 Research Work:
After my graduation in physics with a diploma thesis on magnetohydrodynamic instabilities I started to work in the field of Arctic ocean/sea-ice modeling for my PhD. Over time, I became interested into paleoclimate and global aspects of climate dynamics. In order to understand the mechanisms behind (paleo-)climatic variability I use numerical models of different complexity. My current research interests involve (i) stability and variability of the ocean's thermohaline circulation, (ii) the role of ocean circulation in shaping climate variability, (iii) solar, orbital and tectonic forcing of climate change, (iv) high-low-latitude climate interactions, and (v) paleomonsoons.
 Teaching:
 Current Projects:
 Publications:
Journal Articles, Book Chapters (peer-reviewed):
2012
Varma, V., M. Prange, U. Merkel, T. Kleinen, G. Lohmann, M. Pfeiffer, H. Renssen, A. Wagner, S. Wagner, and M. Schulz, 2012:
Holocene evolution of the Southern Hemisphere westerly winds in transient simulations with global climate models. Climate of the Past, 8, 391-402, doi:10.5194/cp-8-391-2012.
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Zhang, X., M. Prange, S. Steph, M. Butzin, U. Krebs, D. J. Lunt, K. H. Nisancioglu, W. Park, A. Schmittner, B. Schneider, and M. Schulz, 2012:
Changes in equatorial Pacific thermocline depth in response to Panamanian seaway closure: Insights from a multi-model study. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 317-318, 76-84.
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Butzin, M., M. Prange, and G. Lohmann, 2012: Readjustment of glacial radiocarbon chronologies by self-consistent three-dimensional ocean circulation modeling. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 317-318, 177-184.
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2011
Schefuß, E., H. Kuhlmann, G. Mollenhauer, M. Prange, and J. Pätzold, 2011: Forcing of wet phases in southeast Africa over the past 17,000 years. Nature, 480, 509-512, doi:10.1038/nature10685.
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Wagner, A., G. Lohmann, and M. Prange, 2011: Arctic river discharge trends since 7 ka BP. Global and Planetary Change, 79, 48-60.
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Müller, J., A. Wagner, K. Fahl, R. Stein, M. Prange, and G. Lohmann, 2011: Towards quantitative sea ice reconstructions in the northern North Atlantic: A combined biomarker and numerical modelling approach. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 306, 137-148.
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Varma, V., M. Prange, F. Lamy, U. Merkel, and M. Schulz, 2011: Solar-forced shifts of the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies during the Holocene. Climate of the Past, 7, 339-347, doi:10.5194/cp-7-339-2011.
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Collins, J. A., E. Schefuß, D. Heslop, S. Mulitza, M. Prange, M. Zabel, R. Tjallingii, T. M. Dokken, E. Huang, A. Mackensen, M. Schulz, J. Tian, M. Zarriess, and G. Wefer, 2011: Interhemispheric symmetry of the tropical African rainbelt over the past 23,000 years. Nature Geoscience, 4, 42-45.
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Zarriess, M., H. Johnstone, M. Prange, S. Steph, J. Groeneveld, S. Mulitza, and A. Mackensen, 2011: Bipolar seesaw in the northeastern tropical Atlantic during Heinrich stadials. Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L04706, doi:10.1029/2010GL046070.
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2010
Lopes dos Santos, R. A., M. Prange, I. S. Castañeda, E. Schefuß, S. Mulitza, M. Schulz, E. M. Niedermeyer, J. S. Sinninghe Damsté, and S. Schouten, 2010: Glacial-interglacial variability in Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and thermocline adjustments in the tropical North Atlantic.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 300, 407-414.
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Lamy, F., R. Kilian, H. W. Arz, J.-P. Francois, J. Kaiser, M. Prange, and T. Steinke, 2010: Holocene changes in the position and intensity of the southern westerly wind belt.
Nature Geoscience, 3, 695-699, doi:10.1038/NGEO959.
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Prange, M., S. Steph, M. Schulz, and L. D. Keigwin, 2010: Inferring moisture transport across Central America:
Can modern analogs of climate variability help reconcile paleosalinity records? Quaternary Science Reviews, 29, 1317-1321.
