Current research topics:
- sea ice modelling:
- analysis and modelling of sea-ice floe-size distribution and processes influencing its parameters
- discrete-element modelling of sea ice (see Small Floe Collider and DESIgn – Discrete-Element bonded-particle Sea Ice model)
- analysis of the influence of granular nature of sea ice on atmosphere–ocean momentum exchange, sea-ice dynamics and melting/freezing of sea ice
- implementation of floe–floe interaction effects in large-scale numerical sea-ice models
- modelling of deformation processes of sea ice with statistical-physics methods
- mesoscale atmospheric processes in midlatitudes:
- application of the WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting) model to the simulation of atmospheric processes in the Baltic Sea region
- influence of sea ice on processes in the atmospheric boundary layer
- nonlinear modelling and data analysis:
- linear and nonlinear PCA (Principal Component Analysis)
- neural networks
Publications in preparation/submitted:
Herman, A., Cheng, S., Shen, H.H., 2019a. Wave energy attenuation in fields of colliding ice floes. Part A: Discrete-element modelling of dissipation due to ice-water drag. The Cryosphere, submitted. paper on ResearchGate
Herman, A., Cheng, S., Shen, H.H., 2019b. Wave energy attenuation in fields of colliding ice floes. Part B: A laboratory case study. The Cryosphere, submitted. paper on ResearchGate