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Applied Ocean Science and Engineering
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A Virtual Ocean framework for environmentally adaptive, embedded acoustic navigation on autonomous underwater
A Planned Approach to High Collision Risk Area
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Enabling Human-Robot Cooperation in Scientific Exploration of Bandwidth-Limited Environments
Multi-path Penalty Metric in Underwater Acoustic Communication for Autonomy and Human Decision-making
Environmental Effects of the Beaufort Lens on Underwater Acoustic Communications during Arctic Operations
Developing In Situ Instrumentation to Monitor Anthropogenic Change
Survey Techniques to Examine Morphological Evolution of Coastal Regions
Ambient Acoustics as Indicator of Environmental Change in the Beaufort Sea: Experiments & Methods for Analysis
Human-Autonomy Teaming for Improved Diver Navigation
Automated Open Circuit Scuba Diver Detection with Low Cost Passive Sonar and Machine Learning
The Effect of Attenuation from Fish on Long-Range Active and Passive Acoustic Sensing in the Ocean
Barrier Island Groundwater Dynamics
Wingsail Design Methodology and Performance Evaluation Metrics for Autonomous Sailing
Field-Portable Dissolved Gas Sensing and Perspectives in Aqueous Microplastic Detection
Signal Absorption-Based Range Estimator for Undersea Swarms
Advances in Passive Acoustic Detection, Localization, and Tracking Applied to Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
Query-Driven Adaptive Sampling
Developing the Next Generation of Autonomous Underwater Gliders
High Frequency Acoustic Propagation and Modeling in Stratified Estuaries
Mechanisms of Tidal Dispersion in a Salt Marsh Estuary
Oceanic Ambient Noise in the Arctic on the Chukchi Shelf: Broadband Characteristics and Environmental Drivers
Balancing Exploration and Exploitation: Task-Targeted Exploration for Scientific Decision-Making
A Practical Search with Voronoi Distributed Autonomous Marine Swarms
In-situ Characterization of Sea State with Improved Navigation on an Autonomous Underwater Glider
Adaptive Robotic Search and Sampling of Sparse Natural Phenomena
Underwater & Out of Sight: Towards Ubiquity in Underwater Robotics
Processes of Stratification Breakdown and Restratification in Antarctic Coastal Polynyas
Dense, Sonar-Based Reconstruction of Underwater Scenes
Coordinated Tracking and Interception of an Acoustic Target Using Autonomous Surface Vehicles
Enabling Human-Multi-Robot Collaborative Visual Exploration in Underwater Environments
Morphological Approaches To Understanding Antarctic Sea Ice Thickness
Robust Non-Gaussian Semantic Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
Development and Deployment of a Novel Deep-Sea in situ Bubble Sampling Instrument for Understanding the Fate of Methane in the Water Column
Adaptive Sampling of Transient Environmental Phenomena with Autonomous Mobile Platforms
Computational Approaches for Sub-Meter Ocean Color Remote Sensing
Modifiable Stability and Maneuverability of High Speed Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) Through Bioinspired Control Fins
Algorithmic Advances in Range-Aided Navigation
A Method for On-line Water Current Velocity Estimation Using Low-cost Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Advancing the theory and applications of Lagrangian Coherent Structures methods for oceanic surface flows
Automated Open Circuit Scuba Diver Detection with Low Cost Passive Sonar and Machine Learning
Observing Microbial Processes at the Microscale with In Situ Technology
Perception-Driven Optimal Motion Planning Under Resource Constraints
Statistical Models and Decision Making for Robotic Scientific Information Gathering
Demonstration of Passive Acoustic Detection and Tracking of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
Measurements and Dynamics of Multiple Scale Bedforms in Tidally Energetic Environments
MEMS IMU Navigation with Model Based Dead-Reckoning and One-Way-Travel-Time Acoustic Range Measurements for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Field Observations and Numerical Model Simulations of a Migrating Inlet System
Multi-Modal and Inertial Sensor Solution to Navigation-Type Factor Graphs
Low Frequency Active Sonar Performance in the Arctic Beaufort Lens
Wave-, Wind-, and Tide-Driven Circulation at a Coastal Ocean Inlet
Extraction of Uranium from Seawater: Design and Testing of a Symbiotic System
Graphical Model Driven Methods in Adaptive System Identification
Distributed Autonomy and Formation Control of a Drifting Swarm of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Navigation and Manipulation for Autonomous Underwater Dismantling of Offshore Structures
Hydrodynamics of a Multiple Tidal Inlet System: Katama Bay, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
Real Time Bottom Reverberation Simulation in Deep and Shallow Ocean Environments
Physical Control of the Distributions of a Key Arctic Copepod in the Northeast Chukchi Sea
Characterization of Underwater Target Geometry from Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Sampling of Bistatic Acoustic Scattered Fields
