Mark Holzer Associate Professor School of Mathematics and Statistics University of New South Wales Official UNSW Web Entry with contact information Research Interests: Oceanography, atmospheric science, climate Ocean biogeochemical cycles, ventilation, transport, tracers, inverse modelling Long-range transport, stratosphere-troposphere exchange, trace gases Publications Datasets

Kwon, E. Y., M. Holzer, A. Timmermann, and F. Primeau, Estimating Three-Dimensional Carbon-to-Phosphorus Stoichiometry of Exported Marine Organic Matter, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 36, e2021GB007154, doi:10.1029/2021GB007154, 2022. [PDF]

Holzer, M., T. DeVries, and C. de Lavergne, Diffusion controls the ventilation of a Pacific Shadow Zone above abyssal overturning, Nature Communications, 12, 4348, doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24648-x, 2021. [PDF]

Holzer, M., E. Y. Kwon, and B. Pasquier, A new metric of the biological carbon pump: number of pump passages and its control on atmospheric pCO₂, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 35, e2020GB006863, doi:10.1029/2020GB006863, 2021. [PDF]

Holzer, M., M. A. Chamberlain, and R. J. Matear, Climate-driven changes in the ocean's ventilation pathways and timescales diagnosed from transport matrices, J. Geophys. Research - Oceans, 125, e2020JC016414, doi:10.1029/2020JC016414, 2020. [PDF]

John, S., H. Liang, T. Weber, T. DeVries, F. Primeau, K. Moore, M. Holzer, N. Mahowald, W. Gardner, A. Mishonov, M. J. Richardson, Y. Faugere, and G. Taburet, AWESOME OCIM: A simple, flexible, and powerful tool for modeling elemental cycling in the oceans, Chem. Geology, 533, doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.119403, 2020. [PDF]

Holzer, M., B. Pasquier, T. DeVries, and M. A. Brzezinski, Diatom physiology controls silicic-acid leakage in response to iron fertilization, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 33, 1631-1653, doi:10.1029/2019GB006460, 2019. [PDF]

Holzer, M., T. DeVries, and W. Smethie, The ocean's global ³⁹Ar distribution estimated with an ocean circulation inverse model, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 7491-7499, doi:10.1029/2019GL082663, 2019. [PDF]

DeVries, T., and M. Holzer, Radiocarbon and helium isotope constraints on deep-ocean ventilation and mantle-³He sources, J. Geophys. Research, 124, 3036-3057, doi:10.1029/2018JC014716, 2019. [PDF]

Chamberlain, M. A., R. J. Matear, M. Holzer, D. Bi, and S. J. Marsland, Transport matrices from standard ocean-model output and quantifying circulation response to climate change, Ocean Modelling, 135, 1-13, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2019.01.005, 2019. [PDF]

Pasquier, B., and M. Holzer, The number of past and future regenerations of iron in the ocean and its intrinsic fertilization efficiency, Biogeosciences, 15, 7177-7203, doi:10.5194/bg-15-7177-2018, 2018. [PDF]

Holzer, M., W. Smethie, and Y.-H. Ting, Ventilation of the subtropical North Atlantic: Locations and times of last ventilation estimated using tracer constraints from GEOTRACES section GA03, J. Geophys. Research, 123, 2332-2352, doi:10.1002/2017JC013698, 2018. [PDF] [Datasets]

Yang, H., D. Waugh, and M. Holzer, Decoupling the Effects of Transport and Chemical Loss on Tropospheric Composition: A Model Study of Path-Dependent Lifetimes, J. Geophys. Research, 123, 2320-2335, doi:10.1002/2017JD027871, 2018. [PDF]

Pasquier, B., and M. Holzer, Inverse-model estimates of the ocean's coupled phosphorus, silicon, and iron cycles, Biogeosciences, 14, 4125-4159, doi:10.5194/bg-14-4125-2017, 2017. [PDF]

Ting, Y.-H., and M. Holzer, Decadal changes in Southern Ocean ventilation inferred from deconvolutions of repeat hydrographies, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 5655-5664, doi:10.1002/2017GL073788, 2017. [PDF]

