The group focuses on observing and modeling coastal processes including beach evolution, cliff erosion, and nearshore waves.
Oceans and Atmosphere
Internal Waves and Ocean Mixing
The study of the processes by which the oceans transport and blend water with varying chemistry, temperature, and velocity, particularly through the mechanism of internal gravity waves. Graphic from Multiscale Ocean Dynamics (MOD).
Academics
Centers, Labs, and Programs
A specialized team of oceanographers, engineers, and graduate students solving vexing problems in ocean physics and biology. We develop, build, and deploy novel scientific instrumentation to observe the ocean in new ways.
Oceans and Atmosphere News
Increased Atmospheric Dust has Masked Power of Greenhouse Gases to Warm Planet
Study finds increasing levels of dust likely had cooling effect that s...
Pink Dye Experiment to Reveal Mysteries of Coastal Ocean Dynamics
Scripps Oceanography-led PiNC experiment uses non-toxic pink dye and a...
New Species of Deep-Sea Fish Discovered off Costa Rica
Scripps Oceanography researchers describe Pyrolycus jaco, a newly iden...