The Rowan Oceanography - Paleoceanography Investigation Center (TROPIC)
At TROPIC we investigate past climate and the relationship between the major modes of climate variability and background climate conditions.
We use various palaeoclimatological methods and techniques, including ICP-OES, stable isotopes, foraminifera, individual foraminifera analysis, statistics and numerical modeling to investigate, reconstruct, and understand past climate states.
Our current projects include:
- Investigating surface and subsurface mean state and variability during the during the Common Era (the last 2000 years).
- How the Green Sahara, the Atlantic Niño, ENSO, and tropical circulation are linked.
- The mean state and variability of the tropical Pacific Ocean during the Last Glacial maximum.
- Methods for reconstructing sea surface temperatures, seasonality, and water column structure
- New applications and improving methods and understanding of individual foraminifera reconstructions of paleoclimate variability