DeVries, T., M. Holzer, and F. Primeau, Recent increase in oceanic carbon uptake driven by weaker upper-ocean overturning, Nature, 542, 215-218, doi:10.1038/nature21068, 2017. [PDF]

Holzer, M., T. DeVries, D. Bianchi, R. Newton, P. Schlosser, and G. Winckler, Objective estimates of mantle ³He in the ocean and implications for constraining the deep ocean circulation, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 458, 305-314, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2016.10.054, 2017. [PDF]

Holzer, M., M. Frants, and B. Pasquier, The age of iron and iron source attribution in the ocean, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 30, 1454-1474, doi:10.1002/2016GB005418, 2016. [PDF]

Pasquier, B., and M. Holzer, The plumbing of the global biological pump: efficiency control through leaks, pathways, and timescales, J. Geophys. Research, 121, 6367-6388, doi:10.1002/2016JC011821, 2016. [PDF]

Frants, M., M. Holzer, T. DeVries, and R. Matear, Constraints on the global marine iron cycle from a simple inverse model, J. Geophys. Research - Biogeosciences, 121, 28-51, doi:10.1002/2015JG003111, 2016. [PDF]

Holzer, M., and D. W. Waugh, Interhemispheric transit-time distributions and path-dependent lifetimes constrained by measurements of SF6, CFCs, and CFC replacements, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 4581-4589, doi:10.1002/2015GL064172, 2015. [PDF]

Holzer, M., and M. A. Brzezinski, Controls on the silicon isotope distribution in the ocean: New diagnostics from a data-constrained model, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 29, 267-287, doi:10.1002/2014GB004967, 2015 [cover feature for March]. [PDF]

Orbe, C., P. A. Newman, D. W. Waugh, M. Holzer, L. D. Oman, F. Li, and L. M. Polvani, Air-mass origin in the Arctic. Part II: Response to increases in greenhouse gases, J. Climate, 28, 9105-9120, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0296.1, 2015. [PDF]

Orbe, C., P. A. Newman, D. W. Waugh, M. Holzer, L. D. Oman, F. Li, and L. M. Polvani, Air-mass origin in the Arctic. Part I: Seasonality, J. Climate, 28, 4997-5014, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00720.1, 2015. [PDF]

Tisdell, C. C., and M. Holzer, Analysis of the boundary value problem associated with the non relativistic Thomas-Fermi equation for heavy atoms in intense magnetic fields, Differential Equations and Applications, 7, 27-41, doi:0.7153/dea-07-03, 2015. [PDF]

Holzer, M., F. W. Primeau, T. DeVries, and R. Matear, The Southern Ocean silicon trap: Data-constrained estimates of regenerated silicic acid, trapping efficiencies, and global transport paths, J. Geophys. Research, 119, 313-331, doi:10.1002/2013JC009356, 2014. [PDF]

Orbe, C., M. Holzer, L. M. Polvani, D. W. Waugh, F. Li, L. D. Oman, and P. A. Newman, Seasonal ventilation of the stratosphere: Robust diagnostics from one-way flux distributions, J. Geophys. Research, 119, 293-306, doi:10.1002/2013JD020213, 2014. [PDF]

Holzer, M., and F. Primeau, Global teleconnections in the oceanic phosphorus cycle: patterns, paths, and timescales, J. Geophys. Research, 118, 1775-1796, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20072, 2013. [PDF]

Primeau, F., M. Holzer, and T. DeVries, Southern Ocean nutrient trapping and the efficiency of the biological pump, J. Geophys. Research, 118, 2547-2564, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20181, 2013. [PDF]

Holzer, M., and L. M. Polvani, Lifetime dependent flux into the lowermost stratosphere for idealized trace gases of surface origin, J. Geophys. Research, 118, 9367-9375, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50657, 2013. [PDF]

Orbe, C., M. Holzer, L. M. Polvani, and D. W. Waugh, Air-mass origin as a diagnostic of tropospheric transport, J. Geophys. Research, 118, 1459-1470, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50133, 2013. [PDF]

Waugh, D. W., F. Primeau, T. DeVries, M. Holzer, Recent Changes in the Ventilation of the Southern Oceans, Science, Vol. 339, 568-570, doi:10.1126/science.1225411, 2013. [PDF]

