College of Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences (COAS)

Oregon State University's College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences (COAS) is one of the leading oceanic and atmospheric sciences institutions in the nation. Our research productivity, the national and international reputations of our faculty, and our success in obtaining external funding allow us to make significant contributions to global oceanic and atmospheric sciences knowledge. COAS is a graduate research college and one of 11 colleges at Oregon State University. Our college is a member of the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, the Consortium for Ocean Research and Education, and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Within the college there are six discipline groups:

• Atmospheric Sciences
• Biological Oceanography
• Chemical Oceanography
• Physical Oceanography
• Marine Geology and Geophysics
• Marine Resource Management

The diverse research activities of our scientists include many of the significant current developments in oceanography, atmospheric, science, and geophysics. Our faculty is active in the International Ocean Drilling Program, using submersibles at seafloor spreading centers and subduction zones and collecting data from satellites for oceanographic and atmospheric research. Within our college, interdisciplinary research programs are growing in geochemistry, air-sea exchanges, satellite oceanography, and in the development of instrumentation for remote and in situ sampling in the ocean, using laser and fiber-optic techniques to complement satellite data. These programs will link oceanic physics and biology by making biological, chemical, and physical measurements on the same time and space scales.