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Susan Wijffels

Department: Physical Oceanography
Institution: WHOI
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Susan aims to quantify & understand the role of the ocean in climate, key aspects of the large-scale ocean circulation & global ocean change, including heat & carbon uptake.

Interests: Ocean heat & carbon uptake, Sensors & instrumentation, Water cycle
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Brian Williams

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Wenbo Wu

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Seismology, Seismic ocean thermometry, Distributed Acoustic Sensing, Ocean acoustics, Seismic imaging of deep Earth interior, Numerical simulations of seismic wave propagations

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Carl Wunsch

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global ocean circulation, altimetry, inverse methods and state estimation, mixing processes, tides, internal waves, paleoclimate

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Jiayan Yang

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Arctic ocean, marginal seas, ocean modeling, climate

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James A. Yoder

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Dana R. Yoerger

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robotics, Autonomous Benthic Explorer, deep sea observatories

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Lisan Yu

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climate, equatorial dynamics

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Dick K.P. Yue

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vortex dynamics, wave kinematics, hydromechanics

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Oliver C. Zafiriou

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air-sea exchange, carbon dioxide, environmental biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, ocean chemistry, organic chemistry, photochemistry

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W. Gordon Zhang

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Coastal ocean dynamics, biophysical interaction, Polar oceanography, coral reef hydrodynamics, adaptive sampling

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Weifeng (Gordon) Zhang

Department: Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering
Institution: WHOI
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Coastal ocean circulation
Frontal dynamics
Internal wave dynamics
Polynya circulation
Gravity currents
Data assimilation
Observing system design
Biophysical interactions
Coral reef hydrodynamics

Interests: Biophysical interactions, Coastal processes, Coral reefs, Ecology & ecosystem modeling, Fluid dynamics, Polar ecosystems & processes
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Daniel Zitterbart

Department: Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering
Institution: WHOI
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In the Marine Animal Remote Sensing Lab we use remote sensing methods such as photography, satellites, radar, passive acoustic monitoring & robotics to study ecosystem health through top predators.

Interests: Marine mammals & predators, Polar ecosystems & processes, Remote sensing

Maria T. Zuber

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theoretical modeling of geophysical processes; models of lithosphere deformation and the physics of volcanism; relationships between gravity, topography, and tectonic features in determining the mechanical structures and states of stress in planetary lithospheres; development and implementation of space-based laser ranging systems

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