Quantification of the Spatial and Temporal Evolution of Stratified Shear Instabilities at High Reynolds Number Using Quantitative Acoustic Scattering Techniques
Scattering of the Low-Mode Internal Tide at the Line Islands Ridge
Controller Design for Underwater Vehicle Systems with Communication Constraints
Autonomous & Adaptive Oceanographic Feature Tracking On Board Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Passive Wake Detection Using Seal Whisker-Inspired Sensing
The Development and Application of Random Matrix Theory in Adaptive Signal Processing in the Sample Deficient Regime
Evaluation of Vector Sensors for Adaptive Equalization in Underwater Acoustic Communication
Coastal Ocean Variability off the Coast of Taiwan in Response to Typhoon Morakot: River Forcing, Atmospheric Forcing, and Cold Dome Dynamics
A Computational Approach to the Quantification of Animal Camouflage
Toward Autonomous Underwater Mapping in Partially Structured 3D Environments
Interannual Variability of the Pacific Water Boundary Current in the Beaufort Sea
Computational Strategies for Understanding Underwater Optical Image Datasets
Toward Lifelong Visual Localization and Mapping
Advances in Integrating Autonomy with Acoustic Communications for Intelligent Networks of Marine Robots
Broadband and Statistical Characterization of Echoes from Random Scatterers: Application to Acoustic Scattering by Marine Organisms
Uncertainty Quantification in Ocean State Estimation
Measuring Surface Ocean Wave Height and Directional Spectra Using an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler from an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
Robust Acoustic Signal Detection and Synchronization in a Time Varying Ocean Environment
Non-Rayleigh Scattering by a Randomly Oriented Elongated Scatterer
Stratification on the Skagit Bay Tidal Flats
Direct-Form Adaptive Equalization for Underwater Acoustic Communication
Rapid Extraction of Dissolved Inorganic Carbon from Seawater and Groundwater Samples for Radiocarbon Dating
Progressively Communicating Rich Telemetry from Autonomous Underwater Vehicles via Relays
Contributions to Automated Realtime Underwater Navigation
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Navigation and Mapping in Dynamic, Unstructured Environments
Multiple-Vehicle Resource-Constrained Navigation in the Deep Ocean
Field Measurements of a Swell Band, Shore Normal, Flux Divergence Reversal
Field Deployable Dynamic Lighting System for Turbid Water Imaging
Three-Dimensional Acoustic Propagation Through Shallow Water Internal, Surface Gravity and Bottom Sediment Waves
Computational Imaging and Automated Identification for Aqueous Environments
K-distribution Fading Models for Bayesian Estimation of an Underwater Acoustic Channel
Performance Analysis for Lateral-Line-Inspired Sensor Arrays
Understanding and Utilizing Waveguide Invariant Range-Frequency Striations in Ocean Acoustic Waveguides
Analysis of and Techniques for Adaptive Equalization for Underwater Acoustic Communication
Modeling Wind Forcing in Phase Resolving Simulation of Nonlinear Wind Waves
A Study of Ocean Wave Statistical Properties Using Nonlinear, Directional, Phase-Resolved Ocean Wave-Field Simulations
Environmental Analysis and Prediction of Transmission Loss in the Region of the New England Shelfbreak
Physically Constrained Maximum Likelihood (PCML) Mode Filtering and Its Application as a Pre-Processing Method for Underwater Acoustic Communication
Internal Tide Generation by Tall Ocean Ridges
Modeling and Frequency Tracking of Marine Mammal Whistle Calls
Detection, Classification and Localization of Underwater Mines Using a Virtual Time Reversal Mirror
Variable Buoyancy System Metric
Sound Propagation around Underwater Seamounts
CFD Study of Hydrodynamic Signal Perception by Fish Using the Lateral Line System
Cooperative Navigation for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Forward Sound Propagation around Seamounts: Application of Acoustic Models to the Kermit-Roosevelt and Elvis Seamounts
A Parallel Hypothesis Method of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Navigation
Biological Oceanography
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An Assessment of the Biodistribution, Persistence, and Health Impacts of Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Fish
Assessing anthropogenic noise impacts and relevant soundscape cues for marine invertebrates: leveraging squid and coral reefs as model systems
Characterizing Cobalamin Cycling by Antarctic Marine Microbes across Multiple Scales
Decoding divergence in marine protistan communities: from strain diversity to basin biogeography
Characterization of Microbial Primary and Secondary Metabolism in the Marine Realm
MOVEMENT BEHAVIOR AND ENERGETICS OF SWIMMING MARINE MOLLUSKS
A Lagrangian perspective of mesoscale biophysical interactions in the subtropical ocean
Environmental drivers of the abundance and distribution of forage fishes on the Northeast US shelf, with a particular emphasis on northern sand lance
Distribution, Growth, and Transport of Larval Fishes and Implications for Population Dynamics
