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Prof. Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli

Professor Emerita of Physical Oceanography, Emeritus

Primary DLC

Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

MIT Room: 54-1416
(617) 253-2451
https://eaps.mit.edu/people/faculty/paola-malanotte-rizzoli/

Assistant

Darius Collazo
(617) 253-0251
dcollazo@mit.edu

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Numerical Modeling of the Ocean General Circulation with Application to the North Atlantic, the Gulf Stream System, and the Mediterranean Sea
Assimilation of Oceanographic Data into Circulation Models, Emphasis is on Tomographic Datasets
High Amplitude, Nonlinear Waves as Models for Permanent Structures in the Atmosphere and the Ocean (Predictability, Stability, Energetics, Forcing Mechanisms, Numerical Modeling)
Physical Oceanography
Oceans and Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling
Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate
Climate Modeling Initiative (CMI)

Research Summary

Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli is a physical oceanographer interested in climate, the general ocean circulation and ecosystem models, which she studies through development of mathematical numerical models and assimilation of different datasets into models.

Recent Work

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