Education

• 1958 - Vordiplom (B.S.): Major in Mathematics and  Minor in Physics, Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
• 1961 - Diplom (M.S.): Major in Mathematics and  Minor in Physics, Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu Kiel,  Kiel, Germany
• 1963 - Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.), magna cum laude, Major in Mathematics and Minor in Physics and Oceanography, Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany.

Current Main Research Interest

• Climate and Society

Professional Experience

University of Hawaii at Manoa

• Professor, Department of Oceanography, September 1975–present
• Executive Associate Director, International Pacific Research Center, November 1998–present
• Director, International Center for Climate and Society, March 2003–present
• Chairperson, Department of Oceanography, January 2005–June 2006
• Director of Education, Marine Bioproducts Engineering Center, November 2000–October 2001
• Associate Dean, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, January 1992–December 2000
• Acting Dean, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, July 1999–December 1999
• Acting Associate Dean, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, October 1989–December 1991
• Chairman, Department of Oceanography, July 1984–June 1990
• Chairman, Graduate Field of Study in Oceanography, July 1984–June 1990

Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu Kiel, Institut fuer Meereskunde Kiel, Germany

• Professor, (Associate Professor), March 1972–August 1975
• Dozent, (Associate Professor without tenure), January 1969–February 1972
• Wissenschaftlicher Assistent, (Assistant Professor), April 1964–December 1968
• Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, (Assistant Scientist), March 1961–March 1964

Graduate Oceanography Courses Taught at UH

• Ocean Waves, Tides, Oceanic Turbulence, Dimensional Analysis, Ocean Policy Seminar

Awards and Honors

• Liege University Medal, Liege, Belgium, April 1973
• Docente libre (Grado 5), Seccion Oceanografia, Instituto de Biologia, Facultad de Sciences, Universidad de la Republica del Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 1997–present
• International Award, PACON (Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology), June 2000
• Fellow, Marine Technology Society, November 2001

Selected Publications

Books

• Magaard, L., and G. Rheinheimer (Ed.), 1974: Meereskunde der Ostsee (Oceanography of the Baltic Sea). Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, pp. 269.

Articles in Books

• Magaard, L., 1974: Wasserstandsschwankungen und Seegang (Sea level oscillations and wind waves). In Magaard, L., and G. Rheinheimer (Eds.), Meereskunde der Ostsee, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, pp. 67–75.
• Magaard, L., 1979: Low frequency motions in the North Pacific and their possible generation by meteorological forces. In Nihoul, J.C.J. (Ed.), Marine Forecasting, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 57–60.
• Magaard, L., and L.A. Mysak, 1986: Ocean waves:  classification and basic features. In Suendermann, J. (Ed.), Landolt-Boernstein, New Series, Vol. V/3c: Oceanography, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 1–16
• Yun, J.-Y., J.M., Price, and L. Magaard, 1991: Observational characteristics of internal temperature fluctuations in the mid-latitude North Pacific. In Takano, K. (Ed.), Oceanography of Asian Marginal Seas, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 1–23.
• Lass, H.U., and L. Magaard, 1996: Wasserstandsschwankungen und Seegang (Sea level oscillations and wind waves). In Rheinheimer, G. (Ed.), Meereskunde der Ostsee, 2nd ed., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 68–74.
• Verlaan, P.A., L. Magaard, and H.-J. Brosin, 1996: Management der Ostsee (Management of the Baltic Sea). In Rheinheimer, G. (Ed), Meereskunde der Ostsee,  Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2nd ed., pp. 302–312.

