{"id":5,"date":"2017-04-14T09:36:17","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T13:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/template-blue-prepop\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-02-21T23:36:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T03:36:40","slug":"front-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jfarrar\/","title":{"rendered":"front page"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<div id=\"attachment_217\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/jfarrar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/05\/Tom_on_TGT_small_boat_May8_2025_small-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Farrar in the Indian Ocean with the R\/V Thomas G. Thompson in the background.\u00a0 (Photo credit: Laurent Grare)<\/p><\/div>\n\t<h2>Dr. J. Thomas Farrar<\/h2>\nSenior Scientist<br \/>\nPhysical Oceanography Department\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jtomfarrar.github.io\/\">Personal website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=G_k-tcwAAAAJ&amp;view_op=list_works&amp;gmla=AJsN-F4_EJGgpeiXk7JQACR7TpaZIx0X9dR-zwqR9kbh-_Es7vaQ4PH4LWpFDcuHtiWE0D4aUH6DNgqE9JRkecc-JZ1GjH3P-g\">Google Scholar Profile<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/publons.com\/researcher\/F-3532-2012\/\">ResearcherID Profile<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/jtomfarrar\">GitHub<\/a><\/p>\n<strong>Contact Information:<\/strong><br \/>\nWork: 508-289-2691<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:jfarrar@whoi.edu\">jfarrar@whoi.edu<\/a><br \/>\nClark 212A\n<strong>Mailing Address:<\/strong><br \/>\n266 Woods Hole Road,\u00a0MS #29<br \/>\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution<br \/>\nWoods Hole, MA 02543\n\t<h3>Research Interests<\/h3>\n<p>Atmosphere-ocean exchange of heat and freshwater; dynamics and thermodynamics of the upper ocean; tropical dynamics and equatorial waves; oceanic internal waves and eddies; satellite oceanography; ocean observing and instrumentation.<\/p>\n\t<p>Selected Publications<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Farrar, J. T., and R. A. Weller (2006). <a href=\"https:\/\/darchive.mblwhoilibrary.org\/bitstream\/1912\/1036\/1\/2005JC002989.pdf\">Intraseasonal variability near 10\u00b0 N in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean<\/a>,\u00a0 <em>J. Geophys. Res.<\/em>, 111, C05015, doi:10.1029\/2005JC002989.<\/li>\n<li>Plueddemann, A.J. and Farrar, J.T. (2006). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.dsr2.2005.10.017\">Observations and models of the energy flux from the wind to mixed layer inertial currents.<\/a>\u00a0 <em>Deep Sea Research II<\/em>, 53, 5-30, doi:10.1016\/j.dsr2.2005.10.017.<\/li>\n<li>Edson, J.B. and coauthors (2007). <a href=\"http:\/\/ams.allenpress.com\/perlserv\/?request=get-abstract&amp;doi=10.1175\/BAMS-88-3-341\">The Coupled Boundary Layers and Air-Sea Transfer Experiment in Low Winds (CBLAST-LOW).<\/a> <em>Bull. Am. Meteor. Soc.<\/em>, 88(3), 341-356.<\/li>\n<li>Farrar, J.T., Zappa, C.J., Weller, R.A., and Jessup, A.T. (2007). <a href=\"https:\/\/darchive.mblwhoilibrary.org\/bitstream\/1912\/1795\/1\/2006JC003947.pdf\">Sea surface temperature signatures of oceanic internal waves in low winds.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <em>J. Geophys. Res., 112, <\/em>C06014, doi: 10.1029\/2006JC003947.<\/li>\n<li>Farrar, J.T. (2008). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1175\/2007JPO3890.1\">Observations of the dispersion characteristics and meridional sea-level structure of equatorial waves in the Pacific Ocean.<\/a> <em>J. Phys. Oceanogr.<\/em> 38, 1669-1689.<\/li>\n<li>Jiang, H., Farrar, J.T., Beardsley, R., Chen, R. and Chen, C. (2009). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agu.org\/journals\/gl\/gl0919\/2009GL040008\/\">Zonal surface wind jets across the Red Sea due to mountain gap forcing along both sides of the Red Sea.<\/a>\u00a0 <em>Geophys. Res. Lett.<\/em> Vol. 36, L19605, doi:10.1029\/2009GL040008.<\/li>\n<li>Wells, A.J., Cenedese, C., Farrar, J.T. and Zappa, C.J. (2009). <a href=\"http:\/\/ams.allenpress.com\/perlserv\/?request=get-abstract&amp;doi=10.1175%2F2009JPO3980.1\">Variations in ocean surface temperature due to near-surface flow: Straining the cool skin layer.<\/a>\u00a0 <em>J. Phys. Oceanogr.<\/em>, 39, 2685-2710.<\/li>\n<li>Farrar, J.T. (2011). <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.ametsoc.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1175\/2011JPO4547.1\">Barotropic Rossby waves radiating from tropical instability waves in the Pacific Ocean.<\/a>\u00a0 <em>J. Phys. Oceanogr.<\/em> , 41 1160-1181.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"donkey\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Read more...\"    >Read more...<\/span><span id='swap-donkey'  class='colomat-swap' style='display:none;'>Read less...<\/span><div id=\"target-donkey\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<ul>\n<li>Davis, K.A., Lentz, S.J., Pineda, J., Farrar, J.T., Starczak, V.R., and Churchill, J.H. (2011). