Physical Oceanography

The ocean plays a critical role in Earth’s climate and is necessary to sustain life on our planet, yet we still have much to learn about how it is changing due to natural and anthropogenic forces. As physical oceanographers, we make new observations of the oceans and use physics, mathematics, computer models and statistics to better understand how the oceans work and make more accurate predictions of how they may change in the future. The Physical Oceanography Department at WHOI is home to nearly 150 scientists, technicians, engineers, students and administrative support staff who are addressing fundamental questions in fluid dynamics and applying knowledge on the ocean’s physical environment to help solve some of the most critical issues facing society today. Among the many diverse and inter-disciplinary topics being studied at WHOI are:

heat and carbon storage and transport in the oceans
sea level rise
oceans and hurricanes
the water cycle
Arctic changes
impact of ocean temperature variations on fisheries
past climates
autonomous vehicles and drifters for regional and global observations
sustained measurement systems for long-term ocean and atmospheric monitoring
new methods for observing oceans from space

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CESM2-WACCM_ITCZ_st_daily_EastPac_abs_thresh_5.0mm.nc Nov 24, 2025 - Daily precipitation ITCZ states for observations, reanalyses, and 25 CMIP6 models for “We need to simulate more northern ITCZs and less southern ITCZs over the east Pacific Ocean in coupled climate models.” Network Common Data Form - 5.0 MB - MD5: f05123ac8958a750e6a174b2d6197246 NetCDF data file
CFSR_ITCZ_st_daily_EastPac_abs_thresh_5.0mm.nc Nov 24, 2025 - Daily precipitation ITCZ states for observations, reanalyses, and 25 CMIP6 models for “We need to simulate more northern ITCZs and less southern ITCZs over the east Pacific Ocean in coupled climate models.” Network Common Data Form - 6.5 MB - MD5: 4100fa6cbcf52d74088ff2bb8deed952 NetCDF data file
CMCC-CM2-HR4_ITCZ_st_daily_EastPac_abs_thresh_5.0mm.nc Nov 24, 2025 - Daily precipitation ITCZ states for observations, reanalyses, and 25 CMIP6 models for “We need to simulate more northern ITCZs and less southern ITCZs over the east Pacific Ocean in coupled climate models.” Network Common Data Form - 5.0 MB - MD5: 855eb74fbc1095da1955b7dfeb19b841 NetCDF data file
CMCC-CM2-SR5_ITCZ_st_daily_EastPac_abs_thresh_5.0mm.nc Nov 24, 2025 - Daily precipitation ITCZ states for observations, reanalyses, and 25 CMIP6 models for “We need to simulate more northern ITCZs and less southern ITCZs over the east Pacific Ocean in coupled climate models.” Network Common Data Form - 5.0 MB - MD5: bec9cab767d57e101bb1a2172aaebf85 NetCDF data file
CMCC-ESM2_ITCZ_st_daily_EastPac_abs_thresh_5.0mm.nc Nov 24, 2025 - Daily precipitation ITCZ states for observations, reanalyses, and 25 CMIP6 models for “We need to simulate more northern ITCZs and less southern ITCZs over the east Pacific Ocean in coupled climate models.” Network Common Data Form - 5.0 MB - MD5: a45f8ec6a0e906d0abf0affc00201195 NetCDF data file
CNRM-CM6-1-HR_ITCZ_st_daily_EastPac_abs_thresh_5.0mm.nc Nov 24, 2025 - Daily precipitation ITCZ states for observations, reanalyses, and 25 CMIP6 models for “We need to simulate more northern ITCZs and less southern ITCZs over the east Pacific Ocean in coupled climate models.” Network Common Data Form - 5.0 MB - MD5: cfe12472a84f11b48c1d2b2a7d4cedc8 NetCDF data file
E3SM-1-0_ITCZ_st_daily_EastPac_abs_thresh_5.0mm.nc Nov 24, 2025 - Daily precipitation ITCZ states for observations, reanalyses, and 25 CMIP6 models for “We need to simulate more northern ITCZs and less southern ITCZs over the east Pacific Ocean in coupled climate models.” Network Common Data Form - 5.0 MB - MD5: 67093b9513f3334ff207af8968a5c895 NetCDF data file
E3SM-2-0_ITCZ_st_daily_EastPac_abs_thresh_5.0mm.nc Nov 24, 2025 - Daily precipitation ITCZ states for observations, reanalyses, and 25 CMIP6 models for “We need to simulate more northern ITCZs and less southern ITCZs over the east Pacific Ocean in coupled climate models.” Network Common Data Form - 5.0 MB - MD5: ffed96b66d28b0cc10c230d3272d9319 NetCDF data file
E3SM-2-0-NARRM_ITCZ_st_daily_EastPac_abs_thresh_5.0mm.nc Nov 24, 2025 - Daily precipitation ITCZ states for observations, reanalyses, and 25 CMIP6 models for “We need to simulate more northern ITCZs and less southern ITCZs over the east Pacific Ocean in coupled climate models.” Network Common Data Form - 5.0 MB - MD5: 01c3abd2a171720d49c7fa6064b3683a NetCDF data file
EC-Earth3-AerChem_ITCZ_st_daily_EastPac_abs_thresh_5.0mm.nc Nov 24, 2025 - Daily precipitation ITCZ states for observations, reanalyses, and 25 CMIP6 models for “We need to simulate more northern ITCZs and less southern ITCZs over the east Pacific Ocean in coupled climate models.” Network Common Data Form - 5.0 MB - MD5: d026cb1536e6f47ea84b9fc1ecc2ca05 NetCDF data file

CESM2-WACCM_ITCZ_st_daily_EastPac_abs_thresh_5.0mm.nc

Nov 24, 2025 - Daily precipitation ITCZ states for observations, reanalyses, and 25 CMIP6 models for “We need to simulate more northern ITCZs and less southern ITCZs over the east Pacific Ocean in coupled climate models.”