James Edson
Preferred Name: James B Edson
SENIOR SCIENTIST
APPLIED OCEAN PHYSICS & ENGINEERING
Email:
jedson@whoi.edu
Phone: 508 289 2935
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.
