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