Professor S. S. Voit (1920–1987) brought to science many talented
explorers-researchers in the field of geophysical hydromechanics. Five decades
later, those graduates became leading scientists in several laboratories of the
Institute. Former students that started their work at the Institute gained experience
from the previous generations of oceanographers in the conditions of the real ocean.
They became acquainted with the knowledge of experienced scientists and tried to
find new interesting scientific problems. At first glance it seems easy as there are
quite many open problems yet to be solved by young physical oceanographers.
They appear clear when participating in oceanographic cruises so to get in touch
with the World Ocean. Its endless surface embraces a whole set of hydrophysical
phenomena: waves, currents, eddies, ocean level fluctuations, and the interaction
with the atmosphere.
Eugene started his marine activity in 1967 by participating in a coastal expedition on the Black Sea. His first oceanic expedition was in 1969 exploring the
western boundary currents in the Atlantic. He published his first paper in 1971. His
supervisors were Professors V. G. Kort, S. S. Voit, and Yu. A. Ivanov.
During his life at sea Eugene conducted research on many large scale currents in
the World Ocean: the Gulf Stream, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, the Kuroshio, the California Current, the subsurface undercurrents in the Indian (Tareev
Current) and Atlantic (Lomonosov Current) oceans and the Falkland Current. He
also studied mesoscale eddies and rings of the jet currents. Morozov has also been
an Arctic oceanographer. He has explored the Barents and Kara seas. Further he has
investigated oceanographic processes near glaciers that descend into the sea (collaboration with A. V. Marchenko).
Eugene has focused on exploring and understanding internal waves and ocean
circulation. One major result of his research was establishing the fact that the main
source of internal tide generation is interaction between the barotropic tide and
submarine ridges. Previously it was considered that the significant generation
occurs over continental slopes. He constructed a chart of internal tide amplitudes in
the World Ocean. He demonstrated that approximately a quarter of the barotropic
energy dissipation is spent in the generation of internal tides over submarine ridges.
Other studies (some in collaboration with M. G. Velarde, Yu. A. Ivanov, E.
N. Pelinovsky, S. V. Nikitin, and A. V. Marchenko) led to understanding internal
waves in straits like the Strait of Gibraltar, the Kara Gates Strait, the Bab el Mandeb
Strait, the Drake Passage, and also in the open ocean. In his most recent long-lasting
oceanographic activity he has explored the flows in the abyssal channels of the
Atlantic: Vema Channel, Romanche and Chain fracture zones, Kane Gap, Vema
Fracture Zone, and others (collaboration with W. Zenk and R. Tarakanov). Under
his expeditionary scientific leadership, four deep underwater cataracts in the fractures of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge were found.
Since 1969, Eugene made 47 voyages in the ocean including 34 in the Atlantic,
4 in the Indian, 4 in the Pacific, 4 in the Southern and one in the Arctic Ocean. The
expeditions on oceanographic ships became his beloved work. Routes of his
expeditions in the Global Ocean are shown in the attached figure/World Ocean
chart (Fig. 1). He was the chief scientist in 15 trans-Atlantic expeditions. He also
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explorers-researchers in the field of geophysical hydromechanics. Five decades
later, those graduates became leading scientists in several laboratories of the
Institute. Former students that started their work at the Institute gained experience
from the previous generations of oceanographers in the conditions of the real ocean.
They became acquainted with the knowledge of experienced scientists and tried to
find new interesting scientific problems. At first glance it seems easy as there are
quite many open problems yet to be solved by young physical oceanographers.
They appear clear when participating in oceanographic cruises so to get in touch
with the World Ocean. Its endless surface embraces a whole set of hydrophysical
phenomena: waves, currents, eddies, ocean level fluctuations, and the interaction
with the atmosphere.
Eugene started his marine activity in 1967 by participating in a coastal expedition on the Black Sea. His first oceanic expedition was in 1969 exploring the
western boundary currents in the Atlantic. He published his first paper in 1971. His
supervisors were Professors V. G. Kort, S. S. Voit, and Yu. A. Ivanov.
During his life at sea Eugene conducted research on many large scale currents in
the World Ocean: the Gulf Stream, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, the Kuroshio, the California Current, the subsurface undercurrents in the Indian (Tareev
Current) and Atlantic (Lomonosov Current) oceans and the Falkland Current. He
also studied mesoscale eddies and rings of the jet currents. Morozov has also been
an Arctic oceanographer. He has explored the Barents and Kara seas. Further he has
investigated oceanographic processes near glaciers that descend into the sea (collaboration with A. V. Marchenko).
Eugene has focused on exploring and understanding internal waves and ocean
circulation. One major result of his research was establishing the fact that the main
source of internal tide generation is interaction between the barotropic tide and
submarine ridges. Previously it was considered that the significant generation
occurs over continental slopes. He constructed a chart of internal tide amplitudes in
the World Ocean. He demonstrated that approximately a quarter of the barotropic
energy dissipation is spent in the generation of internal tides over submarine ridges.
Other studies (some in collaboration with M. G. Velarde, Yu. A. Ivanov, E.
N. Pelinovsky, S. V. Nikitin, and A. V. Marchenko) led to understanding internal
waves in straits like the Strait of Gibraltar, the Kara Gates Strait, the Bab el Mandeb
Strait, the Drake Passage, and also in the open ocean. In his most recent long-lasting
oceanographic activity he has explored the flows in the abyssal channels of the
Atlantic: Vema Channel, Romanche and Chain fracture zones, Kane Gap, Vema
Fracture Zone, and others (collaboration with W. Zenk and R. Tarakanov). Under
his expeditionary scientific leadership, four deep underwater cataracts in the fractures of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge were found.
Since 1969, Eugene made 47 voyages in the ocean including 34 in the Atlantic,
4 in the Indian, 4 in the Pacific, 4 in the Southern and one in the Arctic Ocean. The
expeditions on oceanographic ships became his beloved work. Routes of his
expeditions in the Global Ocean are shown in the attached figure/World Ocean
chart (Fig. 1). He was the chief scientist in 15 trans-Atlantic expeditions. He also
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