PD Dr. Lars Umlauf

Department:	Physical Oceanography
Research Focus:	RF1 (Small- and Mesoscale Processes)
Research Group:	Turbulence and Small-Scale Processes

 

 

 

Email:	larsnull.umlauf@io-warnemuende.de
Phone:	+49 (0)381 5197 223
Fax:	+49 (0)381 5197 114

 

 

Street Address:
Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW)
Seestrasse 15
D-18119 Rostock-Warnemuende
Germany

I am a physical oceanographer with a focus on turbulence, mixing, and small- to meso-scale processes in the ocean, in the Baltic Sea, and occasionally also in lakes. Presently, my main working areas include the investigation of small-scale processes in the vicinity of surface-layer fronts, atmosphere-ocean feedbacks induced by diurnal warm layers and rain layers, the dynamics of rotating bottom gravity currents, internal-wave mixing, and boundary mixing processes in stratified basins. I also collaborate with colleagues from other disciplines to understand how small-scale physical processes affect biogeoochemical interactions, e.g. in regions with large redox gradients. In addition to theoretical, observational, and numerical methods used to understand these processes, I have a special interest in the development of marine turbulence models. Have a look at our public domain turbulence toolbox GOTM at www.gotm.net.

I am also involved in a number of scientific management and community services:

• Editor (J. Geophys. Res.)

• Research group leader (Turbulence and Small-Scale Processes)