Physical Oceanography
Meso-submesoscale surface temperature-salinity compensation and density gradient variability in the North Atlantic from Saildrone observations
Yu, L. (2025). Meso-Submesoscale Surface Temperature-Salinity Compensation and Density Gradient Variability in the North Atlantic from Saildrone Observations. Journal of Physical Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-25-0037.1 Why it matters: Existing satellite salinity measurements have resolutions of…
Read MoreNew study finds rate of U.S. coastal sea level rise doubled in the past century
The study finds that the rate of U.S. coastal sea-level rise has more than doubled in the past 125 years.
Read MoreA theory for attractors of microplastic particles in the resonant structures of a 3D eddy
Pratt, L. J., & Rypina, I. I. (2025). A theory for attractors of microplastic particles in the resonant structures of a 3D eddy. Chaos, 35(12), 123124. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0288722 Attractors of Microplastic Particles in a 3D Ocean…
Read MoreSources and paths of the lower branch of the abyssal overturning circulation
Yang, X., Cessi, P., & Blanke, B. (2025). Sources and Paths of the Lower Branch of the Abyssal Overturning Circulation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130(12), e2025JC023012. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JC023012 Colored contours: horizontal streamlines…
Read MoreClimate impacts of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation on Australia
Taschetto, A., McGregor, S., Dommenget, D., Gillett, Z., Nicholls, N., Sharmila, S., van Rensch, P., Verdon-Kidd, D., Boschat, G., Chung, C., Lieber, R., Abram, N., Allan, R., Allen, K., Ashcroft,…
Read MoreThe ocean weather nexus, explained
The vital role of ocean observations in extreme weather forecasting
Read MoreGlen Gawarkiewicz Presents “Disappearances and Fortunes of the Sea”
PO’s own Glen Gawarkeiwicz presented a special Buoy Lunch talk, Disappearances and Fortunes of the Sea…
Read MoreCongratulations Dr. Cora Hersh!
Recently, Dr. Cora Hersh celebrated the successful defense of her doctoral thesis, Tunnels in the Ocean: Formation and Propagation of Interannual Water Mass Anomalies in Global Subtropical Cells, alongside her…
Read MoreAnalysis of tidal flows through the Strait of Gibraltar using Dynamic Mode Decomposition
Dias, S., Surasinghe, S., Priyankara, K., Budišić, M., Pratt, L., Sánchez-Garrido, J., & Bollt, E. (2025). Analysis of tidal flows through the Strait of Gibraltar using Dynamic Mode Decomposition. Journal of…
Read MoreThe Ocean (Re)Imagined
How expanding our view of the ocean can unlock new possibilities for life
Read MoreSetting sail during the Southwest Monsoon
by Katy Abbott This summer, I got the opportunity to spend six weeks at sea in the Bay of Bengal during the Southwest Monsoon. Although I have studied wind-driven processes…
Read MoreTour of PO Labs
Operations Manager Chris Ross shows September PO Tour attendees different types of Moorings. The mooring construction and rigging shop offers a wide range of services and extensive marine hardware…
Read MorePostdoctoral Scholar Jacob Davis
Postdoctoral Scholar Jacob Davis joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreOff the Coast of Greenland – CTD and Mooring Work Aboard the R/V Thorunn Thordardottir
Researchers off the coast of Greenland near the mouth of Scoresby Sound were performing CTD and mooring work…
Read MorePostdoctoral Investigator Francesco Ventura
Postdoctoral Investigator Francesco Ventura joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MorePostdoctoral Investigator Yan Sun
Postdoctoral Investigator Yan Sun joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreSensing Currents at Sunset in Provincetown with HF Radar
Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory (MVCO) team in action
The Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory (MVCO) team loads gear onto the Air-Sea Interaction Tower…
Read MoreUpstream Pathways of the Faroe Overflow (UFO) underway in the subpolar North Atlantic
UFO is multi-institutional, interdisciplinary effort to study the origin and pathways of the dense water that feeds the Faroe Bank Channel overflow…
Read MoreWHOI deploys ocean sensors ahead of Hurricane Erin as part of the SASCWATCH project funded by the Office of Naval Research
The next frontier in understanding the coupled ocean–wave–atmosphere system requires detailed investigations of turbulence and wave dynamics within tropical cyclones, using a combination of observational and modeling approaches. To address…
Read MoreKathryn Farabaugh
Chelone Laws
Brayden Mikulski
New program aims to improve hurricane predictions with ocean data
The coordinated combination of in situ observations, satellites, and high-resolution models will allow us to fill gaps in our knowledge of air-sea interactions.
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