
Please join us on zoom or in person for this week's hybrid Polar Hour with Dr. Britney Schmidt (Cornell University).
All welcome to join, listen, discuss, and build community!
Please join us on zoom or in person for this week's hybrid Polar Hour with Dr. Britney Schmidt (Cornell University).
All welcome to join, listen, discuss, and build community!
Talk Abstract: TBA
Please join us on zoom or in person for this week's hybrid Polar Hour with Dr. Heather Kim (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution).
All welcome to join, listen, discuss, and build community!
Please join us on Thursday, May 26 at 8am (Pacific Time) for a virtual discussion with the University of Southampton.
We will begin with brief talks from Dr. Tom Bibby, "Diagnosing the molecular basis of nutrient limitation in Trichodesismum", and Dr. Katherine Barbeau, "Molecular markers of iron limitation in the California Current ecosystem."
Following the talks, there will be an open discussion.
Talk Abstract: TBA
The weak temperature gradient (WTG) approximation is extended to the basic equations on a rotating plane. The circulation is decomposed into a diabatic component that satisfies WTG balance exactly and a deviation from this balance. Scale analysis of the decomposed basic equations reveals a spectrum of motions, including unbalanced inertio-gravity waves and several systems that are in approximate WTG balance. The balanced systems include equatorial moisture modes with features reminiscent of the MJO, off-equatorial moisture modes that resemble tropical…
Please join us on zoom or in person for this week's hybrid Polar Hour with Dr. Michelle Shero (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution).
All welcome to join, listen, discuss, and build community!
Talk Abstract:
In many parts of the global ocean, density compensated temperature (T) and salinity (S) anomalies, known as ocean spice, highlight processes that interleave, stir and eventually mix water from different sources. The unique spatial and temporal structure of upper ocean spice patterns is set by the large-scale dynamics and the balance between different frontal processes, such as subduction, turbulent mixing, and atmospheric forcing that create, distribute and destroy spice. Spice variability also plays a substantial role…