My research interest is the study of physical processes in coastal ocean. Big, small, long, short, high-frequency, low-frequency, stratified, unstratified, rotating, nonrotating, forced, unforced, surface, bottom, middle – I don’t care. If it’s physics and coastal, I’m interested.
I am most interested in understanding the dynamics of the evolving structure of the density field over the shelf. How it is affected by external forcing and how it in turn affects the circulation within the coastal ocean.
My approach is observational, using innovative sampling techniques – such as Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) – coupled with modeling and analysis, to explain fundamental physical processes.
In addition, I think that this kind of research needs to be approached with an interdisciplinary perspective, extending the understanding of physical processes to their impacts on biological, chemical and environmental processes.
