OceanExpert ID : 18377

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Prof. Arnold L. GORDON

Professor

Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Work Location

203 B Oceanography, 61 Route 9W
P.O. Box 1000
Palisades, NY 10964
United States

Nationality

United States of America

Email(s)

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Telephone

+1 845 365 8325

Profile URL

http://turnbbb.oceanteacher.org/expert/arnoldgordon

Persistent Digital Identifiers (UIDs)

ORCID : 0000-0001-6480-6095

Highest Degree

PhD

Job Type

Research

Subject Area

Physical Oceanography

Activities

Fields of interest: 
My research is directed at the ocean's stratification, circulation and mixing and its role in Earth's climate system. 

I am a field-going physical oceanographer, an observationalist. My research is directed at the ocean's stratification, circulation and mixing and its role in Earth's climate system. I study the transfer of heat and freshwater within the ocean and between the ocean, cryosphere and atmosphere. I view the ocean as a global system, with specific attention to interocean exchange and to ventilation of the deep ocean interior through sea-air-ice interaction. Comparison and extension of observational data with model results are an increasingly important part of my research. Historically much of my research deals with the Southern Ocean, but research within the warmer waters of the Indonesian Seas, tropical North Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans now compose most of my research program. Recently my focus is on the role of the ocean mesoscale in the transfer of heat and freshwater to compensate for net sea-air flux. I tend to go to areas that have been neglected by the research community, but have the potential of being key players in the global system.

Sea regions of study

Global

Working language(s)

English

Citation(s)

Google Scholar

Website(s)

http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/user/agordon

Created: 2009-11-17 | Last Updated: 2021-04-12