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Steph, S., R. Tiedemann, M. Prange, J. Groeneveld, M. Schulz, A. Timmermann, D. Nürnberg, C. Rühlemann, C. Saukel, and G. H. Haug, 2010:
Early Pliocene increase in thermohaline overturning: A precondition for the development of the modern equatorial Pacific cold tongue. Paleoceanography,
25, PA2202, doi:10.1029/2008PA001645.
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Merkel, U., M. Prange, and M. Schulz, 2010: ENSO variability and teleconnections during glacial climates. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29, 86-100.
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Prange, M., J. I. Jongma, and M. Schulz, 2010: Centennial-to-millennial-scale Holocene climate variability in the North Atlantic region induced by noise. In Stochastic Physics and Climate Modelling, T. Palmer and P. Williams (eds.), Cambridge University Press, pp. 307-326.
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2009
Niedermeyer, E. M., M. Prange, S. Mulitza, G. Mollenhauer, E. Schefuß, and M. Schulz, 2009: Extratropical forcing of Sahel aridity during Heinrich stadials. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L20707, doi:10.1029/2009GL039687.
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Sarnthein, M., G. Bartoli, M. Prange, A. Schmittner, B. Schneider, M. Weinelt, N. Andersen, and D. Garbe-Schönberg, 2009: Mid-Pliocene shifts in ocean overturning circulation and the onset of Quaternary-style climates. Climate of the Past, 5, 269-283.
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Fraile, I., M. Schulz, S. Mulitza, U. Merkel, M. Prange, and A. Paul, 2009: Modeling the seasonal distribution of planktonic foraminifera during the Last Glacial Maximum. Paleoceanography, 24, PA2216, doi:10.1029/2008PA001686.
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2008
Mulitza, S., M. Prange, J.-B. Stuut, M. Zabel, T. von Dobeneck, A. C. Itambi, J. Nizou, M. Schulz, and G. Wefer, 2008: Sahel megadroughts triggered by glacial slowdowns of Atlantic meridional overturning.
Paleoceanography, 23, PA4206, doi:10.1029/2008PA001637.
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Prange, M., 2008: The low-resolution CCSM2 revisited: new adjustments and a present-day control run. Ocean Science, 4, 151-181.
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2007
Jongma, J. I., M. Prange, H. Renssen, and M. Schulz, 2007: Amplification of Holocene multicentennial climate forcing by mode transitions in North Atlantic overturning circulation. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L15706, doi:10.1029/2007GL030642.
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Prange, M., H. Arz, and F. Lamy, 2007: Comment on "Is there a paleolimnological explanation for 'walking on water' in the Sea of Galilee?". Journal of Paleolimnology, 38, 589-593.
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Schulz, M., M. Prange, and A. Klocker, 2007:
Low-frequency oscillations of the Atlantic Ocean meridional overturning circulation in a coupled climate model.
Climate of the Past, 3, 97-107.
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2006
Steph, S., R. Tiedemann, M. Prange, J. Groeneveld, D. Nürnberg,
L. Reuning, M. Schulz, and G. Haug, 2006:
Changes in Caribbean surface hydrography during the Pliocene shoaling of the
Central American Seaway.
Paleoceanography, 21, PA4221, doi:10.1029/2004PA001092.
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Prange, M., and R. Gerdes, 2006:
The role of surface freshwater flux boundary conditions in Arctic Ocean modelling.
Ocean Modelling, 13, 25-43.
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2005
Butzin, M., M. Prange, and G. Lohmann, 2005:
Radiocarbon simulations for the glacial ocean: the effects of wind stress, Southern Ocean
sea ice and Heinrich events.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 235, 45-61.
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Klocker, A., M. Prange, and M. Schulz, 2005:
Testing the influence of the Central American seaway on orbitally forced
Northern Hemisphere glaciation.
Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L03703, doi:10.1029/2004GL021564.
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Lohmann, G., S. Lorenz, and M. Prange, 2005:
Northern high-latitude climate changes during the Holocene
as simulated by circulation models.
In The Nordic Seas: An Integrated Perspective, Geophysical Monograph 158,
H. Drange et al. (eds.), American Geophysical Union, Washington D.C., pp. 273-288.
(Abstract)
2004
Prange, M., and M. Schulz, 2004:
A coastal upwelling seesaw in the Atlantic Ocean as a result of the closure of the Central American Seaway.
Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L17207, doi:10.1029/2004GL020073.
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Romanova, V., M. Prange, and G. Lohmann, 2004: Stability
of the glacial thermohaline circulation and its dependence on the background hydrological cycle.
Climate Dynamics, 22, 527-538.
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Rühlemann, C., S. Mulitza, G. Lohmann, A. Paul, M.
Prange, and G. Wefer, 2004: Intermediate depth warming in the tropical Atlantic
related to weakened thermohaline circulation: Combining paleoclimate data and modeling results
for the last deglaciation.
Paleoceanography, 19, PA1025, doi:10.1029/2003PA000948.
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Prange, M., G. Lohmann, V. Romanova, and M. Butzin, 2004:
Modelling tempo-spatial signatures of Heinrich Events: Influence of the climatic background state.
Quaternary Science Reviews, 23/5-6, 521-527.
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Prange, M., and G. Lohmann, 2004: Variable freshwater
input to the Arctic Ocean during the Holocene: Implications for large-scale
ocean-sea ice dynamics as simulated by a circulation model. In The Climate in
Historical Times: Towards a synthesis of Holocene proxy data and climate models,
H. Fischer et al. (eds.), Springer-Verlag, pp. 319-335.
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2003
Prange, M., and G. Lohmann, 2003: Effects of mid-Holocene
river runoff on the Arctic ocean/sea-ice system: a numerical model study.
The Holocene, 13(3), 335-342.
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Prange, M., G. Lohmann, and A. Paul, 2003: Influence
of vertical mixing on the thermohaline hysteresis: Analyses of an OGCM.
Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33(8), 1707-1721.
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1997-2002
Prange, M., V. Romanova, and G. Lohmann, 2002: The glacial
thermohaline circulation: stable or unstable? Geophysical Research Letters,
29(21),
2028, doi:10.1029/2002GL015337.
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Prange, M., M. Wanschura, H. C. Kuhlmann, and H. J. Rath,
1999: Linear stability of thermocapillary convection in cylindrical liquid
bridges under axial magnetic fields. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 394,
281-302.
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Prange, M., G. Lohmann, and R. Gerdes, 1997: Sensitivity
of the thermohaline circulation for different climates - Investigations
with a simple atmosphere-ocean model. Palaeoclimates,
2,
71-99.
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Other Publications (Conference Proceedings, Newsletters, Technical Reports):
2011
Jung, G., M. Prange, and M. Schulz, 2011: Die Entwicklung der tropischen Regenzone im späten Neogen. In Forschung im HLRN-Verbund 2011, ZIB Berlin und
RRZN Hannover, Germany, pp. 54-55.
(PDF 50MB)
Prange, M., H. Liu, and M. Schulz, 2011: Atmosphärische Feuchtetransporte und thermohaline Zirkulation: Untersuchung möglicher Rückkopplungsmechanismen für abrupte Klimaschwankungen. In Forschung im HLRN-Verbund 2011, ZIB Berlin und
RRZN Hannover, Germany, pp. 58-59.
(PDF 50MB)
2009
Schulz, M., and M. Prange, 2009: Potential imprint of changes in multidecadal climate
variability on temperature reconstructions of the past millennium. PAGES News,17(2), 80-81.
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2008
Stuut, J.-B., S. Mulitza, and M. Prange, 2008: Challenges to understanding past and future climate in Africa.
Eos Transactions AGU,89(21), 196.
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Prange, M., U. Merkel, and M. Schulz, 2008: Modellierung känozoischer Klimazustände. HLRN Informationen,5, 2-4.
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Butzin, M., M. Prange, and G. Lohmann, 2008: Three-dimensional radiocarbon modeling - a tool to assess the last glacial ocean circulation and radiocarbon chronologies. PAGES News,16(2), 13-14.
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2007
Stuut, J.-B., S. Mulitza, and M. Prange (eds.), 2007: Response of North African ecosystems to abrupt climate change. MARUM Workshop Abstract Book, Bremen (Germany), 50 pp.
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2006
Prange, M., and M. Schulz, 2006: The Community Climate System Model (version 2.0.1) on the HLRN supercomputer:
Adjustment, accelerated integration, and present-day control run.