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.springerlink.com\/content\/m87788k77442424v\/\">Observations of the thermal environment on Red Sea platform reefs: A heat budget analysis.<\/a><em>\u00a0 Coral Reefs, <\/em>30, 25-36, DOI:10.1007\/s00338-011-0740-8.<\/li>\n<li>Berloff, P., Karabasov, S., Farrar, J.T., and Kamenkovich, I.\u00a0 (2011).\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.cambridge.org\/action\/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&amp;aid=8413315\">On Latency of Multiple Zonal Jets in the Oceans<\/a>.\u00a0 <em>Journal of Fluid Mechanics<\/em>, 686, 534-567, doi:10.1017\/jfm.2011.345.<\/li>\n<li>Ganju, N.K., Lentz, S.J., Kirincich, A.R. and Farrar, J.T.\u00a0 (2011)\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agu.org\/pubs\/crossref\/2011\/2011JC007035.shtml\">Complex mean circulation over the inner-shelf south of Martha&#8217;s Vineyard revealed by observations and a high-resolution model<\/a>.\u00a0 <em>J. Geophys. Res.,\u00a0<\/em>116, C10036, doi:10.1029\/2011JC007035.<\/li>\n<li>Farrar, J.T. and Durland, T.S.\u00a0 (2012)\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.ametsoc.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1175\/JPO-D-11-0235.1\">Wavenumber-frequency spectra of inertia-gravity and mixed Rossby-gravity waves in the equatorial Pacific Ocean<\/a>.\u00a0 <em>J. Phys. Oceanogr.<\/em>, <strong>42<\/strong>, 1859-1881.<\/li>\n<li>Durland, T.S. and\u00a0 Farrar, J.T.\u00a0 (2012)\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.ametsoc.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1175\/JPO-D-11-0234.1\">The wavenumber-frequency content of resonantly excited equatorial waves<\/a>.\u00a0 <em>J. Phys. Oceanogr.<\/em>, <strong>42<\/strong>, 1834-1858.<\/li>\n<li>Cronin, M.F., Bond, N.A.,\u00a0 Farrar, J.T., Ichikawa, H., Jayne, S.R., Kawai, Y., Kona, M., Qiu, B., Rainville, L., and Tomita, H.\u00a0 (2013)\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S096706451200104X\">Formation and erosion of the seasonal thermocline in the Kuroshio Extension Recirculation Gyre<\/a>.\u00a0 <em>Deep Sea Research II<\/em>, <strong>85<\/strong>, 62-74.<\/li>\n<li>Kirincich, A.R., Lentz, S.J., Farrar, J.T., and Ganju, N.K.\u00a0 (2013)\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.ametsoc.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1175\/JPO-D-13-020.1\">The spatial structure of tidal and mean circulation over the inner shelf south of Martha&#8217;s Vineyard, MA<\/a>. <em>J. Phys. Oceanogr., <\/em><strong>43<\/strong>, 1940-1958.<\/li>\n<li>Ralston, D.K., Jiang, H., and Farrar, J.T.\u00a0 (2013)\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S027843431300201X\">Waves in the Red Sea: response to monsoonal and mountain gap winds<\/a>. <em>Continental Shelf Res., <\/em><strong>65<\/strong>, 1-13, doi:10.1016\/j.csr.2013.05.017.<\/li>\n<li>Holte, J., Straneo, F., Moffat, C.,\u00a0 Weller, R. and Farrar, J.T.\u00a0 (2013)\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/jgrc.20175\/abstract\">Structure, properties, and heat content of eddies in the southeast Pacific Ocean<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 <em>J. Geophys. Res.,<\/em> <strong>118<\/strong>, doi:10.1002\/jgrc.20175<\/li>\n<li>Pineda, J. Starczak, V., Tarrant, A., Blythe, J., Davis, K., Farrar, T., Berumen, M. and da Silva, J. (2013) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aslo.org\/lo\/toc\/vol_58\/issue_5\/1531.html\">Two spatial scales in a bleaching event: corals from the mildest and the most extreme thermal environments escape mortality<\/a>. <em>Limnology and Oceanography<\/em>, <strong>58<\/strong>, 1531-1545.<\/li>\n<li>Prytherch, J., Farrar, J.T. and Weller, R.A. (2013)\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/jgrc.20360\/full\">Moored surface buoy observations of the diurnal warm layer<\/a>. <em>J. Geophys. Res<\/em>., <strong>118<\/strong>, doi:10.1002\/jgrc.20360.<\/li>\n<li>Churchill, J. H.,\u00a0 Lentz, S.J., Farrar, J.T.,\u00a0 and Abualnaja, Y.\u00a0 (2014) <a href=\"https:\/\/darchive.mblwhoilibrary.org\/bitstream\/handle\/1912\/6488\/1-s2.0-S0278434314000466-main.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\">Properties of Red Sea Coastal Currents<\/a>.\u00a0 <em>Continental Shelf Research<\/em>, 68, 51-61.<\/li>\n<li>Mechoso, C.R., Wood, R., Weller, R., Bretherton, C.S., Clarke, A.D., Coe, H., Fairall, C., Farrar, J.T., Feingold, G., Garreaud, R., Grados, C., McWilliams, J., de Szoeke, S.P., Yuter, S.E., Zuidema, P. (2014) <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.ametsoc.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1175\/BAMS-D-11-00246.1\">Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Interactions in the Southeastern Pacific: The VOCALS Program<\/a>. <em>Bull. Am. Met. Soc<\/em>. <strong>95<\/strong>, 357-375. doi: http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1175\/BAMS-D-11-00246.1<\/li>\n<li>Holte, J., Straneo, F., Farrar, J.T. and Weller, R.A.\u00a0 (2014)\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/2014JC010256\/abstract\">Combining mooring and Argo data to estimate a heat budget for the southeast Pacific<\/a>.