Dr.
Fred Wobus
Telephone: +971-50-3938490 Email: fredwobus [at] yahoo [dot] com |
• Experienced computer scientist, data wrangler, programmer and sysadmin working with HPC systems on large data sets in meteorology and oceanography • Currently developing Python-based data analysis products to assist marine asset planning ranging from short-term forecasts to long-term climate impact planning • Supporting HPC for numerical modelling and large-scale data analysis • Developing and maintaining operational weather and ocean forecasting systems using WRF, NEMO/NEMOVAR, WaveWatch3 and CROCO/ROMS model codes • Building user interfaces and end-user visualisation solutions, focussing on environmental impact reports • Extensive background in software development and system administration on Linux (and previously Windows) • Teaching experience spanning higher education, on-the-job training and even scuba-diving instruction |
Research interests
Geospatial data analysis • Climate projections using environmental data • Operational ocean & weather forecasting • Numerical modelling • Physical oceanography • Mesoscale ocean circulation in the Indian Ocean and Arabian Gulf • Shelf-deep sea exchanges in the Black Sea • Dense water cascading (downslope gravity currents of dense shelf water) in the Arctic Ocean, the Black Sea and the Arabian Gulf
CV & Publication list
Curriculum vitae: Download fred_wobus_cv.pdf
Publication list: Download fred_wobus_pub.pdf
Publications
Refereed Journals:
Bruciaferri D., G.I. Shapiro, S. Stanichny, A. Zatsepin, T. Ezer, F. Wobus, X. Francis, D. Hilton (2020) The development of a 3D computational mesh to improve the representation of dynamic processes: The Black Sea test case, Ocean Modelling (146), 101534. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2019.101534 (PDF)
Bruciaferri D., G.I. Shapiro, F. Wobus (2018) A multi-envelope vertical coordinate system for numerical ocean modelling, Ocean Dynamics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-018-1189-x (Private Link)
Mikaelyan A.S., G.I. Shapiro, V.K. Chasovnikov, F. Wobus, M. Zanacchi (2017) Drivers of the autumn phytoplankton development in the open Black Sea, Journal of Marine Systems 174 1-11, doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2017.05.006 (PDF)
Zhou F., G.I. Shapiro, F. Wobus (2014) Cross-shelf exchange in the northwestern Black Sea, Journal of Geophysical Research 119, 2143-2164 doi:10.1002/2013JC009484 (PDF)
Wobus F., G.I. Shapiro, J.M. Huthnance, M.A.M. Maqueda, and Y. Aksenov (2013) Tidally-induced lateral dispersion of the Storfjorden overflow plume, Ocean Science 9, 885– 899, doi:10.5194/os-9-885-2013 (PDF)
Video of simulated dense water overflow contrasting non-tidal vs. tidal conditions: watch online, download video file (5 MB)
Wobus, F., G.I. Shapiro, J.M. Huthnance, M.A.M. Maqueda (2013) The piercing of the Atlantic Layer by an Arctic shelf water cascade in an idealised study inspired by the Storfjorden overflow in Svalbard, Ocean Modelling 71, 54–65, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2013.03.003 (PDF)
Wobus, F., G.I. Shapiro, M.A.M. Maqueda, J.M. Huthnance (2011) Numerical simulations of dense water cascading on a steep slope, Journal of Marine Research 69, 391–415, doi:10.1357/002224011798765268 (PDF)
Shapiro, G.I., F. Wobus, D.L. Aleynik (2011) Seasonal and inter-annual temperature variability in the bottom waters over the western Black Sea shelf, Ocean Science 7, 585–596, doi:10.5194/os-7-585-2011 (PDF)
PhD thesis, 2013
Thesis title: The dynamics of dense water cascades: from laboratory scales to the Arctic Ocean (download PDF, 37MB)
Supervisors: Georgy I. Shapiro, John M. Huthnance, Miguel Angel Morales Maqueda
Conference presentations
Shapiro G.I., F. Wobus, D. Yuan and Zh. Wang (2014) Inter-annual variability of exchange processes at the outer Black Sea shelf, 16th Biennial Challenger Conference for Marine Science, 08 – 11th September 2014, Plymouth, UK (Presentation PDF)
Shapiro, G.I., F. Wobus, and F. Zhou (2014) Exchanges between the open Black Sea and its North West shelf, Geophysical Research Abstracts 16, EGU2014-1064, EGU General Assembly, 27 April – 02 May 2014, Vienna, Austria
Wobus, F., G.I. Shapiro, J.M. Huthnance, M.A.M. Maqueda, Y. Aksenov (2013) Tidally-induced dispersion of the Storfjorden overflow plume onto the West Svalbard Shelf, Geophysical Research Abstracts 15, EGU2013-4912, EGU General Assembly, 07 – 12 April 2013, Vienna, Austria (Presentation PDF)
