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Center for Coastal Physical

Oceanography (3rd floor)

Established in 1991, the Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography (CCPO) at Old Dominion University promotes research on the physical oceanography of the coastal ocean and related oceanographic processes. The Center provides office and laboratory facilities for 10 full-time faculty and their complement of research associates, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and support staff.

Center oceanographic observing systems include CTDs, current meters, and ADCPs. The Center has a state-of-the-art computer system based on Sun, SGI, and PC Windows/Linux workstations. Advanced computational and visualization software is provided. A full-time computer systems engineer maintains the system and provides support for CCPO researchers.

Through funding which allows faculty, visitors, students, consultants, and research associates to focus their efforts on specific research areas, CCPO supports and facilitates innovative research on the physical oceanography of the coastal ocean and other coastal related processes. Research supported by the Center includes particle trajectory analysis, large-scale along-shore flow, modeling cross-shelf transport mechanisms, effects of buoyancy forcing, and description of coastal ocean systems. The Center is particularly interested in the coupling of realistic physical models to ecosystems models in pioneering and innovative ways.