A global network of robotic floats that measure the changing state of the ocean.
Oceans and Atmosphere
Physical Oceanography
Physical Oceanography is the field of study that deals with mechanisms of energy transfer through the sea and across its boundaries, and with the physical interactions of the sea with its surroundings, especially including the influence of the seas on the climate of the atmosphere. Students admitted to Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere Program (COAP) can choose the physical oceanography curricular group.
Academics
Centers, Labs, and Programs
CalCOFI is a long-term, interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral ecosystem research program off the coast of California that holistically studies the physics, biogeochemistry, and biology of the marine environment to inform the sustainable management of marine resources in the context of climate change
One of Scripps's longest-running data centers, serving reference-quality hydrographic ocean data to an international community for over 20 years
The group focuses on observing and modeling coastal processes including beach evolution, cliff erosion, and nearshore waves.
Develops and implements coastal observatories, serves as a science and technical interface with local, state, and federal agencies, and manages various system components.
Specializing in estuarine and coastal processes with an interest in interdisciplinary projects that address how physics impacts important biological and chemical processes in the coastal environment.
Our mission is to pursue scientific studies in underwater acoustics, small-scale physical oceanography (coastal processes, air-sea gas transfer) and biological oceanography.
Develops autonomous instrument platforms and sensors for them, builds instrumented vehicles, and operates floats and gliders for such projects.
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.
Ecological data collected on Scripps Institution of Oceanography research pier.
Upper ocean temperature profiles
Collects and provides access to current and historical data records of sea surface temperature (SST) and salinity (SSS) measurements observed at shoreline stations along the coast of California.
Developing surfboard fins with sensors that will measure multiple ocean parameters.
An autonomous long range platform to unveil the oceans.
Part of the international GO-SHIP program, which carries out a systematic and global re-occupation of select hydrographic sections to quantify changes in storage and transport of heat, fresh water, carbon dioxide (CO2), and related parameters
