Prof. Dr. Carsten Eden

Professor, Head Theoretical Oceanography, Managing Director Institute of Oceanography
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1. Eden, C. and Willebrand, J. (1999): Neutral Density Revisited. Deep Sea Res. II 46, 33-54. (pdf)
2. Eden, C. and Jung, T. (2001): North Atlantic interdecadal variability: Oceanic response to the North Atlantic Oscillation (1865-1997). J. Climate 14, (5) 676-691. (pdf)
3. Eden, C. and Willebrand, J. (2001): Mechanism of interannual to decadal variability of the North Atlantic circulation. J. Climate 14, (10) 2266-2280. (pdf)
4. Esselborn, S. and Eden, C. (2001): Sea surface height changes in the North Atlantic ocean related to the North Atlantic Oscillation. Geophys. Res. Lett. 28, (18) 3473-3476. (pdf)
5. Send, U.; Eden, C. and Schott, F. (2002): Equatorial Deep Jets: Space/Time Structure and Cross-Equatorial Fluxes. J. Phys. Ocean. , 32, (3) 891-902. (pdf)
6. Eden, C. and Böning, C.W. (2002): Sources of Eddy Kinetic Energy in the Labrador Sea. J. Phys. Ocean. 32, (12) 3346-3363 (pdf)
7. Eden, C.; Greatbatch, R.J. and Lu, J. (2002): Prospects for decadal prediction of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). Geophys. Res. Lett. 29, (10) doi:10.1029/2001GL014069 (pdf)
8. Olbers, D. and Eden, C. (2003): A model with simplified circulation dynamics for a baroclinic ocean with topography. Part I: Waves and wind-driven circulations. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 33, 2719-2737 (pdf)
9. Eden, C. and Greatbatch, R.J. (2003): A damped decadal oscillation in the North Atlantic climate system. J. Climate 16, 4043-4060 (pdf)
10. Eden, C.; Greatbatch, R.J. and Böning, C.W. (2004): Adiabatically correcting an eddy-permitting model of the North Atlantic using large-scale hydrographic data: Application to the Gulf Stream and the North Atlantic Current. J. Phys. Ocean. 34, 701-719 (pdf)
11. Greatbatch, R.J., Sheng, J.; C. Eden, C.; Tang, L.; Zhai, X. and Zhao, J. (2004): The semi-prognostic method. Cont. Shelf Res. 24 (18), 2149-2165 (pdf)
12. Brandt, P. and Eden, C. (2004): Annual cycle and interanual variability of the mid-depth tropical Atlantic Ocean. Deep Sea Res. I 52, 199-219 (pdf)
13. Zhao, J., Sheng, J.; Greatbatch, R.J.; Eden, C. and Azetsu-Scott, K. (2004): Improvement in the numerical simulation of CFC's along the western boundary of the North Atlantic Ocean using an adiabatical correction technique. Geophys. Res. Lett. 31 (L12309) doi:10.1029/2004GL020206 (pdf)
14. Eden, C. and Timmermann, A. (2004): The influence of the Galapagos Islands on tropical temperatures, currents and the generation of tropical instability waves. Geophys. Res. Lett. 31 (L15308) doi:10.1029/2004GL020060 (pdf)
15. Dengler, M.; Schott, F.; Eden, C.; Brandt, P.; Fischer, J. and Zantopp, R.(2004): Break-up of the Atlantic deep western boundary current into eddies at 8S. Nature 432, 1018-1020 (pdf)
16. Getzlaff, J.; Böning, C. W.; Eden, C. and Biastoch, A. (2005): Signal propagation in the North Atlantic overturning. Geophys. Res. Lett. 32 (L09602) doi:10.1029/2004GL021002. (pdf)
17. Eden, C. and Oschlies, A. (2006): Adiabatic reduction of circulation-related CO2 air-sea flux biases in North Atlantic carbon-cycle models. Glob. Biogeochem. Cycles 20 (GB2008) doi:10.1029/2005GB002521 (pdf)
18. Eden, C. (2006): Thickness diffusivity in the Southern Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett. 33 (L11606) doi:10.1029/2006GL026157 (pdf)
19. Friedrich, T.; Oschlies, A, and Eden, C. (2006): Role of wind stress and heat fluxes in generating interannual to decadal variability of air-sea CO2 and O2 fluxes in a North Atlantic model. Geophys. Res. Lett. 33 (L21S04) doi:10.1029/2006GL026538 (link)
20. Eden, C. (2006): Mid-depth equatorial tracer tongues in a model of the Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res. 111, C12025, doi:10.1029/2006JC003565. (pdf)
