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We have one of the top oceanography departments in the
country in terms of research funding. Like the oceans, our research areas are
broad and diverse. Our studies integrate the disciplines of biological,
chemical, geological and physical oceanography.
Research topics include:
BIOLOGICAL
OCEANOGRAPHY RESEARCH
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ECOLOGY
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Estuarine
and Coastal
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Brinkmeyer,
Campbell,
Jackson,
Kjerfve,
Mills,
Quigg,
Rowe,
Thornton
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Continental
Margin
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Biggs,
Mills,
Rowe
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Benthic
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Rowe,
Morse,
Thornton
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Deep
Sea and Open Ocean
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Biggs,
Campbell,
Jackson,
Mills,
Rowe,
Wormuth |
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Polar
Regions
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Rowe,
Wormuth |
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Tropics
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Mills,
Rowe |
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Sperm
Whale Studies
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Biggs, Wormuth
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Harmful
Algal Blooms
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Campbell
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PLANKTON
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Phytoplankton
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Campbell,
Jackson,
Quigg,
Thornton |
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Bio-optics
& Remote Sensing
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Gardner,
Richardson |
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Zooplankton
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Biggs,
Wormuth |
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NEKTON
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Squids
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Wormuth
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MARINE
MICROBIOLOGY
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Molecular Geomicrobiology |
Mills |
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Photosynthetic
Picoplankton
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Campbell |
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Prokaryotes |
Amon,
Brinkmeyer,
Mills |
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BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
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Water Column
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Biggs,
Jackson,
Mills,
Quigg,
Thornton
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Sediments
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Cifuentes, Lyle,
Mills, Morse, Rowe,
Santschi,
Scott,
Thornton |
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Atmosphere
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FISHERIES
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Jackson,
Stickney
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MODELING
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Trophic
Dynamics
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Biggs,
Jackson,
Rowe
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Planktonic
& Benthic
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Jackson,
Rowe
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EUTROPHICATION
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Chapman, DiMarco, Morse
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FLOW
CYTOMETRY
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Campbell
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CHEMICAL
OCEANOGRAPHY RESEARCH
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Aquatic
Biogeochemistry
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Amon,
Bianchi, Chapman, Cifuentes,
Gardner,
Louchouan,
Richardson,
Rowe,
Santschi,
Thornton |
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Atmospheric
Chemistry
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Cifuentes,
Santschi,
Yvon-Lewis
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Carbonate
Chemistry
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Bianchi,
Morse,
Schmidt |
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Chemical
Models
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Guinasso,
Morse,
Santschi,
Yvon-Lewis
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Chemical
Kinetics
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Morse,
Santschi
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Chemistry
of Estuarine and
Coastal Regions
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Amon,
Bianchi, Chapman, Cifuentes,
Morse,
Louchouarn,
Scott,
Morse,Santschi |
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Colloidal
Chemistry
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Louchouarn,
Santschi
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Environmental
Chemistry
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Amon,
Bianchi, Chapman, Cifuentes,
Kennicutt,
Louchouan,
Lyle, Morse,
Santschi |
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Extra-terrestrial
Ocean Chemistry
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Morse
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Halocarbon
Tracers
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Yvon-Lewis
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Iron Cycling |
Mills |
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Nitrogen
Cycling
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Cifuentes,
Mills,
Rowe,
Thornton |
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Nutrient
Chemistry
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Bianchi,
Biggs, Chapman, Cifuentes,
Louchouan,
Morse,
Santschi
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Organic
Geochemistry
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Bianchi, Cifuentes,
Kennicutt,
Louchouan,
Santschi,
Yvon-Lewis
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Paleo-Ocean
Chemistry
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A.O. Lyle, Lyle, Louchouarn, Morse, Schmidt, Thomas |
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Petroleum
Geochemistry
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Kennicutt
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Physical
Chemistry of Seawater
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Morse,
Santschi
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Radionuclide
Chemistry
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Morse,
Scott,
Santschi
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Sedimentary
Biogeochemistry
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Bianchi,
Brinkmeyer, Cifuentes,
Louchouan,
Mills,
Morse,
Santschi,
Scott
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Stable
Isotope Chemistry
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Amon,
Cifuentes,
Kennicutt,
Louchouarn,
Schmidt |
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Sulfur
Cycling
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Mills,
Morse,
Santschi
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Trace
