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Overview

Katja Matthes is affiliated with the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel in Germany. Their research spans key areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with specific focus on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

Katja Matthes has contributed to multiple publications, appearing prominently in venues such as Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Geophysical Research Letters, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, Geoscientific Model Development, and Weather and Climate Dynamics.

Representative recent papers include:

  • "Coupled stratosphere-troposphere-Atlantic multidecadal oscillation and its importance for near-future climate projection," 2022, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • "The Flexible Ocean and Climate Infrastructure version 1 (FOCI1): mean state and variability," 2020, Geoscientific Model Development
  • "Twenty-first-century Southern Hemisphere impacts of ozone recovery and climate change from the stratosphere to the ocean," 2022, Weather and Climate Dynamics
  • "The Sun's role in decadal climate predictability in the North Atlantic," 2022, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "On the forcings of the unusual Quasi-Biennial Oscillation structure in February 2016," 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Sebastian Wahl
  • Sandro W. Lubis
  • Arne Biastoch
  • Jan Harlaß
  • Ioana Ivanciu

Their publication record indicates engagement with complex interactions between atmospheric and oceanic systems, climate variability, and the effects of ozone and solar influences on atmospheric dynamics. This body of work contributes to the understanding of climate system components and their interactions over multiple temporal and spatial scales.

Best Publications

  • SOLAR INFLUENCES ON CLIMATE

    L. J. Gray;L. J. Gray;J. Beer;M. Geller;J.D. Haigh

  • The Detection and Attribution Model Intercomparison Project (DAMIP v1.0)contribution to CMIP6

    Nathan P. Gillett;Hideo Shiogama;Bernd Funke;Gabriele Hegerl

  • Amplifying the Pacific Climate System Response to a Small 11-Year Solar Cycle Forcing

    Gerald A Meehl;Julie Michelle Arblaster;Julie Michelle Arblaster;Katja Matthes;Katja Matthes;Fabrizio Sassi

  • Solar forcing for CMIP6 (v3.2)

    Katja Matthes;Katja Matthes;Bernd Funke;Monika E. Andersson;Luke Barnard

  • Recent variability of the solar spectral irradiance and its impact on climate modelling

    I. Ermolli;K. Matthes;T. Dudok de Wit;N. A. Krivova

  • Overview of IGAC/SPARC Chemistry-Climate Model Initiative (CCMI) Community Simulations in Support of Upcoming Ozone and Climate Assessments

    Veronika Eyring;Jean-François Lamarque;Peter Hess;Florian Arfeuille

  • Modeling the whole atmosphere response to solar cycle changes in radiative and geomagnetic forcing

    D. R. Marsh;R. R. Garcia;D. E. Kinnison;B. A. Boville

  • Transfer of the solar signal from the stratosphere to the troposphere: Northern winter

    Katja Matthes;Katja Matthes;Yuhji Kuroda;Kunihiko Kodera;Ulrike Langematz

  • Regional atmospheric circulation shifts induced by a grand solar minimum

    Celia Martin-Puertas;Katja Matthes;Achim Brauer;Raimund Muscheler

  • Improved 11-year solar signal in the Freie Universität Berlin Climate Middle Atmosphere Model (FUB-CMAM)

    Katja Matthes;Ulrike Langematz;Lesley L. Gray;Kunihiko Kodera

  • Coupled chemistry climate model simulations of the solar cycle in ozone and temperature

    John Austin;K. Tourpali;E. Rozanov;H. Akiyoshi

  • Solar forcing synchronizes decadal North Atlantic climate variability.

    Rémi Thiéblemont;Katja Matthes;Katja Matthes;Nour-Eddine Omrani;Kunihiko Kodera

  • Towards operational predictions of the near-term climate

    Yochanan Kushnir;Adam A. Scaife;Adam A. Scaife;Raymond Arritt;Gianpaolo Balsamo

  • Role of the QBO in modulating the influence of the 11 year solar cycle on the atmosphere using constant forcings

    Katja Matthes;Daniel R. Marsh;Rolando R. Garcia;Douglas E. Kinnison

  • Overview of the New CCMVal reference and sensitivity simulations in support of upcoming ozone and climate assessments and the planned SPARC CCMVal report

    Veronika Eyring;Martyn P. Chipperfield;Marco A. Giorgetta;Douglas E. Kinnison

  • Persistent link between solar activity and Greenland climate during the Last Glacial Maximum

    Florian Adolphi;Raimund Muscheler;Anders Svensson;Ala Aldahan;Ala Aldahan

  • Solar Influence on Climate

    L. J. Gray;J. Beer;M. Geller;J. D. Haigh

  • Towards a better representation of the solar cycle in general circulation models

    Katrin Nissen;Katja Matthes;Ulrike Langematz;Bernhard Mayer

  • Chemical effects in 11-year solar cycle simulations with the Freie Universität Berlin Climate Middle Atmosphere Model with online chemistry (FUB-CMAM-CHEM)

    Ulrike Langematz;J. Lee Grenfell;J. Lee Grenfell;Katja Matthes;Katja Matthes;Peter Mieth

  • Solar Signals in CMIP-5 Simulations: The Stratospheric Pathway

    D. M. Mitchell;S. Misios;L. J. Gray;K. Tourpali

  • Dynamics of the middle atmosphere as simulated by the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model, version 3 (WACCM3)

    Jadwiga H. Richter;Fabrizio Sassi;Rolando R. Garcia;Katja Matthes

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrike Langematz
Ulrike Langematz Freie Universität Berlin
Kunihiko Kodera
Kunihiko Kodera Nagoya University
Lesley J. Gray
Lesley J. Gray University of Oxford
Kleareti Tourpali
Kleareti Tourpali Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Lon L. Hood
Lon L. Hood University of Arizona
Drew T. Shindell
Drew T. Shindell Duke University
Arne Biastoch
Arne Biastoch GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Eugene Rozanov
Eugene Rozanov Saint Petersburg State University
Daniel R. Marsh
Daniel R. Marsh National Center for Atmospheric Research
Noel Keenlyside
Noel Keenlyside University of Bergen

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