C4POCollaboratory for Physical Oceanography

Presentations

SeminarsInvited talks

  • Submesoscale Dynamics and Ocean Turbulence: From Observations to UnderstandingD. GongHampton University, Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences · Hampton, Virginia · March 2026
  • Submesoscale Dynamics and Ocean Turbulence: Physical Mechanisms Shaping Marine BiogeochemistryD. GongWilliam & Mary, Department of Chemistry · Williamsburg, Virginia · November 2025
  • Glider observations of upper ocean dynamics from the mesoscale to the microscaleD. GongOld Dominion University · Norfolk, Virginia · February 2023
  • Observing long-term oceanographic changes in the Mid-Atlantic Bight and in the ArcticD. GongVIMS Department of Physical Sciences seminar · Gloucester Point, Virginia · October 2019
  • Ocean Data Science Panel — Attracting, Training and Retaining Ocean Data ScientistsD. GongScience Philanthropy Alliance · San Francisco, California · January 2019
  • Drivers of long term temperature and salinity changes in the Mid-Atlantic BightD. GongOld Dominion University, School of Oceanography · Norfolk, Virginia · December 2018
  • Drones: A New Tool for Water MonitoringD. GongVirginia Water Monitoring Council Conference · Henrico, Virginia · March 2018
  • Applications of Autonomous Systems in Oceanographic ResearchD. GongAUVSI Symposium, Virginia Tech · Blacksburg, Virginia · October 2017
  • Scientific Applications of AUV/ROV for Offshore EnergyD. GongVIMS–Industry Partnership Meeting · Gloucester Point, Virginia · December 2016
  • Pacific water transport and transformation in the Chukchi SeaD. GongInstitute of Ocean Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada · Sidney, British Columbia · October 2016
  • Comparing the impact of Arctic and Mid-Atlantic submarine canyons on shelf-basin exchangeD. GongCCPO/MARI seminar series, Old Dominion University · Norfolk, Virginia · April 2016
  • Application of ocean gliders and sustainable robotic ocean explorationD. GongOcean University of China & Sencott · Qingdao, China · July 2015
  • Impact of Climate Variability on the Mid-Atlantic BightD. Gong & E. WallaceVIMS Department of Physical Sciences seminar · Gloucester Point, Virginia · November 2014
  • Applications of technologies for observations of physical oceanography in the Mid-Atlantic BightD. GongVIMS Department of Physical Sciences seminar · Gloucester Point, Virginia · February 2013
  • Summertime Circulation and Water Mass Transformation in the Chukchi SeaD. GongCoastal Carolina University · Conway, South Carolina · May 2012
  • Summertime evolution of the shelf-slope front and the associated secondary circulationD. Gong & S. GlennWHOI Department of Physical Oceanography seminar · Woods Hole, Massachusetts · March 2011
  • Summer-time shelf-slope exchange processes on the New Jersey ShelfD. GongNOAA Sandy Hook Laboratory · Sandy Hook, New Jersey · July 2010
  • Seasonal transport and cross-shelf exchange processes on the New Jersey ShelfD. GongWHOI Department of Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering seminar · Woods Hole, Massachusetts · January 2010

