PEOPLE
While numerous individuals were involved in the collection of observation data that makes this project possible, the following individuals are most closely integrated into the CIOP project:
Christian Buckingham
Principal Investigator
Université de Bretagne Occidentale / British Antarctic Survey
Observational oceanographer with a broad range of experience including analysis of data collected from ships, satellites, moorings, floats and gliders. His interests include geostrophic turbulence, fine-scale turbulence, and mesoscale & submesoscale processes found in fronts and vortices.
Jonathon Gula
Co-investigator
Université de Bretagne Occidentale
Oceanographer/modeller with a wealth of expertise in realistic modelling of mesoscale and submesoscale flows. Interests include frontal dynamics, large-scale ocean circulation (e.g. Gulf Stream), and topographic generation of submesoscale processes.
Povl Abrahamsen
British Antarctic Survey
Observational oceanographer with years of experience in Southern Ocean observations, including ship-based and moored instrumentation. Designed, deployed, and maintains the British Antarctic Survey moorings within the Orkney Passage.
Sonya Legg
Princeton University
Physical oceanographer and Associate Director of the Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System (CIMES) at Princeton University. A senior scientist at Princeton University, Sonya collaborates closely with NOAA/GFDL, helping resolve small-scale turbulent processes in the ocean. Sonya's interests include ocean mixing by breaking internal waves, overflows and gravity currents, and deep convection.
Alberto Naveira Garabato
Univ. of Southampton
Physical oceanographer with over two decades of experience in observing the Southern Ocean. His research interests include but are not limited to internal waves, mesoscale and submesoscale fronts, overturning circulation, and climate dynamics. Alberto's most recent interests pertain to how submesoscale processes might affect large scale dynamics, both regionally and globally.
Stephen Griffies
NOAA / Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Physicist and oceanographer with expertise in ocean modelling. Stephen helped lead the development of the Modular Ocean Model (MOM), which is used at GFDL and internationally for studying global and regional climate. He participated in the collection of measurements in the Orkney Passage and, together with Sonya Legg, is instrumental in connecting the smaller-scale physics to larger-scale dynamics that are traditionally resolved in coarser-resolution (1/4-degree) climate models.