, Gulf stream mean and eddy kinetic energy: Three-dimensional estimates from underwater glider observations, Geophysical Research Letters, 48(6), e2020GL090281, doi: 10.1029/2020GL090281. Energy is a key metric of the…
Read MoreSTRATUS Cruise
S-18 Recovery and S-19 Buoy Deployment
Read MoreMicrostructure mixing observations and finescale parameterizations in the Beaufort Sea
Fine, E. C., J. A. MacKinnon, M. H. Alford, J. M. Mickett (2021). Microstructure mixing observations and finescale parameterizations in the Beaufort Sea, J. Phys. Oceanogr. 51, 19-35 https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-19-0233.1 In…
Read MoreUS DOE Gives $21 Million for Innovative Offshore Wind Technologies
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution of Massachusetts will collect offshore wind resource data off the coasts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island and use it to improve atmosphere-ocean simulation tools and reduce uncertainty in offshore wind resource assessment and forecasting.
Read MoreBreaking the ice on melting and freezing
“Ice deforms as it melts,” said WHOI physical oceanographer Claudia Cenedese, who has worked with Hester on the project. “It makes these very weird shapes, especially on the bottom, like…
Read MoreBetter observations of the rapidly-warming Indian Ocean
Beal, L. M., and Coauthors, 2020. A roadmap to IndOOS-2: Better observations of the rapidly-warming Indian Ocean. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0209.1. Indian Ocean main oceanographic features and…
Read MoreWelcome Postdoctoral Investigator Jacob Forsyth
Jacob Forsyth, Postdoctoral Investigator, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read More‘High-octane’ hurricane fuel swirls in the Gulf of Mexico
Researchers deploy an arsenal of underwater floats to monitor the Loop Current—one of the Atlantic Ocean’s fastest and warmest currents—to collect critical data for hurricane forecasting.
Read MoreInvestigating the ocean’s influence on Australia’s drought
Researchers look to the Indian Ocean for clues on how Australia’s blazing wildfires and bone-dry conditions have reached such extremes.
Read MoreNew resource for teachers on how oceanographers take the pulse of ocean currents
One of the means by which we observe the ocean is to deploy moorings, lines with anchors on the seafloor and flotation…
Read MoreWelcome Research Assistant II Eve Cinquino
Eve Cinquino, Research Assistant II, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreNew multi-institutional grant will support a fleet of robotic floats
The National Science Foundation approved a $53 million grant to build a global network of chemical and biological sensors that will monitor ocean health.
Read MoreTwo New Studies Substantially Advance Understanding of Currents that Help Regulate Climate
Two studies shed new light on a critical driver of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and potential impacts of rising temperatures
Read MoreSources and upstream pathways of the densest overflow water in the Nordic Seas
Huang, J., Pickart, R.S., Huang, R.X. et al. 2020. Sources and upstream pathways of the densest overflow water in the Nordic Seas. Nature Communications, 11, 5389, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19050-y The pathways of…
Read More5 Questions with Dr. Amala Mahadevan
WHOI physical oceanographer sheds light on the climate-critical link between ocean currents and plankton
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