Welcome to the UCLA Dynamical Oceanography Group website
2025 Group Photo. Left to right: (top row) Garrett Finucane, Kaylie Cohanim, Andrew Stewart, Cheng-Yang (Sunny) Yeh, (bottom row) Selena Yu, Alex Akin, Huaiyu Wei, Aisha Mardini, (absent) Annika Renganathan. Previous group photos.
Our research broadly addresses the physics of the ocean circulation, with an emphasis on its dynamics at high latitudes, particularly around the Antarctic margins. We study the ocean's intrinsic behavior and its interaction with the atmosphere, sea ice and ice sheets, primarily via the application of state-of-the art simulation tools. You can read more about our work on the Research page, and find individual researchers via the Group Members page. We also maintain a list of our group's scientific Publications.
Prospective students and postdocs interested in joining the group are encouraged to Contact us directly.
Recent Publications
- Antarctic Bottom Water in a Changing Climate
- Tidal enhancement of Antarctic dense shelf water export via suppression of continental slope mixing
- Fate of heat approaching Antarctica’s largest ice shelves mediated by continental shelf eddies
- The Antarctic coastal heat budget is dominated by heat loss to land ice melt
- Formation of Abyssal Downwelling-Favorable Prograde Flows via Mesoscale Eddy Potential Vorticity Mixing
- Quantifying climatic forcing versus meltwater feedbacks on the Antarctic Ice Shelf melt