OFFICE
Room No.: 3.310, Building 5 (ENB)
E-mail: cboening(at)geomar.de
ADDRESS
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
Wischhofstr. 1 - 3
24148 Kiel
Germany
Research Interests
- Dynamics of the ocean circulation
- Mechanisms of general seasonal, interannual and decadal variability
- The role of mesoscale eddies in the ocean
- Uptake and spreading of anthropogenic trace gases in the ocean
- Model development and intercomparisons (DRAKKAR)
Publications
Education and Employment
- 1973 Abitur
- 1973-1974 Civil Service, City Hospital, Braunschweig
- 1974-1975 Physics, Braunschweig
- 1976-1980 Physical Oceanography, Kiel
- 1980 Diploma - Kiel, Physical Oceanography
- 1984 PhD - Kiel, Physical Oceanography
- 1985-1987 Visiting Research Staff, Princeton University, USA
- 1987-1993 Hochschulassistent, Institut für Meereskunde, Kiel
- 1993 Visiting Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
- 1993-1996 Oberassistent, Institut für Meereskunde, Kiel
- 1996-1998 Professor, Bremen University and Alfred-Wegener-Institut (AWI), Bremerhaven
- 1998- Professor for Theoretical Oceanography, Kiel University
- 2001-2003 Head of Research Division Ocean Circulation and Climate, Institut für Meereskunde
- 2002- Speaker, Collaborative Research Centre “Dynamics of Thermohaline Circulation Variability” (SFB 460), Kiel University
- since 2004- Deputy-Head, Research Division Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics, IFM-GEOMAR
- Head, Research Unit Ocean Dynamics, GEOMAR
Scientific Journals
- 1993-1999 Associate Editor, Journal of Physical Oceanography
- 1999- Associate Editor, Ocean Modelling
Working Groups and Committees
- International
- 1992-1995 WOCE, Numerical Experimentation Group
- 1995-present World Climate Research Programme (WCRP): Scientific Steering Group for WOCE
- 1998-present WCRP Working Group for Ocean Model Development (Chairman)
- 2001 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Contributing Author)
- 1999-2005 CLIVAR Working Group on Ocean Model Development, Co-Chair, (WGOMD)
- Germany
- 2002-present Member of the Science Advisory Board of the German
- Climate Computer Centre (DKRZ)
- 2002-present Member of the Science Steering Committee of the High-Performance Computing Centre (HLRN)
- University
- Chair, SFB 460 "Dynamik thermohaliner Zirkulationsschwankungen"
- Ausschuss für die Diplom- Vor- und Hauptprüfung für Studierende der Ozeanographie: Mitglieder
- Ausschuss für Informationsverarbeitung: Vertreter der Institute an der Universität
- Fakultätsausschuss Meereskunde der Math.-Nat. Fakultät: Gruppe der Professoren - Vertreter
- Promotionsausschuss der Math.-Nat. Fakultät: Gruppe der Professoren - Stellvertreter IFM-GEOMAR
- Deputy-Head, Research Division 1: Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics, IFM-GEOMAR
- Deputy-Head, Research Division 1: Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics, GEOMAR