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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:

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