Physical Oceanography

Research Projects

• Coastal Ocean Advances in Shelf Transport (COAST), Summer 2001
  View aircraft measurements over the Oregon continental margin during summertime coastal upwelling.
• South Atlantic Bight Synoptic Offshore Observational Network (SABSOON)
  Studies of circulation and air-sea interaction on the continental shelf offshore of SC and GA.
• Cape Hatteras Transport
  Wind-driven and Gulf Stream effects on currents over the Hatteras shelf. Download published papers.
• El Niño in the Southern California Bight, Fall 1997-Fall 1998
  View aircraft measurements of the effects of the El Niño event off the Southern California coast, including upper ocean temperature sections.
• Marine Boundary Layer (MBL), Summer 1994 and Summer 1996
  View observations of "southerly surge" events off the west coast of the United States as measured by a specially instrumented light twin-engine aircraft.
• SYNoptic Ocean Prediction (SYNOP)
  Studies of the deep-ocean Gulf Stream. Download published papers on oceanic cyclogenesis.

Long-term Observing Projects

• North Carolina Ocean Observing System
  Real-time observations of HF Radar, tower, and buoy data in NC waters. Up-to-date merged obersvational and model products of water-level, water temperature, and wind.
• South Atlantic Bight Synoptic Offshore Observational Network (SABSOON)
  UNC is a contributing partner of the real-time observational network developed on the U.S. Southeastern continental shelf near GA and SC.
• South Eastern Atlantic Ocean Observing System (SEACOOS)
  SEACOOS is a collaborative university partnership that collects, manages, and disseminates integrated regional ocean observations and information products for the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. UNC is a founding partner of SEACOOS.

The Observers