Assessing the impact of domoic acid exposure on the zebrafish (Danio rerio) brain across life stages
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The Role of Zooplankton in Regulating Carbon Export and Phytoplankton Community Structure: Integrating Models and Observations
Variations in Marine Microbiomes: From Habitat to Host
Inference and Robotic Path Planning over High Dimensional Categorical Observations
Trojan Horses in the Marine Realm: Characterizing Protistan Parasite Ecology in Coastal Waters
Genomic and physiological adaptation to temperature in the invasive golden star tunicate (Botryllus schlosseri)
Physiological and Behavioral Responses, and their Variability, in Squid, Doryteuthis Pealeii, Embryos and Paralarvae Reared Under Chronic Ocean Acidification
Exploring circadian rhythms, food intake, and their interactions in marine invertebrates
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Impacts of developmental exposures to the harmful algal bloom toxin, domoic acid, on neural development and behavior
Characterizing Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance, Prevalence, and Persistence in the Marine Environment
Genetic Connectivity, Adaptation, and Phenotypic Plasticity of Corals and Anemones Under Thermal Stress
Movements and Oceanographic Associations of Large Pelagic Fishes in the North Atlantic Ocean
Evolutionary Conservation and Characterization of The Metazoan Amino Acid Response
Trait-Based Modeling of Larval Dispersal in the Gulf Of Maine
Alexandrium catanella Cyst Dynamics in a Coastal Embayment: Temperature Dependence of Dormancy, Germination, and Bloom Initiation
Ciliate Micrograzer Dynamics of the New England Shelf
Pteropod Shell Condition, Locomotion, and Long-term Population Trends in the Context of Ocean Acidification and Environmental Change
Effects of Added Drag on Cetaceans: Fishing Gear Entanglement and External Tag Attachment
Coral Reef Soundscapes: Spatiotemporal Variability and Links to Species Assemblages
Spatiotemporal Population Genomics of Marine Species: Invasion, Expansion, and Connectivity
Microbial Cycling of Marine High Molecular Weight Dissolved Organic Matter
Behavioral Responses of Invertebrate Larvae to Water Column Cues
Defining the Ecological and Physiological Traits of Phytoplankton Across Marine Ecosystems
The Choreography of Belonging: Toothed Whale Spatial Cohesion and Acoustic Communication
Evolutionary Demography of Structured Two-Sex Populations and Sex Ratios
Evolutionary and Ecological Genomics in Deep-Sea Ogranisms
Interactions Between Calanoid Copepod Hosts and Their Associated Microbiota
Population Dynamics and Diversity of Synechococcus on the New England Shelf
Demographics of Lytic Viral Infection in Coastal Ocean Vibrio
Microbial Production and Consumption of Marine Dissolved Organic Matter
An Investigation of the Roles of Geomagnetic and Acoustic Cues in Whale Navigation and Orientation
Growth and Development of Larval Bay Scallops (Argopecten irradians) in Response to Early Exposure to High CO2
The auditory system of the minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata): A Potential Fatty Sound Reception Pathway in a Mysticete Cetacean
Sands and Environmental Conditions Impact the Abundance and Persistence of the Fecal Indicator Bacteria Enterococcus at Recreational Beaches
Species-Specific Patterns in Bivalve Larval Supply to a Coastal Embayment
Modeling the Processes Affecting Larval Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Survival on Georges Bank
Functional Connectivity of Coral Reef Fishes in a Tropical Seascape Assessed by Compound-Specific Stable Isotope Analyses
N2 Fixation by Subsurface Populations of Trichodesmium: An Important Source of New Nitrogen to the North Atlantic Ocean
Age, Movements, and Feeding Ecology of Northwest Atlantic White Sharks Estimated From Ecogeochemical Profiles in Vertebrae
Larval Ecology and Synchronous Reproduction of Two Crustacean Species: Semibalanus balanoides in New England, USA and Gecarcinus quadratus in Veraguas, Panama
Reproductive Traits of Pioneer Gastropod Species Colonizing Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents After an Eruption
Molecular Insights into the Niche of Harmful Brown Tides
Life Cycle Studies of the Red Tide Dinoflagellate Species Complex Alexandrium tamarense
On the Economic Optimality of Marine Reserves When Fishing Damages Habitat
Biology and Potential Biogeochemical Impacts of Novel Predatory Flavobacteria
Form, Function and Flow in the Plankton: Jet Propulsion and Filtration by Pelagic Tunicates
Phosphorus Physiology of the Marine Cyanobacterium Trichodesmium
Ecology and Population Structure of Vibrionaceae in the Coastal Ocean
Iron Limitation and the Role of Siderophores in Marine Synechococcus
Diversity of the Marine Cyanobacterium Trichodesmium: Characterization of the Woods Hole Culture Collection and Quantification of Field Populations
Iron and Prochlorococcus
Biotic and Abiotic Interactions of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent-endemic Fish on the East Pacific Rise
Chemical Oceanography
Tracking carbon fluxes across ocean interfaces using dissolved gas observations
