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Department of Mathematics

Photo: CEN/UHH/J.Behrens

Numerical Methods in Geosciences

The research group “Numerical Methods in Geosciences” focusses on solving relevant multi-scale geoscientific problems with methods of scientific computing and numerical analysis.We investigate the influence of small scale mixing at buildings or forest edges as well as the interaction of long tsunami waves with highly complex coastlines. We pass this knowledge to our students in lectures and courses as well as to the general public.

The team consists of master's and PhD students and scientists of diverse disciplines and nationalities. Such complicated problems can only be solved by collaboration in diverse groups. We publish our work in books, research articles and software codes.

Wetterkarte in der Draufsicht in sehr hellen Farbtönen

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Multi-Scale Projects

Research in the area of multi-scale numerics. How do small processes interact with the large scale and vice versa and how to represent such interaction in simulations in an accurate way?

schematische Darstellung eines Wirbelsturm-Modells in unterschiedlicher Färbung

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Tsunami Research

Since 2006 we do research on the topic of tsunami. How can we detect tsunamis early on, forecast them and use this knowledge to save lives?

Contact

Contact
Prof. Dr. Jörn Behrens
Professor of Numerical Methods in Geosciences
Bundesstraße 55, Room 120
20146 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40 42838-7734

Office hours

Contact

Kontakt
Monika Jampert
Team-Assistant
Bundesstraße 55, Room 111
20146 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40 42838-5116
Deputy: For Applied Mathematics: Katrin Kopp

Office hours

    Tue - Fri, ca. 10:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Service time - reachable by phone)
    Mon: day off; Tue + Thu: from 1 pm in the office, Wed + Fri: home office (in the semester break)