21. Schlösser, F. and Eden, C. (2006): Diagnosing the energy cascade in a model of the North Atlantic. Geophys. Res. Lett. 34, L02604, doi:10.1029/2006GL027813. (pdf)
22. Brandt, P.; Funk, A.; Czeschel, L.; Eden, C. and Böning, C. W. (2007): Export of convectively formed water in the boundary current of the Labrador Sea. J. Phys. Ocean. 37, 946-961. (pdf)
23. Eden, C.; Greatbatch, R. J. and Olbers, D. (2007): Interpreting eddy fluxes. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 37, 1282 - 1296. (pdf)
24. Eden, C.; Greatbatch, R.J. and Willebrand, J. (2007): A diagnosis of thickness fluxes in an eddy-resolving model. J. Phys. Ocean. 37, 727 - 742. (pdf)
25. Eden, C. (2007): Eddy length scales in the North Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res. , 112, C06004, doi:10.1029/2006JC003901.(pdf)
26. Greatbatch, R. J., X. Zhai, C. Eden, and D. Olbers (2007): The possible role in the ocean heat budget of eddy-induced mixing due to air-sea interaction. Geophys. Res. Lett. , 34, L07604, doi:10.1029/2007GL029533. (link)
27. Zhai, X., R.J. Greatbatch and C. Eden (2007): Spreading of Near-Inertial Energy in a 1/12deg Model of the North Atlantic Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L10609, doi:10.1029/2007GL029895. (link)
28. Eden, C. and R. J. Greatbatch (2008): Towards a mesoscale eddy closure. Ocean Modelling 20 (3) 223-239 (pdf)
29. Eden, C., and M. Dengler (2008), Stacked jets in the deep equatorial Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res. 113, C04003, doi:10.1029/2007JC004298. (link)
30. von Schuckmann, K., P. Brandt, and C. Eden (2008): Generation of Tropical Instability Waves in the Atlantic Ocean, J. Geophys. Res. 113, C08034, doi:10.1029/2007JC004712
31. Eden, C. and R. J. Greatbatch (2008): Diapycnal mixing by mesoscale eddies. Ocean Modeling 23 (3-4) 113-120 (pdf)
32. Eden, C., M. Jochum and G. Danabasoglu (2009): Effects of different closures for thickness diffusivity. Ocean Modeling 26 (1-2) 47-59 (pdf)
33. Eden, C. and R.J. Greatbatch (2009): A diagnosis of isopycnal mixing by mesoscale eddies. Ocean Modeling 27 (1-2) 98-106 (pdf)
34. Eden, C., D. Olbers and R.J. Greatbatch (2009): A generalised Osborn-Cox relation. J. Fluid Mech. 632, 457-474. (pdf)
35. Eden, C. and H. Dietze (2009): Effects of meso-scale eddy/wind interaction on biological new production and eddy kinetic energy. J. Geophys. Res. 114, C05023, doi:10.1029/2008JC005129 (pdf)
36. Löptien, U., C. Eden, A. Timmermann and H. Dietze (2009): Effects of biologically induced differential heating in an eddy-permitting coupled ocean-ecosystem model. J. Geophys. Res. 114, C06011, doi:10.1029/2008JC004936. (link)
37. Zhai, X. R.J.Greatbatch, C. Eden and T. Hibiya (2009): On the loss of wind-induced near-inertial energy to turbulent mixing in the upper ocean. J. Phys. Ocean. 39 (11) 3040 - 3045 link
38. Eden, C. and D. Olbers (2009): Why western boundary currents are diffusive: A link between bottom pressure torque and bolus velocity. Ocean Modeling 32 (1-2), 14-24 (pdf)
39. Glessmer, S. M., Eden, C. and Oschlies, A. (2009): Contribution of oxygen minimum zone waters to the coastal upwelling off Mauritania. Prog. Ocean. 83 143 - 150
40. Eden, C. (2009): Parameterising meso-scale eddy momentum fluxes based on potential vorticity mixing and a gauge term. Ocean Modeling 32 (1-2), 58-71 link
41. Löptien, U. and C. Eden (2010): Multidecadal CO2 uptake variability of the North Atlantic. J. Geophys. Res. , 115, D12113, doi:10.1029/2009JD012431
42. Viebahn, J. and C. Eden (2010): Towards the impact of eddies on the response of the Southern Ocean to climate change. Ocean Modelling 34 (3-4) 150-165 doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2010.05.005
43. Liu, N., C. Eden, H. Dietze, D. Wu, and X. Lin (2010): Model based estimate of the heat budget in the East China Sea. J. Geophys. Res. , doi:10.1029/2009JC005869
44. Eden, C. (2010): Anisotropic rotational and isotropic residual isopycnal meso-scale eddy fluxes. J. Phys. Ocean. 40 (11) 2511 - 2524.
