Matthias Tomczak

School of Chemistry, Physics & Earth Sciences

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Karstensen, J. and M. Tomczak (1998): Age determination of mixed water masses with CFC and oxygen data. J. Geophys. Res. 103, 18,599-18,610.( Also available from the web.)

Tomczak, M. and M. Herzfeld (1998): Pollutant pathways between Mururoa and other Polynesian islands based on numerical model trajectories. Mar. Pollution Bull. 36, 288-297.

Tomczak, M. (1999): Some historical, theoretical and applied aspects of quantitative water mass analysis. J. Mar. Res. 57, 275-303.

Poole, R. and M. Tomczak (1999): Optimum multiparameter analysis of the water mass structure in the Atlantic Ocean thermocline. Deep-Sea Res. 46, 1895-1921.

Tomczak, M. (1999): Potential vorticity as a tracer in quantitative water mass analysis. International WOCE Newsletter 36, 6-10.

Tomczak, M. (1999): Global water mass analysis, a symposium of IAPSO at the IUGG General Assembly. International WOCE Newsletter 36, 10-11.

Lebedev, I. and M. Tomczak (1999) Rainfall measurements with a navigational radar. J. Geophys. Res. 104, 13,697-13,708.

Herzfeld, M. and M. Tomczak (1999) Bottom-driven upwelling generated by eastern intensification in closed and semi-closed basins with a sloping bottom. Mar. Freshwater Res. 50, 613-628.

Domingues, C. M., S. Wijffels, M. Tomczak and J. A. Church (1999) Volume transports and structure of the Leeuwin Current at 22°S - WOCE ICM6. International WOCE Newsletter 37, 36-40.

Tomczak, M. (2000) An introduction to online physical oceanography. Oceanography 13, 104-105.

Mata, M. M., M. Tomczak, S. Wijffels and J. A. Church (2000) East Australian current volume transports at 30°S: estimates from the World Ocean Circulation experiment hydrographic sections PR11/P6 and the PCM3 current meter array. J. Geophys. Res. 105, 28,509-28,526.

Lebedev, I., M. Tomczak and J.-L. Redelsperger (2001) Tropical ocean response to atmospheric forcing at kilometer scales. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 11,399-11,410.

Tomczak, M. (2001) Upper ocean mean horizontal structure. In Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, J. Steele, S. Thorpe, and K. Turekian (eds), 3083-3094.

Wu, W., M. Tomczak, X. H. Fang and D. X. Wu, DX (2001) The barrier layer in the southern region of the South China Sea. Chinese Science Bulletin 46, 1388-1392.

Tomczak, M., I. Lebedev and A. Henry-Edwards (2001) Rainfall measurements in tropical ocean regions with navigational radar. In: G. White (ed.): WCRP/SCOR Workshop on Intercomparison and Validation of Ocean-Atmosphere Flux Fields. WCRP-115 WMO/TD-No. 1083, 338 ? 341.

James, C., M. Tomczak, I. Helmond and L. Pender (2002) Summer and winter surveys of the Subtropical Front of the south eastern Indian Ocean 1997 - 1998. J. Mar. Systems 37, 129-149.

Leffanue, H. and M. Tomczak (2002) Changes of water mass properties observed in the Bermuda time series (BATS). CLIVAR Exchanges 25, 37 + 47-48.

Tippins, D. and M. Tomczak (2003) Meridional Turner angles and density compensation in the upper ocean. Ocean Dynamics 53, 332-342.

Tomczak, M. (2003) In the Oceanography Classroom: Undergraduate oceanography education in a global world. Oceanography 16 (3), 134 - 135.

Tomczak, M. (2003) In the Oceanography Classroom: Graduate oceanography education in a global world. Oceanography 16 (4), 104 - 105.

Tomczak, M. and J. S. Godfrey (2003) Regional Oceanography: an Introduction. 2nd improved edition. Daya Publishing House, Delhi. 390p.

Tomczak, M., A. Shareef, A. Henry-Edwards and J. Bennett (2004) Determination of the fresh water flux at the air/sea interface for climate modeling. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Physics (ICP) January 6-9, 2004 Tehran, Iran. Faculty of Physics and Nuclear Sciences, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, 127 - 136.

Tomczak, M., L. Pender and S. Liefrink (2004) Variability of the Subtropical Front in the Indian Ocean south of Australia. Ocean Dynamics, 54, 506-519.

Tomczak, M. (2004) The Oceanography Classroom: Education for the transition from student to scientist. Oceanography 17 (2), 121 - 123.

Tomczak, M. (2004) The Oceanography Classroom: Why we have to teach scientific ethics in the oceanography classroom. Oceanography 17 (4), 207 ? 209.

Henry-Edwards, A. and M. Tomczak (2005) TROMP: detecting water property changes from a time series of oceanographic data. Proceedings of the 16th National Congress, Australian Institute of Physics, 31 January - 4 February 2005, Canberra, Australia, 152 ? 155.

Tomczak, M., L. Pender and S. Liefrink (2005) Mixing at the Subtropical Front in the Indian Ocean south of Australia. Proceedings of the 16th National Congress, Australian Institute of Physics, 31 January - 4 February 2005, Canberra, Australia, 218 - 221.

Tomczak, M. and S, Liefrink (2005) Interannual variations of water mass volumes in the Southern Ocean. J. Atmosph. Ocean Sci. 10, 31-42.

Tomczak, M. (2005) The Oceanography Classroom: Catering to the Multitudes. Oceanography 18 (2), 256 Ð 259.

Schmitt, L., S. Larsson, C. Schrumm, I. Alekseeva, M. Tomczak and K. Svedhage (submitted) "Why they came"; an explanatory model concerning the seasonal colonization of western Sweden during the close of the Late Glacial period. Oxford J. Archaeol.


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