John Van Leer

Dr. Van Leer develops new instruments and methods to measure upper ocean dynamics and bottom boundary layer structure including organized turbulence. He has worked in the Fram Strait and Arctic Ocean on three expeditions measuring upper ocean frontal and eddy properties under the ice. He is presently working in air-sea interactions, coastal oceanography, bubble remediation applied to oxygenation or oil spills and catamaran research vessel design.

2001- Van Leer, John C., 2001: UNOLS Small Research Vessel Compendium, Jack Bash (ed.). Small Catamaran Research Vessels, 22 pages.

2001- An, E., M. Dhanak, L.K. Shay, S. Smith, and J.Van Leer, 2001: Coastal oceanography using a small AUV. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 18, 215-234.

2000- Shay, L.K., T. Cook, H. Peters, J. Van Leer, A.J. Mariano, P.E. An, S. Smith, B.K. Haus, J. Martinez, A. Soloviev, R. Weisberg, and M. Luther, 2000: A submesoscale vortex detected by VHF surface current radar. EOS, 81(19), 209-213.

1992 - Sedimentary furrows and organized flow structure: The Lake Superior study. Limn. & Oceanogr., 37(4): 797-812 (with B.E. Veikman, R.D. Flood, M. Wimbush, M. Faghri and Y. Asako).

1989 - Secondary circulations in the bottom boundary layer over sedimentary furrows. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 94: 9,721-9,730 (with B.E. Veikman and M. Wimbush).

1987 - Mesoscale eddies in the Fram Strait Marginal Ice Zone during MIZEX 1983 and 1984. J. Geophys. Res., 92: 6,759-6,772 (with J.A. Johannessen, O.M. Johannessen, E. Svendsen, R. Shuchman, T. Manley, W. Cabell, E. Josberger, S. Sandven, J.C. Gascard, T. Olaussen and K. Davidson).

1987 - The mesoscale beneath the ice-covered region of Fram Strait: Unique and consistent views from different perspectives. Science, 236: 432-434 (with T.O. Manley, J.Z. Villanueva, J.C. Gascard, P.F. Jeannin, and K.L. Hunkins).

1987 - Mesoscale processes beneath the ice of Fram Strait: Unique and consistent views from different perspectives. Science, 236: 432-434 (with T.O. Manley, J.Z. Villanueva, J.C. Gascard, P.F. Jeannin, and K.L. Hunkins)