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Andreas M. Thurnherr

Lamont Associate Research Professor
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Ocean and Climate Physics
Lecturer
Earth and Environmental Sciences
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204C Oceanography
61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000
Palisades
NY
10964-8000
US
Phone: 
(845) 365-8816
Fax: 
(845) 365-8157
ant@ldeo.columbia.edu
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Fields of interest: 
abyssal circulation & mixing; physical oceanography near mid-ocean ridges
Education
List of degrees from highest to lowest:
PhD
University of Southampton (UK)
2000
Referenced in the Following News Items: 
Selected Publications: 
Intense mixing of lower thermocline water on the crest of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, St Laurent, L. C.; Thurnherr, A. M. , Nature, Aug 9, Volume 448, Issue 7154, p.680-683, (2007), Doi 10.1038/Nature06043

Global abyssal mixing inferred from lowered ADCP shear and CTD strain profiles, Kunze, E.; Firing, E.; Hummon, J. M.; Chereskin, T. K.; Thurnherr, A. M. , Journal of Physical Oceanography, Aug, Volume 36, Issue 8, p.1553-1576, (2006)

Mixing associated with sills in a canyon on the midocean ridge flank, Thurnherr, A. M.; St Laurent, L. C.; Speer, K. G.; Toole, J. M.; Ledwell, J. R. , Journal of Physical Oceanography, Aug, Volume 35, Issue 8, p.1370-1381, (2005)

Representativeness of meridional hydrographic sections in the western South Atlantic, Thurnherr, A. M.; Speer, K. G. , Journal of Marine Research, Jan, Volume 62, Issue 1, p.37-65, (2004)