Research
RORE
A new Center of Excellence for Research on Offshore Renewable Energy (RORE) is now in place at URI. This Center coordinates and expands research in this area that is conducted at the Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO) and the Colleges of Environment and Life Sciences (CELS), Engineering (COE), and Arts and Sciences. (CAS). The vision of this new Center is to advance R&D in the areas of offshore wind, current, wave, and thermal energy to position the State of Rhode Island as the national leader in ocean energy. URI is ideally
Faculty & Scientists
Updated - 04/22/2008Long-term Research
There are several long-term data sets collected and maintained by GSO and available online.
Research Initiatives
Examples of major initiatives are:
Research
Overview
The faculty, marine scientists, and technical staff of the Graduate School of Oceanography conduct research in all four of the major disciplines, geological (including archaeological oceanography),
biological, physical, and chemical oceanography (including atmospheric chemistry). Many studies are multidisciplinary.


