Ilker Fer

Hjemmeside: http://www.uib.no/People/ngfif

Stilling: professor

Telefon: 55 58 25 80

E-post: Ilker.Fer@gfi.uib.no

Besøksadresse: Allegt. 70

Romnummer: 126

Physical oceanography, including the boundary layer processes, dense water overflows, turbulence and mixing, fine and microstructure data acquisition and interpretation, seismic reflection techniques to image oceanic finestructure, convective processes leading to dense water formation, turbulence in the under ice boundary layer, air-ice-sea interaction, internal waves, turbulence parameterizations.

Physical limnology, especially winter cooling dynamics, turbulence and convection.

Education

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland, Lake Hydrodynamics, Ph.D., 2001

Technical University of Istanbul, Turkey, Hydraulics Engineering, M.Sc., 1997

Technical University of Istanbul, Turkey, Civil Engineering, B.Sc., 1995

 

Appointments

2008-present      Professor, Geophysical Inst., Univ. of Bergen, Norway

2007-2008       Assoc. Prof., Geophysical Inst., Univ. of Bergen, Norway

2004-present       Scientist, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway

2002 - 2004        Post-doctoral researcher in physical oceanography, Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen

2001 - 2002        Scientist at Geophysical Institute, Universtiy of Bergen

1997 -2001         Research assistant at Hydraulics Res. Lab., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

1995 –1997        Research assistant at Hydraulics Res. Lab., Tech. Univ. of Istanbul, Turkey

Publikasjoner i Cristin

Peer-Reviewed

44. Dahlgren, T.G., M-L Schläppy, A. Shashkov, M. Andersson, Y. Rzhanov, and I. Fer (2012). Assessing impact from wind farms at subtidal, exposed marine areas. In: Marine Renewable Energy and Environmental Interactions, Eds. M. A. Shields and A.I. L. Payne, Springer, in press.

43. Holbrook, W. S., I. Fer, R. W. Schmitt, D. Lizarralde , J. M. Klymak, L. C. Helfrich, and R. Kubichek (2012). Estimating oceanic turbulence dissipation from seismic images. J. Atm. Ocean. Tech., accepted.

42. Beaird, N., I. Fer, P. Rhines, and C. Eriksen (2012). Dissipation of turbulent kinetic energy inferred from Seagliders: an application to the eastern Nordic Seas overflows, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 42, 2268–2282.

41. Bakhoday Paskyabi, M., and I. Fer (2012), Upper ocean response to large wind farm effect in the presence of surface gravity waves, Energy Procedia, 24, 245-254.

40. Sirevaag, A., and I. Fer (2012). Vertical heat transfer in the Arctic Ocean: the role of double-diffusive mixing, J. Geophys. Res., 117, C07910, doi:10.1029/2012JC007910.

39. Fer, I., K. Makinson, and K. Nicholls (2012). Observations of thermohaline convection adjacent to Brunt Ice Shelf, J. Phys. Oceanogr.42(3), 502-508.

38. Jenkins, A. D., M. Bakhoday Paskyabi, I. Fer, A. Gupta, and M. Adakudlu (2012), Modelling the effect of ocean waves on the atmospheric and ocean boundary layers, Energy Procedia, 24, 166-175.

37. Bakhoday Paskyabi, M., I. Fer, and A. D. Jenkins (2012). Surface gravity wave effects on the upper ocean boundary layer: modification of a one-dimensional vertical mixing model. Cont. Shelf Res.,38, 63-78.

36. Fer, I., and K. Drinkwater (2012). Mixing in the Barents Sea Polar Front near Hopen in spring. J. Mar. Sys., 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.01.005.

35. Seim, K. S., I. Fer, and H. Avlesen (2012). Stratified flow over complex topography: A model study of the bottom drag and associated mixing. Cont. Shelf Res., 34, 41-52.

34. Eakin D., W.S. Holbrook, and I. Fer (2011). Seismic reflection imaging of large-amplitude lee waves in the Caribbean Sea. Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L21601, doi:10.1029/2011GL049157.

