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Address: University of Bremen
- Department of Physics/MARUM -Klaus Grosfeld Postfach 330 440
D-28334 Bremen Germany
Office: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research Phone: +49 471 4831 1765 email: kgrosfeld@awi-bremerhaven.de
Qualification
- Diploma Geophysics 1987, University of Münster , Germany
Thesis:"The Ekström Ice Shelf: evaluation of aero-geophysical measurements"- Ph.D. Geophysics 1993, University of Münster , Germany
Thesis:"Investigations on temperature regime and mass balance of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica, with special interest regarding melting and freezing processes"- Postdoctoral affiliation 1993-1998, Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
Topic:"Ice shelf/Ocean - interaction processes; sub-ice-shelf modeling"- Research scientist and project management 1999-2001, University of Münster, Germany
CLIVAR/marin-1: "Coupled Ice Shelf - Ocean Modeling"- Project management 2002-2005, together with University of Münster, Germany
CLIVAR/marin-2: "Climate sensitivity of freshwater fluxes induced by ice shelf melting"- 2002-2006: Research scientist, University of Bremen, Germany
DEKLIM/Paleo: "Climate Transitions"- since 2006: Research scientist, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
Topic: "Ocean Gateways"
Research Interest
- earth-system modeling and climate transitions; BREMIC
- ice shelf / ocean interaction processes
- subglacial Lakes in Antarctica
- modelling of the thermohaline circulation in the Southern Polar Ocean
- mass balance and dynamics of the Antarctic
Field Activities
- 1989/90: Participant in 8th German Antarctic Expedition to the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
Collaborative Projects:
- DFG-Project : "Ice-water interaction in the subglacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica: numerical simulations"
together with Dr. C. Mayer ( Bayrische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Deutschland), since 01/2006- DFG-Project: "Cenozoic Antarctic Glaciation: An Integrated Atmosphere - Ocean - Ice Sheet Model Approach"
together with Prof. Dr. G. Lohmann, Prof. Dr. P. Huybrechts (AWI),
Prof. Dr. K. Fraedrich, Dr. E. Kirk (University of Hamburg), from 07/2006- "Ice Shelf - Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (ISOMIP)"
ISOMIP-participants from 9 institutions using currently 6 different 3d-ocean models
Completed Research Projects:
- CLIVAR/marin-2: "Quantification and climate sensitivity of the freshwater flux
induced by ice shelf melting along the continental margin of the Weddell Sea"
together with Prof. Dr. M. A. Lange (University of Münster), 2002-2005- CLIVAR/marin: "Ice-shelf - ocean interaction and its implications on the
water mass production in the Weddell Sea: numerical experiments with a coupled model"
together with Prof. Dr. M. A. Lange (University of Münster), 1999-2002
Recent Presentations/Publications
Further Publications
- Thoma, M., K. Grosfeld, and M. A. Lange, 2006,
The impact of the Eastern Weddell Ice Shelves on water masses in the eastern Weddell Sea,
Journal of Geophysical Research - Ocean, 111, C12010, doi:10.1029/2005JC003212.
- Grosfeld, K., G. Lohmann, N. Rimbu, K. Fraedrich, and F. Lunkeit, 2007,
Atmospheric multidecadal variations in the North Atlantic realm: proxy data, observations, and atmospheric circulation model studies,
Climate of the Past, 3, 39-50.
- Rimbu, N., G. Lohmann, and K. Grosfeld, 2007,
Northern Hemisphere Atmospheric Blocking in Ice Core Accumulation Records from Northern Greenland,
Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L09704, doi:10.1029/2006GL029175.
- Grosfeld, K., G. Lohmann, and N. Rimbu, 2007,
The impact of Atlantic and Pacific sea surface temperature anomalies on the North Atlantic multidecadal variability,
Tellus A, (submitted).
- Thoma, M., K. Grosfeld, and C. Mayer, 2007,
Modelling mixing and circulation in subglacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica, Ocean Dynamics, (accepted).
PRESENTATIONS:
- Mayer, C., Thoma, M., and K. Grosfeld,
Ice-water interaction in the subglacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica: numerical simulations,
Poster presentation at DFG-Report-Colloquium, priority programme 1158, 12.-14.02.2007, Bremerhaven.
Author: Klaus Grosfeld
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