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Ryan Abernathey
Assistant Professor
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Ocean and Climate Physics
205C Oceanography
61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000
Palisades
NY
10964-8000
US
Phone: 
(845) 365-8185
Fax: 
(845) 365-8156
rpa@ldeo.columbia.edu
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Fields of interest: 
physical oceanography, ocean circulation, climate dynamics, mesoscale eddies, mixing and transport,

My primary research interests are:

  • The role of ocean circulation (particularly the Southern Ocean) in the climate system
  • Dynamics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and its overturning circulation
  • Mixing and transport by ocean eddies

 

Education
List of degrees from highest to lowest:
Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
02/2012
B.A.
Middlebury College
06/2004

Referenced in the Following News Items:

'Pangeo' Project Will Improve Access to Climate Data
Exploring Our Changing Earth, in Real Time
How Does the Ocean Drive Weather and Climate Extremes?
New Columbia Group Takes on Big Data’s Massive Computing Needs
Wind-Blown Antarctic Sea Ice Helps Drive Ocean Circulation, Study Shows
Jay Ardai: A Real MacGyver for Ice and Ocean Research
Exploring Ocean Turbulence: 2016 Sloan Research Fellow Ryan Abernathey
An Algorithm to Investigate Unwelcome Plankton

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Real-Time Earth: Realizing the Future of Earth Science