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2026

  • Álvarez-Silva, Ó., Becker, M., Flores, R. P., Arévalo, F., Holtermann, P., Cardona, Y., & Winter, C. (2026). The asymmetric hydrodynamic structure of a wind-dominated river plume. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 131, e2025JC022720. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JC022720

  • Kuss, J., Holtermann, P., Umlauf, L., Dellwig, O., Prien, R. D., & Waniek, J. J. (2026). The changing Baltic Sea: Between nutrient load reduction and a warming climate. Annual Review of Marine Science, 18, 219–244. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-040324-020707

2025

  • Henell, E., Burchard, H., Gräwe, U., Holtermann, P., Naumann, M., Umlauf, L., & Klingbeil, K. (2025). Exploring the variability of a non-tidal marginal sea with a single-model ensemble. Ocean Modelling, 198, 102615. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2025.102615

  • Voss, M., Holtermann, P., Ahmerkamp, S., Arévalo Martínez, D. L., Cahill, B., Chouksey, M., Dippner, J. W., Dutz, J., Feldens, P., Geersen, J., Gentsch, K., Gogina, M., Herlemann, D., Henkel, J., Kanwischer, M., Krebs, B., Kremp, A., Malissery, A., Mars, R., Müller, J., & others. (2025). Coastal zones of the Baltic Sea in the Anthropocene: Current state and the impact of climate change. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 326, 109504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2025.109504

2024

  • Lueck, R., Fer, I., Bluteau, C., Dengler, M., Holtermann, P., Inoue, R., LeBoyer, A., Nicholson, S., Schulz, K., & Stevens, C. (2024). Best practices recommendations for estimating dissipation rates from shear probes. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1334327

2023

  • Muchowski, J., Jakobsson, M., Umlauf, L., Arneborg, L., Gustafsson, B., Holtermann, P., Humborg, C., & Stranne, C. (2023). Observations of strong turbulence and mixing impacting water exchange between two basins in the Baltic Sea. Ocean Science, 19, 1809–1825. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-1809-2023

  • Muchowski, J., Arneborg, L., Umlauf, L., Holtermann, P., Eisbrenner, E., Humborg, C., Jakobsson, M., & Stranne, C. (2023). Diapycnal mixing induced by rough small-scale bathymetry. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL103514. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103514

  • Umlauf, L., Klingbeil, K., Radtke, H., Schwefel, R., Bruggeman, J., & Holtermann, P. (2023). Hydrodynamic control of sediment-water fluxes: Consistent parameterization and impact in coupled benthic-pelagic models. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 128, e2023JC019651. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC019651

  • Voss, M., Choisnard, N., Bartoli, M., Bonaglia, S., Bourbonnais, A., Frey, C., Holtermann, P., Jennerjahn, T. C., Jickells, T., & Weston, K. (2023). Coastal nitrogen cycling – Biogeochemical processes and the impacts of human activities and climate change. In Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier.

2022

  • Muchowski, J., Umlauf, L., Arneborg, L., Holtermann, P., Weidner, E., Humborg, C., & Stranne, C. (2022). Potential and limitations of a commercial broadband echosounder for remote observations of turbulent mixing. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 1. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-21-0169.1

  • Holtermann, P., Pinner, O., Schwefel, R., & Umlauf, L. (2022). The role of boundary mixing for diapycnal oxygen fluxes in a stratified marine system. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL098917. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL098917

  • Kopte, R., Becker, M., Holtermann, P., & Winter, C. (2022). Tides, stratification, and counter rotation: The German Bight ROFI in comparison to other regions of freshwater influence. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127, e2021JC018236. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC018236

  • Peng, J.-P., Holtermann, P., & Umlauf, L. (2022). Frontal instability and energy dissipation in a submesoscale upwelling filament. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50, 2017–2035. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-19-0270.1

  • Chegini, F., Holtermann, P., Kerimoglu, O., & others. (2022). Processes of stratification and destratification during an extreme river discharge event in the German Bight ROFI. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125, e2019JC015987. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015987

  • Holtermann, P., Prien, R., Naumann, M., & Umlauf, L. (2022). Interleaving of oxygenized intrusions into the Baltic Sea redoxcline. Limnology and Oceanography, 65, 482–503. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11317

2021

  • Bauer, T. P., Holtermann, P., Heinold, B., Radtke, H., Knoth, O., & Klingbeil, K. (2021). ICONGETM v1.0 – flexible NUOPC-driven two-way coupling via ESMF exchange grids between the unstructured-grid atmosphere model ICON and the structured-grid coastal ocean model GETM. Geoscientific Model Development, 14, 4843–4863. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-4843-2021

  • Chrysagi, E., Umlauf, L., Holtermann, P., Klingbeil, K., & Jürgens, K. (2021). A metatranscriptomics-based assessment of small-scale mixing of sulfidic and oxic waters on redoxcline prokaryotic communities. Environmental Microbiology, 21, 584–602. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14499