45. Riha, S. and C. Eden (2011): Lagrangian and Eulerian lateral diffusivities in zonal jets. Ocean Modelling 39 (1-2) 114-124
46. Eden, C. (2011): A closure for meso-scale eddy fluxes based on linear instability theory. Ocean Modeling 39 (3-4) 362-369
47. Brüggemann, N, C.Eden and D. Olbers (2011): A dynamically consistent closure for zonally averaged ocean models. J. Phys. Ocean. 41 (11) 2242-2258
48. Eden, C. (2011): Relating Lagrangian, Residual, and Semi-Lagrangian (Isopycnal) Mean. J. Phys. Ocean. 42, 1057-1064
49. Czeschel, L. and C. Eden and R. Greatbatch (2012): On the driving mechanism of the annual cycle of the Florida Current transport. J. Phys. Ocean. 42 (5) 824-839
50. Viebahn, J. and C. Eden (2012): Standing eddies in the meridional overturning circulation. J. Phys. Ocean. 42, 1486-1508
51. Eden, C. (2012): Implementing diffusivities from linear stability analysis in a three-dimensional general circulation ocean model. Ocean Modelling 57-58, 15-28
52. von Storch, J.-S., C. Eden, I. Fast, H. Haak, D. Hernandez-Deckers, E. Maier-Reimer, J. Marotzke, D. Stammer (2012): An estimate of Lorenz energy cycle for the world ocean based on the 1/10 STORM/NCEP simulation J. Phys. Ocean. 42, 2185–2205.
53. Kurzke, H., Kurgansky, M. V., Dethloff, K., Handorf, D., Erxleben, S., Olbers, D., Eden, C., and Sempf, M.(2012): Simulating Southern Hemisphere extra-tropical climate variability with an idealised coupled atmosphere-ocean model. Geosci. Model Dev., 5, 1161-1175, doi:10.5194/gmd-5-1161-2012.
54. Bruedgam, M., Eden, C., Czeschel, L. and Baehr, J. (2013): The ability of the adjoint technique to recover decadal variability of the North Atlantic circulation Ocean Modelling 69, 166–180
55. Olbers, D. and C. Eden (2013): A global model for the diapycnal diffusivity induced by internal gravity waves J. Phys. Ocean. 43, 1759-1779
56. Rimac, A., von Storch, J-S., Eden, C. and Haak, H. (2013): The influence of high-resolution wind stress field on the power input to near-inertial motions in the ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett. 40 (18) 4882--4886
57. Vollmer and Eden (2013): A global map of meso-scale eddy diffusivities based on linear stability analysis. Ocean Modelling 72, 198-209
58. Mildner, T., C. Eden and L. Czeschel (2013): Revisiting the relationship between Loop Current rings and Florida Current transport variability. J. Geophys. Res. 118(12), 6648–6657
59. Thomsen, S., Eden C. and L. Czeschel (2014): Stability analysis of the Labrador Current. J. Phys. Ocean. 44 (2), 445-463
60. Griesel, A., J.L. McClean , S. T. Gille, J. Sprintall, and C. Eden (2014): Eulerian and Lagrangian isopycnal eddy diffusivities in the Southern Ocean of an eddying model. J. Phys. Ocean. 44 (2), 644-661
61. Eden, C. and Olbers, D. (2014): An energy compartment model for propagation, non-linear interaction and dissipation of internal gravity waves. J. Phys. Ocean. 44 (8), 2093-2106
62. Brüggemann, N. and Eden, C. (2014): Evaluating different parameterizations for mixed layer eddy fluxes induced by baroclinic instability. J. Phys. Ocean. 44 (9), 2524-2546