MeetingsConference presentations

  • Underwater Glider Observations of Submesoscale Frontogenesis at the Arctic Front Near Jan MayenR. Bourdon, D. Gong & L. FerrisOcean Sciences Meeting · February 2026
  • Design and Operational Considerations for USV-based Autonomous Launch and Recovery System (ALARS) for Glider UUVs and FloatsD. Gong, N. von Oppeln-Bronikowski, J. Shapiro, D. Wilson, J. Slater, L. Ferris, W. Boone, P. Brickley & C. RichardsOcean Sciences Meeting · February 2026
  • Acoustic Source Localization by an Underwater Glider in a Bathymetrically Complex Seamount Region Using Data-Assimilative Range-Dependent Sound Speed ProfilesJ. Slater, W. Harris, D. Gong & Y.-T. LinOcean Sciences Meeting · February 2026
  • Model-informed acoustic source localization by an underwater glider in a bathymetrically complex seamount region with Gulf Stream influenceJ. Slater, D. Gong, Y.-T. Lin & W. R. Harris189th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America · Honolulu, Hawaii · December 2025
  • Next-Generation Uncrewed Surface Vehicles with Autonomous Launch and Recovery Systems for Gliders and FloatsD. Gong, N. von Oppeln-Bronikowski, L. Ferris, W. Boone, J. Slater & R. BourdonOCEANS 2025 · Brest, France · June 2025 · talk
  • Turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate estimated from flight kinematics of autonomous underwater gliders downstream of the Northern Mariana Islands and Jan Mayen volcanoL. Ferris, J. Shapiro, D. Gong & L. St. LaurentOcean Sciences Meeting · New Orleans, Louisiana · February 2024
  • Collocated observations of upper ocean mixing and currents in the Nordic Seas by an autonomous glider with near-realtime ADCP and microstructure processingD. Gong, L. Ferris, J. Slater & R. BourdonOcean Sciences Meeting · New Orleans, Louisiana · February 2024
  • Quantifying Errors Within Data-Assimilative Global Ocean Models Using Glider Data From The Mid-Atlantic Bight Slope SeaG. Kirkpatrick & D. GongAGU Fall Meeting · Chicago, Illinois · December 2022
  • Improved thermal lag correction for pumped glider CTDH. Wang, D. Gong, J. Kerfoot, T. Miles, M. Crowley, O. Schofield & S. GlennOcean Sciences Meeting · February 2022
  • Turbulent Dissipation Rate and Mixing Variations in the Polar Front of the Southern OceanL. Ferris, D. Gong, T. Ijichi, S. Merrifield, J. Shapiro & L. St. LaurentOcean Sciences Meeting · San Diego, California · February 2020 · talk
  • Quantifying Shelf-Basin Exchange at Submarine Canyons in the southern Middle Atlantic Bight using data from Underwater Glider Surveys and Numerical Modeling ExperimentsH. Wang, D. Gong, H.-C. Yu, Y. J. Zhang, C. K. Harris, M. A. M. Friedrichs, T. N. Miles & J. HudsonOcean Sciences Meeting · San Diego, California · February 2020 · poster
  • Observations of water mass interactions and freshwater transport inside Tallurutiup Imanga — a student-led field study from the Canadian ArcticM. Shaban, D. Gong, N. Trenholm, K. Kopka, M. Digilio, G. Scowcroft, C. Richards, S. Nudds, D. Torres, B. Loose & D. ClarkOcean Sciences Meeting · San Diego, California · February 2020 · poster
  • Characterizing the Transport Pathways and Storage of Freshwater in the Western Arctic Ocean Through a HYCOM-Based Drifter StudyM. Faulkner & D. GongAGU Fall Meeting · Washington, D.C. · December 2018 · poster
  • Glider observation of tidal and supertidal oscillations in Mid-Atlantic Bight shelfbreak canyonsD. Gong, H. Wang, J. Hudson & L. FerrisAGU Fall Meeting · Washington, D.C. · December 2018 · poster
  • How accessible is machine learning for non-computer scientists? Application of deep learning in physical oceanography and deep sea ecologyD. Gong & J. HudsonAGU Fall Meeting · Washington, D.C. · December 2018 · poster
  • Connecting ocean physical and biogeochemical properties with the spatial distribution of mesopelagic fish abundance/biomassJ. Hudson & D. GongDeep-Sea Biology Symposium · Monterey, California · September 2018
  • Glider observation of internal tides/waves and large isopycnal displacement in MAB shelfbreak canyonsD. Gong, H. Wang & J. HudsonGordon Research Conference on Ocean Mixing · Andover, New Hampshire · June 2018
  • Interaction of the Mackenzie River Plume with Beaufort Shelfbreak Jet, Wind Forcing, and Offshore EddyD. Gong, H. Wang, F. Wiese & G. AuadOcean Sciences Meeting · Portland, Oregon · February 2018
  • Multi-Scale Variability of the Western Arctic Boundary Current within the Distributed Biological Observatory's Sampling Domain: A Model-Based AnalysisD. AbdelHameid & D. GongOcean Sciences Meeting · Portland, Oregon · February 2018
  • Interaction of the Mackenzie River Plume with Beaufort Shelfbreak Jet and Wind ForcingD. Gong, H. Wang, F. Wiese & G. AuadArctic Change 2017 · Québec City, Canada · December 2017
  • Event timescale (days) variation of cross-shelf water mass distribution in the southern Mid-Atlantic Bight driven by wind, sea surface topography, and offshore ringsH. Wang & D. GongMABPOM Conference · UNC Coastal Studies Institute, North Carolina · October 2017
  • Upwelling and Downwelling in the Mid-Atlantic Bight Canyons from Geostrophic Flow Climatology and Glider ObservationsH. Wang & D. GongGordon Research Conference on Coastal Ocean Dynamics · Biddeford, Maine · June 2017
  • River-Shelf-Basin Interactions in the Eastern Beaufort Sea: Initial glider results from the Marine Arctic Ecosystem StudyD. Gong, H. Wang & F. WieseGordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science · Ventura, California · March 2017
  • Quantifying Inflows and Outflows to/from Barrow Canyon using Shipboard and Glider DataD. Gong & R. S. PickartOcean Sciences Meeting · New Orleans, Louisiana · February 2016 · talk
  • Shelf-Slope Exchanges near Submarine Canyons in the Southern Mid-Atlantic BightH. Wang & D. GongOcean Sciences Meeting · New Orleans, Louisiana · February 2016 · talk
  • Influence of Wind and Sea-Surface Topography on Shelf-Slope Exchange near Washington CanyonH. Wang & D. GongMABPOM Conference · Atlantic City, New Jersey · October 2015
  • Closing the mass budget in Barrow Canyon using shipboard and glider dataD. Gong, R. Kelly & R. S. PickartGordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science · Lucca, Italy · March 2015
  • Interannual and Decadal Variability in Temperature, Salinity, and Shelf Water Volume in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Bight from 1977 to 2013E. Wallace & D. GongASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting · Granada, Spain · February 2015
  • Impact of climate change on the Mid-Atlantic Bight since 1977D. Gong & E. WallaceMABPOM Conference · Gloucester Point, Virginia · October 2014
  • Submarine Canyon Upwelling and Cold Pool Variability in the Southern Mid-Atlantic BightH. Wang & D. GongMABPOM Conference · Gloucester Point, Virginia · October 2014
  • Summertime water mass transformation in the Chukchi SeaD. Gong & R. S. PickartOcean Sciences Meeting · Honolulu, Hawaii · March 2014
  • Summertime Circulation and Water Mass Transformation in the Eastern Chukchi SeaD. Gong & R. S. PickartGordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science · Ventura, California · March 2013
  • Observation of Circulation and Water Mass Transformation in the Eastern Chukchi SeaD. Gong & R. S. PickartOcean Sciences Meeting · Salt Lake City, Utah · February 2012
  • Transformation of Pacific water masses north of Bering StraitD. Gong & R. S. PickartAMS 11th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography · Boston, Massachusetts · May 2011
  • Seasonal Transport on the Mid-Atlantic BightD. Gong, J. Kohut, J. Wilkin & S. GlennOcean Sciences Meeting · Portland, Oregon · February 2010
  • Evolution of Stratification and Salinity Intrusions on the MAB Outershelf during Summer 2006D. Gong, J. Kohut, O. Schofield & S. GlennMABPOM Conference · Raleigh, North Carolina · August 2009
  • Seasonal Climatology of Wind-Driven Circulation on the NJ ShelfD. Gong, J. Kohut & S. GlennMABPOM Conference · Woods Hole, Massachusetts · September 2008
  • Wind-driven Circulation and Shelf-Slope Exchange on the NJ ShelfD. Gong, R. Castelao, J. Kohut, O. Schofield & S. GlennOcean Sciences Meeting · Orlando, Florida · March 2008
  • Characterizing Summertime Shelf-slope Exchange Processes on the NJ ShelfD. Gong & S. GlennMABPOM Conference · New Brunswick, New Jersey · September 2007
  • Transport of Phytoplankton on the Mid-Atlantic BightD. Gong, S. Glenn, J. Kohut, O. Schofield & W. ZhangNortheast Biological Graduate Student Conference · Halifax, Nova Scotia · February 2007
  • NJ Turnpike — Dynamics of the Hudson Shelf ValleyD. Gong, S. Glenn, R. Chant, J. Wilkin & J. KohutOcean Sciences Meeting · Honolulu, Hawaii · February 2006
  • Coastal Plume & Shelf Circulation — LaTTE 2005 Remote Sensing ResultsD. Gong, J. Bosch, R. Chant, J. Kohut, H. Roarty & S. GlennGordon Research Conference on Coastal Ocean Circulation · New London, New Hampshire · June 2005
  • Statistical Analysis of Surface Currents Off the Coast of NJ/NY — Initial StudyD. Gong, S. Glenn, R. Chant, J. Kohut, H. Roarty & J. BoschAGU Fall Meeting · San Francisco, California · December 2004

