Publications

Refereed publications:

  1. S. Hasselmann, C. Brüning, K. Hasselmann and P. Heimbach, 1996: An improved algorithm for the retrieval of ocean wave spectra from SAR image spectra. J. Geophys. Res. C101, pp. 16,615-16,629.

  2. P. Heimbach, S. Hasselmann and K. Hasselmann, 1998: Statistical analysis and intercomparison of WAM model data with global ERS-1 SAR wave mode spectral retrievals over three years. J. Geophys. Res. C103, pp. 7,931-7,978.

  3. E. Bauer and P. Heimbach, 1998: Annual validation of significant wave heights from ERS-1 synthetic aperture radar wave mode spectra using TOPEX/POSEIDON and ERS-1 altimeter data. J. Geophys. Res. C104, pp. 13,345-13,357.

  4. P. Heimbach and K. Hasselmann, 2000: Development and application of satellite retrievals of ocean wave spectra. in the ICSOS / IYO book: Satellites, Oceanography and Society, D. Halpern (Ed.), Elsevier Oceanography Series, Vol. 63, pp. 5-33, Elsevier Science.

  5. Stammer, D., C. Wunsch, R. Giering, C. Eckert, P. Heimbach, J. Marotzke, A. Adcroft, C. Hill, J. and J. Marshall, 2002: The global ocean circulation during 1992-1997, estimated from ocean observations and a general circulation model. J. Geophys. Res., 107 (C9), 3118, doi:10.1029/2001JC000888.

  6. Stammer, D., C. Wunsch, R. Giering, C. Eckert, P. Heimbach, J. Marotzke, A. Adcroft, C. Hill, J. and J. Marshall, 2003: Volume, heat and freshwater transports of the global ocean circulation 1992-1997, estimated from a general circulation model constrained by WOCE data. J. Geophys. Res., 108 (C1), 3007, doi:10.1029/2001JC001115.

  7. P. Heimbach, C. Hill and R. Giering, 2002: Automatic Generation of Efficient Adjoint Code for a Parallel Navier-Stokes Solver. in: J.J. Dongarra, P.M.A. Sloot and C.J.K. Tan (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Vol. 2330, part II, pp. 1019-1028, Springer-Verlag. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Science - ICCS 2002, Amsterdam (NL)).

  8. U. Naumann and P. Heimbach, 2003: Coupling tangent-linear and adjoint models. in: V. Kumar, M. Gavrilova, C.J.K. Tan, P. L'Ecuyer (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Vol. 2668, part II, pp. 105-114, Springer-Verlag. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications - ICCSA 2003, Montreal (CA)).

  9. P. Heimbach, C. Hill and R. Giering, 2005: An efficient exact adjoint of the parallel MIT general circulation model, generated via automatic differentiation. Future Generation Computer Systems (FGCS), 21(8), pp. 1356-1371 doi:10.1016/j.future.2004.11.010.

  10. D. Ferreira, J. Marshall and P. Heimbach, 2005: Estimating eddy stresses by fitting dynamics to observations using a residual-mean ocean circulation model and its adjoint. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 35(10), pp. 1891-1910, doi:10.1175/JPO2785.1

  11. D. Menemenlis, C. Hill, A. Adcroft, J.M. Campin, B. Cheng, B. Ciotti, I. Fukumori, A. Koehl, P. Heimbach, C. Henze, T. Lee, D. Stammer, J. Taft, and J. Zhang, 2005: NASA Supercomputer Improves Prospects for Ocean Climate Research. EOS Transactions AGU, 86(9), p. 89.

  12. S. Dutkiewicz, M.J. Follows, P. Heimbach and J. Marshall, 2006: Controls on ocean productivity and air-sea carbon flux: An adjoint model sensitivity study. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L02603, doi:10.1029/2005GL024987

  13. G. Gebbie, P. Heimbach and C. Wunsch, 2006: Strategies for nested and eddy-resolving state estimation. J. Geophys. Res., 111, C10073, doi:10.1029/2005JC003094.

  14. C. Wunsch and P. Heimbach, 2006: Practical global ocean state estimation. Physica D in press. doi:10.1016/j.physd.2006.09.040.

  15. M. Losch and P. Heimbach, 2006: Adjoint sensitivity of an ocean general circulation model to bottom topography. J. Phys. Oceanogr., in press.

  16. C. Wunsch and P. Heimbach, 2006: Decadal Changes in the North Atlantic Meridional Overturning and Heat Flux. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 36(11), pp. 2012--2024, doi:10.1175/JPO2957.1.