Metal Chemistry
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Louchouan,
Morse,
Santschi,
Schmidt |
GEOLOGICAL/GEOPHYSICAL
RESEARCH
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GEOPHYSICS
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Gravity,
Magnetics, Heat Flow
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Rabinowitz,
Sager
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Reflection
Seismics
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Lyle, Sager
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High-Resolution
Seismics
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Bryant, Dellapenna, Lyle, Sager
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Side-scan
Sonar Imaging
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Bryant, Dellapenna, Sager
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Plate
Tectonics / Structure of the Earth
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Sager
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Seamounts
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Sager
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Ocean
Basin History
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Lyle, Sager
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GEOLOGY/SEDIMENTOLOGY
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Sequence
& Seismic Stratigraphy
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Bryant, Dellapenna, Lyle, Sager |
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Marine
Sediments - Geotechnical Properties
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Bryant,
Dellapenna,
Lyle, Slowey
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Stable
Isotopes
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Cifuentes, Schmidt, Slowey,
Thomas
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Paleomagnetism/Magnetic
Stratigraphy
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Sager
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Radionuclides
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Dellapenna,
Morse,
Santschi,
Scott
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Radiogenic
Isotopes
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Thomas
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Paleooceanography
/ Biostratigraphy / Sea Level Change
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Baldauf, A.O. Lyle, Lyle, Morse, Sager,
Schmidt,
Slowey,
Thomas
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Coastal
Processes
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Gardner,
Kjerfve,
Richardson, Dellapenna
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Coastal
Morphology
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Dellapenna
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Sediment
Dynamics and Transport - Coastal to Deep Sea
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Dellapenna,
Gardner, Lyle,
Richardson, |
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INTERDISCIPLINARY
TOPICS
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Astrobiology
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Mills |
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Bio-optics,
Particle Optics
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Gardner,
Richardson
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Biogeochemistry
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Fluxes - Water Column
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Biggs,
Cifuentes,
Gardner,
Mills,
Richardson,
Rowe,
Santschi
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Biogeochemistry
- Sediments
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Cifuentes,
Lyle, Morse,
Santschi,
Scott
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Global
Warming
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Lyle, North
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ODASES |
A.O. Lyle, Lyle,
Mills, Sager,
Schmidt,
Thomas |
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Paleoclimatology
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Baldauf,
A.O. Lyle, Lyle, Schmidt, Slowey,
Thomas
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Particle
Dynamics / Aggregates
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Gardner,
Jackson,
Richardson,
Thornton |
PHYSICAL
OCEANOGRAPHY RESEARCH
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GENERAL
CIRCULATION
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Global
in-situ Observation
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Orsi
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Satellite
Oceanography /
Remote Sensing
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Gardner,
Giese,
Richardson,
Stewart,
Vastano
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Global
Modeling
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Chang,
Giese,
Stoessel
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Tropical
Ocean Dynamics
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Chang,
Giese, Lyle, Schmidt
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Global
Data Assimulation
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Giese
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Polar
Ocean/Sea Ice Dynamics
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Stoessel
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Mixing
and Turbulence /
Air-Sea Interaction
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Anis, Schmidt |
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Dynamical
and Empirical Modes
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COASTAL
CIRCULATION/NEAR SHORE PROCESSES
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Coastal
Observation
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Anis,
Brooks,
Kjerfve,
Vastano |
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Coastal
Modeling
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Brooks,
Hetland,
Kjerfve |
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Physical
/ Biological Modeling
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Brooks,
Hetland, Jackson,
Kjerfve
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Analysis
of Waves and Tides
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DiMarco,
Kjerfve |
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INTERDISCIPLINARY
TOPICS
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Coupled
Ocean-Atmosphere Modeling
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Chang,
Giese,
Stoessel
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Global Ocean
Observing System (GOOS)
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Campbell, DiMarco,
Gardner,
Richardson |
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Global
Warming
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Lyle,
North
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Paleoclimatology
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Baldauf,
A.O. Lyle, Lyle, Schmidt,
Slowey,
Thomas
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Seasonal
Climate Forecast
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Chang |
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Texas Automated
Buoy System (TABS)
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Hetland
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Education
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Stewart
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Research 