  • Dippner, J. W., Bartl, I., Chrysagi, E., Holtermann, P., Kremp, A., Thoms, F., & Voss, M. (2021). Lagrangian residence time in the Bay of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00725

2020

  • Schulz, K., Burchard, H., Mohrholz, V., Holtermann, P., Schuttelaars, H. M., Becker, M., Maushake, C., & Gerkema, T. (2020). Intratidal and spatial variability over a slope in the Ems estuary: Robust along-channel SPM transport versus episodic events. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 243, 106902. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106902

  • Holtermann, P., Prien, R., Naumann, M., & Umlauf, L. (2020). Deepwater dynamics and mixing processes during a major inflow event in the central Baltic Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122, 6648–6667. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JC013050

  • Rybicki, M., Moldaenke, C., Rinke, K., & others. (2020). WP-C: A step towards secured drinking water: Development of an early warning system for lakes. In A. Sachse, Z. Liao, W. Hu, X. Dai, & O. Kolditz (Eds.), Chinese Water Systems: Volume 2: Managing Water Resources for Urban Catchments: Chaohu (pp. 159–205). Springer International Publishing.

2019

  • Umlauf, L., Holtermann, P., Gillner, C. A., Prien, R. D., Merckelbach, L., & Carpenter, J. R. (2019). Diffusive convection under rapidly varying conditions. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 48, 1731–1747. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-18-0018.1

  • Frassl, M. A., Boehrer, B., Holtermann, P., Hu, W., Klingbeil, K., Peng, Z., Zhu, J., & Rinke, K. (2019). Opportunities and limits of using meteorological reanalysis data for simulating seasonal to sub-daily water temperature dynamics in a large shallow lake. Water, 10, 594. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10050594

  • Beier, S., Holtermann, P., Numberger, D., Schott, T., Umlauf, L., & Jürgens, K. (2019). A metatranscriptomics-based assessment of small-scale mixing of sulfidic and oxic waters on redoxcline prokaryotic communities. Environmental Microbiology, 21, 584–602. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14499

  • Dippner, J. W., Bartl, I., Chrysagi, E., Holtermann, P., Kremp, A., Thoms, F., & Voss, M. (2019). Lagrangian residence time in the Bay of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00725

2018

  • Vortmeyer-Kley, R., Holtermann, P., Feudel, U., & Gräwe, U. (2018). Comparing Eulerian and Lagrangian eddy census for a tide-less, semi-enclosed basin, the Baltic Sea. Ocean Dynamics, 69, 701–717. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-019-01269-z

2017

  • Holtermann, P. L., Prien, R., Naumann, M., Mohrholz, V., & Umlauf, L. (2017). Deepwater dynamics and mixing processes during a major inflow event in the central Baltic Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122, 6648–6667. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JC013050

2016

  • Schmale, O., Krause, S., Holtermann, P., Numberger, D., & Umlauf, L. (2016). Dense bottom gravity currents and their impact on pelagic methanotrophy at oxic/anoxic transition zones. Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 2016GL069032. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069032

2015

  • Gräwe, U., Holtermann, P., Klingbeil, K., & Burchard, H. (2015). Advantages of vertically adaptive coordinates in numerical models of stratified shelf seas. Ocean Modelling, 92, 56–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2015.05.008

2014

  • Jakobs, G., Holtermann, P., Berndmeyer, C., Rehder, G., Blumenberg, M., Jost, G., Nausch, G., & Schmale, O. (2014). Seasonal and spatial methane dynamics in the water column of the central Baltic Sea (Gotland Sea). Continental Shelf Research, 91, 12–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2014.07.005

  • Burchard, H., Gräwe, U., Holtermann, P., Klingbeil, K., & Umlauf, L. (2014). Turbulence closure modelling in coastal waters. Die Küste, 81, 69–87.

  • Holtermann, P., Burchard, H., Gräwe, U., Klingbeil, K., & Umlauf, L. (2014). Deep-water dynamics and boundary mixing in a non-tidal stratified basin: A modeling study of the Baltic Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research, 119, 1465–1487. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JC009483

2012

  • Holtermann, P. L., Umlauf, L., Tanhua, T., Schmale, O., Rehder, G., & Waniek, J. J. (2012). The Baltic Sea Tracer Release Experiment: 1. Mixing rates. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 117, C01021. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007439

  • Holtermann, P., & Umlauf, L. (2012). The Baltic Sea Tracer Release Experiment: 2. Mixing processes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 117, C01022. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007445

2009

2008

  • Umlauf, L., Tanhua, T., Waniek, J. J., Schmale, O., Holtermann, P., & Rehder, G. (2008). Hunting a new tracer. EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 89, 419–419.