Research by the Physical Oceanography Division (PhOD) of AOML
PhOD research activities are geared towards studying the oceans and their role in climate, at different time and spatial scales, in extreme weather events, and in ecosystems. To accomplish this, scientists here play key roles in the design, implementation and maintenance of large components of the ocean observing system. This includes the analysis of a broad range of observations including directly measured and remotely sensed data, as well as numerical model outputs. A complete list of all projects carried out in PhOD can be found in the Division Project Report. Research results can be found in our publications.
Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC)
Tropical Atlantic Variability
Oceans and Weather
Complete list of divisional projects
- The XBT network
- XBT Fall Rate Equation
- Reducing biases in XBT measurements by including discrete information from pressure switches
- Satellite Ocean Monitoring
- Lagrangian Coherent Structures in the Ocean
- Monitoring the Gulf of Mexico Conditions during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
- Thermosalinograph Operations
- Argo Profiling Floats
- The Global Drifter Program
- The PIRATA Northeast Extension
- Amver SEAS Program
- Western Boundary Time Series Program
- CLIVAR Repeat Hydrography
- Deep Ocean Data Retrieval System
- Dynamics of 18oC Water from CLIMODE Observations
- MOC and MHT Array
- MOC and MHT Meridional variability in the South Atlantic
- South Atlantic MOC Array
- Role of Mesoscale Eddies on Decadal Variability of the South Atlantic MOC
- Observing System Simulation Experiments for the Atlantic MOC
- Observing Methods for the MOC and MHT in the South Atlantic
- Relationship of the Atlantic Warm Pool with the AMOC
- Variability and Predictability of the Atlantic Warm Pool and Its Impacts on Extreme Events in North America
- Sensitivity of Northward Atlantic MHT/MOC to Forcing in Existing Numerical Model Simulations
- MHT Variability in the Atlantic Ocean
- Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
- Intra-American Study of Climate Processes
- The Tropical Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature Bias in Coupled General Circulation Models
- Evaluation of the Three-Dimensional Structure of Velocity in the Central and Eastern Equatorial Atlantic
- Upper ocean Processes Associated with the Madden-Julian Oscillation in the Indian Ocean
- A Research Ocean Data Assimilation System for Improving Regional Ocean Forecasts and Evaluating Ocean Observing Systems
- Near-inertial Energy Pathways
- Contribution of the Saharan Air Layer to Northern Atlantic Ocean Temperatures
- Ocean Model Evaluation and Improvement in the NOAA/AOML/HRD HWRF Experimental HWRF Tropical Cyclone Forecast Model
- Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential
- Climate and Tropical Cyclone Activity in the North Atlantic and Western North Pacific
- The Southern Subtropical Anticyclones
- Toward Developing a Seasonal Outlook for the Occurrence of Major U.S. Tornado Outbreaks
- Enabling and Initiating Observing System Simulation Experiments for the Gulf of Mexico
- AOML South Florida Studies
- Fisheries Oceanography Studies in the US Caribbean
- Optical Oceanography
- The Use of Satellite Derived Oceanographic Data for Fish Stock Assessment in the Gulf of Mexico
- Management and Conservation of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna In the Gulf of Mexico under IPCC Climate Change Scenarios
- Connectivity of the Pulley Ridge and the South Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem
- Shipboard Surveys of Regional and Worldwide Field Operations