Another area of research is in theoretical and numerical modeling of nonlinear wave phenomena. These vary from nonlinear equatorial and coastal Kelvin waves ranging in scales from hundreds to thousands of kilometers, to gravity-capillary waves that are the smallest resolved features at the ocean surface having scales of centimeters to millimeters. The latter is very important in interpreting remote sensing measurements of the sea surface. The group consists of professional scientists and engineers, graduate students in Physical Oceanography or Applied Ocean Sciences and part-time undergraduate research assistants. Visiting scientists join the group from time to time.
Opportunities exist for graduate research assistantships and summer undergraduate fellowships.