Staff Profile

James Edson

Preferred Name: James Edson

Senior Scientist

Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering

Email: jedson@whoi.edu

Phone: 508 289 2935

Office: Losos Laboratory 

Address:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,   Mail Stop 57
266 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543

Education

B.S. Dickinson College, 1984, Physics
Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, 1989, Meteorology

Research Interests

Instrumentation and techniques to compute atmospheric fluxes within the marine boundary layer; systems to correct for motion contamination; modeling the influence of sea-spray on the surface layer energy budget; parameterization of fluxes; influence of waves on near surface flow; momentum and energy exchange across the coupled boundary layers; direct measurements of gas exchange; development of ocean observatories.