  17. P. Heimbach, R.M. Ponte, C. Evangelinos, G. Forget, M. Mazloff, D. Menemenlis, S. Vinogradov and C. Wunsch, 2006: Combining Altimetric and All Other Data with a General Circulation Model. (in: Proceedings of the 15 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry Symposium, Venice, 13-18 March 2006), ESA Special Publication SP-614, ISBN 92-9092-925-1. ESA Publications Division, ESTEC, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

  18. U. Naumann, J. Utke, P. Heimbach, C. Hill, D. Ozyurt, C. Wunsch, M. Fagan, N. Tallent and M. Strout, 2006: Adjoint code by source transformation with OpenAD/F. In: European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics ECCOMAS CFD 2006 Eds: P. Wesseling, E. O~nate and J. PeriauxDelft, The Netherlands.

  19. J. Utke, U. Naumann, M. Fagan, N. Thallent, M. Strout, P. Heimbach, C. Hill and Cwunsch, 2006: OpenAD/F: A modular, open-source tool for automatic differentiation of Fortran codes. ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software (TOMS) (submitted Nov. 2006).

  20. C. Wunsch, R. Ponte and P. Heimbach, 2007: Decadal trends in sea level patterns. Submitted to J. Clim., January 2007.

Recent talks:

  1. Combining Altimetric and All Other Data with a General Circulation Model. ESA/CNES Symposium 15 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry, Venice, 13-18 March 2006.

  2. Ocean state estimation via the adjoint technique with application to the global WOCE synthesis. Methods and results from ECCO. Japanese Marine Science Foundation School on data assimilation, Aomori (Japan), August 2003.

  3. Adjoint model code generation via automatic differentiation and its application to ocean/seaice state estimation NASA/AOMIP Short course on data assimilation, WHOI, 10/11 May 2003. Available through MIT's DSpace archive.

  4. Aspects of adjoint code generation Weizmann Institute, Rehovot (Israel), January 2003.

  5. Automatic Generation of Efficient Adjoint Code for the Parallel MIT General Circulation Model RIST/NCAR International Workshop on Next Generation Climate Models for Advanced High Performance Computing Facilities. National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, March 12th to 14th 2002.

  6. Automatic Generation of Efficient Adjoint Code for the Parallel MIT General Circulation Model International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS) 20002, Amsterdam, April 2002.

  7. Some aspects of automatic differentiation of the MITgcm Z-coordinate Ocean Modeling Meeting, MIT, August 2002.

  8. Wave modeling from a WAM perspective EarthTech, August 2002.

Other publications:

  1. P. Heimbach, 1993:
    Nichtadiabatische Berry-Phasen in der Quantenoptik.
    Report BONN-IR-93-08 (ISSN-0172-8741),
    Dept. of Theoretical Physics, University of Bonn, February 1993.

  2. P. Heimbach, S. Hasselmann and C. Brüning, 1994:
    Improvements of the SAR retrieval algorithm.
    in: K. Katsaros (Ed.): Proc. of The 2nd ERS-1 Workshop,
    Brest, 15-17 March 1994.
    IFREMER / CERSAT Technical Report 94-06, pp. 46-54.

  3. P. Heimbach, S. Hasselmann, C. Brüning and K. Hasselmann, 1996:
    Application of wave spectral retrievals from ERS-1 SAR
    wave mode data for improved wind and wave field analyses.
    in: Proc. of The 2nd ERS Applications Workshop,
    London, 6-8 December 1995, ESA SP-383, pp. 303-308,
    ESA Publications Division, ESTEC, Noordwijk (NL).

  4. K. Hasselmann, S. Hasselmann und P. Heimbach, 1995:
    Die Verwendung von ERS-1 SAR-Wellenspektren
    in der globalen Wellenmodellierung.
    Jahresbericht '95 des Deutschen Klimarechenzentrums (DKRZ)
    Hamburg; enthalten in Teil 4 als Download (.pdf, 2MB)

  5. P. Heimbach, 1996:
    SFB 318, Teilprojekt C1:
    Nutzung von Satellitendaten für Wind- und Seegangsanalysen.
    in: DFG Sonderforschungsbereich 318:
    Klimarelevante Prozesse im System Ozean-Atmosphäre-Kryosphäre
    Proc. des Abschlußkolloquiums, Hamburg, 28./29. November 1996
    pp. 89-111, Universität Hamburg, Germany.

  6. K. Hasselmann, P. Heimbach and S. Hasselmann, 1996:
    Application of near real-time ERS-1 SAR wave mode data.
    in: Oceanology International 1996, Conference and Exhibition.
    Brighton, 6-8 March 1996.
    Section 2: "The global ocean - towards operational oceanography"
    Conference Proc. Vol. 3, pp. 181-196.

  7. P. Heimbach, S. Hasselmann and K. Hasselmann , 1997:
    A three year global intercomparison of ERS-1 SAR
    wave mode spectral retrievals with WAM model data.
    in: Proc. of The 3rd ERS Symposium,
    Florence, 17-21 March 1997,
    ESA SP-414 Vol. 3, pp. 1143-1149,
    ESA-Publications Division, ESTEC, Noordwijk (NL).

