AOML Physical Oceanography Division

Research Projects

Caribbean Sea / Gulf of Mexico / Florida Bay

Air-Sea Coupling Mechanisms in Tropical Cyclones
The goal of this project is to improve our understanding of the role of air-sea interactions in modifying the near-surface wind structure of tropical cyclones.
Climate Observing System for the Tropical Atlantic (COSTA)
We are currently working on this page. Information on the recent workshop in Miami is available through this link.
Direct Observations in Support of Operational Monitoring
To obtain direct measurements of the volume of water passing through the Straits of Florida between the Florida peninsula and the Bahamas.
Florida Bay Circulation and Exchange Study
The objectives of this program are to describe and quantify the interaction and exchange of Florida Bay waters with the connecting coastal waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean through the channels between the Florida Keys.
IASlinks.org - Oceanography of the Intra-Americas Sea
This project provides support for Caribbean countries to cope with the adverse effects of global climate change through a better understanding of regional air-ocean-land interactions, vulnerability assessment, planning and capacity building.
Windward Islands Passages Monitoring Program
The goal of this cooperative program with Caribbean countries is to determine the quantity and sources of transport between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea as part of the North Atlantic Ocean's Meridional Overturning Cell (MOC).