{"id":92,"date":"2020-09-04T16:37:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T16:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nike.atmos.ucla.edu\/henry\/?page_id=92"},"modified":"2025-12-16T02:49:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T02:49:44","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/atmos.ucla.edu\/dynamical-oceanography-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the UCLA Dynamical Oceanography Group website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/atmos.ucla.edu\/dynamical-oceanography-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/GroupPhoto_May2025-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atmos.ucla.edu\/dynamical-oceanography-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/GroupPhoto_May2025-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atmos.ucla.edu\/dynamical-oceanography-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/GroupPhoto_May2025-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atmos.ucla.edu\/dynamical-oceanography-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/GroupPhoto_May2025-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atmos.ucla.edu\/dynamical-oceanography-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/GroupPhoto_May2025-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/atmos.ucla.edu\/dynamical-oceanography-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/GroupPhoto_May2025-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>2025\u00a0Group Photo. Left to right: (top row) Garrett Finucane, Kaylie Cohanim, Andrew Stewart, Cheng-Yang (Sunny) Yeh, (bottom row) Selena Yu, Alex Akin, Huaiyu Wei, Aisha Mardini, (absent) Annika Renganathan. <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/atmos.ucla.edu\/dynamical-oceanography-group\/group-photo-archive\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/atmos.ucla.edu\/dynamical-oceanography-group\/group-photo-archive\/\">Previous group photos.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Our research broadly addresses the physics of the ocean circulation, with an emphasis on its dynamics at high latitudes, particularly around the Antarctic margins. We study the ocean&#8217;s intrinsic behavior and its interaction with the atmosphere, sea ice and ice sheets, primarily via the application of state-of-the art simulation tools.&nbsp;You can read more about our work on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/atmos.ucla.edu\/dynamical-oceanography-group\/research\/\">Research<\/a>&nbsp;page, and find individual researchers via the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/atmos.ucla.edu\/dynamical-oceanography-group\/group-members\/\">Group Members<\/a>&nbsp;page. We also maintain a list of our group&#8217;s scientific&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/atmos.ucla.edu\/dynamical-oceanography-group\/publications\/\">Publications<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prospective students and postdocs interested in joining the group are encouraged to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/atmos.ucla.edu\/dynamical-oceanography-group\/contact\/\">Contact<\/a>&nbsp;us directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025\u00a0Group Photo. Left to right: (top row) Garrett Finucane, Kaylie Cohanim, Andrew Stewart, Cheng-Yang (Sunny) Yeh, (bottom row) Selena Yu, Alex Akin, Huaiyu Wei, Aisha Mardini, (absent) Annika Renganathan. Previous group photos. 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