Current Projects

The primary focus of the Upper Ocean Processes Group is the study of physical processes in the upper ocean and at the air-sea interface using moored surface buoys equipped with meteorological and oceanographic sensors.

Current projects include surface mooring deployments under the stratus clouds of the eastern tropical Pacific (Stratus), in the trade wind region of the northwest tropical Atlantic (NTAS), 100 km north of Oahu at the WHOI Hawaii Ocean Time-series Site (WHOTS), and in the high heat-exchange region of the Gulf Stream as part of the CLIMODE experiment. Meteorological sensors are also deployed on Volunteer Observing Ships (VOS) with repeat tracks crossing the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean basins.

Schematic drawing of processes that contribute to variability in the ocean surface boundary layer. [R. Weller, WHOI]