New Working Paper from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) which will be presented during the COP29 (Baku, 18 Nov 2024):
Caspian Sea Fluctuations and Climate Change
 Research Work:
After graduating 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 project. 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 in combination with proxy data. My research interests include stability and variability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC), orbital and tectonic forcing of climate, climate-ice sheet interactions, changes in the hydrologic cycle, and (paleo-)monsoons.
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Journal and Book Articles:
2025
Maksic, J., M. H. Shimizu, G. Sampaio, C. M. Chiessi, M. Prange, M. Vuille, G. Utida, F. W. Cruz, M. R. Lemes, 2025: Simulated isotopic fingerprint of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation over South America and its relation to the Little Ice Age. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 659, 112629, doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112629.
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2024
Akabane, T. K., C. M. Chiessi, M. Hirota, I. Bouimetarhan, M. Prange, S. Mulitza, D. J. Bertassoli Jr., C. Häggi, A. Staal, G. Lohmann, N. Boers, A. L. Daniau, R. S. Oliveira, M. C. Campos, X. Shi, and P. E. De Oliveira, 2024: Weaker Atlantic overturning circulation increases the vulnerability of northern Amazon forests. Nature Geoscience, 17, 1284-1290, doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01578-z.
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Castillo-Llarena, A., F. Retamal-Ramirez, J. Bernales, M. Jacques-Coper, M. Prange, and I. Rogozhina, 2024: Climate and ice sheet dynamics in Patagonia throughout marine isotope stages 2 and 3. Climate of the Past, 20, 1559-1577, doi:10.5194/cp-20-1559-2024.
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Crow, B. R., L. Tarasov, M. Schulz, and M. Prange, 2024: Uncertainties originating from GCM downscaling and bias correction with application to the MIS-11c Greenland Ice Sheet. Climate of the Past, 20, 281-296, doi:10.5194/cp-20-281-2024.
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Acosta, R. P., N. J. Burls, M. J. Pound, C. D. Bradshaw, A. M. De Boer, N. Herold, M. Huber, X. Liu, Y. Donnadieu, A. Farnsworth, A. Frigola, D. J. Lunt, A. S. von der Heydt, D. K. Hutchinson, G. Knorr, G. Lohmann, A. Marzocchi, M. Prange, A. C. Sarr, X. Li, and Z. Zhang, 2024: A model-data comparison of the hydrological response to Miocene warmth: Leveraging the MioMIP1 opportunistic multi-model ensemble. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 39, e2023PA004726, doi:10.1029/2023PA004726.
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2023
Prange, M., L. Jonkers, U. Merkel, M. Schulz, and P. Bakker, 2023: A multicentennial mode of North Atlantic climate variability throughout the Last Glacial Maximum. Science Advances, 9, eadh1106, doi:10.1126/sciadv.adh1106.
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Samant, R., and M. Prange, 2023: Climate-driven 21st century Caspian Sea level decline estimated from CMIP6 projections. Communications Earth and Environment, 4, 357, doi:10.1038/s43247-023-01017-8.
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Zhang, X., M. Prange, L. B. Ma, and J. Liu, 2023: Nonlinear response of global monsoon precipitation to Atlantic overturning strength variations during Marine Isotope Stage 3. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 128, e2023JD038521, doi:10.1029/2023JD038521.
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Malmierca-Vallet, I., L. C. Sime, and the D-O community members (incl. M. Prange), 2023: Dansgaard-Oeschger events in climate models: review and baseline Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS3) protocol. Climate of the Past, 19, 915-942, doi:10.5194/cp-19-915-2023.
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2022
Maksic, J., M. H. Shimizu, M. T. Kayano, C. M. Chiessi, M. Prange, and G. Sampaio, 2022: Influence of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation on South American atmosphere dynamics and precipitation. Atmosphere, 13, 1778, doi:10.3390/atmos13111778.
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Obreht, I., D. De Vleeschouwer, L. Wörmer, M. Kucera, D. Varma, M. Prange, T. Laepple, J. Wendt, S. D. Nandini-Weiss, H. Schulz, and K.-U. Hinrichs, 2022: Last Interglacial decadal sea surface temperature variability in the eastern Mediterranean. Nature Geoscience, 15, 812-818, doi:10.1038/s41561-022-01016-y.
