Dr. Willi Rath

Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics
Ocean Dynamics

OFFICE
Room No.: 3.312, Building 5 (ENB)
E-mail: wrath(at)geomar.de

ADDRESS
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
Wischhofstr. 1 - 3
24148 Kiel, Germany

Research Topics

(Marine) Data Science
Lagrangian Methods
Air-Sea Interactions

Projects

WarmWorld ELPHE, 2024 – 2027
Predicting and quantifying marine bivalve disease dispersal by biophysical simulations, 2024 – 2027
MarDATA, 2019 –
Cloudlab, 2021 –
Pangeo, 2018 –
OceanParcels, 2018 –

Vita

Since 2019: Data Scientist, Ocean Dynamics, GEOMAR
2015-2019: Technical Staff, Ocean Dynamics, GEOMAR
2014-2015: Postdoctoral Scientist, PREFACE / Physical Oceanography, GEOMAR
2009-2013: Doctoral Student, Theory and Modelling, IFM-GEOMAR / GEOMAR
2003-2009: Diploma Physics, Humboldt-University Berlin

Publications

ORCID: 0000-0003-1951-8494

Jump to: 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2010

Number of items: 35.

2024

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Fraser, N. J., Fox, A. D., Cunningham, S. A., Rath, W.

, Schwarzkopf, F. U.

and Biastoch, A.

(2024) Vertical Velocity Dynamics in the North Atlantic and Implications for AMOC. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 54 (9). pp. 2011-2024. DOI 10.1175/JPO-D-23-0229.1.

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Schmittmann, L.

, Busch, K.

, Mock, L. C.

, Rath, W.

and Kluger, L. C. (2024) Beyond the bay: Biophysical simulations of disease dispersal suggest broadening spatial scales for aquaculture carrying capacity.

One Earth, 7 (7). pp. 1202-1212. DOI 10.1016/j.oneear.2024.05.023.

Burmeister, K.

, Schwarzkopf, F. U.

, Rath, W.

, Biastoch, A.

, Brandt, P.

, Lübbecke, J. F.

and Inall, M. (2024) Dependency of simulated tropical Atlantic current variability on the wind forcing.

Ocean Science, 20 (2). pp. 307-339. DOI 10.5194/os-20-307-2024.

2023

Landt-Hayen, M., Wölker, Y., Rath, W.

and Claus, M.

(2023) A Bottom-Up Sampling Strategy for Reconstructing Geospatial Data from Ultra Sparse Inputs. [Paper] In: 19th International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications (ADMA 2023). , 21.-23.08.2023, Shenyang, China . Advanced Data Mining and Applications. ; pp. 677-691 . DOI 10.1007/978-3-031-46661-8_45.

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Landt-Hayen, M., Kröger, P., Rath, W.

and Claus, M.

(2023) Reconstruct Geospatial Data from Ultra Sparse Inputs to Predict Climate Events. [Paper] In: 19. IEEE International Conference on e-Science. , 09. - 14.10.2023, Limassol, Cypres . 2023 IEEE 19th International Conference on e-Science (e-Science). ; pp. 1-10 . DOI 10.1109/e-Science58273.2023.10254937.

Ngakala, R. D., Alory, G., Da-Allada, C. Y., Kom, O. E., Jouanno, J., Rath, W.

and Baloïtcha, E. (2023) Joint observation–model mixed-layer heat and salt budgets in the eastern tropical Atlantic.

Ocean Science, 19 (3). pp. 535-558. DOI 10.5194/os-19-535-2023.

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Landt-Hayen, M., Rath, W.

, Wahl, S.

, Niebaum, N., Claus, M.

and Kröger, P. (2023) A climate index collection based on model data.

Environmental Data Science, 2 . Art.Nr. e9. DOI 10.1017/eds.2023.5.

Portanier, E., Nicolle, A., Rath, W.

, Monnet, L., Le Goff, G., Le Port, A. S., Daguin-Thiébaut, C., Morrison, C. L., Cunha, M. R., Betters, M., Young, C. M., Van Dover, C. L., Biastoch, A.

, Thiebaut, E. and Jollivet, D. (2023) Coupling large-spatial scale larval dispersal modelling with barcoding to refine the amphi-Atlantic connectivity hypothesis in deep-sea seep mussels.

Frontiers in Marine Science, 10 . Art.Nr. 1122124. DOI 10.3389/fmars.2023.1122124.

Landt-Hayen, M.

, Rath, W.

and Claus, M.

(2023) Fact or Artifact? Revise Layer-wise Relevance Propagation on various ANN Architectures.

Computer Science & Information Technology (CS & IT), 13 (23). DOI 10.5121/csit.2023.132305.

Landt-Hayen, M., Rath, W.