63. Eden, C., Czeschel, L. and Olbers, D. (2014): Towards energetically consistent ocean models. J. Phys. Ocean. 44 (12), 3160-3184
64. Eden, C. (2014): Revisiting the energetics of the ocean in Boussinesq approximation. J. Phys. Ocean. 45 (3), 630-637
65. Brüggemann, N. and Eden, C. (2015): Routes to dissipation under different dynamical conditions. J. Phys. Ocean. 45, 2149-2168
66. Mohammadi-Aragha, M., Klingbeil, K., Brüggemann, Eden, C. and Burchard, H. (2015): The impact of advection schemes on the dynamics of lateral shear and baroclinic instabilities. Ocean Modelling 94, 12-127
67. Griesel, A., Eden, C., Koopmann, N. and Yulaeva, E. (2015): Comparing isopycnal eddy diffusivities in the Southern Ocean with predictions from linear theory. Ocean Modelling 94, 33-45.
68. Jochum, M. and Eden, C. (2015): The connection between Southern Ocean winds, Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and Indo-Pacific upwelling. J. Clim. 28, 9250-9257
69. Eden, C. (2016): Closing the energy cycle in an ocean model. Ocean Modelling 101, 30-42
70. Olbers, D. and Eden, C. (2016): Revisting the generation of internal waves by resonant interaction with surface waves J. Phys. Ocean. 46, 2335-2350
71. Rimac, A. v. Storch, J-S. and Eden, C. (2016): The total energy flux leaving the ocean's mixed layer J. Phys. Ocean. 46, 1885-1900
72. Olbers, D. and Eden, C. (2017): A closure for internal wave-mean flow interaction. Part A: Energy conversion J. Phys. Ocean. 47,1389-1401
73. Eden, C. and Olbers, D. (2017): A closure for internal wave-mean flow interaction. Part B: Wave drag J. Phys. Ocean. 47, 1403-1412
74. Eden, C. and Olbers, D. (2017): A closure for eddy-mean flow effects based on the Rossby wave energy equation Ocean Modelling 114, 59-71
75. Paetsch, J., H. Burchard, C. Dieterich, U. Gr\"awe, M. Gr\"oger, M. Mathis, H. Kapitza, M. Bersch, A. Moll, T. Pohlmann, J. Sua, H.T.M. Ho-Hagemann, A. Schulz, A. Elizalde, C. Eden (2017): An evaluation of the North Sea circulation in global and regional models relevant for ecosystem simulations. Ocean Modelling, 116, 70-95.
76. Pollmann, F., Eden, C. and Olbers, D. (2017): Evaluating the global internal wave model IDEMIX using a finescale strain parameterisation. J. Phys. Ocean. 47(9), 2267-2289.
77. Nielsen, S., Jochum, M., Eden, C., Nuterman, R. (2018): An energetically consistent vertical mixing parameterization in CCSM4. Ocean Modelling, 127, 46-54.
78. Chouksey, M., Eden, C. and Br\"uggemann, N. (2018): Internal gravity wave emission in different dynamical regimes. J. Phys. Ocean., 48 (8), 1709-1730.
79. Haefner, D. Loewe-Jacobsen, R., Eden, C., Kristensen, M., Jochum, M., Nuterman, R., Vinter, B. (2018): Veros v0.1 a Fast and Versatile Ocean Simulator in Pure Python Geo. Model Devel., 11, 3299-3312.
80. Eden, C., Chouksey, M. and Olbers, D. (2019): Mixed Rossby-gravity wave-wave interaction J. Phys. Ocean. 49, 291-308
81. Pollmann, F., Nycander, J., Eden, C., Olbers, D. (2019): Resolving the horizontal direction of internal tide generation J. Fluid Mech., 864, 381–407
82. Eden, C., Pollmann, F. and Olbers, D. (2019): Numerical evaluation of energy transfers in internal gravity wave spectra of the ocean J. Phys. Ocean. 49, 737-749.
83. Baylor Fox-Kemper, Alistair Adcroft, Claus W. Böning, Eric P. Chassignet, Enrique Curchitser, Gokhan Danabasoglu, Carsten Eden, Matthew H. England, Rüdiger Gerdes, Richard J. Greatbatch, Stephen M. Griffies, Robert W. Hallberg, Emmanuel Hanert, Patrick Heimbach, Helene T. Hewitt, Christopher N. Hill, Yoshiki Komuro, Sonza Legg, Julien Le Sommer, Simona Masina, Simon J. Marsland, Stephen G Penny, Fangli Qiao, Todd D. Ringler, Anne Marie Treguier, Hiroyuki Tsujino, Petteri Uotila, Stephen G. Yeager (2019): Challenges and Prospects in Ocean Circulation Models. Frontiers in Marine Science 6, 65.
84. Nielsen, S. B., Jochum, M., Pedro, J. B., Eden, C., & Nuterman, R. (2019): Two-Timescale Carbon Cycle Response to an AMOC Collapse. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 34(4), 511-523.
85. Czeschel, L. and Eden, C. (2019): Internal wave radiation through surface mixed layer turbulence. J. Phys. Ocean. 49(7), 1827-1844.
86. Eden, C., Chouksey, M. and Olbers, D. (2019): Gravity wave emission by shear instability. J. Phys. Ocean. 49(9), 2393-2406
87. Han, B. and Eden, C. (2019): The energetics of internal tides at the Luzon Ridge. Ocean Modelling 69(9), 1009-1022.
88. Eden, C., Pollmann, F. and Olbers, D. (2020): Towards a global spectral energy budget for internal gravity waves in the ocean. J. Phys. Ocean. 50(4), 935-944.
89. Olbers, D., Pollmann, F., and Eden, C. (2020): On PSI interactions in internal gravity wave fields and the decay of baroclinic tides. J. Phys. Ocean. 50(3), 751-771.
90. Olbers, D., Jurgenowski, P. and Eden, C. (2020): A wind-driven model of the ocean surface layer with wave radiation physics. Ocean Dynam. 70(8), 1067-1088.
91. Quinn, B., Eden, C., Olbers, D.(2020): Application of the IDEMIX concept for Internal Gravity Waves in the Atmosphere. J. Atmos. Sci. 77(10), 3601-3618.
92. Eden, C., Olbers, D., and Eriksen, T. (2021): A closure for lee wave drag on the large-scale ocean circulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 51(12), 3573-3588.
93. Chouksey, M., Eden, C., and Olbers, D. (2022): Gravity wave generation in balanced sheared flow revisited. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 52(7), 1351-1362.
94. Chouksey, M., Griesel, A., Eden, C., and Steinfeldt, R. (2022): Transit Time Distributions and ventilation pathways using CFCs and Lagrangian backtracking in the South Atlantic of an eddying ocean model. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 52(7), 1531-1548.
95. Chouksey, A., Griesel, A., Chouksey, M. and Eden, C. (2022): Changes in global ocean circulation due to isopycnal diffusion J. Phys. Oceanogr. 52(9), 2219-2235.
96. Olbers, D., Pollmann, F. , Patel, A. , and Eden, C. (2023): A model of energy and spectral shape for the internal gravity wave field in the deep-sea -The parametric IDEMIX model -. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 53(5), 1337-1354.
97. Chouksey, M., Eden, C. Masur, G. T., Oliver, M. (2023): A comparison of methods to balance geophysical flows. J. Fluid Mech. 971, A2.
98. Eden, C. (2023): A simple eddy potential vorticity flux closure. James 15(10), e2023MS003711.
99. Sebastia Saez, P., M. Chouksey, C. Eden (2024): Evolution of internal gravity waves in a meso-scale eddy simulated using a novel model. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 54(4), 985-1002.
100. Brüggemann, N., Losch, M., Scholz, P., Pollmann, F., Danilov, S., Gutjahr, O., Jungclaus, J., Koldunov, N., Korn, P., Olbers, D., and Eden, C. (2024): Parameterized internal wave mixing in three ocean general circulation models. JAMES 16(6), e2023MS003768.
