Werner Alpers

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Werner Alpers (born August 26, 1936 in Harburg-Wilhelmsburg ) is a German marine researcher. He is a professor emeritus at the Institute for Oceanography at the University of Hamburg .

Life

Alpers studied physics at the University of Hamburg , the University of Zurich and the University of Wisconsin – Madison . In 1967 he received his doctorate from the University of Hamburg in the field of theoretical physics (elementary particle theory). From 1968 to 1970 he was a postdoctoral fellow at the European Space Research Institute (ESRIN) in Frascati near Rome and from 1970 to 1973 scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Physics and Astrophysics , Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching near Munich , where he worked in the field of Space physics and cosmic ray physics worked. In 1973 he switched to oceanography and has since worked in the field of remote sensing of the ocean. First he worked as a scientist at the University of Hamburg and the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology , from 1985 to 1989 as a professor at the University of Bremen in the Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering and from 1989 to 2001 as a professor at the University of Hamburg in the Institute for Oceanography. There he founded and led the research group Satellite Oceanography , in which basic research was carried out in preparation for satellite missions for remote sensing of oceans. In 2001 he retired. Since his retirement in 2001 he has continued to work in research at the University of Hamburg and works closely with scientists from France, Norway, USA, Russia and China. Since 1999 he has been visiting professor at the Ocean University of China in Qingdao .

He is married to Ruth Alpers, b. Small service. You have five children.

Awards

  • Distinguished Technical Achievement Award of the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society, 2001
  • Distinguished Science Award of the International Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference Association (PORSEC), 2008
  • National Friendship Award of the People's Republic of China, 2008

Publications

He published more than 130 articles in scientific journals; Selection:

  • The two-frequency microwave technique for measuring ocean-wave spectra from an airplane or satellite, W Alpers, K Hasselmann, Boundary-Layer Meteorology 13 (1-4), 215-230, 1978
  • On the detectability of ocean surface waves by real and synthetic aperture radar, WR Alpers, DB Ross, CL Rufenach, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 86 (C7), 6481-6498, 1981
  • Scylla and Charybdis observed from space, W Alpers, E Salusti, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 88 (C3), 1800-1808, 1983
  • A theory of the imaging mechanism of underwater bottom topography, W Alpers, I Hennings, J. Geophys. Res 89, 1029-10546, 1984
  • Theory of radar imaging of internal waves, W Alpers, Nature 314 (6008), 245-247, 1985
  • The damping of ocean waves by surface films: A new look at an old problem, W Alpers, H Hühnerfuss, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 94 (C5), 6251-6265, 1989
  • Atmospheric boundary layer rolls observed by the synthetic aperture radar aboard the ERS-1 satellite, W Alpers, B Brümmer, Journal of Geophysical Research 99 (C6), 12613-1262, 1994
  • Katabatic wind fields in coastal areas studied by ERS-1 synthetic aperture radar imagery and numerical modeling, W Alpers, U Pahl, G Gross, Journal of Geophysical Research 103 (C4), 7875-7886, 1998
  • A small-scale oceanic eddy off the coast of West Africa studied by multi-sensor satellite and surface drifter data, W Alpers, P Brandt, A Lazar, D Dagorne, B Sow, S Faye, MW Hansen, A Rubino, PM Poulain j , P Brehmer, Remote Sensing of Environment 129, 132-143, 2013
  • Application of a new algorithm using Doppler information to retrieve complex wind fields over the Black Sea from ENVISAT SAR images, W Alpers, A Mouche, J Horstmann, AY Ivanov, VS Barabanov, International Journal of Remote Sensing 36 (3), 863-881 , 2015
  • Study of a wind front over the northern South China Sea generated by the freshening of the North-East Monsoon, W Alpers, WK Wong, KF Dagestad, PW Chan, Boundary-Layer Meteorol 157, 125–140, 2015
  • Rain footprints on C-band synthetic aperture radar images of the ocean-revisited, W Alpers, B. Zhang, A Mouche, K Zeng, PW Chan, Remote Sensing of Environment, 187, 169-185, 2016

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Past Technical Achievement Award Recipients .
  2. ↑ PORSEC Association - Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference .
  3. ↑ Hamburg marine researcher receives friendship award from the PR China . ( clisap.de [accessed on October 2, 2017]).
  4. ↑ DIE WELT: City in focus: City in focus . In: THE WORLD . September 24, 2008 ( welt.de [accessed October 2, 2017]).
  5. ↑ PR China honors marine researchers from Hamburg with the National Friendship Prize . In: JuraForum.de . ( juraforum.de [accessed on October 2, 2017]).
personal data
SURNAME Alpers, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German marine researcher
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg