People: Faculty: Josh Kohut

	Education: 2002 Ph.D. Physical Oceanography, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA 1997 B.S. with honors in Physics, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA (Cum Laude) 1997 Minor in Mathematics, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
	Research Interests: My research interests include bio-physical interactions in the world's oceans, circulation processes on continental shelves, and the impact of these processes on marine resource management. I utilize ocean observing technologies including satellites, high-frequency radar, and underwater gliding robots as part of a research program that applies ocean observations to coastal research and decision making. Of particular interest to my research is defining the physical variables at the necessary temporal and spatial scales to describe the critical interactions within an ecosystem. How do the spatial patterns of the physical variables that define the habitat such as temperature, salinity, and divergence drive ecosystem processes? Ocean observatories now sample the physical habitat at scales in time and space that allow us to address ecosystem wide questions. Continuous ocean observations capture both episodic events and long-term trends, enabling new looks at the physics of the coastal ocean. Cross-shore transport pathways, upwelling eddies driven by topography, buoyant plumes forced by sea-breeze circulation all have ecosystem wide implications.
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