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Rainer Feistel - Publications since 1994

  • 2024
    • Feistel, R. and O. Hellmuth (2024). Irreversible thermodynamics of seawater evaporation. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 12: 166, doi: 10.3390/jmse12010166 –open access–
  • 2023
    • Ebeling, W., R. Feistel, E.-C. Haß and P. Plath (2023). Zu Problemen der mechanisch – chemisch – elektrischen Energiewandlung und des Transports hochwertiger Energie im Kontext des Klimawandels. Leibniz Online 2023, 50: 58-83, doi: 10.53201/LEIBNIZONLINE50 –open access–
    • Feistel, R. (2023). On the evolution of symbols and prediction models. Biosemiotics 16: 311-371, doi: 10.1007/s12304-023-09528-9 –open access–
    • Feistel, R. (2023). Self-organisation of prediction models. Entropy 25: 1596, doi: 10.3390/e25121596
    • Feistel, R. and J. Lovell-Smith (2023). Uncertainty propagation using dispersion matrices accounting for systematic error in least‐squares regression. Preprints: 2023111917, doi: 10.20944/preprints202311.1917.v1 –open access–
    • Feistel, R. and O. Hellmuth (2023). Thermodynamics of evaporation from the ocean surface. Atmosphere 14: 560, doi: 10.3390/atmos14030560 –open access–
    • McDougall, T. J., P. M. Barker, R. Feistel and F. Roquet (2023). A thermodynamic potential of seawater in terms of Absolute Salinity, Conservative Temperature, and in situ pressure. Ocean Sci. 19: 1719-1741, doi: 10.5194/os-19-1719-2023 –open access–
  • 2022
    • Ebeling, W., R. Feistel and H. Krienke (2022). Statistical theory of individual ionic activity coefficients of electrolytes with multiple – Charged ions including seawater. J. Mol. Liq. 346: 117814, doi: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117814
    • Feistel, R., O. Hellmuth and J. Lovell-Smith (2022). Defining relative humidity in terms of water activity: III. Relations to dew-point and frost-point temperatures. Metrologia 59: 045013, doi: 10.1088/1681-7575/ac7185
  • 2021
    • Feistel, R. and O. Hellmuth (2021). Relative humidity: A control valve of the steam engine climate. J. Human Earth Future 2: 140-182, doi: 10.28991/hef-2021-02-02-06
    • Hagen, E. and R. Feistel (2021). Sub-surface current meanders along the Namibian shelf. Deep-Sea Res. Pt. 1. 167: 103432, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2020.103432
    • Hellmuth, O., R. Feistel and T. Foken (2021). Intercomparison of different state-of-the-art formulations of the mass density of humid air. Bull. Atmos. Sci. Techn. 2: 13, doi: 10.1007/s42865-021-00036-7
  • 2020
    • Ebeling, W., R. Feistel and M. F. Camões (2020). Trends in statistical calculations of individual ionic activity coefficients of aqueous electrolytes and seawater. Trends Phys. Chem. 20: 1-26
    • Feistel, R. and O. Hellmuth (2020). Zur Rolle des Wassers in der Energiebilanz des Klimasystems. Sitzungsberichte Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften 144: 51-139
    • Hellmuth, O. and R. Feistel (2020). Analytical determination of the nucleation-prone, low-density fraction of subcooled water. Entropy 22: 933, doi: 10.3390/e22090933 –open access–
    • Hellmuth, O., J. W. P. Schmelzer and R. Feistel (2020). Ice-crystal nucleation in water: Thermodynamic driving force and surface tension. Part I: Theoretical foundation. Entropy 22: e22010050, doi: 10.3390/e22010050 –open access–
  • 2019
    • Feistel, R. (2019). Defining relative humidity in terms of water activity. Part 2: relations to osmotic pressures. Metrologia 56: 015015, doi: 10.1088/1681-7575/aaf446
    • Feistel, R. (2019). Distinguishing between Clausius, Boltzmann and Pauling entropies of frozen non-equilibrium states. Entropy 21: 799, doi: 10.3390/e21080799 –open access–
    • Weinreben, S. and R. Feistel (2019). Anomalous salinity-density relations of seawater in the eastern central Atlantic. Deep-Sea Res. Pt. 1. 154: 103160, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2019.103160
  • 2018
    • Ebeling, W. and R. Feistel (2018). About Self-organization of Information and Synergetics. In: Complexity and Synergetics. Ed. by S. C. Müller, P. J. Plath, G. Radons and A. Fuchs. Cham: Springer: 3-8, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-64334-2_1
    • Ebeling, W. and R. Feistel (2018). Studies on Manfred Eigen's model for the self-organization of information processing. Eur. Biophys. J. 47: 395-401, doi: 10.1007/s00249-018-1287-1
    • Feistel, R. (2018). Thermodynamic properties of seawater, ice and humid air: TEOS-10, before and beyond. Ocean Sci. 14: 471-502, doi: 10.5194/os-14-471-2018 –open access–
    • Hellmuth, O., A. K. Shchekin, R. Feistel, J. W. P. Schmelzer and A. S. Abyzov (2018). Physical interpretation of ice contact angles, fitted to experimental data on immersion freezing of kaolinite particles. Interfacial Phenom. Heat Transf. 6: 37-74, doi: 10.1615/InterfacPhenomHeatTransfer.2018026166
  • 2017
    • Burgin, M. and R. Feistel (2017). Structural and symbolic information in the context of the general theory of information. Information 8: 139, doi: 10.3390/info8040139 –open access–
