My research focus is to understand the susceptibility of the climate system to perturbations, such as a change in atmospheric CO2. This includes feedback mechanisms that either amplify or dampen the global mean temperature response, changes in the global mean hydrological cycle and the ubiquitous Arctic amplification of climate change. I also participate in the development of the ICON climate model.
Here are some highlights from my recent publications:
I lead the Climate Dynamics working group.
Radiative kernels
Radiative kernels can be useful tools to estimate feedbacks in the climate system. We have calculated radiative kernels for ECHAM6, and these are made available here:
https://swiftbrowser.dkrz.de/public/dkrz_0c07783a-0bdc-4d5e-9f3b-c1b86fac060d/Radiative_kernels/
The netcdf files should be self-explanatory, and further information is available in:
Block, K., and T. Mauritsen, 2013: Forcing and feedback in the MPI-ESM-LR coupled model under abruptly quadrupled CO2, J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 5, 676–691, doi:10.1002/jame.20041 (link).