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High resolution, in-situ studies of seawater carbonate chemistry and carbon cycling in coastal systems using CHANnelized Optical System II
Barium isotope cycling in the marine environment: Pathways of fractionation and implications for paleoceanographic applications
Assessing the potential for zinc limitation of marine primary production: proteomic characterization of the low zinc stress response in marine diatoms
Interactions between rivers and coastal margins in the Alaskan Arctic
Molecular Characterization of Organically Bound Copper in the Marine Environment
Microbial glycerolipids in the global ocean: environmental controls and sinking flux dynamics
From the atmosphere to the abyss: Tracing organic carbon deposition, cadmium isotopes, and iron cycling using marine sediments
Radium Isotopes and Radon-222 as Tracers of Sediment-Water Interaction in Arctic coastal and Lacustrine Environments
Molecular-level characterization of microbial interactions with labile dissolved organic matter
Investigating chromium cycling in global oxygen deficient zones with chromium isotopes
Anthropogenic and natural radioisotopes as tracers for contaminant sources and particulate fluxes
Quantifying the effects of sunlight on the fate of oil spilled at sea
Quantifying the effects of sunlight on the fate of oil spilled at sea
Phosphonate Biogeochemical Cycling in the Marine Environment: from an Ocean Scale to a Molecular Scale
Dynamics and Implications of ROS in Marine Systems
On the non-microbial sources and sinks of dissolved metabolites in seawater
New Insights into the Marine Oxygen Cycle from Manganese Oxide Minerals and Reactive Oxygen Species
Protein regulation in Trichodesmium and other marine bacteria: Observational and interpretive biomarkers of biogeochemical processes
Constraining Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbances in the Delivery of Coastal Ecosystem Services
Radium and Mercury Dynamics in the Arctic: Investigating Terrestrial Inputs, Groundwater Discharge, and Chemical Cycling in a Changing Climate
A Metabolic Lens on Phytoplankton Physiology
Tracking carbon fluxes across ocean interfaces using dissolved gas observations
Coupled cycling of metals with nitrogen and carbon in marine sediments
Exploring the Role of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) in Marine Ecosystem Health and Function
Coupled cycling of metals with nitrogen and carbon in marine sediments
The Fate of Anthropogenic Nitrogen in a Redox Stratified Pond: An Isotopic Approach
Tropical Stony Corals Host Diverse Microbial Nitrogen Dynamics
Mechanisms of terrestrial organic carbon export and preservation in the marine environment
Observations of Surfzone Vorticity Using Optical Remote Sensing
The Impact of Metals and Other Stress Factors on Microbial Ammonia Oxidation Physiology and Isotope Effects
Investigating the ocean’s biological pump using thorium-234 and polonium-210
A modeling study of the marine biogeochemistry, plankton dynamics, and carbon cycle on the continental shelf off the West Antarctic Peninsula
Computational Analysis of the Biophysical Controls on Southern Ocean Phytoplankton Ecosystem Dynamics
The Mineralogy and Chemistry of Modern Shallow-Water and Deep-Sea Corals
The Production and Fate of Nitrogen Species in Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Environments
Scavenging and Transport of Thorium Radioisotopes in the North Atlantic Ocean
Radium Isotopes as Tracers of Boundary Inputs of Nutrients and Trace Elements to the Coastal and Open Ocean
Biogeochemical and Phylogenetic Signals of Proterozoic and Phanerozoic Microbial Metabolisms
The Marine Biogeochemistry of Chromium Isotopes
Carbon Transformations in Seafloor Serpentinization Systems
An Investigation of Basin-Scale Controls on Upper Ocean Export and Remineralization
The Geochemistry of Methane Isotopologues
The Remineralization of Marine Organic Matter by Diverse Biological and Abiotic Processes
Geochemical Controls on the Distribution And Composition of Biogenic and Sedimentary Carbon
The Cobalt Cycle in the Tropical Pacific Ocean
Understanding Terrestrial Organic Carbon Export: A Time-Series Approach
Novel Analytical Strategies for Tracing the Organic Carbon Cycle in Marine and Riverine Particles
Insight into Chemical, Biological, and Physical Processes in Coastal Waters from Dissolved Oxygen and Inert Gas Tracers
Linking Microbial Metabolism and Organic Matter Cycling Through Metabolite Distributions in the Ocean
Ecosystem Metabolism in Salt Marsh Tidal Creeks and Ponds: Applying Triple Oxygen Isotopes and Other Gas Tracers to Novel Environments
The Biogeochemistry of Lipid Derived Infochemical Signals in the Ocean
Molecular Determination of Marine Iron Ligands by Mass Spectrometry
Late Quaternary Climate Variability and Terrestrial Carbon Cycling in Tropical South America
Seasonal and Interannual Variability in the Hydrology and Geochemistry of an Outlet Glacier of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Using Passive Samplers to Assess Bioavailability, Toxicity, and Reactivity of Hydrophobic Organic Chemicals (HOCS)
A Magmatic Trigger for the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum?
