Staff Profile

Breck Owens

Preferred Name: Breck Owens

EMERITUS RESEARCH SCHOLAR

PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

Email: bowens@whoi.edu

Phone: 508 289 2811

Office: CLARK 207A 

Address:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,   Mail Stop 29
266 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543

Education

B.S. University of Michigan, 1968, Chemical Engineering
M.S. University of Colorado, 1972, Chemical Engineering
Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University, 1976, Physical Oceanography

Research Interests

Description of the general circulation and eddy variability in the world?s oceans; sea ice, ocean- atmosphere coupling dynamics; development of float technology and autonomous vehicles for ocean monitoring.