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Overview

Larry A. Mayer is affiliated with the University of New Hampshire in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Engineering, with a focused expertise in Ocean Engineering and Atmospheric Science. They have contributed extensively to the understanding of oceanographic and cryospheric processes through a variety of scientific publications.

The scientist's recent papers include work published between 2020 and 2022 in journals such as Communications Earth & Environment, Scientific Data, Remote Sensing, and The Cryosphere. Notable publications include:

  • Ryder Glacier in northwest Greenland is shielded from warm Atlantic water by a bathymetric sill (2020) in Communications Earth & Environment
  • The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean Version 4.0 (2020) in Scientific Data
  • The International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean Version 2 (2022) in Scientific Data
  • Scientific Challenges and Present Capabilities in Underwater Robotic Vehicle Design and Navigation for Oceanographic Exploration Under-Ice (2020) in Remote Sensing
  • Glacial sedimentation, fluxes and erosion rates associated with ice retreat in Petermann Fjord and Nares Strait, north-west Greenland (2020) in The Cryosphere

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including Thomas R. Janecek, Mitchell W Lyle, Alan C Mix, John W Farrell, and Nicklas G. Pisias. These collaborators have contributed to a range of studies connected to oceanography, geological processes, and engineering applications.

Their body of work is frequently disseminated through several publication venues, predominantly:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Scientific Data

Larry A. Mayer's primary fields of study include Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with notable activity in subfields such as Ocean Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Ecology, and Environmental Chemistry. Their research encompasses a diversity of main topics such as:

  • Underwater Acoustics Research
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods

Best Publications

  • The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) Version 3.0

    Martin Jakobsson;Larry Mayer;Bernard Coakley;Julian A. Dowdeswell

  • BedMachine v3: Complete Bed Topography and Ocean Bathymetry Mapping of Greenland From Multibeam Echo Sounding Combined With Mass Conservation.

    M. Morlighem;C. N. Williams;C. N. Williams;E. Rignot;E. Rignot;L. An

  • An improved bathymetric portrayal of the Arctic Ocean: Implications for ocean modeling and geological, geophysical and oceanographic analyses

    Martin Jakobsson;Ron Macnab;Larry A. Mayer;Robert Anderson

  • The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project : The Quest to See the World's Oceans Completely Mapped by 2030

    Larry Mayer;Martin Jakobsson;Graham Allen;Boris Dorschel

  • Shallow-water imaging multibeam sonars: A new tool for investigating seafloor processes in the coastal zone and on the continental shelf

    John E. Hughes Clarke;Larry A. Mayer;David E. Wells

  • The early Miocene onset of a ventilated circulation regime in the Arctic Ocean

    Martin Jakobsson;Jan Backman;Bert Rudels;Jonas Nycander

  • Automatic processing of high‐rate, high‐density multibeam echosounder data

    Brian R. Calder;Larry A. Mayer

  • Ryder Glacier in northwest Greenland is shielded from warm Atlantic water by a bathymetric sill

    Martin Jakobsson;Larry A. Mayer;Johan Nilsson;Christian Stranne

  • Mapping U.S. continental shelves

    J.V. Gardner;Bradford Butman;L.A. Mayer;J.H. Clarke

  • Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, vol. 85

    Larry A. Mayer;Fritz Theyer;John A. Barron;Dean A. Dunn

  • Arctic Ocean glacial history

    Martin Jakobsson;Martin Jakobsson;Karin Andreassen;Lilja Rún Bjarnadóttir;Dayton Dove

  • The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean Version 4.0.

    Martin Jakobsson;Larry A. Mayer;Caroline Bringensparr;Carlos F. Castro

  • Seafloor Mapping – the challenge of a truly global ocean bathymetry

    Anne-Cathrin Wölfl;Helen Snaith;Sam Amirebrahimi;Colin W. Devey

  • Distribution of carbonate in surface sediments of the Pacific Ocean

    W. H. Berger;Charles Adelseck;Larry A. Mayer

  • Remote estimation of surficial seafloor properties through the application Angular Range Analysis to multibeam sonar data

    Luciano E. Fonseca;Larry A. Mayer

  • Paleoceanography of the eastern equatorial Pacific during the Neogene: Synthesis of Leg 138 drilling results

    Nicklas G. Pisias;Larry A. Mayer;Alan C. Mix

  • Seabed characterization on the New Jersey middle and outer shelf: correlatability and spatial variability of seafloor sediment properties

    John A. Goff;Barbara J. Kraft;Larry A. Mayer;Steven G. Schock

  • Angular range analysis of acoustic themes from Stanton Banks Ireland: A link between visual interpretation and multibeam echosounder angular signatures

    Luciano E. Fonseca;Craig Brown;Brian R. Calder;Larry A. Mayer

  • Paleoseismology of the Palu–Lake Hazar segment of the East Anatolian Fault Zone, Turkey

    Hasan Cetin;Hakan Güneyli;Larry Mayer

  • Marine sediment classification using the chirp sonar

    Lester R. LeBlanc;Larry A. Mayer;Manuel Rufino;Steven G. Schock

  • The morphology and tectonics of the Mark area from Sea Beam and Sea MARC I observations (Mid-Atlantic Ridge 23° N)

    Laura S. L. Kong;Robert S. Detrick;Paul J. Fox;Larry A. Mayer

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Jakobsson
Martin Jakobsson Stockholm University
James V. Gardner
James V. Gardner University of New Hampshire
Claude Hillaire-Marcel
Claude Hillaire-Marcel University of Quebec at Montreal
Richard N. Hiscott
Richard N. Hiscott Memorial University of Newfoundland
Colin Ware
Colin Ware University of New Hampshire
Nicklas G Pisias
Nicklas G Pisias Oregon State University
Alan C. Mix
Alan C. Mix Oregon State University
Kelly A. Hogan
Kelly A. Hogan British Antarctic Survey
Igor Semiletov
Igor Semiletov Russian Academy of Sciences
John A. Goff
John A. Goff The University of Texas at Austin

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