Eric Chassignet

Eric Chassignet is a distinguished professor in the Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science at Florida State University. He is also the director of the Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, a center of excellence that promotes interdisciplinary research in ocean-atmosphere-land-ice interactions to increase our understanding of the physical, social, and economic consequences of climate variability. Chassignet's current area of research interest is on the role of the ocean in climate variability from the complementary perspectives of coupled ocean-atmosphere modeling and observations. He is especially interested in the study of western boundary currents, associated eddies, and the thermohaline circulation and their impact on the world ocean circulation.