Staff Profile

Philip Richardson

Preferred Name: Philip L Richardson

SCIENTIST EMERITUS

PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

Email: prichardson@whoi.edu

Phone: 508 289 2546

Office: CLARK 213A 

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.