What exactly do oceanographers do?
Oceanographers study the oceans. Their work can be physical, biological, geological, climate-related or any of a number of other sub-disciplines. What are your key responsibilities as a Research Oceanographer for NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory? I am currently involved in research which utilizes satellite sensors to identify oceanic weather systems favorable for hurricane development and long-term climate change effects on hurricane development. I am also involved in research projects that study how satellite-derived Latent Heat Flux fluctuations may signal long and short term climate changes, such as El Nino. You were the first African-American oceanographer to participate in submersible dives aboard research submersibles. Tell us about what you accomplished on these dives, personally and professionally. We made exciting in-roads to the understanding of the development, morphology, and present-day evolution of submarine canyons. We also discovered some prev
