James Irish
Preferred Name: James D Irish
OCEANOGRAPHER EMERITUS
APPLIED OCEAN PHYSICS & ENGINEERING
Email:
jirish@whoi.edu
Phone: 508 289 1916
Address:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
Mail Stop 17
266 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Education
B.S. Antioch College, 1967, Physics
M.S. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1968, Oceanography
Ph.D. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1971, Oceanography
Research Interests
Developing and deploying new instrument systems using new sensors, telemetry, and microprocessors to conditionally sample the ocean, then using this data to improve our understanding of tides, internal and surface waves, water mass formation, sediment dynamics, and bottom boundary layer processes.
