Oceanography
Marine Physics – or Physical Oceanography – is the Earth science concerned with the description of the physical state of the ocean. This includes the study of physical processes controlling the motion and properties of ocean waters and the influence of the ocean on the atmosphere and the climate.
At the Department of Marine Sciences, world-class research is being made to further our knowledge and understanding of how the global ocean operates and how it varies on different time and spatial scales, from the smallest turbulent eddies to the world ocean circulation.
The Department offers one of the most comprehensive environment in Europe to carry out research in Physical Oceanography, with access to marine infrastructures such as the state-of-the-art R/V Skagerak, and Kristineberg Marine Research Station.
Researchers
Göran Broström, Professor
Fabien Roquet, Professor
Sebastiaan Swart, Professor
Anna Wåhlin, Professor
Marcel Du Plessis, Researcher
Bastien Queste, Assistant Senior Lecturer
Leo Middleton, Post doc
Mariana Miracca Lage, Post doc
Göran Björk, Professor Emeritus
Anders Omstedt, Professor Emeritus
Anders Stigebrandt, Professor Emeritus
Research Projects
- Developing methods for studies of Antarctic ice shelves
- How understanding storms reduces Southern Ocean heat and CO2 uptake uncertainty
- Improving harmful algal bloom predictions in the Middle East
- Instability of Thwaites Glacier based on submarine AUV observations
- Integration of climate-change impacts into the Swedish marine environment
- MEOP – Observing the ocean with the help of marine animals
- Modelling oceanographic connectivity of Arctic organisms
- OCEAN:ICE – Ocean Cryosphere Exchanges in Antarctica
- TARSAN – Thwaites-Amundsen Regional Survey
- WHIRLS – The impacts of ocean fine-scale whirls on climate and ecosystems