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Crow, B. R., M. Prange, and M. Schulz, 2022: Dynamic boreal summer atmospheric circulation response as negative feedback to Greenland melt during the MIS-11 interglacial. Climate of the Past, 18, 775-792, doi:10.5194/cp-18-775-2022.
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Ferreira, J. Q., C. M. Chiessi, M. Hirota, R. S. Oliveira, M. Prange, C. Häggi, S. Crivellari, S. D. Nandini-Weiss, D. J. Bertassoli Jr., M. C. Campos, S. Mulitza, A. L. S. Albuquerque, A. Bahr, and E. Schefuß, 2022: Changes in obliquity drive tree cover shifts in eastern tropical South America. Quaternary Science Reviews, 279, 107402, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107402.
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2021
Nascimento, R. A., I. M. Venancio, C. M. Chiessi, J. M. Ballalai, H. Kuhnert, H. Johnstone, T. P. Santos, M. Prange, A. Govin, S. Crivellari, S. Mulitza, and A. L. S. Albuquerque, 2021: Tropical Atlantic stratification response to late Quaternary precessional forcing. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 568, 117030, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117030.
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Koriche, S. A., S. D. Nandini-Weiss, M. Prange, J. S. Singarayer, K. Arpe, H. L. Cloke, M. Schulz, P. Bakker, S. A. G. Leroy, and M. Coe, 2021: Impacts of variations in Caspian Sea surface area on catchment-scale and large-scale climate. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126, e2020JD034251, doi:10.1029/2020JD034251.
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Frigola, A., M. Prange, and M. Schulz, 2021: A dynamic ocean driven by changes in CO2 and Antarctic ice-sheet in the middle Miocene. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 579, 110591, doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110591.
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Chiessi, C. M., S. Mulitza, N. K. Taniguchi, M. Prange, M. C. Campos, C. Häggi, E. Schefuß, T. M. L. Pinho, T. Frederichs, R. C. Portilho-Ramos, S. H. M. Sousa, S. Crivellari, and F. W. Cruz, 2021: Mid- to late Holocene contraction of the Intertropical Convergence Zone over northeastern South America. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 36, e2020PA003936, doi:10.1029/2020PA003936.
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Burls, N. J., C. D. Bradshaw, A. M. De Boer, N. Herold, M. Huber, M. Pound, Y. Donnadieu, A. Farnsworth, A. Frigola, E. Gasson, A. S. von der Heydt, D. K. Hutchinson, G. Knorr, K. T. Lawrence, C. H. Lear, X. Li, G. Lohmann, D. J. Lunt, A. Marzocchi, M. Prange, C. A. Riihimaki, A.C. Sarr, N. Siler, and Z. Zhang, 2021: Simulating Miocene warmth: Insights from an opportunistic multi-model ensemble (MioMIP1). Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 36, e2020PA004054, doi:10.1029/2020PA004054.
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Lohmann, G., A. Wagner, and M. Prange, 2021: Resolution of the atmospheric model matters for the Northern Hemisphere Mid-Holocene climate. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 93, 101206, doi:10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2021.101206.
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Mas e Braga, M., J. Bernales, M. Prange, A. P. Stroeven, and I. Rogozhina, 2021: Sensitivity of the Antarctic ice sheets to the warming of marine isotope substage 11c. The Cryosphere, 15, 459-478, doi:10.5194/tc-15-459-2021.
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2020
Prange, M., T. Wilke, and F. P. Wesselingh, 2020: The other side of sea level change. Communications Earth and Environment, 1, 69, doi:10.1038/s43247-020-00075-6.
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Zhang, X., and M. Prange, 2020: Stability of the Atlantic overturning circulation under intermediate (MIS3) and full glacial (LGM) conditions and its relationship with Dansgaard-Oeschger climate variability.
Quaternary Science Reviews, 242, 106443, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106443.
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Ronge, T. A., M. Prange, G. Mollenhauer, M. Ellinghausen, G. Kuhn, and R. Tiedemann, 2020: Radiocarbon evidence for the contribution of the Southern Indian Ocean to the evolution of atmospheric CO2 over the last 32,000 years. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 35, e2019PA003733, doi:10.1029/2019PA003733.
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Bakker, P., I. Rogozhina, U. Merkel, and M. Prange, 2020: Hypersensitivity of glacial temperatures in Siberia. Climate of the Past, 16, 371-386, doi:10.5194/cp-16-371-2020.