BremHLR Technical Report, 01-06, University of Bremen, Germany.
(PDF 19MB)
2005
Schulz, M., and M. Prange, 2005: Schliessung der Panama-Passage: Einfluss auf das globale
Klimasystem. In Wissenschaftliche Projekte auf dem HLRN-System 2003-2005, ZIB Berlin und
RRZN Hannover, Germany, pp. 57-58.
(PDF 33MB)
Prange, M., and M. Schulz, 2005: An upwelling seesaw in the Atlantic Ocean:
Model results and paleoceanographic evidence. PAGES News,13(1), 17-19.
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2004
Rühlemann, C., G. Lohmann, S. Mulitza, A. Paul, and M. Prange, 2004:
Intermediate-depth warming in the low-latitude Atlantic related to weakened
North Atlantic deepwater production: combining palaeoclimate and modelling data
for the last deglaciation.
Proc. Bjerknes Centenary: Climate Change in High Latitudes, Bergen (Norway), 5 pp.
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2003
Rühlemann, C., S. Mulitza, G. Lohmann, A. Paul, M.
Prange, and G. Wefer, 2003: Abrupt warming of the intermediate-depth Atlantic Ocean
in response to thermohaline circulation slowdown during the last
deglaciation. PAGES News, 11(1), 17-19.
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Prange, M., G. Lohmann, and V. Romanova, 2003: Atlantic SST signature of
Heinrich Events. Terra Nostra, 6, 349-354.
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Butzin, M., M. Prange, and G. Lohmann, 2003: Studien zur C-14-Verteilung im
glazialen Ozean mit einem globalen Ozeanzirkulationsmodell.
Terra Nostra, 6, 86-88.
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Lohmann, G., M. Butzin, K. Grosfeld, G. Knorr, A. Paul, M. Prange, V. Romanova, and S. Schubert, 2003:
The Bremen Earth System Model of Intermediate Complexity (BREMIC) designed for long-term climate studies.
Model description, climatology, and applications. Technical Report, Geosciences Department, University of Bremen, Germany.
(Link)
1999-2002
Prange, M., 2002: Arctic paleo-river discharge in an ocean
circulation model.
APARD Newsletter, 6.
(Link)
Prange, M., and R. Gerdes, 1999: Influence of Arctic
river runoff on the circulation in the Arctic Ocean, the Nordic Seas and
the North Atlantic.
ICES-CM,1999/L:11, 5 pp.
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Karcher, M., J. Brauch, B. Fritzsch, R. Gerdes, F. Kauker,
C. Köberle, and M. Prange, 1999: Variability in the Nordic Seas exchange:
model results 1979-1993. ICES-CM,1999/L:18, 7 pp.
(Abstract)
Gerdes, R., M. Karcher, F. Kauker, C. Köberle, J. Brauch, and M. Prange, 1999: Large scale modeling results - VEINS synthesis. Report, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.
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Theses:
Prange, M., 1997: Stabilisierung thermokapillarer Konvektion
in zylindrischen Flüssigkeitsbrücken mittels axialer Magnetfelder.
Physik,
Band
58, Tectum-Verlag, 132 pp.
(Summary)
(Award)
Prange, M., 2003: Einfluss arktischer Süßwasserquellen auf
die Zirkulation im Nordmeer und im Nordatlantik in einem prognostischen
Ozean-Meereis-Modell (Influence of Arctic Freshwater Sources on the Circulation in the
Arctic Mediterranean and the North Atlantic in a Prognostic Ocean/Sea-Ice Model).
Universität Bremen, Fachbereich Physik/Elektrotechnik, 252 pp.
(Summary)
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Also published as:
Prange, M., 2003: Einfluss arktischer Süßwasserquellen auf
die Zirkulation im Nordmeer und im Nordatlantik in einem prognostischen
Ozean-Meereis-Modell (Influence of Arctic Freshwater Sources on the Circulation in the
Arctic Mediterranean and the North Atlantic in a Prognostic Ocean/Sea-Ice Model).
Reports on Polar and Marine Research, AWI Bremerhaven, 468, 220 pp.
(Link)
E-Mail: mprange@uni-bremen.de
Phone: (+49) (0)421 218 65430 Fax: (+49) (0)421 218 65430
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Universität Bremen
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