Geochemistry of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Fluids from the Mid-Cayman Rise, Caribbean Sea
Testing the Ancient Marine Redox Record From Oxygenic Photosynthesis to Photic Zone Euxina
Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Biogeochemical Processes in the Fraser River, Canada: A Coupled Organic-Inorganic Perspective
Heterogeneous Reservoirs in the Marine Carbon Cycle
Temporal Variability in Chemical Cycling of the Subterranean Estuary and Associated Chemical Loading to the Coastal Ocean
Transformations of Mercury in the Marine Water Column
The Biogeochemistry of Marine Particulate Trace Metals
Natural and Synthetic Estrogens in Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent and the Coastal Ocean
The Marine Biogeochemistry of Dissolved and Colloidal Iron
Variations in Coral Reef Net Community Calcification and Aragonite Saturation State on Local and Global Scales
Urea and Nickel Utilization in Marine Cyanobacteria as Evaluated by Incubation, Proteomic, and Uptake Techniques
Evolution of Anthropogenic Pb and Pb isotopes in the Deep North Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean
Marine Microbial Intact Polar Diacylglyceroplipids and their Application in the Study of Nutrient Stress and Bacterial Production
Distribution of Thiols in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean
Advances in Measurements of Particle Cycling and Fluxes in the Ocean
Nitrogen Cycling in Oxygen Deficient Zones : Insights from δ15N and δ18O of Nitrite and Nitrate
Influences on the Oceanic Biogeochemical Cycling of the Hybrid-Type Metals: Cobalt, Iron, and Mangaese
Comprehensive Study of a Heavy Fuel Oil Spill: Modeling and Analytical Approaches to Understanding Environmental Weathering
Insights Into Vitamin B12 Production, Use, and Acquisition by Marine Microbes
Marine Particle Dynamics: Sinking Velocities, Size Distributions, Fluxes, and Microbial Degradation Rates
Lipid Biomarkers of Coral Stress: Calibration and Exploration
The Biogeochemistry of Marine Nitrous Oxide
Interactions of Cadmium, Zinc, and Phosphorus in Marine Synechococcus: Field Uptake, Physiological and Proteomic Studies
Molecular Biogeochemistry of Modern and Ancient Marine Microbes
Exploring the Distribution and Physiological Roles of Bacterial Membrane Lipids in the Marine Environment
Geomicrobiology of Nitrogen in a Coastal Aquifer: Isotopic and Molecular Methods to Examine Nitrification and Denitrification in Groundwater
Laboratory and Field-Based Investigations of Subsurface Geochemical Processes in Seafloor Hydrothermal Systems
Microbial Interactions Associated with Biofilms Attached to Trichodesmium spp. and Detrial Particles in the Ocean
Understanding the Ocean Carbon and Sulfur Cycles in the Context of a Variable Ocean: A Study of Anthropogenic Carbon Storage and Dimethysulfide Production in the Atlantic Ocean
Surface-Cycling of Rhenium and Its Isotopes
Geochemical Tracers of Processes Affecting the Formation of Seafloor Hydrothermal Fluids and Deposits in the Manus Back-Arc Basin
Carbon Nanotube Synthesis and Detection: Limiting the Environmental Impact of Novel Technologies
Halogenated1′-methyl-1,2′-bipyrroles (MBPs) in the Northwestern Atlantic
Marine Geology and Geophysics
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Geochemistry
Marine geology/geophysics/tectonics
Paleoceanography
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Questions and Clarity: Insights from Applying Computational Methods to Paleoclimate Archives
The Flow and Fracture of Antarctic Ice Shelves
Coral Reefs in the Anthropocene Ocean: Novel Insights from Skeletal Proxies of Climate Change, Impacts, and Resilience
Inferring the Thermomechanical State of the Lithosphere Using Geophysical and Geochemical Observables
Structure and Mechanics of the Subducted Gorda Plate: Constrained by Afterslip Simulations and Scattered Seismic Waves
The Heterogeneity and Volatile Content of Earth’s Mantle, Magmas and Crust
Insights from Geodynamic Models Into Ice Flow, Mantle Magmatism, and Their Interactions
Coastal Evolution on Earth and Titan
U-Th Dating of Lacustrine Carbonates
High Resolution Sedimentary Archives of Past Millennium Hurricane Activity in the Bahama Archipelago
Reconstructing Atmospheric Changes in Monsoon Regions Using Eolian Dust
Seismic and Numerical Constraints on the Formation and Evolution of Oceanic Lithosphere
Greenlandic Ice Archives of North Atlantic Common Era Climate
Investigating Mexican Paleoclimate with Precisely Dated Speleothems
Wave-Driven Geomorphology of Pacific Carbonate Coastlines: From landscape to Wavelength Scale
An inverse modeling approach to investigate deep ocean ventilation from radiocarbon records
Geophysical and Geochemical Contraints on Submarine Volcanic Processes
Storm Signatures in Coastal Ponds and Marshes Over the Late Holocene
Water and Volatile Element Accretion to the Inner Planets
Influence of Meltwater on Greenland Ice Sheet Dynamics
Geophysical and Petrological Constraints on Ocean Plate Dynamics
Trace Element Proxies and Mineral Indicators of Hydrothermal Fluid Composition and Seafloor Massive Sulfide Deposit Formation Processes
Reconstructing Deglacial Ocean Ventilation Using Radiocarbon: Data and Inverse Modeling
Geophysical and Geochemical Constraints on the Evolution of Oceanic Lithosphere From Formation to Subduction
Coral Biomineralization, Climate Proxies and the Sensitivity of Coral Reefs to CO2-Driven Climate Change
