James H. Morison, Ph.D. (Univ. of Washington), Affiliate Professor. morison@apl.washington.edu. Dynamics and thermodynamics of the upper layers of the ocean, particularly ice covered seas; planetary boundary layer, convection, and internal waves; spatial variability of turbulent heat and salt flux; and Arctic environmental change. Principal Oceanographer in the Polar Science Center of the Applied Physics Laboratory and member of the NAS Polar Research Board.
Morison, J., K. Aagaard and M. Steele (submitted) Recent changes in the Arctic: A review. Arctic.
McPhee, M.G., C. Kottmeier and J.H. Morison (in press) Ocean heat flux in the central Weddell Sea during winter. Journal of Physical Oceanography.
Serreze, M.C., J.E. Walsh, F.S. Chapin III, T. Osterkamp, M. Dyurgerov, V. Romanovsky, W.C. Oechel, J. Morison, et al. (in press) Observational evidence of recent change in the northern high-latitude environment. Journal of Climate.
Morison, J.H. and M.G. McPhee (1998) Lead convection measured with an autonomous underwater vehicle. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 103: 3257-3281.
Morison, J.H., et al. (1998) Hydrography of the upper Arctic Ocean measured from the nuclear submarine USS Pargo. Deep-Sea Research I: 15-38.
Smith, D.C. and J.H. Morison (1998) Nonhydrostatic haline convection under leads in sea ice. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 103: 3233-3247.
McPhee, M.G., T.P. Stanton, J.H. Morison, et al. (1998) Freshening of the upper ocean in the Arctic: Is perennial sea ice disappearing? Geophysical Research Letters 25: 1729-1732.
Levine, M.D., L. Padman, R.D. Muench and J.H. Morison (1997) Internal waves and tides in the western Weddell Sea: Observations from Ice Station Weddell. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 102: 1073-1090.