Staff Profile

Kurt Polzin

Preferred Name: Kurt Polzin

Associate Scientist With Tenure

Physical Oceanography

Email: kpolzin@whoi.edu

Phone: 508 289 3368

Office: Clark Laboratory-3rd Floor PO 

Address:
 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,   Mail Stop 21
266 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543

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Website: https://www2.whoi.edu/site/polzin

Education

B.A. (Physics), 1986, Whitman College
Ph.D. (Physical Oceanography), 1992, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanography / Applied Ocean Sciences and Engineering

Research Interests

Observation and modeling of energy exchanges between oceanic currents, internal waves and turbulence.  My work tries to identify connections and relationships between phenomena and combines the development of theoretical constructs with the development and use of oceanographic instrumentation.  Favorite topics are observing, modeling and parameterizing 2- and 3-D turbulence, diapycnal mixing, isopycnal stirring and T-S variability.