Staff Profile

Leah McRaven

Preferred Name: Leah McRaven

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE III

PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

Email: lmcraven@whoi.edu

Phone: 508 289 2400

Office: CLARK 355A (MS #21) 

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 such as commercial vessels.

Relevant Work Examples

Recent peer-reviewed publications

  • Anderson, D. M., E. Fachon, R. S. Pickart, P. Lin, A. D. Fischer, M. L. Richlen, V. Uva, M. L. Borsnahan, L.T. 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.T. 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., 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., 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
  • Creamean, J.M., J.N. Cross, R.S. Pickart. L.T. McRaven, P. Lin, A. Pacini, R. Hanlon, D.G. Schmale, J. Ceniceros, T. Aydell, N. Colombi, E. Bolger, and P.J. DeMott, 2019. Ice nucleating particles carried from below a phytoplankton bloom to the Arctic atmosphere. Geophysical Research Letters, 46. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083039
  • Renfrew, I.A., R.S. Pickart, and 56 co-authors, 2019. The Iceland-Greenland Seas Project. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0217.1
  • Lin, P., R. S. Pickart, L.T. McRaven, K. R. Arrigo, F. Bahr, K. E. Lowry, D. A. Stockwell, and C. W. Mordy, 2019. Water mass evolution and circulation of the northeastern Chukchi Sea in summer: Implications for nutrient distributions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015185

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