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Professor Matthias TomczakSchool of Chemistry, Physics & Earth SciencesPosition: Professor of Oceanography Contact details:
Location: Room: 315 Building: 55 (Earth Sciences) Nearest car park: 10, 9 Key responsibilities:
TeachingPhysical Oceanography PublicationsLinks
ResearchOne of my main research interests has been and continues to be quantitative water mass analysis. I developed Optimum Multiparameter (OMP) analysis and take an active interest in the OMP Analysis User Group. I developed the Matlab code for OMP Analysis version 2. The latest version, which includes some amendments by Johannes Karstensen, can be downloaded from the website of the OMP Analysis User Group. Further development of OMP analysis concentrates on a technique to derive time variations in the properties of source water masses from observations at great distances from the source. This is a highly nonlinear optimization problem that requires careful nudging towards the oceanographically most sensible solution. Another research project I have been pursuing is the calibration of rainfall data over the tropical oceans, particularly in convective rain systems, which produce spatially and temporally patchy rainfall. A proof of concept experiment to use navigational radar for rainfall measurement is documented in one paper and a website (see below under publications). Further work concentrates on the effect of rainfall on the oceanic mixed layer and the mixed layer freshwater budget. The study of oceanic fronts developed into a major interest of mine during the last few years. This work concentrates on the Subtropical Front south of Australia, where the Front is nearly completely density-compensated. Three research voyages produced extensive data sets (see below under publications), which are now used to model mixing processes at density-compensated fronts. Research Interests
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