Our research aims at quantifying and better understanding the relative importance of atmospheric and oceanic processes in controlling climate variability and change on a large range of timescales: from hourly, through decadal, to centennial and millennial timescales. We have a focus on modeling the complex atmosphere-ocean interactions to understand the atmospheric and oceanic role in climate on this wide range of timescales. We study for instance modes of internal variability, and the climate responses to (natural and anthropogenic) radiative forcing, including extreme events such as storms, heat waves or heavy rainfall. Our global and regional research areas range from the middle atmosphere to the sea surface and through the whole water column of the ocean.

November 2023

New publication:

Krüger, J, Kjellsson, J, Kedzierski, RP and Claus, M., 2023: "Connecting North Atlantic SST Variability to European Heat Events over the Past Decades", Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

October 2023

New publication:
Duteil, O., Park, W. Future changes in atmospheric synoptic variability slow down ocean circulation and decrease primary productivity in the tropical Pacific Ocean. npj Climate and  Atmospheric Science