Holzer, M., C. Orbe, and F. Primeau, Stratospheric mean residence time and mean age on the tropopause: Connections and implications for observational constraints, J. Geophys. Research, 117, D12314, doi:10.1029/2012JD017547, 2012. [PDF]

Khatiwala, S., F. Primeau, and M. Holzer, Ventilation of the Deep Ocean Constrained With Tracer Observations and Implications for Radiocarbon Estimates of Ideal Mean Age, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., Vol. 325-326, 116-125, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.01.038, 2012. [PDF]

Orbe, C., M. Holzer, and L.M. Polvani, Flux distributions as robust diagnostics of stratosphere-troposphere exchange, J. Geophys. Research, 117, D01302, doi:10.1029/2011JD016455, 2012. [PDF]

Holzer, M., and F.W. Primeau, Improved constraints on transit time distributions from argon 39: A maximum entropy approach, J. Geophys. Research, 115, C12021, doi:10.1029/2010JC006410, 2010. [PDF]

Holzer, M., F.W. Primeau, W.M. Smethie, Jr., and S. Khatiwala, Where and how long ago was water in the western North Atlantic ventilated? Maximum-entropy inversions of bottle data from WOCE line A20, J. Geophys. Research, 115 , C07005, doi:10.1029/2009JC005750, 2010. [PDF]

Holzer, M., The path density of interhemispheric surface-to-surface transport. Part II: Transport through the troposphere and stratosphere diagnosed from NCEP data, J. Atmos. Sci., 66 , 2172-2189, doi:10.1175/2009JAS2895.1, 2009. [PDF]

Holzer, M., The path density of interhemispheric surface-to-surface transport. Part I: Development of the diagnostic and illustration with an analytic model, J. Atmos. Sci., 66 , 2159-2171, doi:10.1175/2009JAS2894.1, 2009. [PDF]

Holzer, M., and F.W. Primeau, The path-density distribution of oceanic surface-to-surface transport, J. Geophys. Res., 113 , C01018, doi:10.1029/2006JC003976, 2008. [PDF]

Holzer, M., and T.M. Hall, Tropospheric transport climate partitioned by surface origin and transit time, J. Geophys. Res., 113 , D08104, doi:10.1029/2007JD009115, 2008. [PDF]

Haine, T.W.N., H. Zhang, D. Waugh, and M. Holzer, On transit-time distributions in unsteady circulation models, Ocean Model., 21 , 35-45, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2007.11.004, 2008. [PDF]

Holzer, M., and T. M. Hall, Low-level transpacific transport, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D09103, doi:10.1029/2006JD007828, 2007. [PDF]

Hall, T.M., T.W.N. Haine, M. Holzer, D.A. LeBel, F. Terenzi, and D.W. Waugh, Ventilation rates estimated from tracers in the presence of mixing, J. Phys. Oceanog., 37, 2599-2611, doi:10.1175/2006JPO3471.1, 2007. [PDF]

Holzer, M., and F. W. Primeau, The Diffusive Ocean Conveyor, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L14618, doi:10.1029/2006GL026232, 2006. [PDF]

Primeau, F. W., and M. Holzer, The Ocean's Memory of the Atmosphere: Residence-Time and Ventilation-Rate Distributions of Water Masses, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 7, 1439-1456, doi:10.1175/JPO2919.1, 2006. [PDF]

Holzer, M., T. M. Hall, and R. B. Stull, Seasonality and weather-driven variability of transpacific transport, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D23103, doi:10.1029/2005JD006261, 2005. [PDF]

Holzer, M., I. G. McKendry, and D. A. Jaffe, Springtime trans-Pacific atmospheric transport from east Asia: A transit-time-pdf approach, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 4708, doi:10.1029/2003JD003558, 2003. [PDF]

Hall, T. M., and M. Holzer, Advective-diffusive mass flux and implications for stratosphere-troposphere exchange, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 1222, doi:10.1029/2002GL016419, 2003. [PDF]

Holzer, M., and G. J. Boer, Simulated changes in transport climate, J. Climate, 14, 4398-4420, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014%3C4398:SCIATC%3E2.0.CO;2, 2001. [PDF]

Holzer, M., and T. M. Hall, Transit-time and tracer-age distributions in geophysical flows, J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 3539-3558, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057, 2000. [PDF]

