Dr. Jochen Horstmann
Dr. Jochen Horstmann
Ocean Surface Dynamics
Head of DepartmentPhone: +49 (0)4152 87-1530
Jochen Horstmann received the Diploma in physical oceanography (Dipl.-Oz.) and the Ph.D. in earth sciences (Dr. rer. nat.) from the University of Hamburg, Germany, in 1997 and 2002, respectively. He was with GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, Germany, where he joined the Coupled Model Systems group in 1995 and has been a Research Scientist with the Institute for Coastal Research since 2002. Since 2007 he has also been an Adjunct Professor of the Division of Applied Physics and the Department of Ocean Sciences of the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, USA.
In 2002, he was a Visiting Scientist with the Applied Physics Laboratory of the John Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, and with the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service from NOAA, Washington, DC. In 2004 and 2005, he was a Visiting Scientist with the Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing of the University of Miami, FL. From 2008 to 2013, he was a Senior Remote Sensing Scientist with Nato Undersea Research Center in La Spezia, Italy. Since 2013 he is head of the department of Radar Hydrography at the Institute of Coastal Research of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany.
He has a wide experience in the field of ocean remote sensing and has published more than 70 scientific papers in international peer-reviewed journals. His main research interests are the development of applications for radar and video based sensors with particular focus on ocean surface and subsurface processes.
- Bondehagen, A., Roeber, V., Kalisch, H., Buckley, M.P., Streßer, M., Cysewski, M., Horstmann, J., Bjørnestad, M., Ige, O.E., Frøysa, H.G., & Carrasco-Alvarez, R. (2024): Wave-driven current and vortex patterns at an open beach: Insights from phase-resolving numerical computations and Lagrangian measurements. Coastal Engineering, Vol 193, 104591, doi:10.1016/j.coastaleng.2024.104591
- Hans, A.C., Brandt, P., Gasparin, F., Claus, M., Cravatte, S., Horstmann, J., & Reverdin, G. (2024): Observed diurnal cycles of near-surface shear and stratification in the equatorial Atlantic and their wind dependence. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129, doi:10.1029/2023JC020870
- McCann, D.L., Martin, A.C.H., de Macedo, K.A.C., Carrasco Alvarez, R., Horstmann, J., Marié, L., Márquez-Martínez, J., Portabella, M., Meta, A., Gommenginger, C., Martin-Iglesias, P., & Casal, T.: A new airborne system for simultaneous high-resolution ocean vector current and wind mapping: first demonstration of the SeaSTAR mission concept in the macrotidal Iroise Sea. Ocean Sci., 20, 1109–1122, doi:10.5194/os-20-1109-2024
- Olivier, L., Reverdin, G., Boutin, J., Laxenaire, R., Iudicone, D., Pesant, S., Calil, P.H.R., Horstmann, J., Couet, D., Erta, J.M., Huber, P., Sarmento, H., Freire, A., Koch-Larrouy, A., Vergely, J.-L., Rousselot, P., & Speich, S. (2024): Late summer northwestward Amazon plume pathway under the action of the North Brazil Current rings. Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol 307, 114165, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2024.114165
- Støle-Hentschel, S., Catalan, P.A., Streßer, M., Horstmann, J., & Dias, F. (2024): Observations of Shoaling and Breaking Waves in Shallow Water With Different Coherent X-Band Radars. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience, Vol 62, 4204418, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2024.3373785
- Holand, K., Kalisch, H., Bjørnestad, M., Streßer, M., Buckley, M., Horstmann, J., Roeber, V., Carrasco-Alvarez, R., Cysewski, M., & Frøysa, H.G. (2023): Identification of wave breaking from nearshore wave-by-wave records. Physics of Fluids 35, 092105, doi:10.1063/5.0165053
- Navarro, W., Streβer, M., Carrasco, R., Seemann, J., & Horstmann, J. (2022): A Calibration-Free Methodology to Estimate Significant Wave Height Using Time-Sequences of X-Band Marine Radar Images. IGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2022, pp. 6907-6910, doi:10.1109/IGARSS46834.2022.9883799
