Māris Skudra
Researcher, Marine Monitoring Department, Hydrochemistry laboratory
Researcher, Marine Monitoring Department, Hydrochemistry laboratory
- Research activities and project management mostly related to oceanography, physical parameters of water (temperature, salinity, currents, oxygen, etc.)
- Responsible for the operation of various measuring instruments (probes, current meter), data processing and data quality
- Responsible for oxygen and pH determination and data quality
- Responsible for the development and maintenance of the LIAE data storage system LATMARE
- Training of new employees in measuring/collecting samples (probes, rosette samplers, etc.)
- Historical pollution and its remediation
- Aigars, J., Suhareva, N., Cepite-Frisfelde, D., Kokorite, I., Iital, A., Skudra, M., Viska, M. (2024) From green to brown: two decades of darkening coastal water in the Gulf of Riga, the Baltic Sea. Front.Mar.Sci. Vol. 11, article number 1369537. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1369537
- Dimante-Deimantovica, I., Bebrite, A., Skudra, M., Retike, I., Viska, M., Bikse, J., Barone, M., Prokopovica, A., Svipsta, S., Aigars, J. (2023) The baseline for micro- and mesoplastic pollution in open Baltic Sea and Gulf of Riga beach. Front. Mar. Sci. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1251068
- Skudra, M., Väli, G., Ikauniece, A., Papirtis, M. (2023) Upwelling characteristics in the Gulf of Riga (Baltic Sea): multiple data source approach. Front. Mar. Sci. Volume 10 – 2023. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1244643
- Stoicesku, S.T., Laanemets, J., Liblik, T., Skudra, M., Samlas, O., Lips, I. and Lips, U. (2022) Causes of the extensive hypoxia in the Gulf of Riga in 2018. Biogeosciences. Vol. 19, 2903-2920. doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-2903-2022
- Liblik, T., Skudra, M., Lips, U. (2017) On the buoyant sub-surface salinity maxima in the Gulf of Riga. Oceanologia, 59 (2), pp. 113-128. DOI: 10.1016/j.oceano.2016.10.001
- Skudra, M., Lips, U. (2017) Characteristics and inter-annual changes in temperature, salinity and density distribution in the Gulf of Riga. Oceanologia, 59 (1), pp. 37-48. doi.org/10.1016/j.oceano.2016.07.001
- Lips, U., Zhurbas, V., Skudra, M., Väli, G. (2016) A numerical study of circulation in the Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea. Part II: Mesoscale features and freshwater transport pathways. Continental Shelf Research, 115, pp. 44-52. DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2015.12.018
- Lips, U., Zhurbas, V., Skudra, M., Väli, G. (2016) A numerical study of circulation in the Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea. Part I: Whole-basin gyres and mean currents. Continental Shelf Research, 112, pp. 1-13. doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2015.11.008
- Lips, U., Zhurbas, V., Skudra, M., Vali, G. (2014) Features of summertime circulation in the Gulf of Riga (A numerical simulation). Measuring and Modeling of Multi-Scale Interactions in the Marine Environment – IEEE/OES Baltic International Symposium 2014, BALTIC 2014. Article number 6887846. DOI:10.1109/BALTIC.2014.6887846