    • Burgin, M. and R. Feistel (2017). Structures and structural information. Proceedings 1: 217, doi: 10.3390/IS4SI-2017-04036 –open access–
    • Ebeling, W. and R. Feistel (2017). Energy conversion in isothermal nonlinear irreversible processes - struggling for higher efficiency. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 226: 2015-2030, doi: 10.1140/epjst/e2017-70014-2
    • Feistel, R. (2017). Emergence of symbolic information by the ritualisation transition. In: Information studies and the quest for transdisciplinarity : Unity in diversity. Ed. by M. Burgin and W. Hofkirchner. New Jersey: World Scientific (World Scientific Series in Information Studies 9): 115-164, 978-981-310-899-8
    • Feistel, R. (2017). Salzgehalt des Meeres und relative Feuchte der Luft: Rolle im Klimasystem und Probleme ihrer Definition: Vortrag in der Klasse für Naturwissenschaften und Technikwissenschaften am 10. 11. 2016. Leibniz Online 25 Berlin: Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften zu Berlin http://leibnizsozietaet.de/category/publikationen/leibniz-online/
    • Feistel, R. (2017). Self-organisation of symbolic information. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 226: 207-228, doi: 10.1140/epjst/e2016-60170-9
    • Feistel, R. and J. W. Lovell-Smith (2017). Defining relative humidity in terms of water activity. Part 1: definition. Metrologia 54: 566-576, doi: 10.1088/1681-7575/aa7083
    • Lovell-Smith, J. W., P. Saunders and R. Feistel (2017). Unleashing empirical equations with “Nonlinear Fitting” and “GUM Tree Calculator”. Int. J. Thermophys. 38: 148, doi: 10.1007/s10765-017-2282-y
  • 2016
    • Dickson, A. G., M. F. Camões, P. Spitzer, P. Fisicaro, D. Stoica, R. Pawlowicz and R. Feistel (2016). Metrological challenges for measurements of key climatological observables. Part 3: seawater pH. Metrologia 53: R26-R39, doi: 10.1088/0026-1394/53/1/R26
    • Feistel, R. and W. Ebeling (2016). Entropy and the self-organization of information and value. Entropy 18: 193, doi: 10.3390/e18050193 –open access–
    • Feistel, R., J. W. Lovell-Smith, P. Saunders and S. Seitz (2016). Uncertainty of empirical correlation equations. Metrologia 53: 1079-1090, doi: 10.1088/0026-1394/53/4/1079
    • Feistel, R., R. Wielgosz, S. A. Bell, M. F. Camões, J. R. Cooper, P. Dexter, A. G. Dickson, P. Fisicaro, A. H. Harvey, M. Heinonen, O. Hellmuth, H.-J. Kretzschmar, J. W. Lovell-Smith, T. J. McDougall, R. Pawlowicz, P. Ridout, S. Seitz, P. Spitzer, D. Stoica and H. Wolf (2016). Metrological challenges for measurements of key climatological observables: oceanic salinity and pH, and atmospheric humidity. Part 1: overview. Metrologia 53: R1-R11, doi: 10.1088/0026-1394/53/1/r1
    • Feistel, S., R. Feistel, D. Nehring, W. Matthäus, G. Nausch and M. Naumann (2016). Hypoxic and anoxic regions in the Baltic Sea, 1969 - 2015. Rostock: Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde. 84 S. (Meereswissenschaftliche Berichte = Marine Science Reports ; 100), doi: 10.12754/msr-2016-0100 –open access–
    • International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam, R. Feistel, A. H. Harvey and R. Pawlowicz (2016). Advisory Note No. 6: Relationship between various IAPWS documents and the International Thermodynamic Equation of Seawater - 2010 (TEOS-10). The International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam, Dresden, Germany, September 2016, International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam: 1- 5 http://www.iapws.org/relguide/Advise6.pdf
    • Lovell-Smith, J. W., R. Feistel, A. H. Harvey, O. Hellmuth, S. A. Bell, M. Heinonen and J. R. Cooper (2016). Metrological challenges for measurements of key climatological observables. Part 4: atmospheric relative humidity. Metrologia 53: R40-R59, doi: 10.1088/0026-1394/53/1/r40
    • Pawlowicz, R., R. Feistel, T. J. McDougall, P. Ridout, S. Seitz and H. Wolf (2016). Metrological challenges for measurements of key climatological observables. Part 2: oceanic salinity. Metrologia 53: R12-R25, doi: 10.1088/0026-1394/53/1/r12
  • 2015
    • Ebeling, W. and R. Feistel (2015). Selforganization of symbols and information. In: Chaos, information processing and paradoxical games : the legacy of John S Nicolis. Ed. by G. Nicolis and V. Basios. New Jersey: World Scientific: 141-184, 978-981-4602-12-9
    • Feistel, R. (2015). Salinity and relative humidity : climatological relevance and metrological needs. Acta IMEKO 4: 57-61 –open access–
    • Feistel, R., J. W. Lovell-Smith and O. Hellmuth (2015). Virial approximation of the TEOS-10 equation for the fugacity of water in humid air. Int. j. thermophys. 36: 44-68, doi: 10.1007/s10765-014-1784-0
    • International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam (2015). Guideline on a virial equation for the fugacity of H2O in humid air. The International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam, Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden, 28 June - 3 July 2015, International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam (IAPWS): 1-11
