Eric Chassignet is one of a team of FSU researchers that has received funds from the National Academies of Science to improve predictions of water currents in the Gulf of Mexico. The GOFFISH project aims to enhance fisheries management and extreme-weather forecasting through knowledge of water-column currents.

“During the grand adaptive sampling experiments, our consortium plans to use instruments on airplanes to measure surface velocity and other variables…to measure ocean currents at certain depths and gather data such as temperature and salinity,” Chassginet said.

• Eric Chassignet