Articles in Refereed Journals

• Krauss, W., and L. Magaard, 1961: Zum Spektrum der internen Wellen der Ostsee (Energy spectra of the internal movements of the Baltic Sea). Kieler Meeresforsch., 17, 136–147.
• Magaard, L., 1962: Zur Berechnung interner Wellen in Meeresraeumen mit nicht-ebenen Boeden bei einer speziellen Dichteverteilung (On computation of internal waves in oceans of variable depth and special density distribution). Kieler Meeresforsch., 18, 161–183.
• Krauss, W., and L. Magaard, 1962: Zum System der Eigenschwingungen der Ostsee (On the seiches system of the Baltic Sea). Kieler Meeresforsch., 18, 184–186.
• Magaard, L., 1965: Zur Theorie zweidimensionaler nichtlinear interner Wellen in stetig geschichteten Medien (On the theory of two-dimensional nonlinear internal waves in continuously stratified media). Kieler Meeresforsch., 21, 22–23.
• Magaard, L., and W. Krauss, 1966: Spektren der Wasserstandsschwankungen der Ostee im Jahre 1958 (Spectra of the 1958 sea level records in the Baltic). Kieler Meeresforsch., 22, 155–162.
• Magaard, L., and W. Krauss (1967): Internal waves at Diamond Stations during the International Iceland-Faroe-Ridge Expedition, May–June1960. Rapp. et Proc. Verb., 157, 173–183.
• Magaard, L., (1968): Ein Beitrag zur Theorie der internen Wellen als Stoerungen geostrophischer Stroemungen (A contribution to the theory of internal waves as perturbations of geostrophic currents). Dt. hydrogr. Z., 21, 241–278.
• Kielmann, J., W. Krauss, and L. Magaard, 1969: Ueber die Verteilung der kinetischen Energie im Bereich der Traegheits-und Seichesfrequenczen  der Ostsee im August 1964 (Internationales Ostseeprogramm) [On the energy distribution in the range of the inertial- and seiches-period motions in the Baltic Sea in August 1964 (International Baltic Sea Programme)]. Kieler Meeresforsch., 25, 245–254.
• Magaard, L., 1971:  Zur Berechnung von luftdruck- und windbedingten Bewegungen eines stetig geschichteten seitlich unbegrenzten Meeres (On the computation of motions due to air pressure and wind in a continuously stratified horizontally unbounded ocean). Dt. hydrogr. Z., 24, 145–158.
• Magaard, L., 1973: On the generation of internal gravity waves by a fluctuating buoyancy flux at the sea surface. Geophys. Fluid. Dyn., 5, 101–111.
• Magaard, L., and W.D. McKee, 1973: Semi-diurnal tidal currents at "site-D". Deep-Sea Res., 20, 997–1009.
• Magaard, L., 1974: On the generation of internal gravity waves by meteorological forces. Mem. Soc. Roy. Sci. Liege, 6, 79–84.
• Magaard, L., 1974: On the generation of internal movements of the sea by meteorological forces. Mem. Soc. Roy. Sci. Liege, 6, 85–91.
• Keunecke, K. H., and L. Magaard, 1975: Measurements by means of towed thermistor cables and problems of their interpretation with respect to mesoscale processes. Mem. Soc. Roy. Sci. Liege, 7, 147–160.
• Wyrtki, K., L. Magaard,  and J. Hager, 1976: Eddy energy in the oceans. J. Geophys. Res., 81, 2641–2646.
• Emery, W.J., and L. Magaard, 1976: Baroclinic Rossby waves as inferred from temperature fluctuations in the Eastern Pacific. J. Mar. Res., 34, 365–385.
• Magaard, L., 1977: On the generation of baroclinic Rossby waves in the ocean by meteorological forces. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 7, 359–364.
• Magaard, L., and J.M. Price, 1977: Note on the significance of a previous Rossby wave fit to internal temperature fluctuations in the Eastern Pacific. J. Mar. Res., 35, 649–651.
• Kang, Y.Q., and L. Magaard, 1979: Stable and unstable Rossby waves in the North Pacific Current as inferred from the mean stratification. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans, 3, 1–14.
• Price, J.M., and L. Magaard, 1980: Rossby wave analysis of the baroclinic potential energy in the upper 500 meters of the North Pacific. J. Mar. Res., 38, 249–264.