, Wahl, S.

and Claus, M.

(2023) CICMoD - A Climate Index Collection Benchmark. [Paper] In: The 31st ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (SIGSPATIAL ’23). , 13.-16.11.2023, Hamburg, Germany .

Schmittmann, L.

, Busch, K.

, Gottschalk, J., Mock, L.

, Rath, W.

and Biastoch, A.

(2023) Quantifying the risk of disease dispersal to European flat oyster restoration sites by ocean modelling. [Talk] In: NORA5 Conference (Scaling-up European Oyster Reef Restoration). , 06.-08.11.2023, Middelburg, Netherlands .

2022

Fox, A. D., Handmann, P.

, Schmidt, C.

, Fraser, N., Rühs, S.

, Sanchez-Franks, A., Martin, T.

, Oltmanns, M., Johnson, C., Rath, W.

, Holliday, N. P., Biastoch, A.

, Cunningham, S. A. and Yashayaev, I. (2022) Exceptional freshening and cooling in the eastern subpolar North Atlantic caused by reduced Labrador Sea surface heat loss.

Ocean Science, 18 (5). pp. 1507-1533. DOI 10.5194/os-18-1507-2022.

Claus, M.

, Gundlach, S., Hasselbring, W., Jung, R., Rath, W.

and Schnoor, H. (2022) Modularizing Earth system models for interactive simulation.

Informatik Spektrum, 45 . pp. 300-303. DOI 10.1007/s00287-022-01490-z.

Landt-Hayen, M., Kröger, P., Claus, M.

and Rath, W.

(2022) Layer-Wise Relevance Propagation for Echo State Networks Applied to Earth System Variability.

[Paper] In: Signal, Image Processing and Embedded Systems, 8th International Conference on Signal, Image Processing and Embedded Systems (SIGEM 2022). , 19.-20.11.2022, Zürich, Switzerland . Signal, Image Processing and Embedded Systems Trends. ; pp. 115-130 . DOI 10.5121/csit.2022.122008. Computer Science & Information Technology (CS & IT): Conference Proceedings, 12 (20).

2021

Trahms, C., Handmann, P., Rath, W.

, Visbeck, M.

and Renz, M. (2021) Where have all the larvae gone? Towards Fast Main Pathway Identification from Geospatial Trajectories. [Paper] In: 17. International Symposium on Spatial and Temporal Databases, SSTD 2021. , 23.-25.08.2021, Online ; pp. 126-129 . DOI 10.1145/3469830.3470896. ACM International Conference Proceedings Series .

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Hiremath, D.

, Claus, M.

, Hasselbring, W.

and Rath, W.

(2021) Towards Automated Metamorphic Test Identification for Ocean System Models. [Paper] In: 2021 IEEE/ACM 6th International Workshop on Metamorphic Testing (MET). , 22.-30.05.2021, Virtual (originally Madrid, Spain) . Proceedings from IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Metamorphic Testing (MET). ; pp. 42-46 . DOI 10.1109/MET52542.2021.00014.

Benestan, L.

, Fietz, K., Loiseau, N.

, Guerin, P. E., Trofimenko, E., Rühs, S.

, Schmidt, C.

, Rath, W.

, Biastoch, A.

, Pérez-Ruzafa, A.

, Baixauli, P.

, Forcada, A.

, Arcas, E.

, Lenfant, P.

, Mallol, S.

, Goñi, R., Velez, L.

, Höppner, M., Kininmonth, S.

, Mouillot, D.

, Puebla, O.

and Manel, S.

(2021) Restricted dispersal in a sea of gene flow. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288 (1951). Art.Nr. 20210458. DOI 10.1098/rspb.2021.0458.

Hummels, R.

, Dengler, M.

, Rath, W.

, Foltz, G., Schütte, F., Fischer, T.

and Brandt, P.

(2021) Surface cooling caused by rare but intense near-inertial wave induced mixing in the tropical Atlantic. [Talk] In: Physical Oceanography Seminar, Bremen University. , 15.01.2021, online .

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Hummels, R.

, Dengler, M.

, Rath, W.

, Foltz, G., Schütte, F., Fischer, T.

and Brandt, P.

(2021) Surface cooling caused by rare but intense near-inertial wave induced mixing in the tropical Atlantic.

[Talk] In: EGU General Assembly 2021. , 19.-30.03.2021, Online .

Schubert, R.

and Rath, W.

(2021) reneschubert/keflux.

DOI 10.5281/zenodo.4476094.

2020

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Hummels, R.

, Dengler, M.

, Rath, W.

, Foltz, G. R., Schütte, F., Fischer, T.

and Brandt, P.

(2020) Surface cooling caused by rare but intense near-inertial wave induced mixing in the tropical Atlantic.

