Staff Profile

Leah McRaven

Preferred Name: Leah McRaven

Research Specialist

Physical Oceanography

Email: lmcraven@whoi.edu

Phone: 508 289 2804

Office: Clark Laboratory-3rd Floor PO 

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

CV

Education

  • M.A. in Earth and Environmental Science, Columbia University, 2016
  • B.S. in Physics and B.S. in Mathematics, The University of Oklahoma, 2010

Research Statement

My field experience includes coordination of at-sea , cruise logistics management, , and integration of satellite ice products with science operation plans. I sail with physical oceanography teams that often collaborate with interdisciplinary groups and specialize in working in the Arctic environment.

My expertise in data processing and calibration focuses on shipboard and moored hydrographic data including measurements of ocean temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and currents. This includes extensive work with GO-SHIP post-calibration methods, UHDAS/CODAS data editing, and supporting research efforts within the physical oceanography department. I have a specific interest in developing best practices for data collection methods appropriate for high-latitude environments and alternative platforms.

Relevant Work Examples

Recent peer-reviewed publications

  • de Jong, M.F., K. Fogaren, I. Le Bras, and L.T. McRaven. Convection in the central Irminger Sea; insights into variability and the roles of surface forcing and stratification from 19 years of high resolution mooring data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 130, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC020799
  • Pickart, R.S., M.A. Spall, F. Bahr, L. Lago, P. Lin, A. Pacini, J. Huang, K.R. Arrigo, M. Mills, G. van Dijken L.T. McRaven, and S. Roberts, 2024. Vertical carbon export during a phytoplankton bloom in the Chukchi Sea: Physical setting and frontal subduction. Journal of Geophysical Research, 129, e2024JC021465. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021465
  • Huang, J., R.S. Pickart, F. Bahr, L.T. McRaven, J-E. Tremblay, C. Michel, E. Jeansson, B. Kopec, J.M. Welker, and S.R. Ólafsdóttir, 2024. Water mass evolution and general circulation of Baffin Bay: Observations from two shipboard surveys in 2021 Progress in Oceanography, 229, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2024.103322
  • Macdonald, A.M., L. Hiron, L.T. McRaven, L. Stolp, K. Ström, R. Hudak, S.R. Smith, J. Hummon, Andres, 2024. A framework for multidisciplinary science observations from commercial ships. ICES Journal of Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae011
  • Fachon, E., R. S. Pickart, G. Sheffield, and 18 Co-authors, 2024. Tracking a large-scale and highly toxic Arctic algal bloom: Rapid detection and risk communication. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10421
  • Pickart, R.S., P. Lin, F. Bahr, and L.T. McRaven, and 30 co-authors, 2023. The Pacific water flow branches in the Chukchi Sea. Progress in Oceanography, 219, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2023.103169
  • Anderson, D. M., E. Fachon, R. S. Pickart, P. Lin, A. D. Fischer, M. L. Richlen, V. Uva, M.L. Borsnahan, L. McRaven, F. Bahr, K. Lefebvre, J. M. Grebmeier, S. L. Danielson, Y. Lyu, and Y. Fukai, 2021. Evidence for massive and recurrent toxic blooms of Alexandrium catenella in the Alaskan Arctic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2107387118
  • Zippel, S., J.T. Farrar, C. Zappa, U. Miller, L. St. Laurent, T. Ijichi, R. Weller, L. McRaven, S. Nylund, and D. Le Bel, 2021. Moored Turbulence Measurements using Pulse-Coherent Doppler Sonar, J. Atmos. Ocean. Technol., https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-21-0005.1
  • Pickart, R.S., M.A. Spall, P. Lin, F. Bahr, L.T. McRaven, K.R. Arrigo, J.M. Grebmeier, 2021. Physical Controls on the Macrofaunal Benthic Biomass in Barrow Canyon, Chukchi Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC017091
  • Huang, J., R.S. Pickart, F. Bahr, L.T. McRaven, F. Xu, 2021. Wintertime water mass transformation in the western Iceland and Greenland Seas. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016893