\u00a0 <em>J. Geophys. Res.<\/em> <strong>119<\/strong>, 8162-8176, doi: 10.1002\/2014JC010256.<\/li>\n<li>Bower, A.S., and Farrar, J.T.\u00a0 (2015)\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007%2F978-3-662-45201-1_19\">Air-Sea Interaction and Horizontal Circulation in the Red Sea<\/a>.\u00a0 In N. Rasul and I.C.F. Stewart (Eds.), <em>The Red Sea: the formation, morphology, oceanography and environment of a young ocean basin. <\/em>Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-662-45201-1<em>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Farrar, J.T., Rainville, L., Plueddemann, A., Kessler, W.S., Lee, C., Hodges, B.A., Schmitt, R., Edson, J.B.,\u00a0 Riser, S.C., Eriksen, C.C., Fratantoni, D. (2015) <a href=\"https:\/\/tos.org\/oceanography\/article\/salinity-and-temperature-balances-at-the-spurs-central-mooring-during-fall-\">Salinity and temperature balances at the SPURS central mooring during fall and winter<\/a>.\u00a0 <em>Oceanography<\/em> 28(1):56-65, http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.5670\/oceanog.2015.06.<\/li>\n<li>Majumder, S., Tandon, A., Rudnick, D., and Farrar, J.T.\u00a0 (2015)\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/2014JC010198\/abstract\">Near-inertial kinetic energy budget of the mixed layer and shear evolution in the transition layer in the Arabian Sea during the monsoons<\/a>.\u00a0 <em>J. Geophys. Res. <\/em><strong>120<\/strong>, 64926507, doi:10.1002\/2014JC010198.<\/li>\n<li>Lentz, S. J., Churchill, J.H., Davis, K.A., Farrar, J.T., J. Pineda, and Starczak, V. (2016), <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/2015JC011141\/abstract\">The characteristics and dynamics of wave-driven flow across a platform coral reef in the Red Sea<\/a>, <em>J. Geophys. Res. Oceans<\/em>, <strong>121<\/strong>, doi:10.1002\/2015JC011141.<\/li>\n<li>Lentz, S.J., Churchill, J.H., Davis, K.A., Farrar, J.T. 2016. <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/2015JC011142\/full\">Surface gravity wave transformation across a platform coral reef in the Red Sea<\/a>. <em>J. Geophys. Res. Oceans.<\/em><strong> 121<\/strong>, 693705, doi:10.1002\/2015JC011142.<\/li>\n<li>Zuidema, P., P. Chang, B. Medeiros, B. Kirtman, R. Mechoso, E. Schneider, T. Toniazzo, I. Richter, R.J. Small, K. Bellomo, P. Brandt, S. de Szoeke, J.T. Farrar, E. Jung, S. Kato, M. Li, C. Patricola, Z. Wang R. Wood, Z. Xu. 2016. <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.ametsoc.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1175\/BAMS-D-15-00274.1\">Challenges and Prospects for Reducing Coupled Climate Model SST Biases in the eastern tropical Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: The US CLIVAR Eastern Tropical Oceans Synthesis Working Group<\/a>. <em>Bull. Am. Met. Soc.<\/em>, 97(12), 2305-2328, DOI: http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1175\/BAMSD-15-00274.1.<\/li>\n<li>Wijesekera, H.W. and 45 co-authors. 2016.<a href=\"http:\/\/journals.ametsoc.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1175\/BAMS-D-14-00197.1\"> ASIRI: An Ocean-Atmosphere Initiative for Bay of Bengal<\/a>. <em>Bull. Am. Met. Soc.<\/em>, 97(10), 1859-1884, DOI: http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1175\/BAMS-D-14-00197.1.<\/li>\n<li>Weller, R.A., J.T. Farrar, J. Buckley, S. Mathew, R. Venkatesan, J. Sree Lekha, D. Chaudhuri, N. Suresh Kumar, and B. Praveen Kumar. 2016. <a href=\"http:\/\/tos.org\/oceanography\/article\/air-sea-interaction-in-the-bay-of-bengal\">Air-sea interaction in the Bay of Bengal<\/a>. <em>Oceanography<\/em>, 29(2):2837, http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.5670\/oceanog.2016.36.<\/li>\n<li>Thangaprakash, V.P., M.S. Girishkumar, K. Suprit, N. Suresh Kumar, D. Chaudhuri, K. Dinesh, A. Kumar, S. Shivaprasad, M. Ravichandran, J.T. Farrar, R. Sundar, and R.A. Weller. 2016. <a href=\"http:\/\/tos.org\/oceanography\/article\/what-controls-seasonal-evolution-of-sea-surface-temperature-in-the-bay-of-b\">What controls seasonal evolution of sea surface temperature in the Bay of Bengal<\/a>? Mixed layer heat budget analysis using moored buoy observations along 90E. <em>Oceanography <\/em>29(2):202213, http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.5670\/oceanog.2016.52.<\/li>\n<li>Shroyer, E.L., D.L. Rudnick, J.T. Farrar, B. Lim, S.K. Venayagamoorthy, L.C. St. Laurent, A. Garanaik, and J.N. Moum. 2016. <a href=\"http:\/\/tos.org\/oceanography\/article\/modification-of-upper-ocean-temperature-structure-by-subsurface-mixing\">Modification of upper-ocean temperature structure <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/tos.org\/oceanography\/article\/modification-of-upper-ocean-temperature-structure-by-subsurface-mixing\">by subsurface mixing in the presence of strong salinity stratification<\/a>. <em>Oceanography <\/em>29(2):6271, http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.5670\/oceanog.2016.39.