Dirk Notz
Office
email: dirk.notz@zmaw.de
Fon: +49-40-41173-163
Fax: +49-40-41173-366
Room Z-226
Mailing Address
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
Bundesstr. 53
D-20146 Hamburg
Germany
Head of the Research Group
Department
Research Interests
- Sea ice in the climate system
- Representation of sea ice in climate models
- Air-ice-sea interaction
- Sensitivity studies with adjoint models
- Physical processes in sea ice
- Salinity evolution of sea ice
- Properties of the ice-ocean interface
- Melt-water fluxes through sea ice
- Miscellaneous
- Phase changes in multi-phase systems
- Measurement techniques to determine the in-situ porosity of multi-phase, multi-component systems
Publications
- Notz, D. and J. Marotzke (2012): Observations reveal external driver for Arctic sea-ice retreat, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L08502, doi:10.1029/2012GL051094
- Hunke, E. C., D. Notz, A.K. Turner, A. K., and M. Vancoppenolle (2011): The multiphase physics of sea ice: a review for model developers, The Cryosphere, 5, 989-1009, doi:10.5194/tc-5-989-2011.
- Levermann, A., J. Bamber, S. Drijfhout, A. Ganopolski, W. Haeberli, N.R.P. Harris, M. Huss, K. Krüger, T. M. Lenton, R.W. Lindsay, D. Notz, P. Wadhams, S. Weber (2011): Potential climatic transitions with profound impact on Europe, Climatic Change, published online, doi:10.1007/s10584-011-0126-5.
- Tietsche, S., D. Notz, J.H. Jungclaus, and J. Marotzke (2011): Recovery mechanisms of Arctic summer sea ice, Geophys. Res. Lett. 38, L02707, doi:10.1029/2010GL045698 [original paper] [press release] [highlighted by , Nature Clim. Change, and Geophys. Res. Lett. ]
- Notz, D., 2009: The future of ice sheets and sea ice: between reversible retreat and unstoppable loss, Proc. Nat. Ac. Sci., 106(49), 20590-20595.
- Wilkinson, J. P., G. DeCarolis, I. Ehlert, D. Notz, K.-U. Evers, P. Jochmann, S. Gerland, M. Nicolaus, N. Hughes, S. Kern, S. de la Rosa, L. Smedsrud, S. Sakai, H. Shen, and P. Wadhams, 2009: Ice tank experiments highlight changes in sea ice types, EOS Trans. AGU, 90(10), 81-82.
- Notz, D. and M. G. Worster, 2009: Desalination processes of sea ice revisited, J. Geophys. Res., 114, C05006, doi:10.1029/2008JC004885. (
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- Notz, D. and M. G. Worster, 2008: In situ measurements of the evolution of young sea ice, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C03001, doi: 10.1029/2007JC004333. (download PDF)
- Notz, D. and M. G. Worster, 2006: A 1-D enthalpy model of sea ice. Ann. Glaciol., 44, 123-128. (download PDF)
- Notz, D., J. S. Wettlaufer, and M. G. Worster, 2005: A non-destructive method for measuring the salinity and solid fraction of growing sea ice in situ. J. Glac., 51(172), 159-166. (download PDF)
- Notz, D., M. G. McPhee, M. G. Worster, G. A. Maykut, K. H. Schlünzen, and H. Eicken, 2003: Impact of underwater-ice evolution on Arctic summer sea ice. J. Geophys. Res., 108(C7), 3223, doi:10.1029/2001JC00173. (download PDF)
PhD-thesis
- Notz, D., 2005: Thermodynamic and Fluid-Dynamical Processes in Sea Ice, PhD thesis, University of Cambridge, UK. (download abstract and table of contents, send me an email if you want the complete thesis (5.5 MB))
Public Science, Reports and Book Contributions
- D.Notz, 2011: Sea Ice. In: S.Schneider, T. L. Root (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Climate & Weather, Oxford University Press, New York.
- D. Notz, 2011:Kippt das Klima? In: R. Zellner (Ed.), Chemie über den Wolken, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim.
- D.Notz, 2011: Die Arktis im Klimawandel. Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, 5-6, 23-29.
- W. Meier and D. Notz, 2010: A note on the accuracy and reliability of satellite-derived passive microwave estimates of sea-ice extent. CliC Arctic Sea Ice Working Group Consensus Document.
- D. Notz, 2010: Der menschengemachte Klimawandel. In: Arved Fuchs (Ed.), Blickpunkt Klimawandel, Delius Klasing, Bielefeld.
- D. Notz, 2010: Der menschengemachte Klimawandel. In: Arved Fuchs (Ed.), Blickpunkt Klimawandel, Delius Klasing, Bielefeld.
- D. Notz, 2007: Arktis und Antarktis im Klimawandel. Aus Politik und Zeitgeschehen, 47, 27-32. (download PDF, in German)
- D. Notz, 2007: Das Ende der Eis-Zeit? Bild der Wissenschaft plus. 9-11. (download PDF, in German)
- D. Notz, 2007: Die Notwendigkeit verständlicher Wissenschaft. Speech given at the ceremony for the Klaus-Tschira-Preis.
- D. Notz, 2006: "Salziges Meereis - ein wunderliches Puzzleteil im globalen Klimasystem" Talk for the GKSS competition "Intelligible Science Award" (download PDF, in German))
Curriculum vitae
Research group leader
since 2008: Leader of the Max-Planck Independent Junior Research Group "Sea ice in the Earth system" at the Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Post-doc
2005-2007: "Gary-Comer-Fellow for Abrupt Climate Change" at the Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Ph.D.
2002-2005: Cambridge University, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Institute for Theoretical Geophysics.
"Thermodynamic and Fluid-Dynamical Processes in Sea Ice"
College/University
2001: Hamburg University, Germany, and University of Washington, Seattle, USA: Diploma thesis "Prozesse der Meereisentwicklung in der sommerlichen Arktis" ("Processes of sea-ice development in the Arctic during summer")
1999-2000: Studies of Arctic Geophysics, University Centre in Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway.
1996-2001: Studies of Meteorology, Hamburg University