Dr. Robert A. Weller is a Senior Scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He earned an AB in Engineering and Applied Physics from Harvard University and a PhD in Oceanography from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He is a past Chair of the Physical Oceanography Department at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and was Director of the Cooperative Institute for Climate and Ocean Research (CICOR). His research focuses on atmospheric forcing, surface waves on the upper ocean, prediction of upper ocean variability, and the ocean’s role in climate. He served as co-chair of the U.S. Climate Variability and Change (CLIVAR) Scientific Steering Group, served for many years on the international Ocean Observing Panel for Climate (OOPC), and chaired the U. S. Ocean Research Advisory Panel (ORAP). Dr. Weller has been a pioneer in developing tools and technologies that enable scientists to investigate upper ocean processes on scales from meters to tens of kilometers and with accuracy never before available. He has a U.S. patent for the Vector Measuring Current Meter (VMCM), developed with Dr. Russ Davis and lead the development of climate quality meteorological and air-sea flux sensors for unattended use on surface moorings. He has for decades been working to sustain sustained time series observations from such moorings. Dr. Weller has been on over 60 research cruises, most as Chief Scientist, in areas including the Gulf Stream, the Arabian Sea, the Kuroshio