- Streßer, M., Horstmann, J., & Baschek, B. (2022): Surface wave and roller dissipation observed with shore-based Doppler marine radar. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127, doi:10.1029/2022JC018437
- Streßer, M., Seemann, J., Carrasco, R., Cysewski, M., Horstmann, J., Baschek, B., & Deane, G. (2022): On the Interpretation of Coherent Marine Radar Backscatter From Surf Zone Waves. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 60, pp 1-14, 2022, Art no. 5105514,doi:10.1109/TGRS.2021.3103417
- Bjørnestad, M., Buckley, M., Kalisch, H., Streßer, M., Horstmann, J., Frøysa, H.G., Ige, O.E., Cysewski, M., & Carrasco-Alvarez, R. (2021): Lagrangian measurements of orbital velocities in the surf zone. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL095722, doi:10.1029/2021GL095722
- Horstmann, J., Bödewadt, J., Carrasco, R., Cysewski, M., Seemann, J., & Streβer, M. (2021): A Coherent on Receive X-Band Marine Radar for Ocean Observations. Sensors 2021, 21, 7828, doi:10.3390/s21237828
- Horstmann, J., & Dzvonkovskaya, A. (2021): High Frequency Radar. In: Foken, T. (eds): Springer Handbook of Atmospheric Measurements. Springer Handbooks, Springer, Cham., doi:10.1007/978-3-030-52171-4_33
- Lund, B., Dai, H., Graber, H.C., Guigand, C.M., Haus, B.K., Lodise, J.A., Novelli, G., Özgökmen, T., Rebozo, M.A., Ryan, E.H., Carrasco, R., Horstmann, J., & Streßer, M. (2021): UAS current mapping: A wave-based heading and position correction. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0123.1
- Reverdin, G., Olivier, L., Foltz, G. R., Speich, S., Karstensen, J., Horstmann, J., Zhang, D., Laxenaire, R., Carton, X., Branger, H., Carrasco, R., & Boutin, J. (2021): Formation and evolution of a freshwater plume in the northwestern tropical Atlantic in February 2020. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126, e2020JC016981, doi:10.1029/2020JC016981
- Schulz-Stellenfleth, J., Foerderreuther, S., Horstmann, J., & Staneva, J. (2021): Optimisation of Parameters in a German Bight Circulation Model by 4DVAR Assimilation of Current and Water Level Observations. Front. Mar. Sci. 8:648266, doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.648266
- Streßer, M., Seemann, J., Carrasco, R., Cysewski, M., Horstmann, J., Baschek, B., & Deane, G. (2021): On the Interpretation of Coherent Marine Radar Backscatter From Surf Zone Waves. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2021.3103417
- Schultze, L.K.P., Merckelbach, L.M., Horstmann, J., Raasch, S., & Carpenter, J.R. (2020): Increased mixing and turbulence in the wake of offshore wind farm foundations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125, e2019JC015858, doi:10.1029/2019JC015858
- Mantovani, C., L. Corgnati, J. Horstmann, A. Rubio, E. Reyes, C. Quentin, S. Cosoli, J.L. Asensio, J. Mader and A. Griffa, Best Practices on High Frequency Radar Deployment and Operation for Ocean Current Measurement, Front. Mar. Sci., submitted 2019.
- Lund, B., B. K. Haus, H.C. Graber, J. Horstmann, R. Carrasco, G. Novelli, C.M. Guigand, S. Mehta, N.J.M. Laxague, and T.M. Özgökmen, Marine X-band Radar Currents and Bathymetry: An Argument for a Wavenumber-Dependent Retrieval Method, J. Geophys. Res., submitted 2019.
- Pearson, J., B. Fox-Kemper, B. Pearson, H. Chang, B. Haus, J. Horstmann, H. Huntley, A. Kirwan Jr., B. Lund, and A.C. Poje, Biases in Structure Functions from Observations of Submesoscale Flows, J. Geophys. Res., submitted in 2019.
- Rascle, N., B. Chapron, J. Molemaker, F. Nouguier, F. Ocampo-Torres, P. Osuna, L. Marié, B. Lund, and J. Horstmann, Intense Deformation Field at Oceanic Front Inferred from Sea Surface Roughness Observations: Nondirectional Comparison of Satellite, Airplane and In-situ, J. Geophys. Res., submitted in 2019.
- Nyman, L., B. Lund, H.C. Graber, R. Romeiser, and J. Horstmann, Radar Observations of Ocean Surface Features Resulting from Underwater Topography Changes, Oceanography, accepted, 2019.