33. Darelius, E., I. Fer, and D. Quadfasel (2011). Faroe Bank Channel Overflow: Mesoscale Variability. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 41(11), 2137-2154

32. Seim, K. S., and I. Fer (2011). Mixing in the stratified interface of the Faroe Bank Channel overflow: the role of transverse circulation and internal waves. J. Geophys. Res., 116, C07022, doi:10.1029/2010JC006805.

31. Sirevaag, A., S. de la Rosa, I. Fer, M. Nicolaus, M. Tjernström, and M.G. McPhee (2011). Mixing, heat fluxes and heat content evolution of the Arctic Ocean mixed layer. Ocean Sci , 7, 335-349, doi:10.5194/os-7-335-2011.

30. Fer, I., P. Nandi, W. S. Holbrook, R. W. Schmitt, and P. Páramo, 2010. Seismic imaging of a thermohaline staircase in the Western Tropical North Atlantic, Ocean Sci., 6, 621-631, doi:10.5194/os-6-621-2010.

29. Chavanne, C. P., K. J. Heywood, K. W. Nicholls, and I. Fer, 2010. Observations of the Antarctic Slope Undercurrent in the Southeastern Weddell Sea. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L13601, doi:10.1029/2010GL043603.

28. Seim, K. S., I. Fer, and J. Berntsen, 2010. Regional simulations of the Faroe Bank Channel overflow using a s-coordinate ocean model. Ocean Modell., 35, 31-44, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2010.06.002

27. Fer, I., G. Voet, K. S. Seim, B. Rudels, and K. Latarius, 2010. Intense mixing of the Faroe Bank Channel overflow. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L02604, doi:10.1029/2009GL041924.

26. Geyer, F, I. Fer, and L. H. Smedsrud, 2010. Structure and forcing of the overflow at the Storfjorden sill and its connection to the Arctic coastal polynya in Storfjorden. Ocean Sci., 6(1), 401-411.

25. Fer, I., R. Skogseth, and F. Geyer, 2010. Internal waves and mixing in the Marginal Ice Zone near the Yermak Plateau. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 40, 1613-1630.

24. Holbrook, W. S., I. Fer, and R. W. Schmitt, 2009. Images of internal tides near the Norwegian continental slope Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L00D10, doi:10.1029/ 2009GL038909.

23. Fer, I., 2009. Weak vertical diffusion allows maintenance of cold halocline in the central Arctic. Atmos. Ocean. Sci. Lett., 2(3)-148-152.

22. Daae, K.L., I. Fer, and E.P. Abrahamsen, 2009. Mixing on the continental slope of the southern Weddell Sea. J. Geophys. Res., 114, C09018, doi:10.1029/2008JC005259.

21. Geyer, F., I. Fer, and T. Eldevik, 2009. Dense overflow from an Arctic fjord: Mean seasonal cycle, variability and wind influence. Cont. Shelf Res., 29(17), 2110-2121.

20. Sirevaag, A., and I. Fer, 2009. Early spring oceanic heat fluxes and mixing observed from drift stations north of Svalbard. J. Phys. Ocenogr., 39(12), 3049-3069.

19. Fer, I., and W.S. Holbrook, 2008. Seismic reflection methods for study of the water column. In Encylopedia of Ocean Sciences, Eds. J.H. Steele, K.K. Turekian, S.A. Thorpe.

18. Fer, I., and B. Ådlandsvik, 2008. Descent and mixing of the overflow plume from Storfjord in Svalbard: An idealized numerical model study. Ocean Science, 4, 115-132.

17. Skogseth, R., L.H. Smedsrud, F. Nilsen, and I. Fer, 2008. Observations of hydrography and downflow of brine-enriched shelf water in the Storfjorden polynya, Svalbard. J. Geophys. Res., 113, C08049, doi:10.1029/2007JC004452.

16. Fer, I., K. Widell, 2007. Early spring turbulent mixing in an ice-covered Arctic fjord during transition to melting. Cont. Shelf Res. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2007.04.003.