    • Kretzschmar, H.-J., R. Feistel, W. Wagner, K. Miyagawa, A. H. Harvey, J. R. Cooper, M. Hiegemann, F. L. Blangetti, K. A. Orlov, I. Weber, A. Singh and S. Herrmann (2015). The IAPWS industrial formulation for the thermodynamic properties of seawater. Desalin. Water Treat. 55: 1177-1199, doi: 10.1080/19443994.2014.925838
  • 2014
  • 2013
    • Ebeling, W., R. Feistel and S. Feistel (2013). On bifurcations in complex ecological systems with diffusion and noise. Ecol. complex. 14: 2-7, doi:10.1016/j.ecocom.2012.09.007
    • Feistel, R. (2013). Water, steam and climate. 16th International Conference for the Properties of Water and Steam, Greenwich, UK, 1-5 September 2013: 1-10
    • Hellmuth, O., V. I. Khvorostyanov, J. A. Curry, A. K. Shchekin, J. W. P. Schmelzer, R. Feistel, Y. S. Djikaev and V. G. Baidakov (2013). Selected aspects of atmospheric ice and salt crystallisation. Nucleation theory and applications : special issues. Dubna: Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research. IX, 513 S. (Review series on selected topics of atmospheric sol formation ; 1), 978-5-9530-0349-0
    • Kretzschmar, H.-J., R. Feistel, W. Wagner, K. Miyagawa, A. H. Harvey, J. R. Cooper, M. Hiegemann and S. Herrmann (2013). Advisory Note No. 5: Industrial calculation of the thermodynamic properties of seawater. The International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam, London, United Kingdom, 1-6 September 2013, The International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam: 1-24 http://www.iapws.org/relguide/Advise5.htm
    • McDougall, T. J., R. Feistel and R. Pawlowicz (2013). Thermodynamics of seawater. In: Ocean circulation and climate : a 21st century perspective. Ed. by G. Siedler, S. M. Griffies, J. Gould and J. A. Church. Amsterdam: Elsevier (International geophysics series ; 103): 141-158, doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-391851-2.00006-4, 978-0-12-391851-2
    • Nausch, G., R. Feistel and V. Mohrholz (2013). Water exchange between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, and conditions in the deep basins. HELCOM Baltic Sea environment fact sheets Hydrography: http://helcom.fi/baltic-sea-trends/environment-fact-sheets/hydrography/water-exchange-between-the-baltic-sea-and-the-north-sea-and-conditions-in-the-deep-basins/ –open access–
    • Nausch, G., R. Feistel, L. Umlauf, V. Mohrholz and H. Siegel (2013). Hydrographisch-hydrochemische Zustandseinschätzung der Ostsee 2012. [Electronic Book] Warnemünde: Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde. 108 S. (Meereswissenschaftliche Berichte = Marine Science Reports ; 91), doi:10.12754/msr-2013-0091 http://www.io-warnemuende.de/tl_files/forschung/meereswissenschaftliche-berichte/mebe91_2013-zustand-hc.pdf –open access–
    • Safarov, J., S. Berndt, F. J. Millero, R. Feistel, A. Heintz and E. P. Hassel (2013). (p,ρ,T) Properties of seawater at brackish salinities: extensions to high temperatures and pressures. Deep-sea res. Pt. 1. 78: 95-101, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2013.04.004
    • Wasmund, N., G. Nausch and R. Feistel (2013). Silicate consumption: an indicator for long-term trends in spring diatom development in the Baltic Sea. J. plankton res. 35: 393-406, doi:10.1093/plankt/fbs101
  • 2012
  • 2011
    • Feistel, R. (2011). Entropy flux and entropy production of stationary black-body radiation. J. non-equilib. thermodyn. 36: 131-139, doi:10.1515/jnetdy.2011.009
    • Feistel, R. (2011). Radiative entropy balance and vertical stability of a gray atmosphere. Eur. phys. j. B 82: 197-206, doi:10.1140/epjb/e2011-20328-2
    • Feistel, R. (2011). Stochastic ensembles of thermodynamic potentials. Accred. qual. assur. 16: 225-235, doi:10.1007/s00769-010-0695-4
    • Feistel, R. and W. Ebeling (2011). Physics of self-organization and evolution. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. XVI, 517 S., 978-3-527-40963-1
    • Holliday, N. P., S. L. Hughes, K. Borenäs, R. Feistel, F. Gaillard, A. Lavìn, H. Loeng, K.-A. Mork, G. Nolan, M. Quante and R. Somavilla (2011). Long-term physical variability in the North Atlantic Ocean. ICES coop. res. rep. 310: 21-46
    • Marion, G. M., F. J. Millero, M. F. Camões, P. Spitzer, R. Feistel and C.-T. A. Chen (2011). pH of seawater. Mar. chem. 126: 89-96, doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2011.04.002
    • Nausch, G., R. Feistel and V. Mohrholz (2011). Water exchange between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, and conditions in the deep basins. HELCOM indicator fact sheets: http://www.helcom.fi/BSAP_assessment/ifs/ifs2011/en_GB/WaterExchange/
    • Nausch, G., R. Feistel, L. Umlauf, V. Mohrholz and H. Siegel (2011). Hydrographisch-chemische Bedingungen in der deutschen ausschließlichen Wirtschaftszone der Ostsee (AWZ) im Jahr 2010. [Report] Warnemünde: Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde, im Auftrag des Bundesamtes für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie Hamburg und Rostock. 68 S.
