Dr Harry Leach
Physical Oceanographer, University of Liverpool
Personal Statement
I am a sea-going physical oceanographer and have worked particularly in the North Atlantic and Southern Ocean. I am interested in the role of eddies in the ocean and how they affect primary productivity. I am also interested in sea level and what it can tell us about the ocean circulation and also in questions relating to particularly interesting ocean regions. I teach a range of modules in physical oceanography ranging from basic physics and maths, through experimental physical oceanography to advanced level courses and supervising final year projects.
Brief CV
- 1989-present: Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer, in Physical Oceanography, University of Liverpool
- 1977-1989: Research Scientist, Institute for Marine Science, Kiel
- 1976-1977: PostDoc, Oceanography Department, University of Southampton
- 1975-1976: Temporary Scientific Officer, Meteorological Office, Bracknell
- 1972-1975: Research Student, Meteorological Office, Bracknell, and University of Leeds
- 1969-1972: Undergraduate Student, University of Leeds
Research interests
- The Role of Mesoscale Eddies in the Circulation of the Ocean.
- Seasonal and Interannual Variability of the Upper Ocean.
- Circulation of the North Atlantic and Southern Ocean.
- The Influence of Physical Processes on Biogeochemistry and Primary Productivity.
- Small scale mixing and its relationship to the larger scale flow field.
- Sea level variability and what it tells us about how the ocean and atmosphere work.
Current and Recent Research Students
- Angela Hibbert, topic: "High Latitude Atmosphere-Ocean Coupling in Sea Level Records"
- Nuala Carson, topic: "Modelling Landfast Sea-Ice"
- Matthew Donnelly, topic: "Circulation of the Lazarev Sea using Inverse Methods"
- Katie Jones, topic: "Causes of Sea Level Variability in the South Atlantic"
Research Cruises
Link to "Polarstern"-Cruise ANTXXVIII/3 "Eddy Pump/SYSTCO" 2012
Link to "Polarstern"-Cruise ANTXXIV/2 "LaKriS/SCACE/SYSTCO/IGY" 2007-2008
Link to "Polarstern"-Cruise ANTXXIII/2
"LaKriS" 2005-2006
Link to "Polarstern"-Cruise ANTXXI/3 "EIFEX" 2004
Link to "Polarstern"-Cruise ANTXVIII/2 "EisenEx" 2000
Link to "Polarstern"-Cruise ANTXVI/3 1999
Link to "Polarstern"-Cruise ANTXIII/2 1995-1996
Recent Publications
- Smetacek, Victor, Christine Klaas, Volker H. Strass, Philipp Assmy, Marina Montresor, Boris Cisewski, Nicolas Savoye, Adrian Webb, Francesco d’Ovidio, Jesús M. Arrieta, Ulrich Bathmann, Richard Bellerby, Gry Mine Berg, Peter Croot, Santiago Gonzalez, Joachim Henjes, Gerhard J. Herndl, Linn J. Hoffmann, Harry Leach, Martin Losch, Matthew M. Mills, Craig Neill, Ilka Peeken, Rüdiger Röttgers, Oliver Sachs, Eberhard Sauter, Maike M. Schmidt, Jill Schwarz, Anja Terbrüggen, & Dieter Wolf-Gladrow, 2012, Deep carbon export from a Southern Ocean iron-fertilized diatom bloom. Nature, 487, 313-319. doi: 10.1038/nature11229. [HL-Az. 7.2.56]
- Meredith, Michael P., Philip L. Woodworth, Teresa K. Chereskin, David P. Marshall, Lesley C. Allison, Grant R. Bigg, Kathy Donohue, Karen J. Heywood, Chris W. Hughes, Angela Hibbert, Andrew McC. Hogg, Helen L. Johnson, Loïc Jullion, Brian A. King, Harry Leach, Yueng-Djern Lenn, Miguel A. Morales Maqueda, David R. Munday, Alberto C. Naveira Garabato, Christine Provost, Jean-Baptiste Sallée and Janet Sprintall, 2011, Sustained monitoring of the Southern Ocean at Drake Passage: past achievements and future priorities. Reviews of Geophysics, 49, RG4005, doi:10.1029/2010RG000348. [HL-Az. 7.2.52]
- Brandt, A.; Bathmann, U.; Brix, S.; Cisewski, B., Flores, H.; Göcke, C.; Janussen, D.; Krägefsky, S.; Kruse, S.; Leach, H., Linse, K.; Peeken, I.; Riehl, T.; Sauter, E.; Sachs, O.; Schüller, M.; Schrödl, M.; Schwabe, E.; Strass, V.; van Franeker, J. A.; Wilmsen, E., 2011, Maud Rise – a snapshot through the water column. Deep-Sea Res. II. 58, 1962-1982. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.01.008 [HL-Az. 7.2.53]
- Flores H., van Franeker J. A., Cisewski B., Leach H., Van de Putte A., Meesters H. W. G., Bathmann U., Wolff W. J., 2011, Macrofauna under sea ice and in the open surface layer of the Lazarev Sea, Southern Ocean. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 58, 1948-1961, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.01.010 [HL-Az 7.2.45]
- Cisewski, Boris, Volker H. Strass, Harry Leach,, 2011, Circulation and transport of water masses in the Lazarev Sea, Antarctica, during summer and winter 2006. Deep-Sea Research 1, 58, 186-199. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.12.001 [HL-Az 7.2.48]
- Leach, H., V. H. Strass and B. Cisewski, 2011, Modification by Lateral Mixing of the Warm Deep Water entering the Weddell Sea in the Maud Rise Region. Ocean Dynamics, 61, (1), 51-68. DOI: 10.1007/s10236-010-0342-y [HL-Az 7.2.44]
- Hibbert A, Leach H, Woodworth P, Hughes C, Roussenov V. 2010. Quasi-biennial modulation of the Southern Ocean coherent mode. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 136: 755–768. DOI:10.1002/qj.581 [HL-Az. 7.2.46]
- Hibbert, A., H. Leach, V. Strass and B. Cisewski, 2009, Mixing in Cyclonic Eddies in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Journal of Marine Research, 67, 1-23. DOI: 10.1357/002224009788597935. [HL-Az. 7.2.42].
Teaching
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Contact details
Department of Earth, Ocean and Ecosystem Sciences,
School of Environmental Sciences,
University of Liverpool,
4 Brownlow Street,
Liverpool, L69 3GP, UK.
Tel 0151 794 4097,
Fax 0151 794 5196,
Email leach@liv.ac.uk.
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updated 15.07.2013