Physical Oceanography
A tunnel to the Twilight Zone
Scientists track hungry blue sharks as they ride swirling currents down to the ocean twilight zone—a layer of the ocean containing the largest fish biomass on Earth
Read MoreA tunnel to the Twilight Zone
Scientists track hungry blue sharks as they ride swirling currents down to the ocean twilight zone—a layer of the ocean containing the largest fish biomass on Earth
Read MoreExtreme ice melt in Greenland threatens coastal communities across the world, scientists warn
“We control how much greenhouse gases we put in atmosphere,” said Sarah Das, a scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. “If we can slow down emissions, we can slow down sea level rise.”
Read MoreSummer Student Joint Poster Session
AOP&E, G&G, MC&G, PO, USGS
Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
Special Physical Oceanography Department Seminar: Title to be announced
Laura Cimoli, University of Oxford
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
Uncovering Fine-Scale Horizontal and Vertical Ocean Currents in Preparation for SWOT
Ananda Pascual, Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
A new way of “seeing” offshore wind power cables
Eager to share best practices and technical know-how with the offshore wind sector, WHOI researchers test out an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUVs)—a staple of oceanographic research—to see if it can perform subsea cable surveys faster and more economically than using large and expensive ships.
Read MorePathways of Vertical Nutrient Transports: A Decomposition of Vertical Fluxes
Mara Freilich, WHOI
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
Density-Spicity Coordinates and its Application to Water Mass Analysis and Climate Study
Rui Xin Huang, WHOI
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
WHOI prepares for 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season
Researchers deploy autonomous underwater vehicles to improve forecasts
By Evan Lubofsky | July 18, 2019
Hurricane Florence. Image courtesy of NASA.
With the 2019 Atlantic Hurricane season underway, Woods Hole […]
Read MoreA Parameterization of Local and Remote Tidal Mixing
Casimir de Lavergne, Laboratoire d’Océanographie et du Climat
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
Hurricane Clues from a Caribbean Blue Hole
Scientists look to sediment cores from Caicos Island to gain insights about a monster, modern-day hurricane.
Read MoreSpecial Physical Oceanography Seminar: The Emergence and Evolution of the North Icelandic Jet
Stefanie Semper, University of Bergen
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
Towards an Understanding of Internal Wave Energy Pathways on the Continental Shelf
Ruth Musgrave, WHOI
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
The Shallow Zonal Overturning Circulation of the Southeast Indian Ocean
Helen Phillips, University of Tasmania
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
Mining climate clues from our whaling past
Climate scientists work with historians to tap weather records from old New England whaling logbooks. They hope to leverage the historical data to gain new insights into modern-day climate conditions.
Read MoreMining climate clues from our whaling past
Climate scientists work with historians to tap weather records from old New England whaling logbooks. They hope to leverage the historical data to gain new insights into modern-day climate conditions.
Read MoreThe Seasonal Cycle of Upper-Ocean Mixing in the Bay of Bengal
Deepak Cherian, NCAR
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
Study Finds No Direct Link Between North Atlantic Ocean Currents, Sea Level Along New England Coast
A new study by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) clarifies what influence major currents in the North Atlantic have on sea level along the northeastern United States. The study, published June 13 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, examined both the strength of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)—a conveyor belt of currents that move warmer waters north and cooler waters south in the Atlantic—and historical records of sea level in coastal New England.
Read MoreNew England Coastal Sea-Level Variability: What’s the AMOC Got to Do with it?
Christopher Piecuch, WHOI
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
Transient Changes of the Source Regions and Strength of the AMOC under Climate Change
Matthew Thomas, Yale
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
The IPCC Process and Our Changing Oceans, Ecosystems and Human Communities
Nathan Bindoff, University of Tasmania
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
Special Physical Oceanography Department Seminar: Scale and Rossby Number Dependence of Observed Wind Responses to Ocean-Mesoscale Sea Surface Temperatures
Niklas Schneider, University of Hawai’i
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
A new way of “seeing” offshore wind power cables
Eager to share best practices and technical know-how with the offshore wind sector, WHOI researchers test out an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUVs)—a staple of oceanographic research—to see if it can perform subsea cable surveys faster and more economically than using large and expensive ships.
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