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Contact details

Group:

Marine Physics and Ocean Climate

Site:

Southampton

Email:

Jules.Kajtar at noc.ac.uk

Profile

Biography

Research Interests

Measuring the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and understanding its climate impacts
Drivers and predictability of marine heatwaves
Large scale patterns of climate variability, and their connections and impacts

PhD students

Jiaxin Shi (2022 - ): Marine heatwave hazards, risks, and emerging stress-scapes under global warming
John Reilly (2022 - ): Dynamical downscaling of Australia's marine climate
Darren Li Shing Hiung (2022 - ): Determining marine heatwave baselines
Yuxin Wang (2020 - 2024): Understanding the predictability of marine heatwaves

Engagement highlights

Into the Blue Podcast: Why are we experiencing marine heatwaves and How Do We Tackle Them?
UKRI Reels interview: What is a marine heatwave?
UKRI Reels interview: Do we need to worry about the Gulf Stream?
Scientist Spotlight: Understanding Ocean Physics

Links

Roles

Member of the NOC Ocean Circulation and Processes Subgroup

Convenor of the weekly Marine Physics and Ocean Climate Southampton (MPOC-S) meetings

Committees

Member of the International Commission on Climate (ICCL), which is one of the commissions of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS) and the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)

Member of the Challenger Society for Marine Science

Projects

Co-investigator on RAPID-Evolution

Designing and demonstrating the accuracy of a more sustainable, lower cost RAPID 26N observing system for future observations of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.

Publications