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Jung, G., and M. Prange, 2020: The effect of mountain uplift on eastern boundary currents and upwelling systems. Climate of the Past, 16, 161-181, doi:10.5194/cp-16-161-2020.
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Nandini-Weiss, S. D., M. Prange, K. Arpe, U. Merkel, and M. Schulz, 2020: Past and future impact of the winter North Atlantic Oscillation in the Caspian Sea catchment area. International Journal of Climatology, 40, 2717-2731, doi:10.1002/joc.6362.
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2019
Scussolini, P., P. Bakker, C. Guo, C. Stepanek, Q. Zhang, P. Braconnot, J. Cao, M.-V. Guarino, D. Coumou, M. Prange, P. J. Ward, H. Renssen, M. Kageyama, B. Otto-Bliesner, and J. C. J. H. Aerts, 2019: Agreement between reconstructed and modeled boreal precipitation of the Last Interglacial. Science Advances, 5, eaax7047, doi:10.1126/sciadv.aax7047.
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Campos, M. C., C. M. Chiessi, M. Prange, S. Mulitza, H. Kuhnert, A. Paul, I. M. Venancio, A. L. S. Albuquerque, F. W. Cruz, and A. Bahr, 2019: A new mechanism for millennial scale positive precipitation anomalies over tropical South America. Quaternary Science Reviews, 225, 105990, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.105990.
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Rachmayani, R., M. Prange, M. Schulz, and N. S. Ningsih, 2019: Climate variability in Indonesia from 615 ka to present: First insights from low-resolution coupled model simulations. DIE ERDE - Journal of the Geographical Society of Berlin, 150, 230-240, doi:10.12854/erde-2019-428.
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Klus, A., M. Prange, V. Varma, and M. Schulz, 2019: Spatial analysis of early-warning signals for a North Atlantic climate transition in a coupled GCM. Climate Dynamics, 53, 97-113, doi:10.1007/s00382-018-4567-7.
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2018
Hollstein, M., M. Mohtadi, Y. Rosenthal, M. Prange, D. W. Oppo, G. Martinez Mendez, K. Tachikawa, P. Moffa Sanchez, S. Steinke, and D. Hebbeln, 2018: Variations in Western Pacific Warm Pool surface and thermocline conditions over the past 110,000 years: Forcing mechanisms and implications for the glacial Walker circulation. Quaternary Science Reviews, 201, 429-445, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.10.030.
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Klus, A., M. Prange, V. Varma, L. B. Tremblay, and M. Schulz, 2018: Abrupt cold events in the North Atlantic Ocean in a transient Holocene simulation. Climate of the Past, 14, 1165-1178, doi:10.5194/cp-14-1165-2018.
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Bakker, P., and M. Prange, 2018: Response of the Intertropical Convergence Zone to Antarctic Ice Sheet melt. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 8673-8680, doi:10.1029/2018GL078659.
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Bouimetarhan, I., C. M. Chiessi, C. Gonzalez-Arango, L. Dupont, I. Voigt, M. Prange, and K. Zonneveld, 2018: Intermittent development of forest corridors in northeastern Brazil during the last deglaciation: Climatic and ecologic evidence. Quaternary Science Reviews, 192, 86-96, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.05.026.
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Frigola, A., M. Prange, and M. Schulz, 2018: Boundary conditions for the Middle Miocene Climate Transition (MMCT v1.0). Geoscientific Model Development, 11, 1607-1626, doi:10.5194/gmd-11-1607-2018.
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2017
Rachmayani, R., M. Prange, D. J. Lunt, E. J. Stone, and M. Schulz, 2017: Sensitivity of the Greenland Ice Sheet to interglacial climate forcing: MIS 5e versus MIS 11. Paleoceanography, 32, 1089-1101, doi:10.1002/2017PA003149.
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Collins, J. A., M. Prange, T. Caley, L. Gimeno, B. Beckmann, S. Mulitza, C. Skonieczny, D. Roche, and E. Schefuß, 2017: Rapid termination of the African Humid Period triggered by northern high-latitude cooling. Nature Communications, 8:1372, doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01454-y.
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Häggi, C., C. M. Chiessi, U. Merkel, S. Mulitza, M. Prange, M. Schulz, and E. Schefuß, 2017: Response of the Amazon rainforest to late Pleistocene climate variability. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 479, 50-59, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2017.09.013.
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Mohtadi, M., M. Prange, E. Schefuß, and T. C. Jennerjahn, 2017: Late Holocene slowdown of the Indian Ocean Walker circulation. Nature Communications, 8:1015, doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00855-3.
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Mulitza, S., C. M. Chiessi, E. Schefuß, J. Lippold, D. Wichmann, B. Antz, A. Mackensen, A. Paul, M. Prange, K. Rehfeld, M. Werner, T. Bickert, N. Frank, H. Kuhnert, J. Lynch-Stieglitz, R. C. Portilho-Ramos, A. O. Sawakuchi, M. Schulz, T. Schwenk, R. Tiedemann, M. Vahlenkamp, and Y. Zhang, 2017: Synchronous and proportional deglacial changes in Atlantic meridional overturning and northeast Brazilian precipitation. Paleoceanography, 32, 622-633, doi:10.1002/2017PA003084.
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Portilho-Ramos, R. C., C. M. Chiessi, Y. Zhang, S. Mulitza, M. Kucera, M. Siccha, M. Prange, and A. Paul, 2017: Coupling of equatorial Atlantic surface stratification to glacial shifts in the tropical rainbelt. Scientific Reports, 7, 1561, doi:10.1038/s41598-017-01629-z.
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Erokhina, O., I. Rogozhina, M. Prange, P. Bakker, J. Bernales, A. Paul, and M. Schulz, 2017: Dependence of slope lapse rate over the Greenland ice sheet on background climate. Journal of Glaciology, 63(239), 568-572, doi:10.1017/jog.2017.10.
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2016
Varma, V., M. Prange, and M. Schulz, 2016: Transient simulations of the present and the last interglacial climate using the Community Climate System Model version 3: effects of orbital acceleration. Geoscientific Model Development, 9, 3859-3873, doi:10.5194/gmd-9-3859-2016.
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Zhang, Y., X. Zhang, C. M. Chiessi, S. Mulitza, X. Zhang, G. Lohmann, M. Prange, H. Behling, M. Zabel, A. Govin, A. O. Sawakuchi, F. W. Cruz, and G. Wefer, 2016:
Equatorial Pacific forcing of western Amazonian precipitation during Heinrich Stadial 1. Scientific Reports, 6, 35866, doi:10.1038/srep35866.
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Ionita, M., P. Scholz, G. Lohmann, M. Dima, and M. Prange, 2016: Linkages between atmospheric blocking, sea ice export through Fram Strait and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Scientific Reports, 6, 32881, doi:10.1038/srep32881.
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Mohtadi, M., M. Prange, and S. Steinke, 2016: Palaeoclimatic insights into forcing and response of monsoon rainfall. Nature, 533, 191-199, doi:10.1038/nature17450.
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Rachmayani, R., M. Prange, and M. Schulz, 2016: Intra-interglacial climate variability: model simulations of Marine Isotope Stages 1, 5, 11, 13, and 15. Climate of the Past, 12, 677-695, doi:10.5194/cp-12-677-2016.
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Tian, Q., M. Prange, and U. Merkel, 2016: Precipitation and temperature changes in the major Chinese river basins during 1957-2013 and links to sea surface temperature. Journal of Hydrology, 536, 208-221, doi:10.1016/j.hydrol.2016.02.048.
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Jung, G., M. Prange, and M. Schulz, 2016: Influence of topography on tropical African vegetation coverage. Climate Dynamics, 46, 2535-2549, doi:10.1007/s00382-015-2716-9.
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2015
Chiessi, C. M., S. Mulitza, G. Mollenhauer, J. B. Silva, J. Groeneveld, and M. Prange, 2015: Thermal evolution of the western South Atlantic and the adjacent continent during Termination 1. Climate of the Past, 11, 915-929, doi:10.5194/cp-11-915-2015.
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Bouimetarhan, I., L. Dupont, H. Kuhlmann, J. Pätzold, M. Prange, E. Schefuß, and K. Zonneveld, 2015: Northern Hemisphere control of deglacial vegetation changes in the Rufiji uplands (Tanzania). Climate of the Past, 11, 751-764, doi:10.5194/cp-11-751-2015.
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Zhang, X., M. Prange, U. Merkel, and M. Schulz, 2015: Spatial fingerprint and magnitude of changes in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during Marine Isotope Stage 3.
