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Ocean Sciences Presentations from Thompson Research Group and Collaborators

HE23A-06Distinct Dynamics Controlling Ocean Heat Transport into the Arctic under Climate Change versus Natural Variability
Dylan Oldenburg, Kyle Armour and LuAnne Thompson
Talk:  Tuesday, February 13, 2018, 03:15 PM – 03:30 PM, C123-C124

HE24C-2900Downstream Intensification of the Circulation due to Topographic Form Drag in a Two-Basin Barotropic Model
Miguel Jimenez-Urias and LuAnne Thompson
Poster:  Tuesday, February 13, 2018 04:00 PM – 06:00 PM

PC31A-05Dynamical controls on the depth of the boundary between bottom and deep waters in the Last Glacial Maximum Atlantic
Daniel Amrhein, Carl Wunsch, and LuAnne Thompson
Talk: Wednesday, February 14, 2018, 09:00 AM – 09:15 AM, Oregon Ballroom 204

PC43A-03: ENSO Drives O2 Variability and Hypoxic Extremes throughout the Tropical Pacific
Shirley Leung, LuAnne Thompson, and Allison Smith-Mislan
Thursday, February 15, 2018, Talk:  02:30 PM – 02:45 PM, Oregon Ballroom 204

AI44A-1710: Using Sea Surface Height to examine Air-Sea Interaction in the North Atlantic Ocean in Winter
LuAnne Thompson and James F. Booth
Thursday, February 15, 2018
Poster:  04:00 PM – 06:00 PM

Making the most of Mentoring Relationships
LuAnne Thompson will be giving a talk on mentoring at the MPOWIR (Mentoring Physical Oceanography Women to Increase Retention) Town Hall,
Monday, February 12, 2018
12:45 PM – 01:45 PM, D137-D138

Welcome to the Ocean Climate Variability Lab

The past 6 years I directed the Program on Climate Change where I focused on interdisciplinary climate and with my core physical oceanography research program.  While Director, I became involved in climate related education and research, including implementing the Graduate Certificate in Climate Science that now serves students matriculated in graduate program across the university.  I also served on the Executive Committee of the Population Health Initiative where I made sure that the impact of environmental change on human health was always part of the discussions.  The thing I will miss most about being Director is my interactions with graduate students who are so passionate about the impact of climate on our collective future.  But don’t worry, I am sure you will be able to find me at seminars and of course in Friday Harbor for the annual Program on Climate Change Summer Institute.

This year, I am on sabbatical, and the theme for my year is  The Ocean and Climate Variability.  To learn more about what our research group is working on, go to the Research Page