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Kurt Polzin

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Physical Oceanography Department

266 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole , MA  02543  

kpolzin@whoi.edu

Project List:

Understanding How the Complex Topography of the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Influences Water-column Mixing Processes and the Vertical and Horizontal Distribution of Oil and Gas after a Blowout

Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)Role: Principal Investigator, Project Data Point of Contact

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 3

2021

Polzin, K. L., Wang, B., Wang, Z., Thwaites, F., & Williams, A. J., III. (2021). Moored Flux and Dissipation Estimates from the Northern Deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Fluids, 6(7), 237.

2020

Bracco, A., Paris, C. B., Esbaugh, A. J., Frasier, K., Joye, S. B., Liu, G., et al. (2020). Transport, Fate and Impacts of the Deep Plume of Petroleum Hydrocarbons Formed During the Macondo Blowout. Front. Mar. Sci., 7, 542147.

2018

Wang, Z., DiMarco, S., & Polzin, K. (2018). Turbulence Observations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from a Slocum Glider. 2018 OCEANS – MTS/IEEE Kobe Techno-Oceans, .

Conference Presentations - 16

2018

Nygren, C., DiMarco, S., Wang, Z., Wang, B., & Polzin, K. (2018). Observations of Microstructure in the Loop Current Using Slocum Gliders. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018. Portland, OR : 02/11/18-02/16/18.
Polzin, K., Dimarco, S., Toole, J., Wang, Z., Wang, B., Ruiz Angulo, A., et al. (2018). Benthic Frontogenesis, Production of Negative Potential Vorticity and Turbulence over the Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018. Portland, OR : 02/11/18-02/16/18.
Polzin, K., & Williams, A. J. (2018). Direct Turbulence Flux Measurements from Standard Moorings using the Modular Acoustic Velocity Sensor (MAVS). In Gordon Research Conference on Ocean Mixing. Andover, NH : 06/03/18-06/08/18.
Ruiz-Angulo, A., Pallas-Sanz, E., Tenreiro, M., Meunier, T., Portela, E., Ochoa, J., et al. (2018). Estimacio?n de Coeficientes de Disipacio?n Turbulenta Dentro y Fuera de los Remolinos de Mesoescala en el Golfo de Me?xico. In Reunion Anual de la Union Geofisica Mexicana (RAUGM 2018). Puerta Vallarta, MX : 10/28/18-11/02/18.
Wang, Z., Polzin, K., DiMarco, S., Toole, J., Ruiz Angulo, A., Tenreiro, M., et al. (2018). Topographic Enhancement of Diapycnal Diffusivity on the Continental Slope in the Northern Gulf of Mexico and Its Application to the Oil Droplet Dynamics. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Wang, Z., Polzin, K., DiMarco, S., Toole, J., Ruiz Angulo, A., Tenreiro, M., et al. (2018). Topographic Enhancement of Diapycnal Diffusivity on the Continental Slope in the Northern Gulf of Mexico and Its Application to the Oil Droplet Dynamics. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018. Portland, OR : 02/11/18-02/16/18: Poster.
Williams, A., & Polzin, K. (2018). Absolute acoustic travel-time measurements for deep-sea vertical heat flux estimates. In Oceans'17 MTS/IEEE Aberdeen. Aberdeen, Scotland : 06/19/17-06/22/17.
Williams, A., Thiel, T., & Polzin, K. (2018). Multiprocessor [Current Meter] for Deep Ocean Mixing Studies. In Oceans'17 MTS/IEEE Anchorage. Anchorage, AK : 09/18/17-09/22/17.

2017

Polzin, K. (2017). The Role of Non-propagating Form Drag in Mixing the Ocean. In 69th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Portland, OR : 11/20/16-11/22/16.
Polzin, K. (2017). Particularly Marginal Mixing Theories. In Munk Centenary Celebration Symposium 2017. La Jolla, CA : 05/15/17-05/17/17.
Polzin, K., DiMarco, S., Wang, Z., Toole, J., & Ruiz, A. (2017). Boundary Mixing along the Northern Deepwater Gulf. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Wang, Z., DiMarco, S., & Polzin, K. (2017). Evaluating turbulence measurements around the Deepwater Horizon spill site from a microRider mounted on a glider. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Williams, A., & Polzin, K. (2017). Absolute acoustic travel-time measurements for deep-sea vertical heat flux estimates. In Oceans'17 MTS/IEEE Aberdeen. Aberdeen, Scotland : 06/19/17-06/22/17.
Williams, A., Thiel, T., & Polzin, K. (2017). Multiprocessor [Current Meter] for Deep Ocean Mixing Studies. In Oceans'17 MTS/IEEE Anchorage. Anchorage, Alsaka : 09/18/17-09/21/17.

2016

Polzin, K. L. (2016). Boundary Mixing along the Northern Deep Water Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
Polzin, K. L., & Nizlop, T. (2016). On Boundary Mixing. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016. New Orleans, LA : 02/21/16-02/26/16: Poster.