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Konstantin Lebedev

Data Products & Assimilation Specialist
[Past Staff]

International Pacific Research Center
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

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Education

1995 - Ph.D. (Physical Oceanography), P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow, Russia.
1985 - M.S. (Aerodynamics and Thermodynamics), Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia.

Research Interests

Variational and sequential data assimilation into numerical models
Numerical modeling of ocean dynamics and of the ocean's response to non-stationary atmospheric forcing
Variability of the Indonesian Throughflow

Scientific Work Experience

Data Products & Assimilation Specialist, International Pacific Research Center, SOEST, University of Hawaii, Honolulu. (2009 – 05/31/2011)
Data Assimilation Specialist, International Pacific Research Center, SOEST, University of Hawaii, Honolulu. (05/2005 – 2009)
Visiting Assistant Researcher, International Pacific Research Center, SOEST, University of Hawaii, Honolulu. (05/2002 – 04/2005)
Postdoctoral Fellow, International Pacific Research Center, SOEST, University of Hawaii, Honolulu. (11/1998 – 04/2002)
Senior Research Scientist, Climate Dynamics Division, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. (1996 – 1998)
Research Scientist, Climate Dynamics Division, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. (1993 – 1996)
Research Assistant, Climate Dynamics Division, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. (1988 – 1993)
Graduated Research Scientist, Climate Dynamics Division, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. (1985 – 1988)

Sea Expeditions

Arctic Ocean (07/1997 – 10/1997), Head of CTD team, r/v "Akademik Sergey Vavilov"
Arctic Ocean (07/1995 – 09/1995), Member of mooring deployment team, r/v "Akademik Mstislav Keldysh"
Arctic Ocean (06/1994 – 10/1994), Member of mooring deployment team, r/v "Akademik Mstislav Keldysh"
Arctic Ocean (07/1993 – 09/1993), Member of mooring deployment team, r/v "Akademik Mstislav Keldysh"
Arctic Ocean (08/1991 – 10/1991), Member of mooring deployment team, r/v "Akademik Mstislav Keldysh"
North Atlantic Ocean (03/1990 – 07/1990), Member of CTD team, r/v "Vityaz"
North Western Pacific (08/1987 – 12/1987), Member of data processing team, r/v "Vityaz"
North Atlantic Ocean (12/1983 – 03/1984), Member of CTD team, r/v "Vityaz"

Referred Publications

Sasaki,Y., N. Schneider, N. Maximenko, and K. Lebedev, 2010: Observational evidence for propagation of decadal spiciness anomalies in the North Pacific. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L07708, doi:10.1029/2010GL042716.
Yaremchuk, M., K. Lebedev, and D. Nechaev, 2004: A 4-dimensional inversion of the acoustic tomography, satellite altimetry and in-situ data using quasigeostrophic constraints. Inv. Prob. Sci. Eng., 12 (4), 409 – 431.
Ivanov, Y.A., and K.V. Lebedev, 2003: Model studies of the estimate of the contribution of wind-driven currents to the general circulation of the World Ocean. Oceanology, 43 (6), 779 – 785.
Lebedev, K.V., M. Yaremchuk, H. Mitsudera, I. Nakano, and G. Yuan, 2003: Monitoring the Kuroshio Extension with dynamically constrained synthesis of the acoustic tomography, satellite altimeter and in situ data. J. Oceanogr., 59, 751 – 763.
Yaremchuk, M., and K. Lebedev, 2002: Inverse modeling of intra-annual variability in the subtropical North Pacific. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32 (10), 2725 – 2741.
Ivanov, Y.A., and K.V. Lebedev, 2000: Integral average monthly characteristics of the World Ocean Climate. Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, 36, 2, 244 – 252 (English edition).
Ivanov, Y.A., and K.V. Lebedev, 2000: Interseasonal variability of the World Ocean climate. Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, 36 (1), 119 – 130. (English edition)
Lebedev, K.V., and M.I. Yaremchuk, 2000: A diagnostic study of the Indonesian Throughflow. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 11,243 – 11,258.
Lebedev, K.V., 1999: Atlantic water in the Northeastern part of the Barents Sea. Oceanology, 39, 6, 756 – 766 (English edition).
Lebedev, K.V., 1999: Average annual climate of the ocean. Part 2: Integral characteristics of the World Ocean climate (mass, heat and salt transports). Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, 35 (1), 87 – 96 (English edition).
Palshin, N.A., L.L. Vanyan, I.V. Yegorov, and K.V. Lebedev, 1999: Electric fields induced by the global ocean circulation. Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth, 35 (12), 1028 – 1035. (English edition)
Grigor'yan, K.G., Y.A. Ivanov, K.V. Lebedev, and A.S. Sarkisyan, 1998: Average annual climate of the ocean. Part 1: World Ocean circulation. Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, 34 (4), 417 – 428. (English edition)
Ivanov, Y.A., K.V. Lebedev, and A.S. Sarkisyan, 1997: Generalized Hydrodynamic Adjustment Method (GHDAM). Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, 33 (6), 752 – 757. (English edition)
Ivanov, Y.A., and K.V. Lebedev, 1996: Numerical simulation of the North Atlantic response to a nonstationary wind forcing. Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, 32 (5), 620 – 627. (English edition).
Ivanov, Y.A., K.V. Lebedev, and V.S. Orlov, 1996: Model monitoring of the North Atlantic Ocean. Oceanology, 36 (5), 644 – 651. (English edition)
Lebedev, K.V., 1995: Modeling the interaction between barotropic currents and eddies generated by a nonstationary wind. Oceanology, 35 (3), 326 – 331. (English edition)
Demin, Y.L., Y.A. Ivanov, K.V. Lebedev, and I.G. Usichenko, 1990: Current field calculation using a diagnostic and adaptation model for the Megapolygon region. Oceanology, 30 (4), 405 – 410. (English edition)

Book Publications

Fomin, L.M., K.V. Lebedev, A.D. Scherbinin, and K.G. Vinogradova, 1996: The currents in the north-eastern part of the Norway Sea considered on the basis of the results of direct observations. Oceanographic research and underwater technical operations on the site of nuclear submarine "Komsomolets" wreck: Moscow, Nauka, 73 – 119. (In Russian).
Demin, Yu. L., Yu.A. Ivanov, K.V. Lebedev, and I.G. Usichenko, 1992: Approbation of the numerical model of ocean dynamics using data measured in the "Megapolygon-87" Experiment, Megapolygon Experiment. Hydrographic Studies in North-West Pacific: Moscow, Nauka, 319 – 330. (In Russian).
Lebedev, K.V., V.A. Melnikov, and A.I. Kharlamov, 1992: Hydrology of the subarctic front in the North-Western Pacific. Atlas of the Megapolygon Experiment: Vol.1., Moscow, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanol, K.V., and I.G. Usichenko, 1992: Some results of vertical velocity estimation on "Megapolygon-87". In: Megapolygon Experiment. Hydrographic Studies in North-West Pacific. Moscow, Nauka, 408 – 411. (In Russian).