<\/li>\n<li>Wentz, F.J., Ricciardulli, L., Rodriguez, E., Stiles, B., Bourassa, M., David Long, D., Hoffman, R., Stoffelen, A., Verhoef, A., ONeill, L., Farrar, T., Vandemark, D., Fore, A., Veleva, S.H., Turk, J., Gaston, R., Tyler, D. 2017. <a href=\"http:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/7820114\/\">Evaluating and Extending the Ocean Wind Climate Data Record<\/a>. Manuscript submitted to <em>IEEE J. Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. <\/em>vol.PP, no.99, pp.1-21. doi: 10.1109\/JSTARS.2016.2643641<\/li>\n<li>T. Lee, J.T. Farrar, S. Arnault, D. Meyssignac, W. Han, and T. Durland. Monitoring and interpreting the tropical oceans by satellite altimetry. In D. Stammer and A. Cazenave, editors, <em>Satellite Altimetry Over Ocean and Land Surfaces<\/em>. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, 2018.<\/li>\n<li>R. Morrow, L.-L. Fu, J.T. Farrar, H. Seo, and P.-Y. Le Traon. Ocean eddies and mesoscale variability. In D. Stammer and A. Cazenave, editors, <em>Satellite Altimetry Over Ocean and Land Surfaces<\/em>. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, 2018.<\/li>\n<li>R. J. Greatbatch, M. Claus, P. Brandt, J.-D. Matthie\u00dfen, F. P. Tuchen, F. Ascani, M. Dengler, J. Toole, C. Roth, and J.T. Farrar. 2018. <a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1002\/2017GL076662\">Evidence for the maintenance of slowly varying equatorial currents by intraseasonal variability. <\/a>Geophysical Research Letters, 45.<\/li>\n<li>V.V. Menezes, J.T. Farrar, and A.S. Bower. 2018. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0034425718300932\">Westward mountain-gap wind jets of the northern Red Sea as seen by QuikSCAT. <\/a>Remote Sensing of Environment, 209:677-699.<\/li>\n<li>S. Ramachandran, A. Tandon, J. Mackinnon, A.J. Lucas, R. Pinkel, A.F. Waterhouse, J. Nash, E. Shroyer, A. Mahadevan, R.A. Weller, and J.T. Farrar. 2018. <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.ametsoc.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1175\/JPO-D-16-0283.1\">Submesoscale processes at shallow salinity fronts in the Bay of Bengal: Observations during the winter monsoon. <\/a><em>Journal of Physical Oceanography<\/em>, 48:479-509.<\/li>\n<li>J. Wang, L. Fu, B. Qiu, D. Menemenlis, J.T. Farrar, Y. Chao, A.F. Thompson, and M.M. Flexas. <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.ametsoc.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1175\/JTECH-D-17-0076.1\">An observing system simulation experiment for the calibration and validation of the surface water ocean topography sea surface height measurement using in situ platforms. <\/a><em>Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology<\/em>, 35:281-297, 2018.<\/li>\n<li>B. K. Arbic and coauthors. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=2ahUKEwik1qy-u8XfAhWkTN8KHYiFDMcQFjAAegQICRAC&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.godae.org%2F~godae-data%2FSchool%2FChapter13_Arbic_et_al.pdf&amp;usg=AOvVaw0RhnI88awpzcV2cF0nxTSx\">A primer on global internal tide and internal gravity wave continuum modeling in HYCOM and mitGCM.<\/a> In E. Chassignet, A. Pascual, J. Tintore,and J. Verron, editors, <em>New Frontiers in Operational Oceanography<\/em>, pages 307-391. GODAE OceanView, 2018.<\/li>\n<li>C. J. Prend, H. Seo, R. A. Weller, and J.T. Farrar. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0967064517304010\">Impact of freshwater plumes on intraseasonal upper ocean variability in the Bay of Bengal<\/a>. <em>Deep-Sea Research II<\/em>, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>R. A. Weller, J.T. Farrar, H. Seo, C. Prend, D. Sengupta, J. Sree Lekha, M. Ravichandran, and R. Venkatesen. <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.ametsoc.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1175\/JCLI-D-18-0413.1\">Moored observations of the surface meteorology and air-sea fluxes in the northern Bay of Bengal in 2015. <\/a><em>Journal of Climate<\/em>, 32(2):549-573, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>D. B. Chelton, M. G. Schlax, R. M. Samelson, J.T. Farrar, M. J. Molemaker, J. C. McWilliams, and J. Gula. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.pocean.2018.10.012\">Prospects for future satellite estimation of small-scale variability of ocean surface velocity and vorticity<\/a>. <em>Progress in Oceanography<\/em>, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>V.V. Menezes, J.T. Farrar, and A.S. Bower. <a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1029\/2018JD028853\">Evaporative Implications of Dry-Air Outbreaks over the Northern Red Sea.<\/a>\u00a0 <em>J. Geophys. Res.<\/em>, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>A. Hasson, J.T. Farrar, J. Boutin, F. Bingham, and T. Lee. <a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1029\/2018JC014175\">Intraseasonal variability of surface salinity in the eastern tropical Pacific associated with mesoscale eddies<\/a>. J. Geophys. Res.,\u00a0124. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2018JC014175\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2018JC014175<\/a>. 2019.