Dr. Lawrence Mysak
Fellow
Current Employer
McGill University
Election Year
1986
Academy
Académie des sciences
Discipline
Ocean Sciences
Department
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Keywords
Air-sea-ice interactions, climate variability, climate modelling, ocean-ice circulation, paleoclimates, development of earth system models of reduced complexity
Dr. Mysak has made some notable contributions in the application of mathematical techniques to oceanographic problems. His analysis of ocean waves has given insight into innovative ways of forcasting fish migrations. In physical oceanography he is one of the leading experts on large-scale interannual fluctuations in ocean parameters caused by various meanders and eddies in ocean currents. He has published over 80 scientific papers on various oceanographic subjects since receiving his Ph.D. in 1966.