Dr. Benjamin Jacob
Dr. Benjamin Jacob
Hydrodynamics and Data Assimilation
ScientistPhone: +49 (0)4152 87-1505
Research
- Coastal unstructured grid modeling: Estuarine processes in the German Bight
- Coastal morphodynamics
- Applications of remote sensing in the coastal zone
Current Projects
- CURAE Coastal Unstructured Resolution for Aquatic Environments - COPERNICUS
Closed Projects
- CEASELESS Copernicus Evolution and Applications with Sentinel Enhancements and Land Effluents for Shores and Seas
Professional Career:
May 2017 – today: Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, scientist (postdoc) in ice and coastal modeling • Ocean modelling with unstructured grids
Higher Education:
March 2014 – August 2017: Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, PhD studies in environmental science • Topic: "On the sensitivity of the tidal circulation in the North Sea to morphodynamics and atmospheric forcing”
Master:
October 2010 – December 2013: Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, master studies in marine environmental science • Graduation: master in marine environmental studies
Bachelor:
October 2007 – March 2011: Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, bachelor studies in environmental science • Graduation: bachelor in environmental studies
- Chen, W., Staneva, J., Jacob, B., Sánchez-Artús, X., & Wurpts, A. (2024): What-if nature-based storm buffers on mitigating coastal erosion. Science of The Total Environment, Vol 928, 172247, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172247
- Yuan, B., Jacob, B., Chen, W,, & Staneva, J. (2024): Downscaling sea surface height and currents in coastal regions using convolutional neural network. Applied Ocean Research, Vol 151, 104153, doi:10.1016/j.apor.2024.104153
- Chen, W., Jacob, B., Valle-Levinson, A., Stanev, E., Staneva, J., & Badewien, T.H. (2023): Subtidal secondary circulation induced by eddy viscosity-velocity shear covariance in a predominantly well-mixed tidal inlet. Front. Mar. Sci., 10:1105626, doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1105626
- Jacob, B., Dolch, T., Wurpts, A., & Staneva, J. (2023): Evaluation of seagrass as a nature-based solution for coastal protection in the German Wadden Sea. Ocean Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s10236-023-01577-5
- Kamjunke, N., Brix, H., Flöser, G., Bussmann, I., Schütze, C., Achterberg, E.P., Ködel, U., Fischer, P., Rewrie, L., Sanders, T., Pein, J., Jacob, B., Borchardt, D., & Weitere, M. (2023): Large-scale nutrient and carbon dynamics along the river-estuary-ocean continuum. Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 890, 164421, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164421
- Martin, A.C.H., Gommenginger, C.P., Jacob, B., & Staneva, J. (2022): First multi-year assessment of Sentinel-1 radial velocity products using HF radar currents in a coastal environment. Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 268, 2022, 112758, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2021.112758
- Jacob, B., & Stanev, E.V. (2021): Understanding the Impact of Bathymetric Changes in the German Bight on Coastal Hydrodynamics: One Step Toward Realistic Morphodynamic Modeling. Front. Mar. Sci. 8:640214, doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.640214
- Merder, J., Freund, J.A., Feudel, U., Hansen, C.T., Hawkes, J.A., Jacob, B., Klaproth, K., Niggemann, J., Noriega-Ortega, B.E., Osterholz, H., Rossel, P.E., Seidel, M., Singer, G., Stubbins, A., Waska, H., & Dittmar, T. (2020): ICBM-OCEAN: Processing Ultrahigh-Resolution Mass Spectrometry Data of Complex Molecular Mixtures. Analytical Chemistry 2020 92 (10), 6832-6838, doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.9b05659
- Stanev, E.V., Jacob, B., & Pein, J. (2019): German Bight estuaries: An inter-comparison on the basis of numerical modeling. Continental Shelf Research, Volume 174, Pages 48-65, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2019.01.001
- Jacob, B. & Stanev, E. (2017): Interactions between wind and tidally induced currents in coastal and shelf basins. Ocean Dynamics 67(10), pp 1263-1281
- Jacob, B., Stanev, E., Zhang, J.Y. (2016): Local and remote response of the North Sea dynamics to morphodynamic changes in the Wadden Sea. Ocean Dynamics 66(5), pp 671-690