<\/li>\n<li>S.P. Bryan, K.A. Hughen, K.B. Karnauskas, and J.T. Farrar. <a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1029\/2018GL081593\">Two hundred fifty years of reconstructed South Asian summer monsoon intensity and decadal-scale variability<\/a>. <em>Geophysical Research Letters<\/em>, 46(7):3927-3935, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>R. Thakur, E. Shroyer, R. Govindarajan, J.T. Farrar, R.A. Weller, and J. Moum. <a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1029\/2018GL081577\">Seasonality and buoyancy suppression of turbulence in the Bay of Bengal<\/a>. <em>Geophys. Res. Lett.<\/em>,\u00a046. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2018GL081577\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2018GL081577<\/a>. 2019.<\/li>\n<li>E.L. Shroyer, A.L. Gordon, G. Spiro Jaeger, M. Freilich, A.F. Waterhouse, J.T. Farrar, V.V.S.S. Sarma, R. Venkatesan, R.A. Weller, J.N. Moum, and A. Mahadevan. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0967064519300748\">Upper layer thermohaline structure of the Bay of Bengal during the 2013 northeast monsoon<\/a>. <em>Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography<\/em>, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>E. Rodriguez, M. A. Bourassa, D. B. Chelton, J.T. Farrar, D. Long, D. Perkovic-Martin, and R. M. Samelson. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fmars.2019.00438\/full\">The Winds and Currents Mission concept<\/a>. <em>Frontiers in Marine Science<\/em>, 6:438, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>R. Morrow, L. Fu, F. Ardhuin, M. Benkiran, B. Chapron, E. Cosme, F. D&#8217;Ovidio, J.T. Farrar, S.T. Gille, G. Lapeyre, P.Y. Le Traon, A. Pascual, A. Ponte, B. Qiu, N. Rascle, C. Ubelmann, J. Wang, and E. Zaron. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fmars.2019.00232\/full\">Global observations of fine-scale ocean surface topography with the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission<\/a>. <em>Frontiers in Marine Science<\/em>, 6:232, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>M.F. Cronin, C.L. Gentemann, J.B. Edson, I. Ueki, M. Bourassa, S. Brown, C.A. Clayson, C. Fairall, J.T. Farrar, S.T. Gille, S. Gulev, S. Josey, S. Kato, M. Katsumata, E.C. Kent, M. Krug, P.J. Minnett, R. Parfitt, R.T. Pinker, P.W. Stackhouse, S. Swart, H. Tomita, D. Vandemark, R.A. Weller, K. Yoneyama, L. Yu, and D. Zhang. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fmars.2019.00430\/full\">Air-sea fluxes with a focus on heat and momentum<\/a>. <em>Frontiers in Marine Science<\/em>, 6:430.<\/li>\n<li>A.B. Villas Boas, F. Ardhuin, A. Ayet, M. Bourassa, B. Chapron, P. Brandt, B.D. Cornuelle, J.T. Farrar, M.R. Fewings, B. Fox-Kemper, S.T. Gille, C. Gommenginger, P. Heimbach, M.C. Hell, Q. Li, M. Mazloff, S.T. Merrifield, A. Mouche, M. Rio, E. Rodriguez, J.D. Shutler, A.C. Subramanian, E.J. Terrill, M. Tsamados, C. Ubelmann, and E. van Sebille. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fmars.2019.00425\/full\">Integrated observations and modeling of winds, currents, and waves: requirements and challenges for the next decade<\/a>. <em>Frontiers in Marine Science<\/em>, 6:425, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>J.T. Farrar and A. J. Plueddemann. <a href=\"https:\/\/tos.org\/oceanography\/article\/on-the-factors-driving-upper-ocean-salinity-variability-at-the-western-edge\">On the factors driving upper-ocean salinity variability at the western edge of the Eastern Pacific Fresh Pool<\/a>. <em>Oceanography<\/em>, 32(2):30-39, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>Rainville, L.R. Centurioni, W.E. Asher, C.A. Clayson, K. Drushka, J.B. Edson, B.A. Hodges,V. Hormann, J.T. Farrar, J.J. Schanze, A.Y. Shcherbina, and E.J. Thompson. <a href=\"https:\/\/tos.org\/oceanography\/article\/novel-and-flexible-approach-to-access-the-open-ocean-uses-of-sailing\">Novel and flexible approach to access the open ocean: Uses of the Research Vessel Lady Amber during SPURS-2<\/a>. <em>Oceanography<\/em>, 32(2):116-121, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>D. Zhang, M.F. Cronin, C. Meinig, J.T. Farrar, R. Jenkins, D. Peacock, J. Keene, and A. Sutton. <a href=\"https:\/\/tos.org\/oceanography\/article\/comparing-air-sea-flux-measurements-from-a-new-unmanned-surface-vehicle-and\">Comparing air-sea flux measurements from a new unmanned surface vehicle and proven platforms during the SPURS-2 field campaign<\/a>. <em>Oceanography<\/em>, 32(2):122-133, June 2019.<\/li>\n<li>L. Kantha, R. A. Weller, J.T. Farrar, H. Rahaman, and V. Jampana. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0967064519300657\">A note on modeling mixing in the upper layers of the Bay of Bengal: Importance of water type, water column structure and precipitation<\/a>. <em>Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography<\/em>, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>K. Adams, J. MacKinnon, A.J. Lucas, J. Nash, E. Shroyer, and J.T. Farrar. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0967064519301171\">Multi-platform observations of small-scale lateral mixed layer variability in the northern Bay of Bengal<\/a>. <em>Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography<\/em>, page 104629, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>Morrow, R., L.