Holzer, M., Analysis of passive tracer transport as modelled by an atmospheric general circulation model, J. Clim., 12, 1659-1684, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012, 1999. [PDF]

Denning, A.S., M. Holzer, K.R. Gurney, M. Heimann, R.M. Law, P.J. Rayner, I.Y. Fung, S.-M. Fan, S. Taguchi, P. Friedlingstein, Y. Balkanski, J. Taylor, M. Maiss, and I. Levin, Three-dimensional transport and concentration of SF6: A model intercomparison study (TransCom 2), Tellus, 51B, 266-297, doi:10.1034/j.1600-0889.1999.00012.x, 1999. [PDF]

Holzer, M., Optimal spectral topography and its effect on model climate, J. Clim., 9, 2443-2463, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<2443:OSTAIE>2.0.CO;2, 1996. [jclim PDF] [better quality PDF with all figures visible]

Holzer, M., Asymmetric geopotential height fluctuations from symmetric winds, J. Atmos. Sci. 53, 1361-1379, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<1361:AGHFFS>2.0.CO;2, 1996. [PDF]

Holzer, M., and E. D. Siggia, Turbulent mixing of a passive scalar, Phys. Fluids A, 6, 1820-1837, doi:10.1063/1.868243, 1994. [PDF]

Holzer, M., and E. D. Siggia, Skewed, exponential pressure distributions from Gaussian velocities, Phys. Fluids A, 5, 2525-2532, doi:10.1063/1.858765, 1993. [PDF]

Holzer, M., and A. Pumir (1993), Simple models of non-Gaussian statistics for a turbulently advected passive scalar, Phys. Rev. E, 47, 202-219, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.47.202, 1993. [PDF]

Shore, J.D., M. Holzer, and J.P. Sethna, Logarithmically slow domain growth in nonrandomly frustrated systems: Ising models with competing interaction, Phys. Rev. B, 46, 11376-11404, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.46.11376, 1992. [PDF]

Holzer, M., Multifractal wave functions on a class of one-dimensional quasicrystals: Exact f(α) curves and the limit of dilute quasiperiodic impurities, Phys. Rev. B, 44, 2085-2091, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.44.2085, 1991. [PDF]

Holzer, M., Exact equilibrium crystal shapes in two dimensions for free-fermion models, Phys. Rev. B, 42, 10570-10582, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.42.10570, 1990. [PDF]

Holzer, M., Equilibrium crystal shapes and correlation lengths: A general exact result in two dimensions, Phys. Rev. Lett., 64, 653-656, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.653, 1990. [PDF]

Holzer, M., and M. Wortis, Low-temperature expansions for the step free energy and facet shape of the simple-cubic Ising model, Phys. Rev. B, 40, 11044-11058, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.40.11044, 1989. [PDF]

Holzer, M., Nonlinear dynamics of localization in a class of one-dimensional quasicrystals, Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Communication), 38, 5756-5759, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.38.5756, 1988. [PDF]

Holzer, M., Three classes of one-dimensional, two-tile Penrose tilings and the Fibonacci Kronig-Penney model as a generic case, Phys. Rev. B, 38, 1709-1720, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.38.1709, 1988. [PDF]

Inversion results for water-mass fractions and ideal mean age along GEOTRACES section GA03:

The data for water mass fractions and ideal mean age from the publication by Holzer, Smethie, and Ting (JGR-Oceans, 2018) are available from the Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution through the following links:

Water Mass Fractions - All Years [LINK] DOI:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.810696.1
Water Mass Fractions - 160 yrs [LINK] DOI:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.810784.1
Water Mass Fractions - 39 yrs [LINK] DOI:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.810838.1
Water Mass Fractions - Ages [LINK] DOI:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.810885.1

Rodriguez (1993) Ar-39 data table:

The Ar-39 data set from decay counting as tabulated in the University of Bern PhD thesis of J. Rodriguez (1993) is provided in the linked Excel-readable file Ar39_dataset_Rodriguez .
Citation: Rodriguez, J. (1993), Beiträge zur Verteilung von ³⁹Ar im Atlantik, Ph.D. Thesis: Inauguraldissertation der Philosophisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Bern zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde, Universität Bern, Switzerland.