    • Seitz, S., R. Feistel, D. G. Wright, S. Weinreben, P. Spitzer and P. De Bièvre (2011). Metrological traceability of oceanographic salinity measurement results. Ocean sci. 7: 45-62, doi:10.5194/os-7-45-2011
    • Wagner, W., R. Feistel and A. H. Harvey (2011). Revised Release on the pressure along the melting and sublimation curves of ordinary water substance. The International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam, Plzeň, Czech Republic, September 2011: 7 S. http://www.iapws.org
    • Wagner, W., T. Riethmann, R. Feistel and A. H. Harvey (2011). New equations for the sublimation pressure and melting pressure of H2O ice Ih. J. phys. chem. ref. data 40: 043103, doi:10.1063/1.3657937
    • Wright, D. G., R. Pawlowicz, T. J. McDougall, R. Feistel and G. M. Marion (2011). Absolute salinity, ''density salinity'' and the reference-composition salinity scale: present and future use in the seawater standard TEOS-10. Ocean sci. 7: 1-26, doi:10.5194/os-7-1-2011
  • 2010
    • Feistel, R. (2010). Extended equation of state for seawater at elevated temperature and salinity. Desalinat. 250: 14-18, doi:10.1016/j.desal.2009.03.020
    • Feistel, R. (2010). Thermophysical properties of seawater. IAPWS certified research need - ICRN 16: http://www.iapws.org/icrn/ICRN16-Rev.pdf
    • Feistel, R. and R. Labrenz (2010). Neuer internationaler Meerwasserstandard. Schiff u. Hafen 62: 66-67
    • Feistel, R., D. G. Wright, A. H. Harvey and H.-J. Kretzschmar (2010). Guideline on an equation of state for humid air in contact with seawater and ice, consistent with the IAPWS formulation 2008 for the thermodynamic properties of seawater. The International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam July 2010, Niagara Falls, Canada: 1-21 http://www.iapws.org/
    • Feistel, R., D. G. Wright, D. R. Jackett, K. Miyagawa, J. H. Reissmann, W. Wagner, U. Overhoff, C. Guder, A. Feistel and G. M. Marion (2010). Numerical implementation and oceanographic application of the thermodynamic potentials of liquid water, water vapour, ice, seawater and humid air - part 1: background and equations. Ocean sci. 6: 633-677, doi:10.5194/os-6-633-2010
    • Feistel, R., D. G. Wright, H.-J. Kretzschmar, E. Hagen, S. Herrmann and R. Span (2010). Thermodynamic properties of sea air. Ocean sci. 6: 91-141, doi:doi:10.5194/os-6-91-2010
    • Feistel, R., G. M. Marion, R. Pawlowicz and D. G. Wright (2010). Thermophysical property anomalies of Baltic seawater. Ocean sci. 6: 949-981, doi:10.5194/os-6-949-2010
    • Feistel, R., G. Nausch and V. Mohrholz (2010). Water exchange between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, and conditions in the deep basins. HELCOM indicator fact sheets: http://www.helcom.fi/BSAP_assessment/ifs/ifs2010/en_GB/WaterExchange/
    • Feistel, R., S. Weinreben, H. Wolf, S. Seitz, P. Spitzer, B. Adel, G. Nausch, B. Schneider and D. G. Wright (2010). Density and absolute salinity of the Baltic Sea 2006-2009. Ocean sci. 6: 3-24, doi:10.5194/os-6-3-2010
    • Feistel, S. and R. Feistel (2010). Coherent superposition of acoustic sources as a function of environmental parameters : convention paper. 129th AES Convention 4-7 November 2010, San Francisco, CA, USA, Audio Engineering Society: 24 S.
    • McDougall, T. J., R. Feistel, D. G. Wright, R. Pawlowicz, F. J. Millero, D. R. Jackett, B. A. King, G. M. Marion, S. Seitz, P. Spitzer and C. T. A. Chen (2010). The international thermodynamic equation of seawater - 2010 : calculation and use of thermodynamic properties. Paris: 196 S. (IOC Manuals and guides ; 56) http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001881/188170e.pdf
    • Nausch, G., R. Feistel, L. Umlauf, K. Nagel and H. Siegel (2010). Hydrographisch-chemische Bedingungen in der deutschen ausschließlichen Wirtschaftszone (AWZ) im Jahr 2009. Warnemünde: Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde, im Auftrag des Bundesamtes für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie Hamburg und Rostock. 73 S.
    • Nausch, G., R. Feistel, L. Umlauf, K. Nagel and H. Siegel (2010). Hydrographisch-chemische Zustandseinschätzung der Ostsee 2009. Meereswiss. Ber. 80: 3-107
    • Wright, D. G., R. Feistel, J. H. Reissmann, K. Miyagawa, D. R. Jackett, W. Wagner, U. Overhoff, C. Guder, A. Feistel and G. M. Marion (2010). Numerical implementation and oceanographic application of the thermodynamic potentials of liquid water, water vapour, ice, seawater and humid air – part 2: the library routines. Ocean sci. 6: 695-718, doi:10.5194/os-6-695-2010
    • Wright, D., R. Pawlowicz, T. McDougall and R. Feistel (2010). Progress report for the SCOR/IAPSO working group 127: thermodynamics and equation of state of seawater. Canadian ocean science newsletter 49, March 30, 2010: 1-4 http://www.cmos.ca/scor/NL30Mar2010.pdf
  • 2009
    • Feistel, R. (2009). Revised Release on the Equation of State 2006 for H2O Ice Ih. The International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam, Doorwerth, The Netherlands, September 2009 http://www.iapws.org/
    • Feistel, R. (2009). Supplementary release on a computationally efficient thermodynamic formulation for liquid water for oceanographic use. The International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam, Doorwerth, The Netherlands, September 2009 http://www.iapws.org/
    • Feistel, R., G. Nausch and E. Hagen (2009). Wasseraustausch zwischen Nord- und Ostsee sowie Bedingungen in den Tiefenbecken der Ostsee. Meeresumwelt aktuell Nord- und Ostsee, 2: 1-8
    • Feistel, R., G. Nausch and E. Hagen (2009). Water exchange between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, and conditions in the deep basins. HELCOM indicator fact sheets: http://www.helcom.fi/environment2/ifs/ifs2009/en_GB/WaterExchange/
    • Marion, G. M., F. J. Millero and R. Feistel (2009). Precipitation of solid phase calcium carbonates and their effect on application of seawater SA–T–P models. Ocean sci. 5: 285-291
    • Nausch, G., R. Feistel, L. Umlauf, K. Nagel and H. Siegel (2009). Hydrographisch-chemische Bedingungen in der deutschen ausschließlichen Wirtschaftszone (AWZ) im Jahr 2008. Warnemünde: Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde, im Auftrag des Bundesamtes für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie Hamburg und Rostock. 61 S.
