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Address: Alfred Wegener Institute
for Polar and Marine ResearchKlaus Grosfeld Bussestrasse 24
D-27515 Bremerhaven Germany
Office: Building F Phone: +49 471 4831 1765 email: Klaus.Grosfeld@awi.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
Publications
Author: Klaus Grosfeld
Last update: 05.03.2007