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Phil Richardson<\/p><\/div>\n\t

Dr. Philip L. Richardson<\/h2>\nSenior Scientist Emeritus
\nPhysical Oceanography Department\nContact Information:<\/strong>
\nWork: 508-540-2648\n

prichardson@whoi.edu <\/a><\/p>\n

prichardson0981@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Building: Clark 308<\/p>\nMailing Address:<\/strong>
\n266 Woods Hole Road,\u00a0MS #21
\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution
\nWoods Hole, MA 02543\n\t

Research Interests<\/h3>\n

The dynamic soaring of albatrosses and autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles; the general ocean circulation and its low-frequency variability; Gulf Stream, Equatorial Currents, Agulhas-Benguela Current system, Deep-Western Boundary Currents, Ocean eddies and current rings; historical aspects of oceanography.<\/p>\n\t

Recent Publications<\/h3>\n

Richardson, P. L., 2022. High Speed Dynamic Soaring<\/a>. The New RC Soaring Digest<\/em>, December 2022, Vol. 37, No. 12. This paper was originally published in April 2012 RC Soaring Digest<\/em> and appears here with new photos.<\/p>\n

Richardson P. L., Wakefield E. D., 2022. Observations and models of across-wind flight speed of the wandering albatross. Royal Society Open Science<\/em> 9: 211364. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rsos.211364.<\/a><\/p>\n

Richardson, P. L., 2018. Leonardo da Vinci’s discovery of the dynamic soaring by birds in wind shear.<\/a> Royal Society Notes & Records, <\/em>doi:10.1098\/rsnr.2018.0024.<\/p>\n

Richardson, P. L., Wakefield. E. D., Phillips, R. A., 2018. Flight speed and performance of the wandering albatross with respect to the wind.<\/a> Movement Ecology<\/em> 6<\/strong>:3, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s40462-018-0121-9.<\/p>\n

Richardson, P. L. and Adams, N. T., 2018. Uncharted Waters–Nantucket Whalers and the Franklin-Folger chart of the Gulf Stream.<\/a> Historic Nantucket<\/em> 68<\/strong>(1), 17-24.<\/p>\n

Richardson, P. L., 2017. Da Vinci’s observations of soaring birds.<\/a> Physics Today<\/em> 70<\/strong> (11), 78-79.<\/p>\n

Richardson, P. L., 2015. Upwind dynamic soaring of albatrosses and UAV’s<\/a>. Progress in Oceanography<\/em> 130<\/strong>, 146-156.<\/p>\n

Richardson, P. L., 2012. High-speed robotic albatross: Unmanned aerial vehicle powered by dynamic soaring.<\/a> Radio-Controlled Soaring Digest<\/em> 29<\/strong>, 4-18.<\/p>\n

Richardson, P. L., 2011. How do albatrosses fly around the world without flapping their wings?<\/a> Progress in Oceanography<\/em> 88<\/strong>, 46-58.<\/p>\n

Richardson, P. L., 2008. On the history of meridional overturning circulation schematic diagrams.<\/a> Progress in Oceanography<\/em> 76<\/strong>, 466-486.<\/p>\n

Richardson, P. L., 2007. Agulhas leakage into the Atlantic estimated with subsurface floats and surface drifters.<\/a> Deep-Sea Research<\/em> I<\/em> 54<\/strong>, 1361-1389.<\/p>\n

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Education<\/h3>\n

B.S., Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1964.<\/p>\n

M.S., Physical Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, 1970.<\/p>\n

Ph.D., Physical Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, 1974.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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