Juliane’s background is in observational, physical oceanography and biophysical interactions. This has encompassed research over broad spatial and temporal scales: from tidal processes in shallow, coastal water, seasonal cycles of shelf seas, ocean-shelf exchange, and open ocean settings at tropical, temperate and polar latitudes.
Her main research objective is to better understand physical and biogeochemical pathways and interactions and their role in a changing climate. Juliane is particularly interested in better understanding ocean mixing processes and atmosphere-ocean interactions and what their impact is on the seasonal to multi-annual variability of biophysical interactions in shelf and open ocean settings.
Juliane is an experienced user of marine autonomous vehicles including Argo, AUVs and ocean gliders.
Key Projects
2022-2025: Researcher co-I within ECOWind funded PELAgIO – Physics to Ecosystem Level Assessment of Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms project, NERC-TCE
2018-2022: PDRA SOLSTICE-WIO, NERC-GCRF
2013-2017: Shelf Sea Biogeochemistry (SSB) – CANDYFLOSS, NERC-Defra
Selected Publications
- Jardine, JE; Palmer, M; Mahaffey, C; Holt, J; Wakelin, SL; Düsterhus, A; Sharples, J; Wihsgott, J. 2023. Rain triggers seasonal stratification in a temperate shelf sea. Nature Communications 14, 3182.
- Wihsgott, JU; Sharples, J; Hopkins, JE; Woodward, EMS; Hull, T; Greenwood, N; Sivyer, DB. 2019. Observations of vertical mixing in autumn and its effect on the autumn phytoplankton bloom. Progress in Oceanography, 177, 102059.