-L. Fu, F. D&#8217;Ovidio, and J. T. Farrar.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/eos.org\/science-updates\/scientists-invited-to-collaborate-in-satellite-missions-debut\">Scientists invited to collaborate in satellite mission&#8217;s debut<\/a>, <em>Eos<\/em>, 100, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>M.M. Flexas, A.F. Thompson, H.S. Torres, P. Klein, J.T. Farrar, D. Menemenlis, and H. Zhang. <a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1029\/2018JC014453\">Global estimates of the energy transfer from the wind to the ocean, with emphasis on near-inertial oscillations<\/a>. <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans<\/em>, 124, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>S.R. Davis, J.T. Farrar, R.A. Weller, H. Jiang, and L. Pratt. <a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1029\/2019JD031007\">The land-sea breeze of the Red Sea: Observations, simulations, and relationships to regional moisture transport.<\/a> <em>J. Geophys. Res. (Atmospheres)<\/em>, 124, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>T. S. Durland and J.T. Farrar. <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.ametsoc.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1175\/JPO-D-19-0237.1?mobileUi=0\">Another note on Rossby wave energy flux<\/a>. <em>Journal of Physical Oceanography<\/em>, 2020.<\/li>\n<li>M. Schlundt, J.T. Farrar, S.P. Bigorre, A.J. Plueddemann, and R.A. Weller. <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.ametsoc.org\/doi\/full\/10.1175\/JTECH-D-19-0132.1\">Accuracy of wind observations from open-ocean buoys: Correction for flow distortion<\/a>. <em>J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech.<\/em>, 2020.<\/li>\n<li>M. Dever, M. Freilich, J.T. Farrar, B. Hodges, T. Lanagan, and A. Mahadevan. <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.ametsoc.org\/doi\/full\/10.1175\/JTECH-D-19-0145.1\">EcoCTD for profiling oceanic physical-biological properties from an underway ship<\/a>. <em>J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech.<\/em>, 2020.<\/li>\n<li>C. Gentemann, C.A. Clayson, S. Brown, T. Lee, R. Parfitt, J.T. Farrar, M. Bourassa, P.J. Minnett, H. Seo, S. Gille, and V. Zlotnicki. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2072-4292\/12\/11\/1796\">Measuring the ocean-atmosphere turbulent exchange of heat and moisture from space<\/a>.\u00a0 <em>Remote Sensing,<\/em> 2020.<\/li>\n<li>G. Spiro Jaeger, J. MacKinnon, A.J. Lucas, E. Shroyer, J. Nash, A. Tandon, J.T. Farrar, and A. Mahadevan. <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.ametsoc.org\/view\/journals\/phoc\/50\/9\/jpoD190077.xml\">How spice is stirred in the Bay of Bengal<\/a>. <em>Journal of Physical Oceanography<\/em>, 2020.<\/li>\n<li>J. Sree Lekha, Lucas, A. J., Sukhatme, J., Joseph, J. K., Ravichandran, M., Suresh Kumar, N., Farrar, J.T., and Sengupta, D. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1029\/2020JC016271\">Quasi\u2010biweekly mode of the Asian summer monsoon revealed in Bay of Bengal surface observations<\/a>. <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans<\/em>, 2020.<\/li>\n<li>D.R. Tarry, S. Essink, A. Pascual, S. Ruiz, P.M. Poulain, T. \u00d6zg\u00f6kmen, L.R. Centurioni, J.T. Farrar, A. Shcherbina, A. Mahadevan, and E. D&#8217;Asaro. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1029\/2020JC016614\">Frontal convergence and vertical velocity measured by drifters in the Alboran Sea<\/a>. <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans<\/em>, 2021.<\/li>\n<li>E. Shroyer, A. Tandon, D. Sengupta, H.J.S. Fernando, A.J. Lucas, J.T. Farrar, R. Chattopadhyay, S. de Szoeke, and 42 other co-authors. <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.ametsoc.org\/view\/journals\/bams\/aop\/BAMS-D-20-0113.1\/BAMS-D-20-0113.1.xml\">Bay of Bengal intraseasonal oscillations and the 2018 monsoon onset<\/a>. <em>Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society<\/em>, 2021.<\/li>\n<li>J.T. Farrar, T.S. Durland, S.R. Jayne, and J.F. Price. <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.ametsoc.org\/view\/journals\/phoc\/51\/6\/JPO-D-20-0048.1.xml?rskey=oV2sHH&amp;result=8\">Long-distance radiation of Rossby waves from the equatorial current system<\/a>. <em>Journal of Physical Oceanography<\/em>, 51(6): 1947-1966. 2021.<\/li>\n<li>S. Zippel, J.T. Farrar, C.J. Zappa, U. Miller, L. St. Laurent, T. Ijichi, R.A. Weller, L. McRaven, and D. Le Bel. <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.ametsoc.org\/view\/journals\/atot\/aop\/JTECH-D-21-0005.1\/JTECH-D-21-0005.1.xml\">Moored turbulence measurements using pulse-coherent Doppler sonar<\/a>. <em>Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology<\/em>, 2021.<\/li>\n<li>J. Wang, L. Fu, B. Haines, M. Lankhorst, A.J. Lucas, J.T. Farrar, U. Send, C. Meinig, O. Schofield, R. Ray, M. Archer, D. Aragon, S. Bigorre, Y. Chao, J. Kerfoot, R. Pinkel, D. Sandwell, and S. Stalin. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1175\/JTECH-D-21-0039.1\">On the development of SWOT in-situ calibration\/validation for short-wavelength ocean topography<\/a>. <em>Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology<\/em>, 2022.<\/li>\n<li>K. Jossia Joseph, A. Tandon, R. Venkatesan, J.T. Farrar, and R.A. Weller. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1175\/JTECH-D-21-0069.1\">Longwave radiation corrections for the OMNI Buoy Network<\/a>. <em>Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Zippel, S. F., Farrar, J. T., Zappa, C. J., &amp; Plueddemann, A. J. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021GL095920\">Parsing the kinetic energy budget of the ocean surface mixed layer<\/a>. <i>Geophysical Research Letters<\/i>, 49, e2021GL095920. 2022.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0C.X. Light, B.K. Arbic, P.E. Martin, L. Brodeau, J.T. Farrar, S.M. Griffies, B.P. Kirtman, L.C. Laurindo, D. Menemenlis, A. Molod, A.D. Nelson, E. Nyadjro, A.K. O&#8217;Rourke, J.F. Shriver, L. Siqueira, R.J. Small, and E. Strobach. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00382-022-06257-6\">Effects of grid spacing on high-frequency precipitation variance in coupled high-resolution global ocean-atmosphere models<\/a>. <i>Climate Dynamics<\/i>. 2022.<\/li>\n<li>Polverari, F., Wineteer, A., Rodr\u00edguez, E., Perkovic-Martin, D., Siqueira, P., Farrar, J.T., Adam, M., Closa Tarr\u00e9s, M., and Edson, J.B. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/rs14092067\">A Ka-Band Wind Geophysical Model Function Using Doppler Scatterometer Measurements from the Air-Sea Interaction Tower Experiment<\/a>. <em>Remote Sensing.<\/em> 2022, <em>14<\/em>, 2067.<\/li>\n<li>S. Katsura, J. Sprintall, J.T. Farrar, D. Zhang, and M.F. Cronin. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1175\/JPO-D-21-0243.1\">The barrier layer effect on the heat and freshwater balance from moored observations in the Eastern Pacific Fresh Pool.<\/a> Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2022.<\/li>\n<li>D. R. Tarry, S. Ruiz, T. M. Johnston, P.-M. Poulain, T. \u00d6zg\u00f6kmen, L. R. Centurioni, M. Berta, G. Esposito, J.T. Farrar, A. Mahadevan, and A. Pascual. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2022GL098969\">Drifter observations reveal intense vertical velocity in a surface ocean front.<\/a> Geophysical Research Letters, 49:e2022GL098969, 2022.<\/li>\n<li>U.K. Miller, C.J. Zappa, S. Zippel, J.T. Farrar, and R.A. Weller. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2022JC018901\">Scaling of moored surface ocean turbulence measurements in the southeast Pacific stratus cloud region<\/a>. Journal of Geophysical Research, 128:e2022JC018901, 2023.<\/li>\n<li>L.D. Riihimaki et al. Ocean surface radiation measurement best practices (in press). Frontiers in Marine Science, 2024.<\/li>\n<li>L. Fu, T. Pavelsky, J. Cretaux, R. Morrow, J.T. Farrar, P. Vaze, P. Sengenes, N. Vinogradova-Shiffer, A. Sylvestre-Baron, N. Picot, and G. Dibarboure. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission: A breakthrough in radar remote sensing of the ocean and land surface water. Geophysical Research Letters, 51(4):e2023GL107652, 2024.<\/li>\n<li>M. A. Freilich, C. Poirier, M. Dever, E. Alou-Font, J. Allen, A. Cabornero, L. Sudek, C. J. Choi, S. Ruiz, A. Pascual, T.M. S. J.T. Farrar, Johnston, E. D&#8217;Asaro, A. E. Worden, and A. Mahadevan. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.2319937121\">3D-intrusions <\/a>transport active surface microbial assemblages to the dark ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024.<\/li>\n<li>D. Chaudhuri, D. Senguptaa, E. D&#8217;Asaro, M. Mathur, S. Ranganathan, and J.T. Farrar. Near-inertial response of a salinity-stratified ocean (accepted). Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2024.<\/li>\n<li>X. Wang, T. Kukulka, J.T. Farrar, A. Plueddemann, and S. Zippel. Langmuir turbulence controls on observed diurnal warm layer depths. Geophysical Research Letters, 50:e2023GL103231, 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&lt;span id=&#8221;bot-donkey&#8221;&gt;Read less&#8230;&lt;\/span&gt;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<h3>Honors and Awards<\/h3>\n<p>2024: NASA Group Achievement Award for the Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE), for &#8220;outstanding achievements in advancing the understanding of small-scale ocean dynamics and their role in the Earth&#8217;s climate system&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>2021-present: <em>Science Team co-lead<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/swot.jpl.nasa.gov\/science\/overview\/?page=0&amp;per_page=40&amp;order=position+asc&amp;search=&amp;hover=false&amp;show_institution=true&amp;show_email=false&amp;category=214\">Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) Satellite Mission<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2018: <em>Principal Investigator<\/em> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/espo.nasa.gov\/s-mode\/content\/S-MODE\">NASA Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE)<\/a>, a $30M NASA Earth Venture Suborbital Mission with 21 co-investigators, remote sensing measurements from three aircraft, and three research cruises that will take place in 2020-2021.