Physical Oceanography Description The Physical Oceanography Program supports research on a wide range of topics associated with the structure and movement of the ocean, with the way in which it transports various quantities, with the way the ocean's physical structure interacts with the biological and chemical processes within it, and with interactions between the ocean and the atmosphere, solid earth and ice that surround it. The Physical Oceanography Program regularly reviews proposals jointly with Marine Geology and Geophysics Program (Sediment transport processes); Biological Oceanography (Physical mechanisms controlling recruitment and euphotic zone mixing and productivity); Chemical Oceanography (Radioactive tracers, oceanic carbon cycling, air-sea physical/chemical exchange); Oceanographic Technology (New instrumentation to study physical processes in the ocean); Atmospheric Sciences (Ocean-atmosphere interaction on a variety of scales); Mathematical Sciences (Development of numerical models and modeling techniques for oceanography, statistical analysis tools). Targeted programs are usually supported for a definite time period, and address large-scale, possibly interdisciplinary, problems that require broader resources than are normally available through the regular review process. Physical Oceanography Related Programs:
Target Dates and Deadlines Target dates for proposal submission are 15 February and 15 August.
Program Contact(s) |
Division of Ocean Sciences,
NSF |