Kevin Speer

Speer Photo Professor

Physical Oceanography
MIT - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program, 1988

I am interested in general circulation of the oceans. My work focuses on deep currents and polar circulation, and flow forced by diverse buoyancy sources including air-sea fluxes, hydrothermal or geothermal sources. Current research deals with Southern Ocean overturning and its relation to air-sea fluxes and eddy transport mechanisms. Ongoing projects include the direct observation of circulation with subsurface floats, tracer inversion techniques, and near-coastal observation studies. Studies of transport mechanisms for mass, heat, salt, and other properties are the fundamental motivation for these experiments and studies.

 

Follow along on our Diapycnal and Isopycnal Mixing Experiment in the Southern Ocean (DIMES) cruise and our Climate Variability and Carbon Cycle (CLIVAR) cruise.