• Kang, Y. Q., and L. Magaard, 1980: Annual baroclinic Rossby waves in the Central North Pacific. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 10, 1159–1167.
• Gallagher, B., L. Magaard, and E. Gutteling, 1981: Closure for velocity/pressure gradient correlations in turbulent shear flow. Phys. Fluids, 24, 1605–1610.
• Gallegos-Garcia, A., W.J. Emery, R.O. Reid, and L. Magaard, 1981: Frequency-wavenumber spectra of sea surface temperature and wind stress curl in the eastern North Pacific. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 11, 1059–1077.
• Kang, Y.Q., and L. Magaard, 1982: Annual temperature fluctuations at the Subtropical and Subarctic Fronts in the Central North Pacific. J. Geophys. Res., 87, 5663–5665.
• Kang, Y.Q., Price, J.M. and L. Magaard, 1982: On stable and unstable Rossby waves in non-zonal oceanic shear flow. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 12, 528–537.
• Magaard, L., 1983: On the potential energy of baroclinic Rossby waves in the North Pacific. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 13, 38–42.
• Price, J. M., and L. Magaard, 1983: Rossby wave analysis of subsurface temperature fluctuations along the Honolulu-San Francisco great circle. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 13, 258–268.
• Mysak, L.A., and L. Magaard, 1983: Rossby wave driven Eulerian mean flows along non-zonal barriers, with application to the Hawaiian Ridge. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 13, 1716–1725.
• Emery, W.J., W.G. Lee, and L. Magaard, 1984: Geographic and seasonal distributions of Brunt-Vaisala frequency and Rossby radii in the North Pacific and North Atlantic. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 14, 294–317.
• Oh, I.S., and L. Magaard, 1984: Rossby wave induced secondary flows near barriers, with application to the Hawaiian Ridge. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 14, 1510–1513.
• Price, J.M., and L. Magaard, 1986: Interannual baroclinic Rossby waves in the mid-latitude North Atlantic. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 16, 2061–2070.
• Sun, L.C., J.M. Price, L. Magaard, and G. Roden, 1988: The North Hawaiian Ridge Current, a comparison between an analytical theory and some prior observations. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 18, 384–388.
• Takahashi, P.K., K.R. McKinley, V.D. Phillips, L. Magaard, and P. Koske, 1993: Marine macrobiotechnology systems. J. Mar. Biotechnol., 1, 9–15.
• Smith, C., R. Pope, D.J. DeMaster, and L. Magaard, 1993: Age-dependent mixing in deep-sea sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 57, 1473–1488.
• Graef, F., and L. Magaard, 1994: Reflection of nonlinear baroclinic Rossby waves and the driving of secondary mean flows. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24, 1867–1894.
• Yun, J.-Y., J.M. Price, and L. Magaard, 1995: Radiating instability of non-zonal oceanic shear flows with application to the Kuroshio Extension Current. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25, 1788–1804.
• Yun, J.-Y., J.M. Price, and L. Magaard, 2000: Recalculated radiating instabilities using the correct matching and boundary conditions. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25, 1788–1804.
• Yun, J.-Y., L. Magaard, K. Kim, C.-W. Shin, C. Kim, and S.-Y. Byun, 2004: Spatial and temporal variability of the North Korean Water leading to the near-bottom dole water intrusion in Korea Strait. Progr. in Oceanography, 60, 99–131.
• Grossmann, W.D., J.B. Marsh, L. Magaard, and H. von Storch: Two-region analysis of changing economic and environmental risks. Climatic Change (submitted).

Other Unpublished Work

• Magaard, L., 1963: Zur Einbettung Riemannscher Raeume in Einstein-Raeume und konform-euklidische Raeume.  Ph.D. Dissertation, Universitaet Kiel, pp. 46. (English Title: On the imbedding of Riemannian spaces into Einstein spaces and conformally-euclidean spaces.)