A Scientific Framework for Evaluating Coral Reef Resilience to Climate Change
Little Ice Age Climate in the Western Tropical Atlantic Inferred from Coral Geochemical Proxies
Seismic Constraints on the Processes and Consequences of Secondary Igneous Evolution of Pacific Oceanic Lithosphere
Plan-View Evolution of Wave-Dominated Deltas
Chemical, Isotopic, and Temporal Variations during Crustal Differentiation: Insights from the Dariv Igneous Complex, Western Mongolia
Investigating the Evolution and Formation of Coastlines and the Response to Sea-Level Rise
Mechanical and Geological Controls on the Long-Term Evolution of Normal Faults
Exploring the Climate Change Refugia Potential of Equatorial Pacific Coral Reefs
Lithospheric Dynamics of Earth’s Subduction Zones and Martian Tectonic Provinces
Quaternary Morphology and Paleoenvironmental Records of Carbonate Islands
Amundsen Sea Sea-Ice Variability, Atmospheric Circulation, and Spatial Variations in Snow Isotopic Composition from New West Antarctic Firn Cores
Evolution of Oceanic Margins: Rifting in the Gulf of California and Sediment Diapirism and Mantle Hydration During Subduction
Deep Explosive Volcanism on the Gakkel Ridge and Seismological Constraints on Ahallow Recharge at TAG Active Mound
Climate Controls on Coral Growth in the Caribbean
The CAFE Experiment: A Joint Seismic and MT Investigation of the Cascadia Subduction System
Investigation of the Effect of a Circular Patch of Vegetation on Turbulence Generation and Sediment Deposition Using Four Case Studies
Advanced Geophysical Studies of Accretion of Oceanic Lithosphere in Mid-Ocean Ridges Characterized by Contrasting Tectono-Magmatic Settings
Earthquake Behavior and Structure of Oceanic Transform Faults
Aridification of the Indian Subcontinent During the Holocene: Implications for Landscape Evolution, Sedimentation, Carbon Cycle and Human Civilizations
Determining Timescales of Natural Carbonation of Peridotite in the Samail Ophiolite, Sultanate of Oman
The Centennial and Millennial Variability of the IndoPacific Warm Pool and the Indonesian Throughflow
Constraining Circulation Changes Through the Last Deglaciation with Deep-sea Coral Radiocarbon and Sedimentary 231Pa/230Th
Hydrological and Biogeochemical Cycling Along the Greenland Ice Sheet Margin
Quantifying Overwash Flux in Barrier Systems: An Example from Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA
The Response of the Red Sea to a Strong Wind Jet Near the Tokar Gap in Summer
Late Holocene Hurricane Activity and Climate Variability in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico
Experimental Studies of Melting and Crystallization Processes in Planetary Interiors
Syn-eruptive Degassing of a Single Submarine Lava Flow: Constraints on MORB CO2 Variability, Vesiculation, and Eruption Dynamics
Temporal and Petrogenetic Constraints on Volcanic Accretionary Processes at 9-10 Degrees North East Pacific Rise
Controls on Earthquake Rupture and Triggering Mechanisms in Subduction Zones
Coral Calcifications Insights from Inorganic Experiments and Coral Responses to Environmental Variables
Basalt Petrogenesis Beneath Slow and Ultraslow-Spreading Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridges
Uranium-Series Radionuclide Records of Paleoceanographic and Sedimentary Changes in the Arctic Ocean
Tropical Cyclones Within the Sedimentary Record: Analyzing Overwash Deposition from Event to Millenial Timescales
Low-Latitude Western North Atlantic Climate Variability During the Past Millennium: Insights from Proxies and Models
Physical Oceanography
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Development and Testing of the AXBT Realtime Editing System (ARES)
Control of the abyssal ocean overturning circulation by mixing-driven bottom boundary layers
An Analysis of Atlantic Water in the Arctic Ocean Using the Arctic Subpolar Gyre State Estimate and Observations
Characterizing the Impact of Underwater Glider Observations on the Navy Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM) in the Gulf Stream Region
Estimating Atmospheric Boundary Layer Turbulence in the Marine Environment Using Lidar Systems with Applications for Offshore Wind Energy
Pseudo-nitzschia in the Gulf of Maine: investigating bloom dynamics, species introduction, and climate change implications with observations and models
Finescale Abyssal Turbulence: Sources and Modeling
Diagnosing the variability in temperature and velocity in the Middle Atlantic Bight
Vertical Fluxes in the Upper Ocean
Dynamics and Kinematics of an Estuarine Network
Equatorial Ocean Dynamics Impacting Upwelling West of the Galápagos Archipelago
Oceanic Response Observations due to Passing Tropical Cyclones: An Assessment of Drag and Sea Spray Parameterizations
Residual Overturning Circulation and Its Connection to Southern Ocean Dynamics
An Analysis of Atlantic Water in the Arctic Ocean Using the Arctic Subpolar Gyre State Estimate and Observations
Structure, variability, and dynamics of the West Greenland Boundary Current System
Stratified and Stirred: Monsoon Freshwater in the Bay of Bengal
Lagrangian Dispersion and Deformation in Submesoscale Flows
The Response of Ocean Salinity Patterns to Climate Change: Implications for Circulation
The Influence of Heat Transport on Arctic Amplification
Distributional Models of Ocean Carbon Export
Chaotic Advection, Mixing, and Property Exchange in Three-Dimensional Ocean Eddies and Gyres
Age of Air and the Circulation of the Stratosphere
Internal Hydraulic Jumps with Upstream Shear
