Group Leader
Dr. Changsheng Chen |
Professor Professor Email: c1chen@umassd.edu; cchen@whoi.edu |
EDUCATION: 1992: Ph.D. Physical Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program |
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RESEARCH INTERESTS: Chen is a coastal oceanographer who is interested in modeling and observational exploration of coastal ocean circulation, oceanic frontal processes, turbulent mixing/bottom boundary layer dynamics, chaotic mixing, western boundary current, internal waves and tides, and biological/physical interaction. His recent research is mainly focused on ecosystem dynamics in the US eastern continental shelf. He is leader of the Marine Ecosystem Dynamics Modeling Research Laboratory, School for Marine Science and Technology, UMASSD. Chen and his co-workers have developed an innovative unstructured grid, Finite-Volume Community Ocean Model (FVCOM) for the ocean community. |
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Dr. R. C. Beardsley |
Adjunct Professor Scientist Emeritus Email: rbeardsley@whoi.edu |
Education B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964, Nuclear Physics |
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Research Interests Observational and numerical model studies of wind-, tidal-, and buoyancy-driven currents, mixing, and air-sea forcing on the continental shelf and marginal seas. Impact of physical processes on biological processes and ecosystem dynamics. |