What We Do
People in the Physical Oceanography Numerical Group work on problems in the coastal ocean using numerical simulations. Currently, the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) is used for all of the simulations.
What's New
July 22, 2014
PONG member Wenxia Zhang goes on MCH cruise.
Wenxia worked hard on a recent research cruise in the Gulf of Mexico, helping to determine the size of the hypoxia "dead zone." She is quoted in an article discussing her experiences.
June 20, 2014
New surface salinity movies of the Texas-Louisiana shelf are available.
June 10, 2014
TracPy version 1.0 has been released!
TracPy, a Python wrapper of Lagrangian trajectory model TRACMASS, has always been available on GitHub but now has been officially released, complete with a DOI. TracPy has been written primarily by Kristen Thyng.
February 10, 2014
DJ Kobashi has joined PONG!
DJ is working as a postdoctoral research associate with Rob on improving the TXLA and OOF models. See more information about DJ.