Lisa M. Beal
RSMAS/MPO
University of Miami
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149
Telephone: 305.421.4093
lbeal@rsmas.miami.edu

The velocity and potential vorticity structure of Western Boundary Currents, their volume, heat, and freshwater transports. Observing circulation patterns of the Indian Ocean: interaction of flow with topography, monsoon variability of currents, spreading of Red Sea Water at intermediate depths, deep boundary currents and undercurrents.

Using Lowered Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (LADCP) velocities to enhance hydrographic datasets, particularly by (1) improving estimates of the barotropic component of ocean circulation, (2) use in intense, bottom-trapped flows, (3) investigating the vorticity balance of flows.