101. Kunz, L., Griesel, A., Eden, C., Duran, R. and Sainte-Rose. B. (2024): Transient Attracting Profiles in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Ocean Science, 20(6), 1611-1630.
102. Quinn, B., Eden, C., Olbers, D., Voelker, G.S., Achatz, U. (2025) : The transient IDEMIX model as a nonorographic gravity wave parameterization in an atmospheric circulation model. JAMES 17(5), e2023MS004121.
103. Eden, C. and Dettmer, J. (2025): ROSSMIX 2.0: a simplified meso-scale eddy closure applied to a realistic ocean model. JAMES 17(5), e2024MS004769.
104. Dettmer, J. and Eden, C. (2025): Mechanisms of baroclinic eddy damping on large scales. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 55(10), 1751-1769.
105. Eden, C. and Danilov, S. (2025): Backscatter by negative bolus velocity. JAMES 17(10), e2025MS005042.
106. Rosenau, S. Chouksey, M. and Eden, C. (2026) Flow decomposition by optimal balance with time-averaging. JAMES , accepted.
Books
Olbers, D., J. Willebrand and C. Eden (2012): Ocean dynamics Springer Heidelberg
Eden, C. and A. Iske (2019): Energy transfers in Atmosphere and ocean. Springer Heidelberg
Book chapters
Loeptien, U. and Eden, C. (2009): Simulating El Nino in an Eddy-Resolving Coupled Ocean-Ecosystem Model. In: High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering'08 , 471-477, Springer, Heidelberg
Poulsen, M.B., Jochum, M., Eden, C. and Nuterman, R. (2018): Southern ocean eddy compensation examined with a high-resolution ocean model. In: NIC Symposium 2018 John von Neumann Institut for Computing, NIC Series
Olbers, D. Eden, C., Becker, E., Pollmann, F. and Jungclaus, J. (2019): The IDEMIX Model: Parameterization of Internal Gravity Waves for Circulation Models of Ocean and Atmosphere. In:Energy transfers in Atmosphere and ocean. 87-125 Springer, Heidelberg
Nürnberg, D., Bahr, A., Mildner, T. and Eden, C. (2015): Loop current variability - its relation to meridional overturning circulation and the impact of Missisippi discharge In: Integrated analysis of interglacial climate dynamics (INTERDYNAMIC) Springer, Heidelberg.
Other publications
Eden, C. (1996): A neutral density variable for the North Atlantic Ocean. Diploma Thesis, Kiel University, Institut f. Meereskunde, 87 pp.
Eden, C. (1999): Interannual to Interdecadal Variability in the North Atlantic Ocean. Ph.D. Thesis, Kiel University, Institut f. Meereskunde, 132 pp.
Dengler, M. and Eden, C. (2005): Wirbel in der Tiefsee. Spektrum der Wissenschaft, 16-20, June.
Eden, C. and Jung, T. (2006): Wind-driven eddies and plankton blooms in the North Atlantic Ocean. ECMWF, Reading, UK, Technical Memorandum 460.
Eden, C. (2006): Mechanism and effects of oceanic variability. Habilitation thesis, University Kiel .
Braack, M. and Eden, C. (2008): Modelle und numerische Methoden in der Ozeansimulation. Christiana Albertina 67.
Scientific path
Speaker of TRR 181 "Energy Transfers in Atmosphere and Ocean"
since 04/2010 Prof. for Theoretical Oceanography at Universität Hamburg
06/2006 Habilitation in Physical Oceanography at the University of Kiel
2004 - 03/2010 SCientist at IFM-Geomar, Kiel
2002 - 2004 Postdoc atIFM, Kiel
2001 - 2002 Postdoc in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
1999 - 2000 Postdoc in Kiel
12/1999 PhD in Physical Oceanography in Kiel
12/1996 Diploma in Physical Oceanographie in Kiel
1987 Abitur (A-Level) in Bremen
26.07.1968 Born in Bremen, Germany
Main research interests
- Understanding the large-scale circulation of the ocean
- Effect and parameterising of (sub-) mesoscale variability
- Understanding internal wave-wave and wave-mean flow interactions