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Johannes Karstensen is affiliated with the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with particular emphasis on Oceanography and related subfields.

The main areas of study in Karstensen's work include:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Climate variability and models
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing

Research contributions are frequently published in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Earth system science data
  • Journal of Physical Oceanography
  • Biogeosciences

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Karstensen include:

  • EUREC 4 A, 2021, Earth system science data
  • Subpolar North Atlantic western boundary density anomalies and the Meridional Overturning Circulation, 2021, Nature Communications
  • A stable Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in a changing North Atlantic Ocean since the 1990s, 2020, Science Advances
  • Best Practice Data Standards for Discrete Chemical Oceanographic Observations, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Seasonality of the Meridional Overturning Circulation in the subpolar North Atlantic, 2023, Communications Earth & Environment

Karstensen collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Sabrina Speich
  • Toste Tanhua
  • Jay Pearlman
  • Feili Li
  • Stuart A. Cunningham

Their research intersects with a variety of oceanographic, atmospheric, and climate-related processes, contributing to the understanding of large-scale ocean circulation patterns, marine ecosystem dynamics, and environmental monitoring standards. The focus on both data standards and oceanographic observations highlights an engagement with improving scientific methodologies in marine science.

Best Publications

  • Oxygen minimum zones in the eastern tropical Atlantic and Pacific oceans

    Johannes Karstensen;Lothar Stramma;Martin Visbeck

  • A sea change in our view of overturning in the subpolar North Atlantic

    M. S. Lozier;F. Li;S. Bacon;F. Bahr

  • Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Observed Transport and Variability

    Eleanor Frajka-Williams;Isabelle J. Ansorge;Johanna Baehr;Harry L. Bryden

  • Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program: A New International Ocean Observing System

    M. Susan Lozier;Sheldon Bacon;Amy S. Bower;Stuart A. Cunningham

  • EUREC 4 A

    Bjorn Stevens;Sandrine Bony;David Farrell;Felix Ament

  • Age determination of mixed water masses using CFC and oxygen data

    Johannes Karstensen;Matthias Tomczak

  • On the role of circulation and mixing in the ventilation of oxygen minimum zones with a focus on the eastern tropical North Atlantic

    Peter Brandt;Hermann W. Bange;Donata Banyte;Marcus Dengler

  • Seasonal variation of aliphatic amines in marine sub-micrometer particles at the Cape Verde islands

    C. Müller;Y. Iinuma;Johannes Karstensen;D. van Pinxteren

  • The seasonal pCO2 cycle at 49°N/16.5°W in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and what it tells us about biological productivity

    A. Körtzinger;U. Send;R. S. Lampitt;S. Hartman

  • OceanGliders: A component of the integrated GOOS

    Pierre Testor;Brad DeYoung;Daniel L. Rudnick;Scott Glenn

  • Evolving and Sustaining Ocean Best Practices and Standards for the Next Decade

    Jay Pearlman;Mark Bushnell;Laurent Coppola;Johannes Karstensen

  • Middepth circulation of the eastern tropical South Pacific and its link to the oxygen minimum zone

    Rena Czeschel;Lothar Stramma;Franziska U. Schwarzkopf;Benjamin S. Giese

  • Multiscale Observations of Deep Convection in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea during Winter 2012–2013 Using Multiple Platforms

    Pierre Testor;Anthony Bosse;Loïc Houpert;Félix Margirier

  • Formation of Southern Hemisphere Thermocline Waters: Water Mass Conversion and Subduction*

    Johannes Karstensen;Detlef Quadfasel

  • Open ocean dead zones in the tropical North Atlantic Ocean

    Johannes Karstensen;Björn Fiedler;Florian Schütte;Peter Brandt

  • Gliders as a Component of Future Observing Systems

    P. Testor;G. Meyers;C. Pattiaratchi;R. Bachmayer

  • Societal need for improved understanding of climate change, anthropogenic impacts, and geo-hazard warning drive development of ocean observatories in European Seas

    Henry A. Ruhl;Michel André;Laura Beranzoli;M. Namik Çağatay

  • Occurrence and characteristics of mesoscale eddies in the tropical northeast Atlantic Ocean

    Florian Schütte;Peter Brandt;Peter Brandt;Johannes Karstensen

  • Subpolar North Atlantic western boundary density anomalies and the Meridional Overturning Circulation

    F. Li;F. Li;M. S. Lozier;S. Bacon;A. S. Bower

  • A stable Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in a changing North Atlantic Ocean since the 1990s.

    Yao Fu;Feili Li;Johannes Karstensen;Chunzai Wang

  • Tropical Atlantic Observing System

    Gregory R. Foltz;P. Brandt;Ingo Richter;Belén Rodríguez-Fonseca

  • On the role of circulation and mixing in the ventilation of oxygen minimum zones with a focus on the eastern tropical North Atlantic

    Peter Brandt;Hermann Werner Bange;Donata Banyte;Marcus Dengler

  • The oxygen minimum zones in the eastern tropical Atlantic and Pacific oceans: a ventilation perspective

    Johannes Karstensen;Lothar Stramma;Martin Visbeck

Frequent Co-Authors

Arne Körtzinger
Arne Körtzinger GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Peter Brandt
Peter Brandt GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Martin Visbeck
Martin Visbeck GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Uwe Send
Uwe Send University of California, San Diego
Sabrina Speich
Sabrina Speich École Normale Supérieure
Pierre Testor
Pierre Testor Sorbonne University
Marcus Dengler
Marcus Dengler GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Lothar Stramma
Lothar Stramma GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Douglas W.R. Wallace
Douglas W.R. Wallace Dalhousie University
Richard S. Lampitt
Richard S. Lampitt National Oceanography Centre

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