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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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
EC-Earth3-CC_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: e42641b0c10e9f8ddf298349328e21fe NetCDF data file
EC-Earth3_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: 4d8e45efcf352ac50e46d2d870e2d8f1 NetCDF data file
EC-Earth3-Veg_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: b9a69892854d0a933d258f218f1a453b NetCDF data file
EC-Earth3-Veg-LR_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: 241384de20fa7bab92cdfc309ee15c10 NetCDF data file
ERA5_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: 2d727e3b3e6386cad7a9d73c0a108918 NetCDF data file
FGOALS-f3-L_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: 4cde5dcb4c4848fb3b96ce4342f92717 NetCDF data file
GFDL-CM4_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: a03613514a0c4bbffe02051a9ed77cb4 NetCDF data file
GFDL-ESM4_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: db8d3805c5352839d39c36b4ac5acb33 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.”