Dynamics of North Atlantic Western Boundary Currents
Physics of Diurnal Warm Layers: Turbulence, Internal Waves, and Lateral Mixing
Inferring Ocean Circulation During the Last Glacial Maximum and Last Deglaciation Using Data and Models
Mechanisms for Enhanced Turbulence in the Drake Passage Region of the Southern Ocean
Dynamics of Greenland’s Glacial Fjords
Vortices in Sinusoidal Shear, with Applications to Jupiter
Hydrodynamic and Morphodynamic Responses to Surfzone Seafloor Perturbations
Submesoscale Turbulence in the Upper Ocean
Hydrographic Structure of Overflow Water Passing Through the Denmark Strait
Strong Wind Events Across Greenland’s Coast and their Influences on the Ice Sheet, Sea Ice, and Ocean
Buoyancy-Driven Circulation in the Red Sea
Investigating the Role of Trichodesmium spp. in the Oceanic Nitrogen Cycle Through Observations and Models
An Inverse Approach to Understanding Deglacial Benthic Oxygen Isotope Records from the Last Glaciation
Physical Controls on Copepod Aggregations in the Gulf of Maine
Physical Influences on Phytoplankton Ecology: Models and Observations
A Multi-Dimensional Spectral Description of Ocean Variability with Applications
Moored Observations of Shelfbreak Processes at the Inflow to and Outflow from the Arctic Ocean
The Production of Temperature and Salinity Variance and Covariance: Implications for Mixing
Energy Pathways and Structures of Oceanic Eddies in the ECCO2 State Estimate and Simplified Models
Atlantic Ocean circulation at the Last Glacial Maximum: Inferences from data and models
The Effects of Ocean Eddies on Tropical Cyclones
Ice Shelf-Ocean Interactions in a General Circulation Model: Melt-Rate Modulation Due to Mean Flow and Tidal Currents
The Effect of Stratification on Wind-Driven, Cross-Shelf Circulation and Transport on the Inner Continental Shelf
Comparison of Wind Stress Algorithims, Datasets and Oceanic Power Input
Instabilities of an Eastern Boundary Current with and without Large-scale Flow Influence
Variability in the North Atlantic Deep Western Boundary Current: Upstream Causes and Downstream Effects as Observed at Line W
Abyssal Mixing from Bottom Boundary Effects in Mid-Atlantic Ridge Flank Canyons
Near-Inertial and Thermal Upper Ocean Response to Atmospheric Forcing in the North Atlantic Ocean
The Seasonal and Interannual Variability of the West Greenland Current System in the Labrador Sea
Linear and Nonlinear Stratified Spindown over Sloping Topography
Circulation and Convection in the Irminger Sea
Radiation and Dissipation of Internal Waves Generated by Geostrophic Motions Impinging on Small-Scale Topography
Slope/Shelf Circulation and Cross-Slope/Shelf Transport Out of a Bay Driven by Eddies from the Open Ocean
Eddy-Mean Flow Interactions in Western Boundary Current Jets
Spatial and Temporal Variability of Tide-Induced Salt Flux in a Partially Mixed Estuary
Interdisciplinary Studies
Recent Dissertations and Theses
A modeling study of the marine biogeochemistry, plankton dynamics, and carbon cycle on the continental shelf off the West Antarctic Peninsula
Lagrangian Dispersion and Deformation in Submesoscale Flows
Geophysical and Geochemical Contraints on Submarine Volcanic Processes
Advancing the theory and applications of Lagrangian Coherent Structures methods for oceanic surface flows
The production and fate of nitrogen species in deep-sea hydrothermal environments
The mineralogy and chemistry of modern shallow-water and deep-sea corals
Characterizing Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance, Prevalence, and Persistence in the Marine Environment
Computational Analysis of the Biophysical Controls on Southern Ocean Phytoplankton Ecosystem Dynamics
Genetic Connectivity, Adaptation, and Phenotypic Plasticity of Corals and Anemones Under Thermal Stress
Distributional Models of Ocean Carbon Export
Genetic Connectivity, Adaptation, and Phenotypic Plasticity of Corals and Anemones Under Thermal Stress
Carbon Transformations in Seafloor Serpentinization Systems
Influence of Meltwater on Greenland Ice Sheet Dynamics
Geophysical and Petrological Constraints on Ocean Plate Dynamics
Coral Biomineralization, Climate Proxies and the Sensitivity of Coral Reefs to CO2-Driven Climate Change
Insight into Chemical, Biological, and Physical Processes in Coastal Waters from Dissolved Oxygen and Inert Gas Tracers
Ecosystem Metabolism in Salt Marsh Tidal Creeks and Ponds: Applying Triple Oxygen Isotopes and Other Gas Tracers to Novel Environments
Field Observations and Numerical Model Simulations of a Migrating Inlet Syste
Pteropod Shell Condition, Locomotion, and Long-term Population Trends in the Context of Ocean Acidification and Environmental Change
Coral Reef Soundscapes: Spatiotemporal Variability and Links to Species Assemblages
A Scientific Framework for Evaluating Coral Reef Resilience to Climate Change
Little Ice Age Climate in the Western Tropical Atlantic Inferred from Coral Geochemical Proxies
Inferring Ocean Circulation During the Last Glacial Maximum and Last Deglaciation Using Data and Models
Late Quaternary Climate Variability and Terrestrial Carbon Cycling in Tropical South America
Growth and Development of Larval Bay Scallops (Argopecten irradians) in Response to Early Exposure to High CO2
Seasonal and Interannual Variability in the Hydrology and Geochemistry of an Outlet Glacier of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Hydrological and Biogeochemical Cycling Along the Greenland Ice Sheet Margin
