Stephanie Waterman

Mixing processes in the oceans play a fundamental role in setting the global distribution of heat, energy, chemicals and marine organisms, and are directly linked to climate dynamics. Yet, there exists fundamental uncertainty in the rates and mechanisms of ocean mixing across a variety of spatial and temporal scales. Our research employs both traditional and novel theoretical and observational tools to quantify ocean turbulence and mixing rates, and gain insight into the mechanistic processes driving them at both large and small scales. Current Interests: Ocean turbulence & ocean mixing from observational & theoretical perspectives Arctic oceanography, in particular the rates, mechanisms and impacts of mixing in this unique mixing environment Shelf-basin exchange, in particular mechanisms that deliver deep ocean water to the coastal ocean and modify it en route, with a specific focus on the delivery of low-oxygen, acidic NE Pacific waters to the coastal ecosystems of British Columbia Autonomous ocean observing, in particular ocean gliders and the autonomous measurement of ocean turbulence Geophysical fluid dynamics, in particular jets, eddies, internal waves, scale interactions & mixing + parameterizations for turbulence & mixing Climate change education, in particular climate literacy for non-specialists Research Areas Climate Science Oceanography

[2025] Eaves, R.*, D. P. Marshall, J. R. Maddison and S. Waterman (2025). An energy and enstrophy constrained parameterization of barotropic eddy potential vorticity fluxes. J. Phys. Oceanogr. In Press. [2025] Ross, T., H. V. Dosser, J. M. Klymak, W. Evans, A. Hare, J. M. Jackson, and S. Waterman (2025). Ocean gliders for planning and monitoring remote Canadian Pacific marine protected areas. In Frontiers in Ocean Observing: Marine Protected Areas, Western Boundary Currents, and the Deep Sea. E.S. Kappel, V. Cullen, G. Coward, I.C.A. da Silveira, C. Edwards, P. Heimbach, T. Morris, H. Pillar, M. Roughan, and J. Wilkin, eds, Oceanography 38. DOI: doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2025e104. [2024] Roberts, M. E., M.P. Bhatia, E. Rowland, P. L. White*, S. Waterman, M. A. Cavaco, P. Williams, J. N. Y