Tales From a Grad Student: Shallow Overturning Circulation
Graduate Research Assistant
Columbia University
Columbia University
Julius Busecke is a Ph.D. candidate at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University. He received his B.Sc. from the University of Kiel, Germany in 2010. His interests include the ocean's role in the global freshwater cycle, mixing and transport by ocean eddies, and the influence of ocean eddies on the oceanic surface variability.
Webinar Clip
Julius Busecke is interested in ocean circulation but more specifically, something known as shallow overturning circulation. In this clip, Julius explains what that is and uses the North Atlantic Ocean, home of SPURS (Salinity Processes In the Upper Ocean Regional Study) as a case study. He also gives viewers a glimpse at some preliminary results gleaned from a recent cruise to the SPURS.Full webinar: Ocean Thinking: Changes in Lattitude
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