15. Sundfjord, A., I. Fer, Y. Kasajima, H. Svendsen, 2007. Observations of turbulent mixing and hydrography in the Marginal Ice Zone of the Barents Sea. J. Geophys. Res., 112, C05008, doi:10.1029/2006JC003524.

14. Fer, I. and A. Sundfjord, 2007. Observations of upper ocean boundary layer dynamics in the marginal ice zone, J. Geophys. Res., 112, C04012, doi:10.1029/2005JC003428.

13. Widell, K., I. Fer, and P.M. Haugan, 2006. Salt release from warming sea ice. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L12501, doi:10.1029/ 2006GL026262.

12. Fer, I., 2006. Scaling turbulent dissipation in an Arctic fjord. Deep-Sea Res. II. 53, 77-95.

11. Holbrook, W.S., and I. Fer, 2005. Ocean internal wave spectra inferred from seismic reflection transects. Geophys. Res. Lett., L15604, doi: 10.1029/ 2005GL023733.

10. Skogseth, R., I. Fer, and P.M. Haugan, 2005. Dense-water production and overflow from an Arctic coastal polynya in Storfjorden. In The Nordic Seas: An Integrated Perspective, edited by H. Drange, et al., pp. 73-88, AGU Geophys. Monograph, 158.

9. Fer, I., M.G. McPhee, and A. Sirevaag, 2004. Conditional statistics of the Reynolds stress in the under-ice boundary layer. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L15311, doi:10.1029/ 2004GL020475.

8. Fer, I., R. Skogseth, and P.M. Haugan, 2004. Mixing of the Storfjorden overflow (Svalbard Archipelago) inferred from density overturns. J. Geophys. Res., 109, C01005, 10.1029/2003JC001968.

7. Fer, I., R. Skogseth, P.M. Haugan, and P. Jaccard, 2003. Observations of the Storfjorden overflow. Deep-Sea Res. I. 50(10-11), 1283-1303.

6. Fer, I., and P.M. Haugan, 2003. Dissolution from a liquid-CO₂ lake disposed in the deep ocean. Limnol. Oceanogr. 48(2), 872-883.

5. Fer, I., U. Lemmin, and S.A. Thorpe, 2002. Winter cascading of cold water in Lake Geneva. J. Geophys. Res. 107(C6), 10.1029/2001JC000828.

4. Fer, I., U. Lemmin, and S.A. Thorpe, 2002. Contribution of entrainment and vertical plumes to the winter cascading of cold shelf waters in a deep lake. Limnol. Oceanogr. 47(2), 576-580.

3. Fer, I., U. Lemmin, and S.A. Thorpe, 2001. Cascading of water down the sloping sides of a deep lake in winter. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28(10), 2093-2096.

2. Fer, I., U. Lemmin, and S.A. Thorpe, 2001. Observations of mixing near the sides of a deep lake in winter. Limnol. Oceanogr., 47(2), 535-544.

1. Thorpe, S. A., U. Lemmin, C. Perrinjaquet, and I. Fer, 1999. Observations of the thermal structure of a lake using a submarine. Limnol. Oceanogr., 44(6), 1575-1582.

Popular Science Articles 

Fer, I. and A. Sirevaag, 2008. Indre bølger i Polhavet, Klima, 3, 41-43. 

Fer, I. and W.S. Holbrook, 2005. Seismikk avslører indre bølger i havet, Cicerone, 4, 30-31.

 

 

 

 

 

GEOF110, Innføring i dynamikken til atmosfæren og havet (10 SP)

GEOF310, Turbulens i atmosfærens og havets grenselag (10 SP)

GEOF301, Introduksjonskurs til mastergrad (5 SP)

Faroe Bank Channel Overflow: Dynamics and Mixing

Antarctic Ice Shelves and Ocean Climate: Production, Export, Dynamics and Variability of Bottom Water in the Southern Weddell Sea

Arctic Ocean Mixing

Internal hydraulic processes in an Arctic fjord