    • Nausch, G., R. Feistel, L. Umlauf, K. Nagel and H. Siegel (2009). Hydrographisch-chemische Zustandseinschätzung der Ostsee 2008. Meereswiss. Ber. 77: 3-99
    • Reissmann, J. H., H. Burchard, R. Feistel, E. Hagen, H. U. Lass, V. Mohrholz, G. Nausch, L. Umlauf and G. Wieczorek (2009). Vertical mixing in the Baltic Sea and consequences for eutrophication – a review. Prog. oceanogr. 82: 47-80, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2007.10.004
    • Safarov, J., F. J. Millero, R. Feistel, A. Heintz and E. Hassel (2009). Thermodynamic properties of standard seawater: extensions to high temperatures and pressures. Ocean sci. 5: 235-246
  • 2008
    • Feistel, R. (2008). A Gibbs function for seawater thermodynamics for -6 °C to 80 °C and salinity up to 120 g kg–1. Deep-sea res. Pt. 1. 55: 1639-1671
    • Feistel, R. (2008). Release on the IAPWS Formulation 2008 for the Thermodynamic Properties of Seawater. 15th International Conference on the Properties of Water and Steam, Berlin, September 2008, The International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam: 19 S. www.iapws.org
    • Feistel, R. (2008). Revised Advisory Note No. 3, Thermodynamic Derivatives from IAPWS formulations. 15th International Conference on the Properties of Water and Steam, Berlin, September 2008, The International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam: 13 S. www.iapws.org
    • Feistel, R. (2008). Thermodynamics of water, vapor, ice, and seawater. Accred. qual. assur. 13: 593-599
    • Feistel, R. and S. Weinreben (2008). Is practical salinity conservative in the Baltic Sea? Oceanologia 50: 73-82
    • Feistel, R., D. G. Wright, K. Miyagawa, A. H. Harvey, J. Hruby, D. R. Jackett, T. J. McDougall and W. Wagner (2008). Mutually consistent thermodynamic potentials for fluid water, ice and seawater: a new standard for oceanography. Ocean sci. 4: 275-291
    • Feistel, R., D. G. Wright, K. Miyagawa, J. Hruby, D. R. Jackett, T. J. McDougall and W. Wagner (2008). Development of thermodynamic potentials for fluid water, ice and seawater: a new standard for oceanography. Ocean sci. discuss. 5, 3: 375-418
    • Feistel, R., G. Nausch and E. Hagen (2008). The absence of major inflows is intensifying the stagnation in the Baltic. HELCOM news, 2: 22-24
    • Feistel, R., G. Nausch and E. Hagen (2008). Water exchange between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, and conditions in the deep basins. HELCOM indicator fact sheets: http://www.helcom.fi/environment2/ifs/ifs2007/en_GB/waterexchange/
    • Feistel, R., G. Nausch and N. Wasmund, Eds. (2008). State and evolution of the Baltic Sea, 1952 – 2005. A detailed 50-year survey of meteorology and climate, physics, chemistry, biology, and marine environment. Hoboken: Wiley-Interscience. 703 S.
    • Feistel, R., S. Feistel, G. Nausch, J. Szaron, E. Lysiak-Pastuszak and G. Aertebjerg (2008). BALTIC: monthly time series 1900 – 2005. In: State and evolution of the Baltic Sea, 1952 – 2005. Ed. by R. Feistel, G. Nausch and N. Wasmund. Hoboken: Wiley-Interscience: 311-336
    • Feistel, R., T. Seifert, S. Feistel, G. Nausch, B. Bogdanska, L. Hansen, B. Broman, J. Holfort, V. Mohrholz, G. Schmager, E. Hagen, I. Perlet and N. Wasmund (2008). Digital supplement. In: State and evolution of the Baltic Sea, 1952 – 2005. Ed. by R. Feistel, G. Nausch and N. Wasmund. Hoboken: Wiley-Interscience: 625-667
    • Hagen, E. and R. Feistel (2008). Baltic climate change. In: State and evolution of the Baltic Sea, 1952 – 2005. Ed. by R. Feistel, G. Nausch and N. Wasmund. Hoboken: Wiley-Interscience: 93-120
    • Matthäus, W., D. Nehring, R. Feistel, G. Nausch, V. Mohrholz and H. U. Lass (2008). The inflow of highly saline water into the Baltic Sea. In: State and evolution of the Baltic Sea, 1952 – 2005. Ed. by R. Feistel, G. Nausch and N. Wasmund. Hoboken: Wiley-Interscience: 265-309
    • Millero, F. J., R. Feistel, D. G. Wright and T. J. McDougall (2008). The composition of standard seawater and the definition of the Reference-Composition Salinity Scale. Deep-sea res. Pt. 1. 55: 50-72
    • Nausch, G., R. Feistel and N. Wasmund (2008). Introduction. In: State and evolution of the Baltic Sea, 1952 – 2005. Ed. by R. Feistel, G. Nausch and N. Wasmund. Hoboken: Wiley-Interscience: 1-4
    • Nausch, G., R. Feistel, L. Umlauf, K. Nagel and H. Siegel (2008). Hydrographisch-chemische Zustandseinschätzung der Ostsee 2007. Meereswiss. Ber. 72: 3-93
    • Sun, H., R. Feistel, M. Koch and A. Markoe (2008). New equations for density, entropy, heat capacity and potential temperature of a saline thermal fluid. Deep-sea res. Pt. 1. 55: 1304-1310
    • Tchijov, V., G. Cruz Leon, S. Rodriguez Romo and R. Feistel (2008). Thermodynamics of ice at high pressures and low temperatures. J. phys. chem. solids 69: 1704-1710
    • Wagner, W. and R. Feistel (2008). Revised Release on the Pressure along the Melting and Sublimation Curves of Ordinary Water Substance. 15th International Conference on the Properties of Water and Steam, Berlin, September 2008, The International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam: 7 S. www.iapws.org
