Overview

Dr. Nelson Hogg came to Cornell in 2007 to serve as an adjunct professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences after retiring as chair of the Department of Physical Oceanography at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Massachusetts. Hogg continues to research the circulation of the deep oceans, as well as joint research with EAS faculty, academic staff, and students.

Research Focus

The general circulation of the ocean with special emphasis on the deep flow beneath the thermocline; dynamics of low frequency motions and their relation to the mean circulation; effects of topography, wave motions, and mixing processes on abyssal flows.

Additional Links

• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Selected Publications

• Hogg, Nelson G., and W. Brechner Owens, 1999. Direct measurement of the deep circulation within the Brazil Basin, 1999. Deep-Sea Research II, 46, 335-353.
• Hogg, Nelson G., 1992. On the transport of the Gulf Stream between Cape Hatteras and the Grand Banks. Deep-Sea Research, 39(7/8), 1231-1246.
• Hogg, Nelson G., and Henry M. Stommel, 1985. The heton, an elementary interaction between discrete baroclinic geostrophic vortices, and its implications concerning eddy heat-flow. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, A, 397, 1-20.
• Hogg, N. G., and H. Stommel, 1985. On the relationship between the deep circulation and the Gulf Stream. Deep-Sea Research, 32(10A), 1181-1193.
• Hogg, Nelson G., 1983. Hydraulic control and flow separation in a multi-layered fluid with applications to the Vema Channel. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 13(4), 695-708.
• Hogg, Nelson G., 1983. A note on the deep circulation of the western North Atlantic: its nature and causes. Deep-Sea Research, 30(9A), 945-961.
• Hogg, Nelson G., Pierre Biscaye, Wilford Gardner and William J. Schmitz, Jr., 1982. On the transport and modification of Antarctic Bottom Water in the Vema Channel. Journal of Marine Research, Supplement to 40, 231-263.
• Hogg, Nelson G., 1981. Topographic waves along 70?W on the Continental Rise. Journal of Marine Research, 39(4), 627-649.
• Hogg, Nelson G., 1973. On the stratified Taylor column. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 58, 517-537.

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