Physical Oceanography
On the Move
The Coastal Pioneer Array is moving south in 2024. WHOI’s Al Plueddemann discusses the array’s importance and its upcoming move
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Seminar: Graduate Student Presentations
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department – Clark 201
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Seminar: Global Climate Response to Antarctic and Greenland Meltwater
Qian Li, MIT
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department – Clark 507
Physical Oceanography Department Seminar: Title to be announced
Adrienne Silver, WHOI
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department – Clark 507
Engineer II Ian Fernandez
Ian Fernandez, Engineer II, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Seminar: Determining Lagrangian Convergence on the Ocean Surface to Delineate Three-Dimensional Material Transport in the Upper Ocean
Aravind Harilal Meenambika, Northeastern University
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department – Clark 507
Inertial oscillations and frontal processes in an Alboran Sea jet: Effects on divergence and vertical transport
Esposito, G., Donnet, S., Berta, M., Shcherbina, A. Y., Freilich, M., Centurioni, L., D’Asaro, E. A., Farrar, J. T., Johnston, T. M. S., Mahadevan, A., Özgökmen, T., Pascual, A., Poulain, P.-M., Ruiz, […]
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Seminar: Wind-Forced Seasonal Exchange Between Marginal Seas and the Open Ocean
Michael Spall, WHOI
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department – Clark 507
This will be a hybrid seminar held in Clark 507. If you would like to join virtually, please email […]
Physical Oceanography Hybrid Department Seminar: The Role of Ocean Heat Transport Versus Surface Heat Fluxes in Driving Arctic Warming and Sea-Ice Decline
Dylan Oldenburg, WHOI
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department – Clark 507
This will be a hybrid seminar held in Clark 507. For those that wish to join virtually, you can […]
Sea ice around Woods Hole
Sea ice around Woods Hole that formed during the Arctic blast of February 3rd & 4th. This type of pancake ice likely formed from frazil ice under wavy conditions. […]
Read MorePostdoctoral Investigator Christoph Renkl
Christoph Renkl, Postdoctoral Investigator, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Seminar: COP27
Cora Hersh & Glenn Liu, WHOI
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department – Clark 507
Reabsorption of lee-wave energy in bottom-intensified currents
Wu, Y., Kunze, E., Tandon, A., & Mahadevan, A, 2022. Reabsorption of lee-wave energy in bottom-intensified currents. Journal of Physical Oceanography. Read More
River effects on sea-level rise in the Río de la Plata estuary during the past century
Piecuch, C. G., 2023. River effects on sea-level rise in the Río de la Plata estuary during the past century, Ocean Sci., 19, 57–75. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-57-2023
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Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Impact of Wind Waves on the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer and its Application to a Coupled Model
Lichuan Wu, Uppsala University, Sweden
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department – Clark 201
This will be a hybrid seminar held in Clark 201. If you would like to join virtually, […]
Research reveals new links behind climate change in Australia
A team of scientists, including those from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), have combined stalagmites and climate model simulations to reveal links between monsoon rains and tropical cyclones in Australia.
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Observations and Models Hand in Hand – How Emergent Constraints Can Help to Improve Our Understanding of Ocean Circulation and its Impact on the Ocean Carbon Cycle
Jens Terhaar, WHOI
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department – Clark 507
Subsurface ocean temperature responses to the anthropogenic aerosol forcing in the North Pacific
Shi, J.-R., Y.-O. Kwon, and S. E. Wijffels, 2023. Subsurface ocean temperature responses to the anthropogenic aerosol forcing in the North Pacific. Geophys. Res. Lett. 50, e2022GL101035, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101035
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Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Hybrid Seminar: Seasonal Dissolved Oxygen Dynamics in the Central and Southern California Current System: High-Resolution Observations from a Sustained Glider Network
Alice Ren, WHOI (speaker will be remote)
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department – Clark 507
This will be a hybrid seminar located in Clark 507. If you would like to […]
Review of oceanic mesoscale processes in the North Pacific: Physical and biogeochemical impacts
Ueno, H., Bracco, A., Barth, J., Budyansky, M., Hasegawa, D., Itoh, S., Kim, S., Ladd, C., Lin, X., Park, Y.-G., Prants, S., Ross, T., Rypina, I., Sasai, Y., Trusenkova, O., […]
Read MoreThere will be no Physical Oceanography Department Seminar today
WHOI PO Department has strong showing at the COP27 Climate Conference
Coupled atmosphere‐ocean observations of a cold air outbreak and its impact on the Iceland Sea
Renfrew, I., Huang, J., Semper, S., Barrell, C., Terpstra, A., Pickart, R., Våge, K., Elvidge, A., Spengler, T., Strehl, A., & Weiss, A., 2022. Coupled atmosphere‐ocean observations of a cold […]
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