Geophysical Research Letters, 42, doi:10.1002/2014GL063003.
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Kwiatkowski, C., M. Prange, V. Varma, S. Steinke, D. Hebbeln, and M. Mohtadi, 2015: Holocene variations of thermocline conditions in the eastern tropical Indian Ocean. Quaternary Science Reviews, 114, 33-42, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.01.028.
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Voigt, I., C. M. Chiessi, M. Prange, S. Mulitza, J. Groeneveld, V. Varma, and R. Henrich, 2015: Holocene shifts of the southern westerlies across the South Atlantic. Paleoceanography, 30, doi:10.1002/2014PA002677.
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Ronge, T. A., S. Steph, R. Tiedemann, M. Prange, U. Merkel, D. Nürnberg, and G. Kuhn, 2015: Pushing the boundaries: Glacial/interglacial variability of intermediate and deep waters in the southwest Pacific over the last 350,000 years. Paleoceanography, 30, doi:10.1002/2014PA002727.
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Rachmayani, R., M. Prange, and M. Schulz, 2015: North African vegetation-precipitation feedback in early and mid-Holocene climate simulations with CCSM3-DGVM. Climate of the Past, 11, 175-185, doi:10.5194/cp-11-175-2015.
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Kleinen, T., E. Bezrukova, V. Brovkin, H. Fischer, S. Hildebrandt, S. Müller, M. Prange, R. Rachmayani, J. Schmitt, R. Schneider, M. Schulz, and P. Tarasov, 2015:
Comparison of climate and carbon cycle dynamics during Late Quaternary interglacials.
In Integrated Analysis of Interglacial Climate Dynamics (INTERDYNAMIC),
M. Schulz, A. Paul (eds.), Springer Briefs in Earth System Sciences, Springer, pp. 7-12.
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Milker, Y., R. Rachmayani, M. F. G. Weinkauf, M. Prange, M. Raitzsch, M. Schulz, and M. Kucera, 2015:
Global synthesis of sea-surface temperature trends during Marine Isotope Stage 11.
In Integrated Analysis of Interglacial Climate Dynamics (INTERDYNAMIC),
M. Schulz, A. Paul (eds.), Springer Briefs in Earth System Sciences, Springer, pp. 13-18.
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Govin, A., B. Blazey, M. Prange, and A. Paul, 2015:
What ends an interglacial? Feedbacks between tropical rainfall, Atlantic climate and ice sheets during the Last Interglacial.
In Integrated Analysis of Interglacial Climate Dynamics (INTERDYNAMIC),
M. Schulz, A. Paul (eds.), Springer Briefs in Earth System Sciences, Springer, pp. 25-30.
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Spielhagen, R. F., J. Müller, A. Wagner, K. Werner, G. Lohmann, M. Prange, and R. Stein, 2015:
Holocene environmental variability in the Arctic gateway.
In Integrated Analysis of Interglacial Climate Dynamics (INTERDYNAMIC),
M. Schulz, A. Paul (eds.), Springer Briefs in Earth System Sciences, Springer, pp. 37-42.
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Prange, M., S. Steph, H. Liu, L. D. Keigwin, and M. Schulz, 2015:
Hydroclimatic variability in the Panama Bight region during Termination 1 and the Holocene.
In Integrated Analysis of Interglacial Climate Dynamics (INTERDYNAMIC),
M. Schulz, A. Paul (eds.), Springer Briefs in Earth System Sciences, Springer, pp. 63-68.
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Lamy, F., M. Prange, H. W. Arz, V. Varma, J. Kaiser, R. Kilian, J. Hefter, A. Benthien, and G. Mollenhauer, 2015:
The Southern Westerlies during the Holocene: Paleoenvironmental reconstructions from Chilean lake, fjord, and ocean margin sediments combined with climate modeling.
In Integrated Analysis of Interglacial Climate Dynamics (INTERDYNAMIC),
M. Schulz, A. Paul (eds.), Springer Briefs in Earth System Sciences, Springer, pp. 75-81.
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2014
Steinke, S., M. Prange, C. Feist, J. Groeneveld, and M. Mohtadi, 2014: Upwelling variability off southern Indonesia over the past two millennia. Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 7684-7693, doi:10.1002/2014GL061450.
