Olson is an expert in mesoscale oceanography and fronts as well as marine ecosystem ecology. He has spent about a year at sea on various programs, including biophysical studies of the Gulf Stream front and long-line measurements of tracers across the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans. He has deployed and analyzed surface drifters, and he has used Lagrangian (particle following) dynamics to understand ocean circulation and marine ecology. His numerical work, in collaboration with students, has included simulations of western boundary currents and their eddy fields, and ecosystem models of plankton and migratory fish.
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OCEAN SCIENCES Department, Rosenstiel School, Schools & Colleges, University of Miami
Rosenstiel School, Schools & Colleges, University of Miami
Rosenstiel - Ocean Sciences, Rosenstiel School, Schools & Colleges, University of Miami