  8. P. Heimbach, E. Bauer and C. Staabs , 1997:
    Comparison of significant wave heights derived from the
    ERS-1, TOPEX, GEOSAT and SEASAT altimeters and
    retrieved from ERS-1 SAR Wave Mode spectra.
    in: Proc. of The 3rd ERS Symposium,
    Florence, 17-21 March 1997,
    ESA SP-414 Vol. 3, pp. 1247-1252,
    ESA-Publications Division, ESTEC, Noordwijk (NL).

  9. P. Heimbach, S. Hasselmann, K. Hasselmann and M. Toporek , 1997:
    Statistical analysis and intercomparison of global
    ERS-1 SAR Wave Mode spectral retrievals using
    WAM model and buoy data.
    in: Proc. of The CEOS Wind and Wave Validation Workshop,
    Noordwijk, 3-5 June 1997, ESA WPP-147 pp. 39-47,
    ESA-Publications Division, ESTEC, Noordwijk (NL).
    Postscript (gzip-ed, 1.1 MB)

  10. P. Heimbach, E. Bauer and C. Staabs , 1997:
    Multisensor validation of ERS-1 SAR Wave Mode and
    altimeter-derived significant wave heights using
    TOPEX, GEOSAT and SEASAT data.
    in: Proc. of The CEOS Wind and Wave Validation Workshop,
    Noordwijk, 3-5 June 1997, ESA WPP-147 pp. 49-55,
    ESA-Publications Division, ESTEC, Noordwijk (NL).
    Postscript (gzip-ed, 0.41 MB)

  11. E. Bauer and P. Heimbach , 1998:
    Comparison of ERS-1 SAR and altimeter wave heights.
    in: Ocean Wave Measurement and Analysis.
    Proc. of The 3rd International Symposium WAVES97,
    Virginia, 3-7 November 1997,
    pp. 563-572, The American Society of Civil Engineers.

  12. P. Heimbach, S. Hasselmann and K. Hasselmann , 1998:
    Global intercomparison of ERS-1 SAR wave mode with
    WAM model spectra.
    in: Ocean Wave Measurement and Analysis.
    Proc. of The 3rd International Symposium WAVES97,
    Virginia, 3-7 November 1997,
    pp. 539-551, The American Society of Civil Engineers.

  13. S. Hasselmann, P. Heimbach, and C. Bennefeld , 1998:
    The WASAR algorithm for retrieving ocean wave spectra
    from SAR image spectra.
    Technical Report No. 14 of the
    German Climate Computing Centre (DKRZ), Hamburg, FRG.
    Available online at MPI's Model and Data page page.

  14. P. Heimbach, E. Bauer, S. Hasselmann
    and K. Hasselmann, 1998:
    Derivation and assimilation of ERS-1 wind and wave data.
    European Space Agency Pilot Project
    PP2.D1,
    Final Report; Hamburg, June 1998.
    Postscript (gzip-ed, 0.13 MB)

  15. P. Heimbach, 1998:
    Use of ocean wave spectra retrieved from ERS-1 SAR
    wave mode data for global wave modelling.
    Ph.D. thesis. Examensarbeit Nr. 56, (ISSN 0938-5177)
    Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg, Germany

  16. P. Heimbach, E. Bauer, S. Hasselmann and K. Hasselmann, 1998:
    Global operational remote sensing and modelling of ocean waves.
    in: Proc. of the COST / WMO / IOC Conference
    "Provision and engineering / operational application
    of ocean wave spectra",
    UNESCO, Paris, 21 - 25 September 1998.
    WMO, Marine Meteorology and Related Oceanographic Activities
    Report No. 42; WMO/TD-No. 938, 1998, pp. 310-323
    Postscript (gzip-ed, 0.75 MB)

  17. E. Bauer and P. Heimbach, , 1998:
    On the benefit of assimilation of wave spectra retrieved
    from ERS-1 SAR wave mode data.
    in: Proc. of the COST / WMO / IOC Conference
    "Provision and engineering / operational application
    of ocean wave spectra",
    UNESCO, Paris, 21 - 25 September 1998.
    WMO, Marine Meteorology and Related Oceanographic Activities
    Report No. 42; WMO/TD-No. 938, 1998, pp. 241-250
    Postscript (gzip-ed, 0.36 MB)

  18. P. Heimbach, E. Bauer, S. Hasselmann and K. Hasselmann, 1999:
    Using spectral details of ocean waves measured with the ERS-1
    SAR in wave mode for validation of the wave model WAM
    in: M. Banner (Ed.): The Wind-Driven Air-Sea Interface
    School of Mathematics, University of New South Wales, 1999
    Sydney, Australia, January 11-15, 1999, pp. 379-380
    Extended Abstract





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