Physical Oceanography Department of IO PAN

Head: Prof. Jacek Piskozub

The main research topics include:

• ocean-atmosphere interactions, in particular mass, energy and radiation fluxes in ocean-atmosphere boundary layer,

• spatial and temporal variability of circulation and water masses properties in the Baltic Sea, the Nordic Seas and European Arctic (Fram Strait, the southern Nansen Basin and Svalbard fjords),

• oceanic fluxes of mass, heat and salt, and their role in shaping the ocean climate and Arctic sea ice cover,

• climate feedbacks with a focus on the role of oceanic processes in intra-seasonal to decadal cryospheric and atmospheric variability and predictability,

• numerical experiments with ocean circulation and ecosystems numerical models to simulate physical, thermodynamical and biological processes in oceans.

The department consists of:

• Air-Sea Interaction Laboratory
• Observational Oceanography Laboratory
• Marine Ecohydrodynamics Laboratory
• Ocean and Atmosphere Numerical Modelling Laboratory
• Climate Dynamics Group
• Sea Ice Modeling Laboratory