Geochemistry of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Fluids from the Mid-Cayman Rise, Caribbean Sea
Boundary Layer Dynamics and Deep Ocean Mixing in Mid-Atlantic Ridge Canyons
Physical Control of the Distributions of a Key Arctic Copepod in the Northeast Chukchi Sea
Investigating the Evolution and Formation of Coastlines and the Response to Sea-Level Rise
Mechanical and Geological Controls on the Long-Term Evolution of Normal Faults
Exploring the Climate Change Refugia Potential of Equatorial Pacific Coral Reefs
Investigating the Role of Trichodesmium spp. in the Oceanic Nitrogen Cycle Through Observations and Models
Lithospheric Dynamics of Earth’s Subduction Zones and Martian Tectonic Provinces
Quaternary Morphology and Paleoenvironmental Records of Carbonate Islands
Amundsen Sea Sea-Ice Variability, Atmospheric Circulation, and Spatial Variations in Snow Isotopic Composition from New West Antarctic Firn Cores
Strong Wind Events Across Greenland’s Coast and their Influences on the Ice Sheet, Sea Ice, and Ocean
Climate Science
Areas of Study
Courses
Faculty
Recent Dissertations and Theses
Storm Signatures in Coastal Ponds and Marshes Over the Late Holocene
The Response of Ocean Salinity Patterns to Climate Change: Implications for Circulation
A modeling study of the marine biogeochemistry, plankton dynamics, and carbon cycle on the continental shelf off the West Antarctic Peninsula
Genetic Connectivity, Adaptation, and Phenotypic Plasticity of Corals and Anemones Under Thermal Stress
The Influence of Heat Transport on Arctic Amplification
Coral Reef Soundscapes: Spatiotemporal Variability and Links to Species Assemblages
Pteropod Shell Condition, Locomotion, and Long-term Population Trends in the Context of Ocean Acidification and Environmental Change
Ecosystem Metabolism in Salt Marsh Tidal Creeks and Ponds: Applying Triple Oxygen Isotopes and Other Gas Tracers to Novel Environments
Coral Biomineralization, Climate Proxies and the Sensitivity of Coral Reefs to CO2-Driven Climate Change
Influence of Meltwater on Greenland Ice Sheet Dynamics
Seasonal and Interannual Variability in the Hydrology and Geochemistry of an Outlet Glacier of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Late Quaternary Climate Variability and Terrestrial Carbon Cycling in Tropical South America
Inferring Ocean Circulation During the Last Glacial Maximum and Last Deglaciation Using Data and Models
Little Ice Age Climate in the Western Tropical Atlantic Inferred from Coral Geochemical Proxies
A Scientific Framework for Evaluating Coral Reef Resilience to Climate Change
Exploring the Climate Change Refugia Potential of Equatorial Pacific Coral Reefs
Investigating the Evolution and Formation of Coastlines and the Response to Sea-Level Rise
Physical Control of the Distributions of a Key Arctic Copepod in the Northeast Chukchi Sea
An Inverse Approach to Understanding Deglacial Benthic Oxygen Isotope Records from the Last Glaciation
Quaternary Morphology and Paleoenvironmental Records of Carbonate Islands
Amundsen Sea Sea-Ice Variability, Atmospheric Circulation, and Spatial Variations in Snow Isotopic Composition from New West Antarctic Firn Cores
An Inverse Approach to Understanding Deglacial Benthic Oxygen Isotope Records from the Last Glaciation
Climate Controls on Coral Growth in the Caribbean
Variations in Coral Reef Net Community Calcification and Aragonite Saturation State on Local and Global Scales
Aridification of the Indian Subcontinent During the Holocene: Implications for Landscape Evolution, Sedimentation, Carbon Cycle and Human Civilizations
The Centennial and Millennial Variability of the IndoPacific Warm Pool and the Indonesian Throughflow
Constraining Circulation Changes Through the Last Deglaciation with Deep-sea Coral Radiocarbon and Sedimentary 231Pa/230Th
Lipid Biomarkers of Coral Stress: Calibration and Exploration
Late Holocene Hurricane Activity and Climate Variability in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico
Understanding the Ocean Carbon and Sulfur Cycles in the Context of a Variable Ocean: A Study of Anthropogenic Carbon Storage and Dimethysulfide Production in the Atlantic Ocean
Near-Inertial and Thermal Upper Ocean Response to Atmospheric Forcing in the North Atlantic Ocean
The Seasonal and Interannual Variability of the West Greenland Current System in the Labrador Sea
Coral Calcifications Insights from Inorganic Experiments and Coral Responses to Environmental Variables
Uranium-Series Radionuclide Records of Paleoceanographic and Sedimentary Changes in the Arctic Ocean
Low-Latitude Western North Atlantic Climate Variability During the Past Millennium: Insights from Proxies and Models
Tropical Cyclones Within the Sedimentary Record: Analyzing Overwash Deposition from Event to Millenial Timescales
Fields of Study
Each Joint Program students is associated with one of five academic disciplines (shown below), which determine their specific programmatic requirements.
Applied Ocean Science and Engineering
Biological Oceanography
Chemical Oceanography
Marine Geology and Geophysics
Physical Oceanography
Additional Disciplines
Interdisciplinary research is encouraged and supported through flexible curricular requirements and formation of appropriately diverse advisory committees. Climate science, including effects of climate on marine ecosystems, is an example of a broad theme that crosses disciplinary boundaries and inspires diverse research projects.
Climate Science
Interdisciplinary Studies