Satellite Altimetry Mission Promises Huge Advances for Physical Oceanography and Hydrology
Thomas Farrar, the oceanography science co-lead for the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission, says that when the satellite launches in late 2022, it will provide huge advances for physical oceanography…
Read MoreMesoscale and submesoscale shelf-ocean exchanges initialize an advective Marine Heatwave
Chen, K., Gawarkiewicz, G., Yang, J., 2022. Mesoscale and submesoscale shelf-ocean exchanges initialize an advective Marine Heatwave. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127, e2021JC017927. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017927 Bottom intensified intrusion as revealed by the evolution of the salinity field (color) near a seabed trough on the southern New England shelf. Density field is in gray contours at…
Read MoreMIT/WHOI Joint Program Armstrong Cruise
After a year’s pause, the annual Joint Program student cruise resumed this fall!
Read MoreMixed layer depth climatology over the Northeast U.S. continental shelf (1993-2018)
Cai, C., Y.-O. Kwon, Z. Chen, and P. Fratantoni, 2021. Mixed layer depth climatology over the Northeast U.S. continental shelf (1993-2018). Continental Shelf Research, 231, 104611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2021.104611 A new mixed layer depth climatology for 1993-2018 is produced based on an observational dataset from the Northeast Fisheries Science Center hydrography program. This mixed layer depth climatology…
Read MoreOcean Warming and Accelerating Southern Ocean Zonal Flow
In an article published in the Nov. 29 issue of Nature Climate Change, researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Scripps Institution of Oceanography found
Read MoreProgress in understanding of Indian Ocean circulation, variability, air–sea exchange, and impacts on biogeochemistry
Phillips, H. E. and Coauthors, 2021. Progress in understanding of Indian Ocean circulation, variability, air–sea exchange, and impacts on biogeochemistry. Ocean Sciences, 17, 1677-1751. doi:10.5194/os-17-1677-2021 Over the past decade, our understanding of the Indian Ocean has advanced through concerted efforts toward measuring the ocean circulation and air-sea exchanges, detecting changes in water masses, and linking…
Read MoreWelcome Postdoctoral Fellow Stefanie Semper
Stefanie Semper, Postdoctoral Fellow, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreSpotlight on Assistant Scientist, Viviane Vasconcellos de Menezes
Viviane Menezes is a sea-going and satellite oceanographer investigating the interplay between ocean circulation, salinity, and air-sea interaction.
Read MoreFate of warm Pacific water in the Arctic basin
Lin, P., Pickart, R. S., Våge, K., & Li, J., 2021. Fate of warm Pacific water in the Arctic basin. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL094693. https://doi. org/10.1029/2021GL094693 The Barrow Canyon outflow carrying the Pacific Summer Water (PSW) westward along the continental slope splits into different branches, influenced by the strength and extent of the Beaufort…
Read MoreAdvective pathways and transit times of the Red Sea Overflow Water in the Arabian Sea from Lagrangian simulations
Menezes, V. V., 2021. Advective pathways and transit times of the Red Sea Overflow Water in the Arabian Sea from Lagrangian simulations. Progress in Oceanography, 199, 102697. doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102697. The present study investigates the advective pathways and transit times of virtual particles released in the Red Sea outflow area as a proxy for the poorly…
Read MoreWHOI scientists monitor the ocean with innovative tools and techniques to improve hurricane forecasting
Steve Jayne says that flying through hurricanes on a Lockheed-Martin WC-130J Weatherbird aircraft with the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s Hurricane Hunters…
Read MoreObserved deep cyclonic eddies around Southern Greenland
As part of the Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program, 135 acoustically-tracked RAFOS (Range And Fixing of Sound, floats were released…
Read MoreAre the impacts of the observed Arctic Sea-ice variability on the cold season atmospheric circulation underestimated in AGCM experiments?
Liang, Y.-C., C. Frankignoul, Y.-O. Kwon, G. Gastineau, E. Manzini, G. Danabasoglu, L. Suo, S. Yeager, Y. Gao, J.J. Attema, A. Cherchi, R. Ghosh, D. Matei, J.V. Mecking, T. Tian, and Y. Zhang, 2021. Are the Impacts of the Observed Arctic Sea-ice Variability on the Cold Season Atmospheric Circulation Underestimated in AGCM Experiments? Journal of…
Read MoreA Clam at Sunrise in the Mid-Atlantic Bight
The sun rises over the Mid-Atlantic Bight behind an ocean quahog perched on the side of the F/V ESS Pursuit during a recent research cruise. Ocean quahogs are the longest-living, non-colonial animals in the world, reaching ages of over 500 years. As they precipitate their shells in annual increments, much like trees grow in annual…
Read MoreSpatial and temporal variability of the Gulf Stream near Cape Hatteras
Andres, M. (2021). Spatial and temporal variability of the Gulf Stream near Cape Hatteras. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126, e2021JC017579. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017579 As part of the NSF-funded Processes driving Exchange at Cape Hatteras (PEACH) Project, 5 current- and pressure-sensor equipped inverted echo sounders (CPIESs) were deployed along the continental slope spanning the “separation location” where the Gulf Stream veers…
Read MoreClam Research Cruise on the F/V ESS Pursuit
Postdoc Nina Whitney and scientists from University of Mississippi and Virginia Institute of Marine Science…
Read MoreR/V Armstrong tracks Arctic freshwater along the southeast Greenland shelf
Assistant scientist Nick Foukal and Research Assistant Jessica Kozik have been deploying surface drifters and profiling floats along the southeast Greenland shelf during the OOI Irminger cruise aboard the R/V Armstrong. The goal of the project is to track meltwater from Greenland and the Arctic as it rounds Cape Farewell at the southern tip of…
Read MorePO’s New MIT/WHOI Joint Program Students
Meet PO’s most recent group of MIT/WHOI Joint Program Students
Read MoreShoreside CTD Support for OOI Irminger 8 Cruise
US OSNAP works together with OOI to provide shoreside support of Shipboard CTD data collection…
Read MoreWelcome Postdoctoral Investigator Greg Koman
Greg Koman, Postdoctoral Investigator, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreWelcome Postdoctoral Investigator Jia-Rui (Ray) Shi
Jia-Rui (Ray) Shi, Postdoctoral Investigator, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreWelcome Postdoctoral Scholar Duo Chan
Duo Chan, Postdoctoral Scholar, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreWelcome Postdoctoral Investigator Alex Kinsella
Alex Kinsella, Postdoctoral Investigator, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreWelcome Postdoctoral Fellow Alma Carolina Castillo-Trujillo
Alma Carolina Castillo-Trujillo, Postdoctoral Fellow, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
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