Nature Communications, 11 (1). Art.Nr. 3829. DOI 10.1038/s41467-020-17601-x.

Matthes, K.

, Biastoch, A.

, Wahl, S.

, Harlaß, J.

, Martin, T.

, Brücher, T., Drews, A.

, Ehlert, D., Getzlaff, K.

, Krüger, F., Rath, W.

, Scheinert, M.

, Schwarzkopf, F. U.

, Bayr, T.

, Schmidt, H.

and Park, W.

(2020) The Flexible Ocean and Climate Infrastructure Version 1 (FOCI1): Mean State and Variability.

Geoscientific Model Development, 13 . pp. 2533-2568. DOI 10.5194/gmd-13-2533-2020.

Hiremath, D.

, Claus, M.

, Hasselbring, W.

and Rath, W.

(2020) Automated identification of metamorphic test scenarios for an ocean-modeling application. [Paper] In: 2020 IEEE International Conference On Artificial Intelligence Testing (AITest). , 03.-06.08.2020, Oxford, UK . DOI 10.1109/AITEST49225.2020.00016.

Hummels, R.

, Dengler, M.

, Rath, W.

, Foltz, G. R., Schütte, F., Fischer, T.

and Brandt, P.

(2020) Surface cooling caused by rare but intense near-inertial wave induced mixing in the tropical Atlantic. [Poster] In: AGU Fall Meeting 2020. , 01.-17.12.2020, Online .

2019

Eynard-Bontemps, G., Abernathey, R., Hamman, J., Ponte, A. and Rath, W.

(2019) The PANGEO Big Data Ecosystem and its use at CNES.

In: Proc. of the 2019 conference on Big Data from Space (BiDS’2019), EUR 29660 EN. . Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, pp. 49-52. ISBN 978-92-76-00034-1 DOI 10.2760/848593.

2018

Poggemann, D. W., Nürnberg, D.

, Hathorne, E. C.

, Frank, M.

, Rath, W., Reißig, S.

and Bahr, A. (2018) Deglacial Heat Uptake by the Southern Ocean and Rapid Northward Redistribution via Antarctic Intermediate Water.

Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 33 (11). pp. 1292-1305. DOI 10.1029/2017PA003284.

Hummels, R., Dengler, M.

, Brandt, P.

, Rath, W., Foltz, G. R., Schütte, F., Fischer, T.

, Bourles, B. and Schlundt, M. (2018) Turbulent mixing and its contribution to the Mixed-Layer heat budget in the tropical Atlantic. [Talk] In: PIRATA 23 Meeting. , 22.10.-26.10.2018, Marseille, France .

2016

Frank, M.

, Achterberg, E. P.

, Bristow, L., Browning, T.

, Deng, F., Handmann, P., Hathorne, E.

, Hopwood, M. J.

, Lodeiro, P.

, Menzel-Barraqueta, J. L., Merschel, G., Meyer, S., Pampin Baro, J., Rahlf, P., Rath, W., Schlosser, C.

, Stippkugel, A., Vieira, L. H.

, Zitoun, R. and Raeke, A. (2016) Trace Metal Chemistry in the Water Column of the Angola Basin - A Contribution to the International GEOTRACES Program - Cruise No. M121, November 22, – December 27, 2015, Walvis Bay (Namibia) – Walvis Bay (Namibia).

. METEOR-Berichte, M121 . DFG-Senatskommission für Ozeanographie, Bremen, 39 pp. DOI 10.2312/cr_m121.

Lüdke, J.

, Dengler, M.

, Brandt, P.

and Rath, W.

(2016) Seasonal Mixed Layer Heat and Salinity Budget in the South Eastern Tropical Atlantic Ocean. [Poster] In: PREFACE-PIRATA-CLIVAR-TAV Conference. , 28.11.-02.12.2016, Paris, France .

2015

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Dippe, T., Zhai, X., Greatbatch, R. J.

and Rath, W.

(2015) Interannual variability of wind power input to near-inertial motions in the North Atlantic. Ocean Dynamics, 65 (6). pp. 859-875. DOI 10.1007/s10236-015-0834-x.

2014

Rath, W., Greatbatch, R. J.

and Zhai, X. (2014) On the spatial and temporal distribution of near-inertial energy in the Southern Ocean.

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119 (1). pp. 359-376. DOI 10.1002/2013JC009246.

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Dippe, T., Zhai, X., Greatbatch, R. J.

and Rath, W.

(2014) Interannual Variability of Wind Power Input to near-inertial Currents in the North Atlantic. [Poster] In: Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics: A Scientific Workshop to Celebrate Professor Dr Richard Greatbatch's 60th Birthday. , 10.-11.04.2014, Liverpool, UK .