Staff Profile
BENJAMIN BARR
Preferred Name: Benjamin Barr
Postdoctoral Investigator
Physical Oceanography
Email: benjamin.barr@whoi.edu
Phone:
Office: Remote EE Texas
Address:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
266 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Website: https://www2.whoi.edu/staff/bbarr/
Education
- Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences, 2023, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 2012, University of Texas, Austin, TX
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 2010, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Research Statement
My research focuses on air-sea interaction, with specific emphasis on air-sea fluxes and physical processes in high winds, ocean surface waves, sea spray, tropical and extratropical cyclone intensification and connections to air-sea processes, coupled atmosphere-wave-ocean regional modeling, and model and parameterization development.