Senior Scientist
W. Van Alan Clark Chair for Excellence in Oceanography
Physical Oceanography
Contact Information:
Work: 508-289-3520
sjayne@whoi.edu
Mailing Address:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
266 Woods Hole Rd, MS #29
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Research Interests
Developing and deploying autonomous sensing systems to make persistent ocean observations. Investigating air-sea interaction and ocean dynamics in tropical cyclones and strong storms. Collecting and synthesizing diverse datasets of global ocean observations to map and understand the ocean’s general circulation. Improving physical parameterizations in ocean circulation models. Studying the special role of western boundary currents in the general circulation and eddy-mean flow interactions within them.
Media
- Making History with VMM-163 - US Marine Corps, October 2020
- What the Upper Ocean Looks Like During a Hurricane and Why It Matters - EOS, September 2020
- Forecasting Future Hurricanes - Oceanus magazine, June 2018
- New Air-Launched Devices Help Study Hurricanes - Oceanus magazine, October 2017
- Scientist Shares Knowledge Of Recent Hurricanes - The Falmouth Enterprise, Sept. 2017
Selected Publications
Awards & Accolades
- Office of Naval Research, Young Investigator Award, 2003
- Zeldovich Medal, Committee on Space Research, 2002
Education
Sc.D., Oceanography, Joint Program in Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1999
S.B., Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994
Biography
Steven is currently a Senior Scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Physics Department and NOAA-CIRES, and the National Center for Atmospheric Research – Climate and Global Dynamics Division. He was previously a visiting Professor at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology – Red Sea Research Center, and an Affiliate Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research – Climate and Global Dynamics Division.
Steven is the author or co-author of 79 refereed publications and 15 other publications.