    • Wasmund, N., G. Nausch and R. Feistel (2008). Summary and outlook. In: State and evolution of the Baltic Sea, 1952 – 2005. Ed. by R. Feistel, G. Nausch and N. Wasmund. Hoboken: Wiley-Interscience: 669-678
  • 2007
    • Feistel, R. (2007). Thermodynamics of water, vapour, ice and seawater. In: Proceedings of the 11th workshop on Physical Processes in Natural Waters, Warnemünde, Germany, 3-6 September 2007. Ed. by L. Umlauf and G. Kirillin. Warnemünde, Berlin: Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) (Berichte des IGB ; 25): 143-146
    • Feistel, R. (2007). Thermophysical properties of seawater : (proceedings of the 11th workshop on Physical Processes in Natural Waters, Warnemünde, Germany, 3-6 September 2007). 16: 143-146
    • Feistel, R. and G. M. Marion (2007). A Gibbs-Pitzer function for high-salinity seawater thermodynamics. Prog. oceanogr. 74: 515–539
    • Feistel, R. and W. Wagner (2007). Sublimation pressure and sublimation enthalpy of H2O ice Ih between 0 K and 273.16 K. Geochim. cosmochim. acta 71: 36-45
    • Feistel, R., G. Nausch and E. Hagen (2007). Water exchange between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea and conditions in the deep basins. http://www.helcom.fi/environment2/ifs/ifs2007/en_GB/waterexchange/
    • Hagen, E. and R. Feistel (2007). Synoptic changes in the deep rim current during stagnant hydrographic conditions in the Eastern Gotland Basin, Baltic Sea. Oceanologia 49: 185-208
    • McDougall, T. J. and R. Feistel (2007). Refractive index of seawater : certified research and development need - CRDN. SCOR/IAPSO Working Group 127 on Thermodynamics and Equation of State of Seawater, May 2007, Reggio di Calabria, Italy: 5 S. http://www.scor-int.org/Publications/CRDN_2007.pdf
    • McDougall, T. J., R. Feistel, F. J. Millero, B. A. King, D. G. Wright, D. R. Jackett, G. M. Marion, C.-T. A. Chen and P. Spitzer (2007). Improved seawater thermodynamics: How should the proposed change in salinity be implemented? DGM-Mitt., 3/4: 2-7
    • Nausch, G., R. Feistel, H. U. Lass, K. Nagel and H. Siegel (2007). Hydrographisch-chemische Zustandseinschätzung der Ostsee 2006. Meereswiss. Ber. 70: 3-91
  • 2006
    • Ebeling, W., R. Feistel, I. Hartmann-Sonntag, L. Schimansky-Geier and A. Scharnhorst (2006). New species in evolving networks - stochastic theory of sensitive networks and applications on the metaphorical level. Biosystems 85: 65-71
    • Feistel, R. (2006). Wird die Ostsee zum Süßwassermeer? In: Ostseesplitter 2006 : meereskundliche Geschichten aus der Ostsee. 4 S.
    • Feistel, R. and S. Feistel (2006). Die Ostsee als thermodynamisches System. In: Irreversible Prozesse und Selbstorganisation. Ed. by T. Pöschel et al. Berlin: Logos Verl.: 247-264
    • Feistel, R. and W. Wagner (2006). A new equation of state for H2O ice Ih. J. phys. chem. ref. data 35: 1021-1047
    • Feistel, R., G. Nausch and E. Hagen (2006). Response of Baltic water properties to the unusual inflow sequence sinc 2002. 2006: ICES CM paper C : 09
    • Feistel, R., G. Nausch and E. Hagen (2006). Unusual Baltic inflow activity in 2002-2003 and varying deep-water properties. Oceanologia 48, S: 21-35
    • Feistel, R., G. Nausch and E. Hagen (2006). Water exchange between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea and conditions in the deep basins. http://www.helcom.fi/environment2/ifs/ifs2006/en_GB/waterexchange/
    • Feistel, R., T. J. McDougall and F. J. Millero (2006). Eine neue Zustandsgleichung des Meerwassers. DGM-Mitt. 2006, 2: 19-21
    • Jackett, D. R., T. J. McDougall, R. Feistel, D. G. Wright and S. M. Griffies (2006). Algorithms for density, potential temperature, conservative temperature and the freezing temperature of seawater. J. atmos. ocean. technol. 23: 1709–1728
    • Meier, H. E. M., R. Feistel, J. Piechura, L. Arneborg, H. Burchard, V. Fiekas, N. Golenko, N. Kuzmina, V. Mohrholz, C. Nohr, V. T. Paka, J. Sellschopp, A. Stips and V. Zhurbas (2006). Ventilation of the Baltic Sea deep water: a brief review of present knowledge from observations and models. Oceanologia 48, S: 133-164
    • Nausch, G., R. Feistel, H. U. Lass, K. Nagel and H. Siegel (2006). Hydrographisch-chemische Zustandseinschätzung der Ostsee 2005. Meereswiss. Ber. 66: 3-82
  • 2005
    • Ebeling, W. and R. Feistel (2005). Chaos i kosmos. Moskva-Izevsk: Reguljarnaja i Chaotiseskaja Dinamika. 335 S., 5-93972-454-X
    • Feistel, R. (2005). Numerical implementation and oceanographic application of the Gibbs thermodynamic potential of seawater. Ocean sci. 1, 1: 1-19 , http://www.ocean-science.net/os/1/9/
    • Feistel, R. and W. Ebeling (2005). Statistical theory of electrolytic skin effects. In: Nucleation theory and applications. Ed. by J. W. P. Schmelzer, G. Röpke and V. B. Priezzhev. Dubna: Joint Inst. Nuclear Research: 401-418
    • Feistel, R. and W. Wagner (2005). A comprehensive Gibbs potential of ice Ih. In: Nucleation theory and applications. Ed. by J. W. P. Schmelzer, G. Röpke and V. B. Priezzhev. Dubna: Joint Inst. Nuclear Research: 120-142
