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Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

Geophysical fluid dynamics treats the behavior of fluids under the constraints and boundary conditions found in the sea. Fluid motions in the ocean are affected, for example by rotation of the earth, geometry of the basin, frictional characteristics of the seabed, the pull of the sun and moon, and buoyancy effects from fluxes of fresh water. Issues include transfer of momentum and heat from winds to the sea and extend to other disciplines, for example, in the delivery of subsurface nutrients to surface waters.

Participating Faculty

Emmanuel Boss Bio sketch→ Interests: biological-physical interactions, geophysical fluid dynamics, Lagrangian and Eulerian dynamics and kinematics, marine optics emmanuel.boss@maine.edu Phone: (207) 581-4378	Christopher Duncombe-Rae Interests: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Physical Oceanography duncombe@umeoce.maine.edu Phone: (207) 581-4411
Henry Perkins Interests: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Ocean Observing Systems, Physical Oceanography hperkins@maine.edu Phone: (207) 581-3321 x342	Huijie Xue Bio sketch→ Interests: Biological-Physical Interactions, Huije Xue, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Physical Oceanography hxue@maine.edu Phone: (207) 581-4318
Bob Fleming Bio sketch→ Interests: marine geology and geophysics, computational geometry, signal and image processing, underwater acoustics bfleming@maine.edu Phone: (207) 581-4379

| School of Marine Sciences : The University of Maine

Research > Clusters

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

Participating Faculty