The Physical Oceanography faculty are listed here under WHOI and MIT.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Robert C. Beardsley, Scientist Emeritus
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: coastal circulation, observations, tides, physical-biological coupling

Pavel Berloff, Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: geophysical fluid dynamics, wind-driven circulation, Lagrangian dynamics, numerical modeling

Amy S. Bower, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: dense overflows, Lagrangian floats, Gulf Stream

Kenneth H. Brink, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: coastal, topographic effects, SeaSoar

Claudia Cenedese, Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: geophysical fluid dynamics, laboratory experiments, eddies, coastal circulation

David M. Fratantoni, Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Glider Lab
Keywords: observational oceanography, eddies, autonomous floats

Glen G. Gawarkiewicz, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: coastal circulation, polar oceanography, numerical modeling, SeaSoar

Karl R. Helfrich, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: geophysical fluid dynamics, stratified flows, hydraulics, laboratory experiments

Rui Xin Huang, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: energetics, thermocline structure, thermohaline, wind-driven circulation, climate

Steve R. Jayne, Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: western boundary currents, remote sensing, climate

Terrence M. Joyce, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: general circulation, oceanic variability, climate

Young-Oh Kwon, Assistant Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: ocean's role in climate, climate variability, large-scale circulation, mode water

Steven J. Lentz, Senior Scientist
J. Seward Johnson Chair, Education Coordinator
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: coastal oceanography, wind-driven circulation, buoyancy-driven circulation, boundary layer dynamics

Michael S. McCartney, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: circulation, climate, water mass

W. Brechner Owens, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: large-scale circulation, climate, observations, floats, ice

Joseph Pedlosky, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: equatorial jets and undercurrents, baroclinic instability, eddies and topography

Robert S. Pickart, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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R.S. Pickart Group
Keywords: western boundary currents, ventilation, deep convection

Albert J. Plueddemann, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: air-sea interaction, upper ocean processes, surface boundary layer

Kurt L. Polzin, Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: internal waves, mixing, stirring, fine structure

Lawrence J. Pratt, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: deep overflows, chaos, meanders, hydraulics.

James F. Price, Senior Scientist
Associate Dean, WHOI
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: deep overflows, observations, upper ocean dynamics

Andrey Proshutinsky, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: arctic ocean, tides, numerical modeling, climate

Raymond W. Schmitt, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: mixing, salt fingers, water cycle, observations

Michael A. Spall, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: numerical modeling, mesoscale flows, boundary currents

Fiamma Straneo, Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: convection, thermohaline circulation, interannual-decadal variability, high-latitudes

Leif Thomas, Assistant Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: upper ocean physics; frontal dynamics; submesoscale flows; geophysical fluid dynamics

John M. Toole, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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CV
Keywords: mixing, general circulation, instrumentation

Bruce A. Warren, Scientist Emeritus
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: abyssal circulation, hydrography, observations

Robert A. Weller, Senior Scientist and Department Chair
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Upper Ocean Processes Group
Keywords: upper ocean processes, boundary layer meteorology, observations

John A. Whitehead, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: laboratory studies, geophysical fluid dynamics, convection

Peter Winsor, Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: Polar oceanography, expeditions and observations, numerical modeling, mixing

Jiayan Yang, Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: Arctic ocean, marginal seas, ocean modeling, climate

Lisan Yu, Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography, WHOI
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Keywords: climate, equatorial dynamics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Kerry A. Emanuel, Professor
Tropical Meteorology and Climate, MIT
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Keywords: global climate, tropical cyclone activity

Raffaele Ferrari, Associate Professor of Oceanography
Chair of Joint Committee for Physical Oceanography
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT
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Keywords: upper ocean processes, mixing, stirring, geophysical fluid dynamics

Glenn Flierl, Professor
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT
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Keywords: geophysical fluid dynamics, nonlinear waves, eddies, bio-physical interactions

Mick Follows, Principal Research Scientist
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT
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Keywords: ocean circulation, biogeochemical cycles, numerical modeling, observations

John Marshall, Professor
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT
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Keywords: ocean modeling, climate, biogeochemical cycles, geophysical fluid dynamics

Paola Rizzoli, Professor
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT
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Keywords: climate, general ocean circulation, ecosystem models, data assimilation

Carl Wunsch, Cecil and Ida Green Professor
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT
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Keywords: global ocean circulation, altimetry, inverse methods and state estimation, mixing processes, tides, internal waves, paleoclimate