Postdoctoral Investigator - Physical Oceanography

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Job Summary The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Investigator (PDI) in Physical Oceanography focused the coastal ocean, exchange across the continental shelf, and the use of in situ and remote sensing methods to examine coastal circulation. The successful candidate will be supervised by Dr. Anthony Kirincich. Job Description: The goal of the position is to examine the physical mechanisms of exchange and stirring over the continental shelf. Understanding the scales of vertical and horizontal mixing that bound the across-shelf movement of water and particles is a fundamental problem in coastal oceanography that has been limited by a lack of detailed observations to both evaluate theory and models and provide guidance for scientific progress. The ideal candidate will have a strong observational or remote sensing background, experience working with instrumentation, proven skills in data analysis, as well as experience with either shipboard or land-based field work. Direct experience with specific observational systems, such as High Frequency Radar, acoustic Doppler current profilers, and point and profiling meteorological sensors are p...