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Jung, G., M. Prange, and M. Schulz, 2014: Uplift of Africa as a potential cause for Neogene intensification of the Benguela upwelling system. Nature Geoscience, 7, 741-747, doi:10.1038/ngeo2249.
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Bakker, P., V. Masson-Delmotte, B. Martrat, S. Charbit, H. Renssen, M. Gröger, U. Krebs-Kanzow, G. Lohman, D. J. Lunt, M. Pfeiffer, S. J. Phipps, M. Prange, S. P. Ritz, M. Schulz, B. Stenni, E. J. Stone, and V. Varma, 2014: Temperature trends during the Present and Last Interglacial periods - a multi-model-data comparison. Quaternary Science Reviews, 99, 224-243, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.06.031.
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Kleinen, T., S. Hildebrandt, M. Prange, R. Rachmayani, S. Müller, E. Bezrukova, V. Brovkin, and P. E. Tarasov, 2014: The climate and vegetation of Marine Isotope Stage 11 - Model results and proxy-based reconstructions at global and regional scale. Quaternary International, 348, 247-265, doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2013.12.028.
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Zhang, X., M. Prange, U. Merkel, and M. Schulz, 2014: Instability of the Atlantic overturning circulation during Marine Isotope Stage 3. Geophysical Research Letters, 41, doi:10.1002/2014GL060321.
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Mohtadi, M., M. Prange, D. W. Oppo, R. De Pol-Holz, U. Merkel, X. Zhang, S. Steinke, and A. Lückge, 2014: North Atlantic forcing of tropical Indian Ocean climate. Nature, 509, 76-80, doi:10.1038/nature13196.
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Steinke, S., M. Mohtadi, M. Prange, V. Varma, D. Pittauerova, and H. W. Fischer, 2014: Mid- to Late-Holocene Australian-Indonesian summer monsoon variability. Quaternary Science Reviews, 93, 142-154, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.04.006.
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Govin, A., V. Varma, and M. Prange, 2014: Astronomically forced variations in western African rainfall (21°N-20°S) during the Last Interglacial period. Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 2117-2125, doi:10.1002/2013GL058999.
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2013
Merz, N., C. C. Raible, H. Fischer, V. Varma, M. Prange, and T. F. Stocker, 2013: Greenland accumulation and its connection to the large-scale atmospheric circulation in ERA-Interim and paleoclimate simulations. Climate of the Past, 9, 2433-2450, doi:10.5194/cp-9-2433-2013.
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Milker, Y., R. Rachmayani, M. F. G. Weinkauf, M. Prange, M. Raitzsch, M. Schulz, and M. Kucera, 2013: Global and regional sea surface temperature trends during Marine Isotope Stage 11. Climate of the Past, 9, 2231-2252, doi:10.5194/cp-9-2231-2013.
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Handiani, D., A. Paul, M. Prange, U. Merkel, L. Dupont, and X. Zhang, 2013: Tropical vegetation response to Heinrich Event 1 as simulated with the UVic ESCM and CCSM3. Climate of the Past, 9, 1683-1696, doi:10.5194/cp-9-1683-2013.
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Kageyama, M., U. Merkel, B. Otto-Bliesner, M. Prange, A. Abe-Ouchi, G. Lohmann, R. Ohgaito, D. M. Roche, J. Singarayer, D. Swingedouw, and X. Zhang, 2013:
Climatic impacts of fresh water hosing under Last Glacial Maximum conditions: a multi-model study. Climate of the Past, 9, 935-953, doi:10.5194/cp-9-935-2013.
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Lunt, D. J., A. Abe-Ouchi, P. Bakker, A. Berger, P. Braconnot, S. Charbit, N. Fischer, N. Herold, J. H. Jungclaus, V. C. Khon, U. Krebs-Kanzow, P. M. Langebroek, G. Lohmann, K. H. Nisancioglu, B. L. Otto-Bliesner, W. Park, M. Pfeiffer, S. J. Phipps, M. Prange, R. Rachmayani, H. Renssen, N. Rosenbloom, B. Schneider, E. J. Stone, K. Takahashi, W. Wei, Q. Yin, and Z. S. Zhang, 2013:
A multi-model assessment of last interglacial temperatures. Climate of the Past, 9, 699-717, doi:10.5194/cp-9-699-2013.
