Susan Wijffels | |
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Born | Australia |
Occupation(s) | senior scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
Known for | research in global ocean changes |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Flinders University |
Academic work | |
Discipline | oceanography |
Institutions | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
Susan Elizabeth Anne Wijffels (born 3 August 1965) is an Australian oceanographer employed by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI);she formerly worked from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Australia. [1] [2] Wijffels specialises in quantifying global ocean change over the past 50 years,including its anatomy and drivers. She is recognised for her international and national leadership of the Global Ocean Observing System. She is regarded as an expert in the Indonesian Throughflow and its role in global climate. [3] [4] [5]
Wijffels is a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the Physical Oceanography department. [2] Prior to joining WHOI,she worked at CSIRO.
Wijffels,in collaboration with colleagues at NASA,identified and corrected systematic biases,discovered in 70% of measurements in the Global Ocean Observing System. This led to the observation that the world's oceans have both warmed and risen at an increased rate in the past four decades. [6] [7]
Wijffels has received the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society's Priestly Medal and the Australian Academy of Science's Dorothy Hill award in recognition of her efforts to understand the role of the oceans in climate change.
In 2011 Wijffels was inducted to the Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women for service to science.
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is a private,nonprofit research and higher education facility dedicated to the study of marine science and engineering.
Alvin (DSV-2) is a crewed deep-ocean research submersible owned by the United States Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) of Woods Hole,Massachusetts. The original vehicle was built by General Mills' Electronics Group in Minneapolis,Minnesota. Named to honor the prime mover and creative inspiration for the vehicle,Allyn Vine,Alvin was commissioned on June 5,1964.
John Alexander Church is an expert on sea level and its changes. He was co-convening lead author for the chapter on Sea Level in the IPCC Third Assessment Report. He was also a co-convening lead author for the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report. He is a member of the Joint Scientific Committee of the WCRP. He was a project leader at CSIRO,until 2016. He is currently a professor with the University of New South Wales' Climate Change Research Centre.
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RV Knorr was a research vessel formerly owned by the U.S. Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for the U.S. research community in coordination with and as a part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) fleet. On March 14,2016,Knorr was officially transferred to the Mexican Navy and renamed Rio Tecolutla. She was replaced at Woods Hole by the RV Neil Armstrong. Knorr is best known as the ship that supported researchers as they discovered the wreck of the RMS Titanic in 1985. R/V Knorr (AGOR-15) has traveled more than a million miles—the rough equivalent of two round trips to the Moon or forty trips around the Earth. Her sister ship is the RV Melville.
RV Oceanus is a Regional-class research vessel owned by the National Science Foundation,based in Newport,Oregon,and maintained and operated by Oregon State University. The ship was originally delivered to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) for operation as a part of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet as a University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) designated operator. in November 1975. Oceanus made the first operational cruise in April 1976 and operated under WHOI for thirty-six years in the Atlantic Ocean with some operations in the Mediterranean and Caribbean seas. The ship was scheduled to be retired in November 2011 but instead was transferred to Oregon State University,College of Earth,Ocean,and Atmospheric Sciences,for operation,replacing sister ship,{{RV|Wecoma]}.
William B. Curry is an American oceanographer who is the president and CEO of the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Studies (BIOS). He is known for studying historical climate and ocean circulation. Curry holds a Bachelor of Science in geology from the University of Delaware (1974) and a PhD in geology from Brown University (1980).
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Robert B. Gagosian is an American oceanographer. In 2016 he is acting president of the Desert Research Institute in Nevada. Gagosian served as president and CEO of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership in Washington,D.C.,from 2007 to 2015,where he is currently president emeritus. Gagosian served as president and director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) from 1994 to 2006,where he is currently president emeritus.
Susan K. Avery is an American atmospheric physicist and President Emerita of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Massachusetts,where she led the marine science and engineering research organization from 2008–2015. She was the ninth president and director and the first woman to hold the leadership role at WHOI. She is Professor Emerita at the University of Colorado,Boulder (UCB),where she served on the faculty from 1982–2008. While at UCB she also served in various administrative positions,including director of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES),a 550-member collaborative institute between UCB and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (1994-2004);and interim positions (2004-2007) as vice chancellor for research and dean of the graduate school,and provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs. Currently she is a senior fellow at the Consortium for Ocean Leadership in Washington,D.C.
Gerold Siedler is a German physical oceanographer. He is professor emeritus at the Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel and at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel.
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Heidi Sosik is an American biologist,oceanographer,and inventor based at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
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Roberta Eike was an American oceanographer and marine geologist in the 1950s. Eike became aware of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in 1954. After numerous unsuccessful attempts to gain permission to go to sea with her male counterparts,Eike secretly stowed away on one of her supervising professors' research missions,only to be discovered several hours into the voyage and physically abused as punishment.
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Richard W. Murray,a geologist and oceanographer,is the Deputy Director and Vice President for Research at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Woods Hole,Massachusetts. Murray was previously a professor of earth and environment at Boston University (1992-2019),where he served as Chair of the Department of Earth Sciences (2000-2005),and Director of Boston University's Marine Program (2006-2009).
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