<\/p>\n<p>2017: American Meteorological Society <em>Nicholas P. Fofonoff Award<\/em> in recognition of research achievement in physical oceanography, for &#8220;insightful analysis of observations yielding a deeper understanding of tropical and upper ocean dynamics, and for generous collaboration and leadership in major field experiments&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>2012: <em>Editors&#8217; Citation for Excellence in Refereeing<\/em>, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans<\/p>\n<p>2006: <em>Outstanding Student Paper Award<\/em>, AGU Ocean Sciences meeting<\/p>\n<p>2000-2001: <em>MIT Presidential Fellowship<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2000: <em>Most Outstanding Physics Student<\/em>, University of Oklahoma<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/directory.whoi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Tom_CV.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDownload CV\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h3>Education<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ph.D., 2007: Physical Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution<\/li>\n<li>S.M., 2003: Physical Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/li>\n<li>B.S., 2000: Physics, University of Oklahoma<\/li>\n<li>B.A.,2000: Philosophy, University of Oklahoma<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t<h3>Teaching<\/h3>\n<p>MIT-WHOI Graduate Course 12.805, Dynamical Insights from Data (listed as &#8220;Data Analysis in Physical Oceanography&#8221;)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1PZcizNpEm0_Us-O0MkZaOE-Co8OVuPEx\/view?usp=sharing\">Syllabus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1v6XCQRSg18ayheqW-jfr9xLT98rCsFRG\/view?usp=sharing\">Course notes (Gebbie and Farrar)<\/a>, Tom&#8217;s spectral analysis notes begin on page 175.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MIT-WHOI Graduate Course 12.870, Air-Sea Interaction<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/11WYE-2GOXpeiF88EOKP8C82IC46eN76R\/view?usp=sharing\">Syllabus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h3>News\/Media<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/nasa-mission-will-study-hidden-ocean-swirls-soak-heat-global-warming\">NASA mission will study how hidden ocean swirls soak up heat of global warming<\/a> (December 2022)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/jpl\/nasa-s-s-mode-field-campaign-deploys-to-the-pacific-ocean\">NASA&#8217;s S-MODE Field Campaign Deploys to the Pacific Ocean<\/a> (October 2022)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/jpl\/international-satellite-to-track-impacts-of-small-ocean-currents\">International Satellite to Track Impacts of Small Ocean Currents<\/a> (May 2022)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/climate\/article\/NASA-launches-mission-off-San-Francisco-coast-to-16576248.php#photo-21647569\">NASA launches mission off San Francisco coast to study ocean&#8217;s relationship to climate change<\/a> (October 2021)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2021-10-instruments-sea-sky-nasa-s-mode.html\">Instruments in the sea and sky: NASA&#8217;s S-MODE mission kicks off 1st deployment<\/a> (October 2021)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/esnt\/2021\/nasa-s-s-mode-takes-to-the-air-and-sea-to-study-ocean-eddies\">NASA&#8217;s S-MODE Takes to the Air and Sea to Study Ocean Eddies<\/a> (May 2021)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/dygkak\/nasa-is-grounding-climate-change-missions-due-to-coronavirus\">NASA Is Grounding Climate Change Missions Due to Coronavirus<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/beeD3GRTkpQ\">NASA TV Show on Earth Expeditions (Farrar interview about S-MODE at 23:00)<\/a> (January 2020)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2019-11-nasa-embarks-air-sea.html\">NASA embarks on five US expeditions targeting air, land and sea<\/a> (November 2019)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aquarius.oceansciences.org\/cgi\/ed_stem_scientists.htm?id=10\">Webinar on ocean salinity and oceanographic moorings<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t<h5>Miscellaneous<\/h5>\n<p>Link to the <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1E6FYSe8q_PONLsAH_LCUbWV2nyB58Grf\/view?usp=sharing\">white paper that motivated the NASA SPURS-2 program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The name of the NASA S-MODE experiment pays homage to the MODE experiment of the 1970&#8217;s that made clear that the oceans are full of eddies.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/usd_zZp6JZY\">Watch the video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mblwhoilibrary.org\/services\/copyright-management\">MBL-WHOI Library page on copyright management<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. J. 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