Physical Oceanographer
I am an Oceanographer at the Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of Washington . I study processes that occur at the interface between the ocean and the atmosphere. These processes influence the movement and mixing of heat, salt, momentum and biogeochemical tracers in the upper ocean and are essential for understanding how the ocean and atmosphere communicate. This is a multi-scale problem, understanding how small-scale mixing and movement integrate to influence the weather and climate systems.
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Publications
Johnson, L., Lee, C.M. and D’Asaro, E.A., Wenegrat, J.O., Thomas, L.N. Restratification at a California Current upwelling front II: Dynamics. In Review at JPO pdf
Johnson, L., Lee, C.M. and D’Asaro, E.A., Thomas, L.N., Shcherbina, A. Restratification at a California Current upwelling front, I: Observations. In Review at JPO pdf
Johnson, L., Lee, C.M. and D’Asaro, E.A., (2016) Global estimates of lateral springtime restratification. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46(5), pp.1555-1573 pdf
Pilcher, D.J., Brody, S.R., Johnson, L. and Bronselaer, B., (2015) Assessing the abilities of CMIP5 models to represent the seasonal cycle of surface ocean pCO2. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 120(7), pp.4625-4637.
Komada T., Burdige D. J., Crispo S. M., Druffel E. R. M., Griffin S., and Johnson L. (2013) Dissolved organic carbon dynamics in anaerobic sediments of the Santa Monica Basin. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 110, pp.253-273
Silverman, J., D. I. Kline, L. Johnson, T. Rivlin, K. Schneider, J. Erez, B. Lazar, and K. Caldeira. (2012) Carbon turnover rates in the One Tree Island reef: A 40-year perspective. Journal of Geophysical Research 117.
Komada, T., Polly, J. A., Johnson, L. (2012). Transformations of carbon in anoxic marine sediments: Implications from Δ14C and δ13C signatures. Limnology Oceanography, 57(2), 567-581.
Johnson, L., T. Komada. (2011) A Thermal sulfate reduction method for determining Δ14C abundances in marine dissolved organic carbon. Limnology and Oceanography Methods 9:485-498
Ferenc, D., A. Chang, L. Johnson, D. Kranich, A. Laille and E. Lorenz, (2006). A new method for vacuum sealing of flat-panel photosensors. Nuclear Instruments and Methods, 205-208