Staff Profile
Philip Richardson
Preferred Name: Philip Richardson
Scientist Emeritus
Physical Oceanography
Email: prichardson@whoi.edu
Phone: 508 289 2546
Office: Clark Laboratory-2nd Floor Room 200-220
Address:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
Mail Stop 29
266 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Website: https://www2.whoi.edu/staff/prichardson/
Education
Ph.D., University of Rhode Island, 1974, Physical Oceanography
M.S., University of Rhode Island, 1970, Physical Oceanography
B.S., Universwity of California, Berkeley, 1964, Civil Engineering
Research Interests
Aerodynamics of albatross soaring over the ocean (dynamic soaring); the general circulation of the ocean and its low frequency variability; western boundary currents, ocean eddies, historical studies.