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Robert Weisberg
Robert Weisberg

Robert Weisberg

Emeritus, distinguished university professor

Marine Science

Weisberg is a physical oceanographer with a focus on ocean circulation on the West Florida Shelf. His research specialities include the application of ocean physics to understand hurricane storm surge, harmful algal blooms and pollution tracking.

n experimental physical oceanographer who studies ocean circulation and ocean-atmosphere interaction in the tropics, on continental shelves and in estuaries. His research emphasizes the West Florida Continental Shelf circulation and interactions between the shelf and deep-ocean and the shelf and estuaries. Through his Ocean Circulation Group he coordinates real-time, in-situ measurements, analyses and numerical circulation models aimed at describing and understanding the processes that determine West Florida Continental Shelf water properties.

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Phone Number: (727) 421-7888

Email: weisberg@usf.edu

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