Physical Oceanography
Overflow water pathways in the North Atlantic
Overflow water pathways in the North Atlantic
Read MoreSlantwise convection in the Irminger Sea
Le Bras, I. a.-A., Callies, J., Straneo, F., Biló, T. C., Holte, J., & Johnson, H. L., 2022. Slantwise Convection in the Irminger Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans, 127(10), […]
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Hybrid Seminar: Transition From Balanced to Unbalanced Motion in the Eastern Pacific From Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Data of Opportunity
Saulo Muller Soares, University of California, San Diego
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department – Clark 507
This will be a hybrid seminar held in Clark 507. If you would like […]
Spotlight on Research Specialist Heather Furey
Heather Furey came to the Oceanographic in May 1997 after finishing a Master’s in Physical Oceanography at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Hybrid Seminar: On the Role of the Labrador Sea in North Atlantic Decadal Variability and Predictability
Stephen G. Yeager, NCAR
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department – Clark 201
This will be a hybrid seminar held in Clark 201. For those that wish to join virtually, you […]
Is sea-level rise exaggerated?
Physical oceanographer and sea-level rise expert Chris Piecuch says sea level is rising — and faster every year
Read MoreAre we heading toward another Little Ice Age?
WHOI climate scientists sound off on the likelihood of ‘global cooling’
Read MoreVertical structure of barotropic‐to‐baroclinic tidal energy conversion on a continental slope
Liu, Z., Zhang, W., & Helfrich, K., 2022. Vertical structure of barotropic‐to‐baroclinic tidal energy conversion on a continental slope. Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, 127(9). Read More
Physical Oceanography Department Hybrid Seminar: Remote Control of the Retroflection of the Labrador Current
Mathilde Jutras, McGill University
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department – Clark 201
This will be a hybrid seminar held in Clark 201. For those that wish to join virtually, you […]
Physical Oceanography Department Hybrid Seminar: Stratification of the Western Arctic Ocean’s Transition Layer
Sylvia Cole, WHOI
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department – Clark 201
This will be a hybrid seminar held in Clark 201. For those that wish to join virtually, you can […]
Physical Oceanography Department Hybrid Seminar: Impacts of MJO on the Intraseasonal Temperature Variation in East Asia
Sunyong Kim, 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 […]
Waiting on the next freshwater flush
Could the unprecedented amounts of freshwater in the Beaufort Sea stall the current system that controls our climate? WHOI’s Isabela Le Bras weighs in.
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Hybrid Seminar: Eddy Freshwater Interaction in the Bay of Bengal
Nihar Paul, Indian Institute of Science
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department – Clark 201
This will be a hybrid seminar held in Clark 201. For those that wish to join […]
Spotlight on PO Chair Young-Oh Kwon
The PO Department congratulates Young-Oh Kwon on his recent appointment as Department Chair.
Read MorePostdoctoral Investigator Ming Shao
Ming Shao, Postdoctoral Investigator, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Hybrid Seminar: Langmuir Turbulence Under Misaligned Wind-Wave Conditions Induced by Limited Coastal Wind Fetch and Abruptly Turning Winds
Xingchi Wang, University of Delaware
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department – Clark 201
This will be a hybrid seminar held in Clark 201. For those that wish to join virtually, […]
Iberian hydroclimate variability and the Azores High during the last 1200 years: evidence from proxy records and climate model simulations
Thatcher, D. L., Wanamaker, A. D., Denniston, R. F., Ummenhofer, C. C., Asmerom, Y., Polyak, V. J., Cresswell-Clay, N., Hasiuk, F., Haws, J., & Gillikin, D. P., 2022. Iberian hydroclimate […]
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Seminar: The Response of the Tropical Pacific Mean State and ENSO to Global Warming
Alexey Fedorov, Yale University/LOCEAN
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 […]
Rapid warming in the Gulf of Maine reverses 900 years of cooling
Rapid 20th century warming in the Gulf of Maine has reversed long-term cooling that occurred there during the previous 900 years, according to new research that combines an examination of shells from long-lived ocean quahogs and climate model simulations.
Read MoreThere will be no Physical Oceanography Department Seminar Today
Orcas spotted off the Armstrong
Screengrab from drone footage taken on 14 July 2022 by Croy Carlin
While transiting from the work site in the Irminger Sea to Reykjavik during a recent AR69-01 OOI-Irminger 9/OSNAP-SDWBC […]
Read MoreThe importance of non-tidal water-level variability for reconstructing Holocene relative sea level
Kemp, A. C., T. A. Shaw, and C. G. Piecuch, 2022. The importance of non-tidal water-level variability for reconstructing Holocene relative sea level, Quaternary Science Reviews, 290, 107637, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107637
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Physical Oceanography Department Hybrid Seminar: The Impact of Interactive Ocean Dynamics on Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature Variability
Olivia Gozdz, George Mason University
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department – Clark 201
This will be a hybrid seminar held in Clark 201. The speaker will be remote. For those […]
HABS Cruise on the R/V Norseman II
Senior Scientist Bob Pickart, Research Associate Marshall Swartz, and 14 others from WHOI…
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