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RAP Research Opportunities
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| 26.77.85.B0665 | Seattle | WA 98115 |
Adviser Information:Keywords: Biogeochemical cycles; Earth Science; Ocean physics; Ocean temperature; Salinity; Currents (marine); Atmospheric-marine boundary layer; Climate variability; Time series analysis; Tropical regions; Open to all
Opportunities exist to investigate the mean and time variability of ocean circulation, water properties, air-sea fluxes, their interaction, and their role in climate. Possible research areas include (1) evaluation of terms in large-scale ocean heat, freshwater, and biogeochemical budgets; (2) regional analyses of seasonal to decadal variability of air-sea fluxes and water-mass formation; and (3) interpretation of ocean observations with simple dynamical models. A wide range of data are applied to these studies including CTD and ADCP data, profiling CTD float data, surface drifter data, air-sea flux data, moored array data, and various satellite data sets. References Johnson GC, Doney SC: Geophysical Research Letters 33: L14614, 2006 Johnson GC, et al: Journal of Climate 20: 5365, 2007
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