- Shao, M., B.K. Haus, D.G. Ortiz-Suslow, B. Lund, N.J. Williams, T.M. Özgökmen, N.J.M. Laxague, J. Horstmann, J.M. Klymak, E. D’Asaro, The Variability of Winds And Fluxes Observed Near Submesoscale Fronts, J. Geophys. Res., doi: 10.1029/2019JC015236, 2019.
- Bode, A., F. Abrantes, A.Antunes, A. Benetazzo, C.-T.A. Chen, E. Devred, M. Gade, E. Gràcia, J. Horstmann, D. Macías, J.M. Maina, P. Masqué, N. Meskhidze, and L. Somoza, MDPI Oceans: A New Publication Channel for Open Access Science Focused on the Ocean, Oceans 2020, 1(1), pp. 1-5, doi:10.3390/oceans1010001, 2019.
- Huang, W., Lund, B., & Horstmann, J. (2019): IEEE Access Special Section Editorial: Microwave (X- and S-Band) Marine Radars for Ocean Sensing. IEEE Access. 7, 18899-18901, doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2895442
- Callies, U., Carrasco, R., Floeter, J., Horstmann, J., & Quante, M. (2019): Submesoscale dispersion of surface drifters in a coastal sea near offshore wind farms. Ocean Sci., 15, 865-889, doi:10.5194/os-15-865-2019
- Filipot, J.-F., Guimaraes, P., Leckler, F., Horstmann, J., Carrasco, R., Leroy, E., Fady, N., Accensi, M., Prevosto, M., Duarte, R., Roeber, V., Benetazzo, A., Raoult, C., Franzetti, M., Varing, A., & Le Dantec, N. (2019): La Jument lighthouse: a real-scale laboratory for the study of giant waves and their loading on marine structures. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Volume 377, Issue 2155, doi:10.1098/rsta.2019.0008
- Horstmann, J., and A. Dzvonkovskaya, High Frequency Radar, in Springer Handbook of Atmospheric Measurements, ed. Thomas Fokken, Springer, accepted 2019.
- Frazier, C.D., T. Özgokmen, G. Novelli, C. Guigand, H. Chang, B. Fox-Kemper, J. Mensa, S. Mehta, E. Fredj, H. Huntley, A.D. Kirwan, M. Berta, M. Rebozo, M. Curcic, E. Ryan, B. Lund, B. Haus, C. Hunt, S. Chen, and J. Horstmann, Surface Ocean Dispersion Observations from the Ship-Tethered Aerostat Remote Sensing System, Front. Mar. Sci., doi:10.3389/fmars.2018.00479, 2018.
- Özgökmen, T.M., M. Boufadel, D. Carlson, C. Cousin, C. Guigand, B. Haus, J. Horstmann, B. Lund, J. Molemaker, and G. Novelli, Technological Advances for Ocean Surface Measurements by the Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbons in the Environment (CARTHE), Marine Technology Society Journal, 52(6), pp. 71-76, doi:10.4031/MTSJ.52.6.11, 2018.
- Carlson, D.F., T. Ozgokmen, G. Novelli, C. Guigand, H. Chang, B. Fox-Kemper, J. Mensa, S. Mehta, E. Fredj, H. Huntley, A.D. Kirwan, M. Berta, M. Rebozo, M. Curcic, E. Ryan, B. Lund, B. Haus, C. Hunt, S. Chen, L. Bracken, J. Horstmann, Surface Ocean Dispersion Observations from the Ship-Tethered Aerostat Remote Sensing System, Frontiers in Marine Science, doi:10.3389/fmars.2018.00479, 2018.
- Androulidakis, Y., V. Kourafalou, T. Özgökmen, O. Garcia-Pineda, B. Lund, M. Le Hénaff, C. Hu, B.K. Haus, G. Novelli, C. Guigand, H. Kang, L. Hole, and J. Horstmann, Influence of River Induced Fronts on Hydrocarbon Transport: A Multi-platform Observational Study, J. Geophys. Res., 123(5), pp. 3259-3285, doi:10.1029/2017JC013514, 2018.
- Lund, B., B.K. Haus, J. Horstmann, H.C.Graber, R. Carrasco, N.J.M. Laxague, G. Novelli, C.M. Guigand, and T. Özgökmen, Near-Surface Current Mapping by Shipboard Marine X-band Radar: A Validation, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 35(5), pp. 1077–1090, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-17-0154.1, 2018.
- Streßer, M., R. Carrasco and J. Horstmann, Video-Based Estimation of Surface Currents Using a Low-Cost Quadcopter, in IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. PP, no. 99, pp. 1-5., doi: 10.1109/LGRS.2017.2749120, 2017.