    • Feistel, R. and W. Wagner (2005). A comprehensive Gibbs thermodynamic potential of ice. In: Water, steam, and aqueous solutions for electric power. Ed. by M. Nakahara. Kyoto: MARUZEN (Proceedings of the 14th Internat. Conference of the Properties of Water and Steam): 751-756
    • Feistel, R. and W. Wagner (2005). High-pressure thermodynamic Gibbs functions of ice and sea ice. J. mar. res. 63: 95-139
    • Feistel, R., W. Wagner, V. Tchijov and C. Guder (2005). Numerical implementation and oceanographic application of the Gibbs potential of ice. Ocean sci. 1, 1: 29-38, http://www.ocean-science.net/os/1/29/
    • Hagen, E. and R. Feistel (2005). Climatic turning points and regime shifts in the Baltic Sea region: the Baltic winter index (WIBIX,1659-2002). Boreal environ. res. 10: 211-224
    • Hagen, E., J. J. Agenbag and R. Feistel (2005). The winter St.Helena climate index and extreme Benguela upwelling. J. mar. syst. 57: 219-230
    • Nausch, G., M. v. Weber, T. Petenati, R. Feistel and A. Bachor (2005). Ostsee: Nährstoffbedingungen. In: Messprogramm Meeresumwelt: Zustandsbericht 1999 - 2002 für Nord- und Ostsee. Hamburg, Rostock: Bundesamt f. Seeschifffahrt u. Hydrographie (Bund-Länder-Messprogramm Meeresumwelt; 4): 161-166
    • Nausch, G., M. v. Weber, T. Petenati, R. Feistel and A. Bachor (2005). Ostsee: Ozeanographie. In: Messprogramm Meeresumwelt: Zustandsbericht 1999 - 2002 für Nord- und Ostsee. Hamburg, Rostock: Bundesamt f. Seeschifffahrt u. Hydrographie (Bund-Länder-Messprogramm Meeresumwelt; 4): 155-160
    • Nausch, G., R. Feistel and E. Hagen (2005). Water exchange between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea and conditions in the deep basins. http://www.helcom.fi/environment2/ifs/ifs2005/en_GB/inflow/
    • Nausch, G., R. Feistel, H. U. Lass, K. Nagel and H. Siegel (2005). Hydrographisch-chemische Zustandseinschätzung der Ostsee 2004. Meereswiss. Ber. 62: 3-78
    • Nausch, G., W. Matthäus and R. Feistel (2005). Hydrographisch-hydrochemische Bedingungen im Bereich des Gotlandtief zwischen 1992 und 2003 und Auswirkungen auf den Nährstoffhaushalt. In: Meeresumwelt-Symposium 2004 : 14. Symposium, 24.-25.5.2004, Hamburg. Hamburg, Rostock: Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie: 117-126
  • 2004
    • Feistel, R. and G. Nausch (2004). Water exchange between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea and conditions in the deep basins. http://helcom.navigo.fi/environment/indicators2004/inflow/en_GB/inflow/
    • Feistel, R., G. Nausch, T. Heene, J. Piechura and E. Hagen (2004). Evidence for a warm water inflow into the Baltic Proper in summer 2003. Oceanologia 46: 581-598
    • Feistel, R., G. Nausch, W. Matthäus, E. Lysiak-Pastuszak, T. Seifert, I. Sehested Hansen, V. Mohrholz, S. Krüger, E. Buch and E. Hagen (2004). Background data to the exceptionally warm inflow into the Baltic Sea in late summer of 2002. Warnemünde: Institut für Ostseeforschung. 58 S. (Meereswissenschaftliche Berichte; 58)
    • Hagen, E. and R. Feistel (2004). Observations of low-frequency current fluctuations in deep water of the Eastern Gotland Basin / Baltic Sea. J. geophys. res. 109, C 3: C03044; doi:10.1029/2003JC002017, (1-15)
    • Jiménez-Montaño, M. A., R. Feistel and O. Diez-Martínez (2004). On the information hidden in signals and macromolecules. I. Symbolic time-series analysis. Nonlinear dyn., psychol., life sci. 8: 445-478
    • Nausch, G., R. Feistel and W. Matthäus (2004). Hydrographic and hydrochemical implications of stagnation and water renewing in the central Baltic Sea - the period 1992-2004. ICES Ann. Sc. Conf. 2004: ICES CM paper L 03
    • Nausch, G., R. Feistel, H. U. Lass, K. Nagel and H. Siegel (2004). Hydrographisch-chemische Zustandseinschätzung der Ostsee 2003. Meereswiss. Ber. 59: 3-80
  • 2003
    • Feistel, R. (2003). A new extended Gibbs thermodynamic potential of seawater. Prog. oceanogr. 58: 43-114
    • Feistel, R. and G. Nausch (2003). Water exchange and conditions in the deep basins. http://www.helcom.fi/environment/indicators2003/inflow/en_GB/inflow/
    • Feistel, R., E. Hagen and K. Grant (2003). Climatic changes in the subtropical Southeast Atlantic: the St. Helena Island Climate Index (1893–1999). Prog. oceanogr. 59: 321-337
    • Feistel, R., G. Nausch and E. Hagen (2003). Temporal and spatial evolution of the Baltic deep water renewal in spring 2003 (abstract). In: Baltic Sea Science Congress 2003 Helsinki : August 24-28, 2003 ; abstract publication. Helsinki: Univ. Helsinki: 16
    • Feistel, R., G. Nausch and E. Hagen (2003). The Baltic inflow of autumn 2001. In: Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag von Wolfgang Matthäus. Warnemünde: Institut für Ostseeforschung (Meereswissenschaftliche Berichte; 54): 55-68
    • Feistel, R., G. Nausch, V. Mohrholz, E. Lysiak-Pastuszak, T. Seifert, W. Matthäus, S. Krüger and I. Sehested Hansen (2003). Warm waters of summer 2002 in the deep Baltic Proper. Oceanologia 45: 571-592
    • Feistel, R., G. Nausch, V. Mohrholz, T. Seifert, E. Lysiak-Pastuszak and W. Matthäus (2003). Summer waters in the deep Baltic in winter 2002/3 (poster abstract). In: Baltic Sea Science Congress 2003 Helsinki : August 24-28, 2003 ; abstract publication. Helsinki: Univ. Helsinki: 124
