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Prof. Raffaele M Ferrari
Cecil and Ida Green Professor in Earth and Planetary Sciences
Director, Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate (PAOC)
Primary DLC
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
MIT Room:
54-1620
(617) 253-1291
raffaele@mit.edu
Areas of Interest and Expertise
Temperature-Salinity Relationship of the Upper Ocean
Parameterization of Eddy Fluxes in Ocean Models
Dispersion of Tracers in Geophysical Flows
Solitary Waves in Deep and Shallow Waters
Wavelet Techniques for Data Analysis
Physical Oceanography
Climate Modeling Initiative
The Role of the Oceans in Earth's Climate
Turbulence and the Ocean Circulation
Energetics of the Ocean Circulation
Dispersion of Tracers in Geophysical Flows
Research Summary
Raffaele Ferrari is an oceanographer interested in the dynamics of the ocean and climate with active research efforts in the areas of atmospheric and oceanic turbulence, air-sea interactions, the energetics of the ocean circulation, the impact of ocean physics on biology, and questions of paleoclimate. In his research he uses a combination of theoretical fluid dynamics, numerical modeling, and analysis of observations.
Recent Work
Projects
April 1, 2022
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Bringing Computation to the Climate Challenge
Principal Investigators
Raffaele Ferrari
,
Noelle Selin
December 21, 2016
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
An Ocean Tale of Two Climates: Modern and Last Glacial Maximum
Principal Investigator
Raffaele Ferrari
December 26, 2012
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Diagnosing Eddy Mixing in DIMES
Principal Investigator
Raffaele Ferrari
April 2, 2012
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Upper Ocean Fronts (TS Relationship in the Upper Ocean)
Principal Investigator
Raffaele Ferrari
April 2, 2012
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Ocean Eddies and Biology
Principal Investigator
Raffaele Ferrari
April 2, 2012
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Ocean Vertical Mixing
Principal Investigator
Raffaele Ferrari
April 2, 2012
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Phytoplankton Blooms
Principal Investigator
Raffaele Ferrari
July 18, 2011
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Ocean Circulation Durng the Last Glacial Maximum
Principal Investigator
Raffaele Ferrari
July 18, 2011
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Ocean Heat Transport
Principal Investigator
Raffaele Ferrari
July 18, 2011
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
The Energy Cycle of the Global Ocean Circulation
Principal Investigator
Raffaele Ferrari
July 18, 2011
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
The Onset of Spring Blooms
Principal Investigator
Raffaele Ferrari
February 20, 2008
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Eddy Mixing in the Ocean (Ocean Mesoscale Eddies)
Principal Investigator
Raffaele Ferrari
February 20, 2008
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
CLIMODE (CLIvar MOde Water Dynamic Experiment)
Principal Investigator
Raffaele Ferrari
June 3, 2001
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Air-Sea Interaction
Principal Investigator
Raffaele Ferrari
Related Faculty
Prof. Daniel H Rothman
Professor of Geophysics
Stephen E Levine
Research Affiliate
Prof. David McGee
Professor of Paleoclimatology