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Group: 
Marine Physics and Ocean Climate
Site: 
Southampton
Email: 
marilena.oltmanns at noc.ac.uk

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Biography

I am interested in ice-ocean-atmosphere feedbacks and their influence on large-scale weather and climate.

 

I detect links between different parts of the climate system, unravel feedback chains, diagnose their theoretical underpinnings, assess the extent to which deterministic mechanisms give rise to predictability, and work out storylines that connect remote processes at high-latitudes with tangible impacts on mid- and lower-latitude climate. To make progress, I use a variety of observational products and statistical tools, complemented by models.

 

As a key link between ice, ocean and atmospheric variability, freshwater has formed an integral part of my recent research. I am particularly interested in the role freshwater plays in weather extremes and in its potential to trigger an abrupt climate change.

   
 
 
 
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