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Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Gerdes

Adjunct Professor of Physical Oceanography
School of Science
Alfred Wegener Institute Bussestraße 24 D-27570 Bremerhaven (Building F-124)
Phone number
+49(471)4831-1827
Fax number
+49(471)4831-1149
Email Address
ruediger.gerdes@awi.de
Research Interests

Currently, I am most interested in climate modelling, the Arctic Ocean and its meridional exchanges. I have developed the North Atlantic-Arctic Ocean-sea ice model NAOSIM. I am working on Arctic shipping and sustainability issues based on today's traffic and climate change projections.

 

Selected Publications

Sea Ice Effects on the Sensitivity of the Thermohaline Circulation*

Formulation of an ocean model for global climate simulations

 

Freshwater fluxes in the East Greenland Current: A decade of observations

 

Developments in Ocean Climate Modelling

 

The Weddell Gyre heat budget associated with the Warm Deep Water circulation derived from Argo floats

 

Impact of Cyclonic Wind Anomalies Caused by Massive Winter Sea Ice Retreat in the Barents Sea on Atlantic Water Transport Toward the Arctic: A Model Study

 

The Weddell Gyre heat budget associated with the Warm Deep Water circulation derived from Argo Floats

 

Atmospheric and Surface Processes, and Feedback Mechanisms Determining Arctic Amplification: A Review of First Results and Prospects of the (AC)3 Project

 

Wind Feedback Mediated by Sea Ice in the Nordic Seas

 

Arctic Ocean Surface Energy Flux and the Cold Halocline in Future Climate Projections

 

Fram Strait sea ice export affected by thinning: comparing high-resolution simulations and observations

 

Arctic Ocean Response to Greenland Sea Wind Anomalies in a Suite of Model Simulations

 

Evaluation of the Sea-Ice Simulation in the Upgraded Version of the Coupled Regional Atmosphere-Ocean- Sea Ice Model HIRHAM–NAOSIM 2.0

 

Covariance of Optimal Parameters of an Arctic Sea Ice–Ocean Model

 

Horizontal circulation and volume transports in the Weddell Gyre derived from Argo float data

 

Simultaneous Parameter Optimization of an Arctic Sea Ice–Ocean Model by a Genetic Algorithm

 

Challenges and Prospects in Ocean Circulation Models

 

Simulated ballast water accumulation along Arctic shipping routes

 

High Arctic aircraft measurements characterising black carbon vertical variability in spring and summer

 

HIRHAM–NAOSIM 2.0: The upgraded version of the coupled regional atmosphere-ocean-sea ice model for Arctic climate studies