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Ocean physics is the study of the physical properties of the ocean including currents, waves, tides, optical properties, basin scale circulation patterns and global climate interactions. Physical oceanographers at UCSB are highly interdisciplinary and actively collaborate and interact with marine biologists and geologists.
Faculty Research
Tommy Dickey,
Ph.D., Princeton University, Department of Geography. Atmosphere-ocean interactions and upper ocean mixing; turbulence and internal waves, bio-optical oceanography, and biogeochemistry.
Catherine Gautier, Ph.D., University of Paris, Department of Geography. Earth
radiation budget and cloud processes, large scale hydrology and surface/atmosphere
interaction, radiative transfer and remote sensing, global climate processes and
earth system science.
Joel Michaelsen, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Department of
Geography. Climatology/meteorology, climate change, marine resources, temporal
and spatial statistics.
David Siegel,
Ph.D., University of Southern California, Department of Geography.
Physical oceanography, numerical modeling and supercomputing, bio-optical oceanography,
turbulence, air-sea interaction and theoretical ecology.
Raymond Smith,
Ph.D., Stanford University, Professor Emeritus, Department
of Geography. Optical/biological/physical oceanography, marine resources, remote
sensing of the oceans, earth system science.
Libe Washburn,
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, Department of Geography.
Physical oceanography, ocean turbulence and mixing processes, ocean bio/optics,
air-sea interaction and marine pollution.
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