Wobus, F., G.I. Shapiro, J.M. Huthnance, M.A.M. Maqueda (2012) An Idealised Modelling Study of an Arctic Dense Water Cascade Piercing the Atlantic Layer, 15th Biennial Challenger Conference for Marine Science, 03 – 06 September 2012, Norwich, UK (Oral presentation, see Book of Abstracts p.61, PDF)
Wobus, F., G.I. Shapiro, J.M. Huthnance, M.A.M. Maqueda (2012) The piercing of the Atlantic Layer by a dense water cascade in an idealised modelling study inspired by the Storfjorden overflow, Geophysical Research Abstracts 14, EGU2012-2816, EGU General Assembly, 22 – 27 April 2012, Vienna, Austria
Wobus, F., G.I. Shapiro, M.A.M. Maqueda, J.M. Huthnance (2012) Numerical simulations of dense water cascading on a steep slope, Geophysical Research Abstracts 14, EGU2012-4555, EGU General Assembly, 22 – 27 April 2012, Vienna, Austria
Wobus, F., G.I. Shapiro, M.A.M. Maqueda, J.M. Huthnance (2011) Modelling density-stratified cascades on a steep slope, UK Arctic Science Conference 2011, University of Leeds, 14 – 16 September 2011, Leeds, UK (Oral presentation, PDF)
Wobus, F., G.I. Shapiro, M.A.M. Maqueda, J.M. Huthnance (2011) Modelling of shelf water cascades on the continental slope, Geophysical Research Abstracts 13, EGU2011-3027, EGU General Assembly, 04 – 08 April 2011, Vienna, Austria (Oral presentation, PDF)
Shapiro, G.I., F. Wobus, D.L. Aleynik (2011) Inter-annual to inter-decadal temperature variability in the benthic layer of the western Black Sea shelf, Final SESAME General Assembly & Scientific Conference, 04 – 08 April 2011, Athens, Greece (presented by G.I. Shapiro, see abstract)
Wobus, F., G.I. Shapiro, M.A.M. Maqueda, J.M. Huthnance (2011) Modelling density-stratified cascades on a steep slope, UK Young Coastal Scientists and Engineers Conference (YCSEC2011), 30 – 31 March, Liverpool, UK (Poster presentation)
Wobus, F., G.I. Shapiro, M.A.M. Maqueda, J.M. Huthnance (2010) Numerical simulations of dense water cascading on a steep slope, 3rd Annual Marine Institute Conference, 20th December 2010, Plymouth, UK (Oral presentation)
Wobus, F., G.I. Shapiro, M.A.M. Maqueda, J.M. Huthnance (2010) Simulating laboratory experiments of dense water cascades: a sensitivity study, 14th Biennial Challenger Conference for Marine Science, 06 – 09 September 2010, Southampton, UK (Presentation PDF)
Shapiro, G.I., F. Wobus (2010) The ventilation of near-bottom shelf waters in the north-western Black Sea, 14th Biennial Challenger Conference for Marine Science, 06 – 09 September 2010, Southampton, UK (Poster PDF)
Shapiro, G.I., F. Wobus, D.L. Aleynik and C.L. Griffiths (2010) Long Term Variability of the Physical Parameters in the Benthic Boundary Layer over the Black Sea Shelf, 39th CIESM Congress of the Mediterranean Science Commission, 10 – 14 May 2010, Venice, Italy (Poster presented by G.I. Shapiro, abstract PDF)
Shapiro, G.I., F. Wobus (2010) The role of horizontal exchanges on ventilation of the benthic boundary layer on the Black Sea shelf, Geophysical Research Abstracts 12, EGU2010-1728, EGU General Assembly, 02 – 07 May 2010, Vienna, Austria (Poster presentation, abstract)
Wobus, F., G.I. Shapiro, D.L. Aleynik (2010) Interannual Temperature Variability in the Benthic Boundary Layer over the Black Sea Shelf, Short Conference Series of the University of Plymouth Postgraduate Society, 18th March 2010, Plymouth, UK (Presentation PDF, abstract)
Shapiro, G.I., D.L. Aleynik, F. Wobus (2009) Long-Term Variability in the Horizontal Exchanges Between the Benthic Boundary Layer Over the Black Sea Shelf and the Deep Sea and its Potential Role in Carbon Sequestration, 2nd SESAME Scientific Workshop, 11 – 12 November 2009, Villefranche, France (Oral presentation, abstract)
Seminars & invited talks:
8th October 2012, Wobus, F., G.I. Shapiro, J.M. Huthnance, M.A.M. Maqueda, The Storfjorden overflow - Dense water cascading in the Arctic Ocean, APECS Svalbard Workshop, online webinar (video transcript, Presentation PPTX 34.4 MB)
16th May 2012, Wobus, F., G.I. Shapiro, J.M. Huthnance, M.A.M. Maqueda, Dense water cascading in the Arctic Ocean - overview and idealised modelling results, NOCL seminar series, National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool, UK (Presentation PPTX 70.6 MB)
3rd Aug 2011, Wobus, F., G.I. Shapiro, J.M. Huthnance, M.A.M. Maqueda, Dense water cascading off the continental shelf – overview and recent modelling results, Seminar at British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK (Presentation PPTX, 29MB)
