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).

Recent News

Research Highlight: Deep Ocean Warming at an Accelerating Rate

Oceanographers Find Clues behind Arctic's Fourth-Lowest Sea-Ice Minimum

Research Highlight: U.S. and Indian Research Centers Take Part in Multinational Effort to Understand a Key Monsoon Variable

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Academics

MUNK, WALTER
Emeritus

LLEWELLYN SMITH, STEFAN
Professor

GUZA, Bob
Emeritus


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Centers, Labs, and Projects

Multiscale Ocean Dynamics (MOD)
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.

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Recent Publications

MacKinnon, Jennifer A.; Alford, Matthew H.; Voet, Gunnar; Zeiden, Kristin; Johnston, T.M. Shaun; Siegelman, Mika; Merrifield, Sophia; Merrifield, Mark
Larry J. Pratt; Gunnar Voet; Astrid Pacini; Shuwen Tan; Matthew H. Alford; Glenn S. Carter; James B. Girton; Dimitris Menemenlis
Vic, C.; Garabato, A. C. N.; Green, J. A. M.; Waterhouse, A. F.; Zhao, Z. X.; Melet, A.; de Lavergne, C.; Buijsman, M. C.; Stephenson, G. R.

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