Working groupsWorkshops

  • Microstructure turbulence, ADCP, and passive acoustic observations in the Nordic Seas using underwater glidersD. Gong, L. Ferris, R. Bourdon, J. Slater & N. TrenholmInternational Underwater Glider Conference (EGO) · June 2024
  • Reimagining Glider and Float Mission Logistics — How to Scale the Next Order of Magnitude for Deployments?D. GongUG2 Underwater Glider User Group Workshop · Seattle, Washington · September 2022 · poster
  • The Autonomous Mission Sentinel: Fast, cost-effective, autonomous sailing glider deployment and recovery vesselD. GongUG2 Underwater Glider User Group Workshop · Seattle, Washington · September 2022
  • Glider Observations of the Arctic Ocean: Opportunities, Challenges, and Next StepsD. Gong8th EGO Meeting & International Glider Workshop · New Brunswick, New Jersey · May 2019 · talk
  • Glider Observations of Submarine Canyons off the U.S. East CoastH. D. Wang8th EGO Meeting & International Glider Workshop · New Brunswick, New Jersey · May 2019 · poster
  • Communicating Polar Science in the context of the Green New DealD. GongPolar-ICE Science Communication Workshop · Newark, Delaware · January 2019
  • Applications of Unmanned Aerial Systems at VIMS for Research and Advisory ServicesD. Gong & J. HudsonAlliance for Coastal Technologies Drone Workshop · Wells, Maine · September 2018
  • Glider Observations of Arctic and Mid-Atlantic Submarine CanyonsD. Gong, H. Wang & J. HudsonIOOC Underwater Glider Workshop · Stennis Space Center, Mississippi · January 2017
  • Transport and Transformation of Pacific Water Masses from Bering Strait to Barrow CanyonD. Gong & R. S. PickartNASA ICESCAPE Project Meeting · Palo Alto, California · September 2013
  • Mesoscale Physical Oceanography during SW06/NLIWID. Gong & S. GlennONR Physical Oceanography Review · Chicago, Illinois · June 2009

Public engagementOutreach

  • Why we need to observe the ocean?D. GongBlue Crab Bowl, VIMS · Gloucester Point, Virginia · February 2019