About:

Present affiliation: Tenure-track position in physical oceanography at NIOZ

Research interests

• Physical oceanography at high latitudes
• Arctic Ocean freshwater fluxes
• Mesoscale oceanic vortices
• Flow-topography interaction

Projects

• North Atlantic Climate (NACLIM): Predictability of the climate in the North Atlantic/European sector related to North Atlantic/Arctic Ocean sea surface temperature and sea ice variability and change. Financed by the European Commission through the 7th Framework Programme for Research, Theme 6 Environment, Grant Agreement 308299

Publications

• M. Granskog, C. A. Stedmon, P.A. Dodd, R.M.W. Amon, A.K. Pavlov, L. de Steur, E. Hansen. 2012. Characteristics of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in the Arctic outflow in Fram Strait: assessing the changes and fate of terrigenous CDOM in the Arctic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., in press, doi:10.1029/2012JC008075
• A. Jahn et al., 2012. Arctic Ocean freshwater: How robust are model simulations? J. Geophys. Res., 117, C00D16, doi:10.1029/2012JC007907
• C.M. Mauritzen et al., 2011. Closing the loop – Approaches to monitoring the state of the Arctic Mediterranean during the International Polar Year 2007–2008. Prog. in Oceanogr. 90, 62-89.
• Freshwater fluxes in the East Greenland Current: a decade of observations, 2009. L. de Steur, E. Hansen, R. Gerdes, M. Karcher, E. Fahrbach, J. Holfort. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L23611, doi:10.1029/2009gl041278.
• The influence of bottom topography on the decay of Agulhas rings, 2009. L. de Steur and P.J. van Leeuwen. Deep-Sea Res. I, doi:10.1016/j.dsr/2008.11.009
• Halo of ice deformation observed over the Maud Rice seamount, 2008. R.W. Lindsay, R. Kwok, L. de Steur. W. Meier, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L15501, doi:10.1029/2008GL034629
• The Warm-Water 'Halo' around Maud Rise: Properties, Dynamics and Impact, 2007. L. de Steur, D.M. Holland, R.D. Muench, M.G. McPhee, Deep-Sea Res. I, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2007.03.009
• Tracer leakage from modeled Agulhas rings, 2004. L. de Steur,  P.J. van Leeuwen and S.S. Drijfhout, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34 (6), 1387-1399
• Modeling the initial fast Sea-Surface Height decay of Agulhas ring "Astrid", 2003. S.S. Drijfhout, C.A. Katsman, L. de Steur, P.C.F. van der Vaart, P.J. van Leeuwen and C. Veth, Deep-Sea Res. II, 50, 299-319

 Biography

• 2007 - 2010: Postdoctoral research associate. Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway
• January - March 2009: Visiting scientist at Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, UW, Seattle, USA
• August - December 2006: Postdoctoral research associate. Polar Science Center,  Applied Physics Laboratory, UW, Seattle, USA
• July 2005 - June 2006: Postdoctoral research associate. Courant Institute for Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, USA
• 2005: Ph.D Physical Oceanography, Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU), University of Utrecht, The Netherlands