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Bakker, P., E. J. Stone, S. Charbit, M. Gröger, U. Krebs-Kanzow, S. P. Ritz, V. Varma, V. Khon, D. J. Lunt, U. Mikolajewicz, M. Prange, H. Renssen, B. Schneider, and M. Schulz, 2013:
Last interglacial temperature evolution - a model inter-comparison. Climate of the Past, 9, 605-619, doi:10.5194/cp-9-605-2013.
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Collins, J. A., E. Schefuß, S. Mulitza, M. Prange, M. Werner, T. Tharammal, A. Paul, and G. Wefer, 2013: Estimating the hydrogen isotopic composition of past precipitation using leaf-waxes from western Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews, 65, 88-101.
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2012
Seidenglanz, A., M. Prange, V. Varma, and M. Schulz, 2012: Ocean temperature response to idealized Gleissberg and de Vries solar cycles in a comprehensive climate model. Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L22602, doi:10.1029/2012GL053624.
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Bouimetarhan, I., M. Prange, E. Schefuß, L. Dupont, J. Lippold, S. Mulitza, and K. Zonneveld, 2012: Sahel megadrought during Heinrich Stadial 1: evidence for a three-phase evolution of the low- and mid-level West African wind system. Quaternary Science Reviews, 58, 66-76.
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Varma, V., M. Prange, T. Spangehl, F. Lamy, U. Cubasch, and M. Schulz, 2012: Impact of solar-induced stratospheric ozone decline on Southern Hemisphere Westerlies during the Late Maunder Minimum. Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L20704, doi:10.1029/2012GL053403.
(PDF) (Highlighted in Nature Geoscience, November 2012)
Stuut, J.-B., M. Prange, U. Merkel, and S. Steph, 2012: Tropical oceans. In Quaternary Environmental Change in the Tropics, S. E. Metcalfe and D. J. Nash (eds.), Wiley-Blackwell, Blackwell Quaternary Geoscience Series, pp. 47-78.
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Felis, T., U. Merkel., R. Asami, P. Deschamps, E. C. Hathorne, M. Kölling, E. Bard, G. Cabioch, N. Durand, M. Prange, M. Schulz, S. Y. Cahyarini, and M. Pfeiffer, 2012: Pronounced interannual variability in tropical South Pacific temperatures during Heinrich Stadial 1. Nature Communications, 3:965, doi:10.1038/ncomms1973.
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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 (e.g. Conference Proceedings, Newsletters, Technical Reports):
2021
Nandini-Weiss, S., K. Arpe, U. Merkel, and M. Prange, 2021: Future decline of the Caspian Sea level: Does the North Atlantic
Oscillation matter? In Proceedings of the Scientific Conference on Climate Change in the Caspian Sea Region, UNEP, pp. 149-150.
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Wesselingh, F. P., M. Lattuada, T. Wilke, S. Nandini-Weiss, M. Prange, M. V. Vinarski, and the PRIDE team, 2021: Projected 2100 Caspian Sea level drop has devastating consequences. In Proceedings of the Scientific Conference on Climate Change in the Caspian Sea Region, UNEP, pp. 232-234.
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2020
Wesselingh, F. P., M. Prange, and T. Wilke, 2020: Implications of huge Caspian Sea level drop projected for 2100. In Ponto-Caspian and the Caucasus Region, Proceedings of multidisciplinary international conference, Baku, Azerbaijan, pp. 189-191.
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2015
Prange, M., A. Frigola, and M. Schulz, 2015: Schwankungen des tropischen Regengürtels während des mittleren Miozäns. In Forschung im HLRN-Verbund 2015, Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin, Germany, pp. 150-151.
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Mulitza, S., C. M. Chiessi, J. Lippold, J. Lynch-Stieglitz, A. Mackensen, A. Paul, M. Prange, R. Portilho Ramos, A. P. S. Cruz, E. Schefuss,
T. Schwenk, M. Schulz, R. Tiedemann, I. Voigt, M. Werner, and Y. Zhang, 2015: Response of the tropical Atlantic ocean-atmosphere system to deglacial changes.
Nova Acta Leopoldina NF 121, 408, 167-169.
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2013
Merkel, U., M. Prange, and M. Schulz, 2013: Interannual variability in the tropical Pacific and
associated atmospheric teleconnections during the last glacial period. PAGES News, 21(2), 68-69.
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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.
E-Mail: mprange@marum.de
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