    • Feistel, R., G. Nausch, W. Matthäus and E. Hagen (2003). Temporal and spatial evolution of the Baltic deep water renewal in spring 2003. Oceanologia 45: 623-642
    • McDougall, T. J. and R. Feistel (2003). What causes the adiabatic lapse rate? Deep-sea res. Pt. 1. 50: 1523-1535
    • McDougall, T. J., D. R. Jackett, D. G. Wright and R. Feistel (2003). Accurate and computationally efficient algorithms for potential temperature and density of seawater. J atmos. ocean. technol. 20: 730-741
    • Nausch, G., R. Feistel, H. U. Lass, K. Nagel and H. Siegel (2003). Hydrographisch-chemische Zustandseinschätzung der Ostsee 2002. Meereswiss. Ber. 55: 1-71
    • Nausch, G., W. Matthäus and R. Feistel (2003). Hydrographic and hydrochemical conditions in the Gotland Deep area between 1992 and 2003 (poster abstract). In: Baltic Sea Science Congress 2003 Helsinki : August 24-28, 2003 ; abstract publication. Helsinki: Univ. Helsinki: 197
    • Nausch, G., W. Matthäus and R. Feistel (2003). Hydrographic and hydrochemical conditions in the Gotland Deep area between 1992 and 2003. Oceanologia 45: 557-569
  • 2002
    • Nausch, G., R. Feistel, H. U. Lass, K. Nagel and H. Siegel (2002). Hydrographisch-chemische Zustandseinschätzung der Ostsee 2001. Meereswiss. Ber. 49: 2-77
  • 2001
    • Feistel, R. and E. Hagen (2001). Measurement tools : Water Systems (Oceans). In: Environmental Systems, from Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford. http://www.eolss.net/. Oxford: EOLSS Publ.: Article 4.20.1.3.2
    • Hagen, E. and R. Feistel (2001). Field techniques : Water Systems (Oceans). In: Environmental Systems, from Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford . [http://www.eolss.net] /. Oxford: EOLSS Publ.: Article 4.20.1.6.2
    • Hagen, E. and R. Feistel (2001). Spreading of Baltic deep water : a case study for the winter 1997-1998. In: The hydrographic-hydrochemical state of the western and central Baltic Sea in 1999/2000 and during the 1990s. Ed. by W. Matthäus and G. Nausch. Warnemünde: Institut für Ostseeforschung (Meereswissenschaftliche Berichte; 45): 99-133
    • Hagen, E., R. Feistel, J. J. Agenbag and T. Ohde (2001). Seasonal and interannual changes in intense Benguela upwelling (1982-1999). Oceanol. acta 24: 557-568
  • 1999
    • Feistel, R. (1999). New shoreline map-drawing data available. 80: 22
  • 1998
    • Feistel, R. (1998). Evolution im Eigenschaftsraum. In: Evolution und Irreversibilität. Ed. by H.-J. Krug and L. Pohlmann. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot (Selbstorganisation : Jahrbuch für Komplexität in den Natur-, Sozial- und Geisteswissenschaften ; 8): 97-111
    • Feistel, R. (1998). On the physical chemistry of seawater with deviating ion composition. Z. phys. Chem. 204: 27-44
    • Feistel, R. (1998). Thermodynamic properties of sea-water and sea-ice. 23: 56-57
    • Feistel, R. and E. Hagen (1998). A Gibbs thermodynamic potential of sea ice. Cold reg. sc. technol. 28: 83-142
  • 1996
    • Feistel, R. and E. Hagen (1996). Gotland waters at position BY15A, 1970 -1993. In: GOBEX-Summary Report. Warnemünde: Institut für Ostseeforschung (Meereswissenschaftliche Berichte; 19): 24-29
    • Hagen, E. and R. Feistel (1996). Lenses of relative saline deep water in the eastern Gotland Basin? In: GOBEX-Summary Report. Warnemünde: Institut für Ostseeforschung (Meereswissenschaftliche Berichte; 19): 34-37
    • Hagen, E., C. Zülicke and R. Feistel (1996). Near surface structures in the Cape Ghir filament off Morocco. Oceanol. acta 19: 577-598
  • 1995
    • Feistel, R. and E. Hagen (1995). On the GIBBS thermodynamic potential of seawater. Prog. oceanogr. 36: 249-327
  • 1994
    • Feistel, R. and E. Hagen (1994). Gotland waters at position BY15A, 1970 - 1993. GOBEX-Newsletter 5: 2-6
    • Feistel, R. and E. Hagen (1994). Thermodynamic quantities in oceanography. In: The oceans physical-chemical dynamics and human impact. Ed. by S. K. Majumdar, E. W. Miller, G. S. Forbes, R. F. Schmalz and A. A. Panah. Easton: The Pennsylvania Academy of Science: 1-16
    • Hagen, E. and R. Feistel (1994). Lenses of relative saline deep water in the eastern Gotland Basin? GOBEX-Newsletter, 10/11: 4-8
    • Hagen, E., E. Mittelstaedt, R. Feistel and H. Klein (1994). Hydrographische Untersuchungen im Ostrandstromsystem vor Portugal und Marokko 1991-1992. Hamburg: Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie. 48 S. (Berichte aus dem Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie; 2)
  • 1993
    • Feistel, R. (1993). Equilibrium thermodynamics of seawater revisited. Prog. oceanogr. 31: 101-179
    • Hagen, E., R. Feistel and E. Mittelstaedt (1993). A case study of mesoscale motion patterns off the Portuguese west coast. paper C:30,18 S.
  • 1992
    • Ahnert, W. and R. Feistel (1992). EARS Auralization Software.
    • Ebeling, W. and R. Feistel (1992). Theory of selforganisation and evolution: the role of entropy, value and information. J. non-equilib. thermodyn. 17: 303-332

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  • Thermodynamics of Seawater
  • Theory of Complex Systems

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