Martin Losch's Publications

Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals

• Martin Losch, Dimitris Menemenlis, Jean-Michel Campin, Patrick Heimbach, and Chris Hill. On the formulation of sea-ice models. Part 1: Effects of different solver implementations and parameterizations. Ocean Modelling, in press, PDF file (3.2 MB)

• Patrick Heimbach, Dimitris Menemenlis, Martin Losch, Jean-Michel Campin, and Chris Hill. On the formulation of sea-ice models. Part 2: Lessons from multi-year adjoint sea ice export sensitivities through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Ocean Modelling, in press, PDF file (6.2 MB)

• Pieter Visser, Nico Sneeuw, Tilo Reubelt, Martin Losch, and Tonie van Dam. Space-borne gravimetric satellite constellations and ocean tides: aliasing effects. Geophysical Journal International, in press. PDF file (22.5 MB)

• Martin Losch. Modeling Ice Shelf Cavities in a z-Coordinate Ocean General Circulation Model, Journal of Geophysical Research. J. Geophys. Res., 113, C08043, doi:10.1029/2007JC004368, 2008. PDF file (831 kB)

• Sergey Danilov, Qiang Wang, Martin Losch, Dmitry Sidorenko, and Jens Schröter. Modeling ocean circulation on unstructured meshes: comparison of two horizontal discretizations. Ocean Dynamics, 58(5): 365, doi:10.1007/s10236-008-0138-5, 2008. PDF file (384 kB)

• Boris Cisewski, Volker H. Strass, Martin Losch, and Helmut Prandke. Mixed layer analysis of a mesoscale eddy in the Antarctic Polar Front Zone. J. Geophys. Res., 113, C05017, doi:10.1029/2007JC004372, 2008. PDF file (36.1 MB)

• Martin Losch and Patrick Heimbach. Adjoint Sensitivity of an Ocean General Circulation Model to Bottom Topography, J. Phys. Oceanogr, 37(2): 377-393, 2007. PDF file (1691 kB)

• Martin Losch, Helen Snaith, Frank Siegismund, Per Knudsen, and the GUTS team. GOCE User Toolbox Specification: Scientific Trade Off Study and Algorithm Specification, Proceedings of the 3rd International GOCE User Workshop, SP-627: 303-310, ESA Publications Division, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 2007. PDF file (2154 kB)

• Martin Losch, Sandra Herlufsen, and Ralph Timmermann. Effects of heterogeneous surface boundary conditions on parameterized oceanic deep convection, Ocean Modelling, 13(2): 156-165, 2006. PDF file (2483 kB)

• Martin Losch, Ralf Schukay, Volker Strass, and Boris Cisewski. Comparison of the NLOM Data Assimilation Product to Direct Measurements in the Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone: A Case Study, Annales Geophysicae, 24(1): 3-6, 2006. PDF file (286 kB)

• Martin Losch, Dmitry Sidorenko, and Agnieszka Beszczynska-Möller. FEMSECT: An inverse section model based on the finite element method. J. Geophys. Res., 110(C12), C12023, doi:10.1029/2005JC002910, 2005. PDF file (1288kB)

• Ralph Timmermann and Martin Losch. Using the Mellor-Yamada mixing scheme in seasonally ice-covered seas --- correction to: Parameterization of vertical mixing in the Weddell Sea [Ocean Modelling 6 (2004) 83-100]. Ocean Modelling, 10(3-4): 369-372, 2005. (PDF file, 150 kB)

• Martin Losch. On the validity of the Millionshchikov quasi-normality hypothesis for open ocean deep convection. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31: L23301, doi:10.1029/2004GL021412, 2004. (PDF file, 284 kB)

• Martin Losch and Jens Schröter. Estimating the circulation from hydrography and satellite altimetry in the Southern Ocean: limitations imposed by the current geoid models. Deep-Sea Res. I , 51(9): 1131-1143, 2004. (PDF file, 362 kB)

• Martin Losch, Alistair Adcroft, and Jean-Michel Campin. How Sensitive are Coarse General Circulation Models to Fundamental Approximations in the Equations of Motion? J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34(1): 306-319, 2004. (PDF file, 497 kB)

• Martin Losch and Carl Wunsch. Bottom topography as a control parameter in an ocean circulation model. J. Atmos. Ocean. Technol., 20(11): 1685-1696, 2003. (PDF file, 390 kB)

• Martin Losch, Bernadette M. Sloyan, Jens Schröter, and Nico Sneeuw. Box inverse models, altimetry and the geoid: Problems with the omission error. J. Geophys. Res., 107(C7): 10.1029/2001JC000855, 2002. (PDF file, 1017 kB)

• Martin Losch, René Redler, and Jens Schröter. Estimating a mean ocean state from hydrography and sea-surface height data with a non-linear inverse section model: Twin experiments with a synthetic data set. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32(7): 2096-2112, 2002. (PDF file, 944 kB)

• Alexey Yaremchuk, Maxim Yaremchuk, Jens Schröter, and Martin Losch. Local stability and estimation of uncertainty for solutions to inverse problems. Ocean Dynamics, 52(2): 71-78, 2002. (PDF file, 180 kB)

• Jens Schröter, Martin Losch, and Bernadette Sloyan. Impact of the GOCE gravity mission on ocean circulation estimates: Part II. volume and heat fluxes across hydrographic sections. J. Geophys. Res., 107(C2): 10.1029/2000JC000647, 2002. (PDF file, 3080 kB)

• Katja Fennel, Martin Losch, Manfred Wenzel, and Jens Schröter. Testing a marine ecosystem model: Sensitivity analysis and parameter optimization. J. Mar. Sys., 28(1-2): 45-63, 2001. (PDF file, 418 kB)

Other Publications

• Martin Losch, Michael Schröter, Sönke Hohn, and Christoph Völker. High-resolution modelling of phytoplankton distribution and adaptation. NIC Symposium 2008, Proceedings, G. Münster, D. Wolf, and M. Kremer (Eds.) ISBN 978-3-9810843-5-1, 380 pages. 2008.