- Callies, U., Groll, N., Horstmann, J., Kapitza, H., Klein, H., Maßmann, S., and Schwichtenberg, F. (2017): Surface drifters in the German Bight: model validation considering windage and Stokes drift, Ocean Sci., 13, 799-827, doi:10.5194/os-13-799-2017
- Carrasco, R., J. Horstmann, and J. Seemann, Significant Wave Height Measured by Coherent X-Band Radar, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, 2017, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2017.2706067
- Carrasco, R., M. Streβer, and J. Horstmann, A Simple Method for Retrieving Significant Wave Height from Dopplerized X-Band Radar, Ocean Sci. Discuss., Vol. 13, pp. 95-103, doi:10.5194/os-2016-29, 2017.
- Rubio, A., J. Mader, L. Corgnati, C. Mantovani, A. Griffa, A. Novellino, C. Quentin, L. Wyatt, J. Schulz-Stellenfleth, J. Horstmann, P. Lorente, E. Zambianchi, M. Hartnett, C. Fernandes, V. Zervakis, P. Gorringe, A. Melet, and I. Puillat, HF Radar Activity in European Coastal Seas: Next Steps toward a Pan-European HF Radar Network, Front. Mar. Sci., Vol. 4, pp. 8, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00008, 2017.
- Baschek, B., F. Schroeder, H. Brix, R. Riethmüller, T.H. Badewien, G. Breitbach, B. Brügge, F. Colijn, R. Doerffer, C. Eschenbach, J. Friedrich, P. Fischer, S. Garthe, J. Horstmann, H. Krasemann, K. Metfies, N. Ohle, W. Petersen, D. Pröfrock, R. Röttgers, M. Schlüter, J. Schulz, J. Schulz-Stellenfleth, E. Stanev, C. Winter, K. Wirtz, J. Wollschläger, O. Zielinski, and F. Ziemer, The Coastal Observing System for Northern and Arctic Seas (COSYNA), Ocean Sci. Discuss., doi:10.5194/os-2016-31, 2017.
- Serafino, F., J. Horstmann, J.C. Nieto Borge, C. Lugni, and M. Brocchini, Sensors for Coastal Monitoring, Journal of Sensors, vol. 2016, doi:10.1155/2016/1720563, 2016.
- Huang, W., R. Carrasco, S. Chengxi, E.W. Gill and J. Horstmann, Surface Current Measurements Using X-band Marine Radar with Vertical Polarization, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, Vol. 54, No. 5, pp. 2988-2996, doi 10.1109/TGRS.2015.2509781, 2016.
- Horstmann, J., J.C. Nieto Borge, J. Seemann, R. Carrasco and B. Lund, Wind, Wave and Current retrieval utilizing X-Band Marine Radars, Chapter 16 in Coastal Ocean Observing Systems, Elsevier, p.281-304, 2015.
- Maresca, S., P. Braca, J. Horstmann, R. Grasso, and K. Bryan, Maritime Surveillance with Multiple Over-the-Horizon HFSW Radars: An Overview of Recent Experimentation, IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, Vol. 30, No. 12, doi: 10.1109/MAES.2015.150004, pp. 4-18, 2015.
- Shen, C, W. Huang, E.W. Gill, R. Carrasco and J. Horstmann, An Algorithm for Surface Current Retrieval from X-band Marine Radar Images, Remote Sens., Vol. 7, p. 7753-7767, doi: 10.3390/rs70607753, 2015.
- Horstmann, J., S. Falchetti, C. Wackerman, S. Maresca, M. Caruso, and H.C. Graber, Tropical Cyclone Winds Retrieved from C-band Cross Polarized Synthetic Aperture Radar, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2014.2366433, Vol. 53(5), p. 2887-2898, 2015.
- Vivone, G., P. Braca, and J. Horstmann, Knowledge-Based Multi-Target Ship Tracking for HF Surface Wave Radar Systems, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2014.2388355, 2015.
- Alpers, W., A. Mouche, J. Horstmann, A. Ivanov, and B. Vladyslav, Application of a new algorithm using Doppler information to retrieve complex wind fields over the Black Sea from Envisat SAR images, International Journal of Remote Sensing, doi:10.1080/01431161.2014.999169, Vol. 36(3), p. 863-881, 2015.