• Martin Losch and Verena Seufer. How to compute geoid undulations (geoid height relative to a given reference ellipsoid) from spherical harmonic coefficients for satellite altimetry applications. Unpublished Manuscript. 2003. (PDF file, 64 kB)

• Martin Losch. Analyse hydrographischer Schnitte mit Satellitenaltimetrie (Analysis of Hydrographic Sections with Satellite Altimetry). Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung, 379: 1-117, 2001.

• Martin Losch. Analyse hydrographischer Schnitte mit Satellitenaltimetrie. PhD thesis, Universität Bremen, 2000. (PDF file, 3716 kB)

• Christian Le Provost, Pascal Le Grand, Eric Dombrowsky, Pierre-Yves Le Traon, Martin Losch, Frederique Ponchaut, Jens Schröter, Bernadette Sloyan, and Nico Sneeuw. Impact of GOCE for ocean circulation studies. Study contract 13175/98/NL/GD, Final Report, ESA, 1999.

Talks and Posters at Conferences and Workshops

• Martin Losch and Sergey Danilov. Solving the momemtum equations of dynamic sea ice models with implict solvers and the Elastic Viscous-Plastic technique, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, April 19-24, 2009. Oral presentation.

• Martin Losch, Dimitris Menmenlis, Patrick Heimbach, Jean-Michel Campin, and Chris Hill. A dynamic-thermodynamic sea ice model on an Arakawa C grid for coupled ocean and sea ice state estimation, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, April 19-24, 2009. Poster presentation. (PDF file, 5.7 MB)

• Martin Losch, Alistair Adcroft, and Jean-Michel Campin. How Sensitive are Coarse General Circulation Models to Fundamental Approximations in the Equations of Motion? AGU/EGS Joint Assembly 2003 in Nice, France, April 7--11, 2003. Poster presentation. (PDF file, 531 kB)

• Martin Losch, Alistair Adcroft, and Jean-Michel Campin. Assessing the Importance of Non-Boussinesq Effects in a Coarse Resolution Global Ocean Model. WOCE and beyond 2002 in San Antonio, USA, November 18--22, 2002. Poster presentation. (PDF file, 1484 kB)

• Martin Losch. Bottom topography as a control parameter in an ocean model. EGS XXVII. General Assembly 2002 in Nice, France, April 21-26, 2002. Oral presentation.

• Martin Losch, Bernadette Sloyan, Jens Schröter, and Nico Sneeuw. Box inverse models, altimetry and the geoid: Problems with the omission error. EGS XXVII. General Assembly 2002 in Nice, France, April 21-26, 2002. Oral presentation.

• Martin Losch and Carl Wunsch. Bottom topography as a control parameter in an ocean circulation model. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, December 10-14, 2001. Poster presentation. (PDF file, 214kB)

• Martin Losch and Jens Schröter. Analysis of hydrographic sections with satellite altimetry. Joint TOPEX/POSEIDON and Jason-1 Science Working Team Meeting, Miami Beach, Florida, November 15-17, 2000, 2000. Poster presentation. (PDF file, 911 kB)

• Christian Le Provost, Martin Losch, Pascal Le Grand, and Nico Sneeuw. Gradiometry mission and its benefits to ocean circulation determination. IAG Internation Symposium on Gravity, Geoid and Geodynamics 2000, July 31-August 4, 2000, Banff, Canada, Session 5: Oceanography from Gravity and Altimetry, 2000.

• Martin Losch and Jens Schröter. Estimating ocean state variables with the help of satellite altimetry. EGS XXV. General Assembly 2000 in Nice, France, April 24-29, 2000. Oral presentation.

• Martin Losch and Jens Schröter. Combining satellite altimetry with hydrographic section data. EGS XXIV. General Assembly 1999 in Den Haag, Netherlands, April 19-23, 1999. Oral presentation.

• Martin Losch, Alexey Yaremchuk, Maxim Yaremchuk, Jens Schöter, and Bernadette Sloyan. On the estimation of posterior error bars. Third WMO International Symposion on Data Assimilation in Meteorology and Oceanography in Quebec, Canada, June 7-10, 1999. Poster presentation. (PDF file, 361 kB)

• Martin Losch. Bedeutung der Fehlerkovarianzen der Satellitenaltimetrie bei der Inversion hydrographischer Schnitte. Geodätische Woche (geodetic week) 1998 in Kaiserslautern, Germany, October 12-17, 1998. Oral presentation.

• Jens Schröter, Nathan Bindoff, Maxim Yaremchuk, Martin Losch, and Richard Coleman. Data assimilation. Monitoring the Oceans In the 2000s: An Integrated Approach, International Symposium in Biarritz, France, October 15-17, 1997. Poster presenation.

Martin Losch's CV

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