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Rüdiger Gerdes is affiliated with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany. Their research primarily covers Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with specific focus on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes

Gerdes has contributed to numerous scientific publications, including the following recent papers:

  • "Arctic Ocean Surface Energy Flux and the Cold Halocline in Future Climate Projections," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • "Impact of Cyclonic Wind Anomalies Caused by Massive Winter Sea Ice Retreat in the Barents Sea on Atlantic Water Transport Toward the Arctic: A Model Study," 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • "Wind Feedback Mediated by Sea Ice in the Nordic Seas," 2020, Journal of Climate
  • "The Weddell Gyre heat budget associated with the Warm Deep Water circulation derived from Argo floats," 2023, Ocean Science
  • "Variability In The Nordic Seas Exchange - Model Results 1979-1993," 2024, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Gerdes include:

  • Torsten Kanzow
  • Krissy Reeve
  • Olaf Boebel
  • Volker Strass
  • Enrico P. Metzner

Gerdes' work has appeared regularly in several publication venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Journal of Climate
  • Ocean Science
  • Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut)
  • Progress In Oceanography

The research conducted by Gerdes encompasses analyses of sea ice dynamics, climate projections related to the Arctic and Antarctic, and the interplay of oceanic and atmospheric processes. This work involves modeling climate variability, studying heat budgets connected to ocean circulation, and assessing the effects of sea ice retreat on ocean transport mechanisms.

Best Publications

  • Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments (COREs)

    Stephen M. Griffies;Arne Biastoch;Claus W. Böning;Frank Bryan

  • Developments in ocean climate modelling

    Stephen M. Griffies;Claus Böning;Frank O. Bryan;Eric P. Chassignet

  • Arctic freshwater export: Status, mechanisms, and prospects

    Thomas W.N. Haine;Beth Curry;Rüdiger Gerdes;Edmond Hansen

  • One More Step Toward a Warmer Arctic

    Igor V. Polyakov;Agnieszka Beszczynska;Eddy C. Carmack;Igor A. Dmitrenko

  • Enhanced poleward moisture transport and amplified northern high-latitude wetting trend

    Xiangdong Zhang;Juanxiong He;Juanxiong He;Jing Zhang;Igor Polyakov

  • Recent radical shifts of atmospheric circulations and rapid changes in Arctic climate system

    Xiangdong Zhang;Asgeir Sorteberg;Jing Zhang;Riidiger Gerdes

  • GFDL's CM2 Global Coupled Climate Models. Part II: The Baseline Ocean Simulation

    Anand Gnanadesikan;Keith W. Dixon;Stephen M. Griffies;V. Balaji

  • Challenges and Prospects in Ocean Circulation Models

    Baylor Fox-Kemper;Alistair Adcroft;Alistair Adcroft;Claus W. Böning;Eric P. Chassignet

  • The influence of numerical advection schemes on the results of ocean general circulation models

    Rüdiger Gerdes;Cornelia Köberle;Jürgen Willebrand

  • Arctic warming: Evolution and spreading of the 1990s warm event in the Nordic seas and the Arctic Ocean

    Michael J. Karcher;Rüdiger Gerdes;Frank Kauker;Cornelia Köberle

  • An assessment of Arctic Ocean freshwater content changes from the 1990s to the 2006―2008 period

    Benjamin Rabe;Michael Karcher;Ursula Schauer;John M. Toole

  • Freshwater fluxes in the East Greenland Current: A decade of observations

    L. de Steur;E. Hansen;Rüdiger Gerdes;Michael Karcher

  • An intercomparison of Arctic ice drift products to deduce uncertainty estimates

    Hiroshi Sumata;Thomas Lavergne;Fanny Girard-Ardhuin;Noriaki Kimura

  • Thermohaline circulation and interaction between ice shelf cavities and the adjacent open ocean

    Klaus Grosfeld;Rüdiger Gerdes;Jürgen Determann

  • Mechanisms Determining the Variability of Arctic Sea Ice Conditions and Export

    Cornelia Köberle;Rüdiger Gerdes

  • Adjoint analysis of the 2007 all time Arctic sea‐ice minimum

    Frank Kauker;T. Kaminski;Michael Karcher;R. Giering

  • Recent changes in Arctic Ocean circulation revealed by iodine-129 observations and modeling

    Michael Karcher;John N. Smith;Frank Kauker;Rüdiger Gerdes

  • A primitive equation ocean circulation model using a general vertical coordinate transformation: 2. Application to an overflow problem

    Rüdiger Gerdes

  • Arctic pathways of Pacific Water: Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison experiments

    Yevgeny Aksenov;Michael Karcher;Andrey Proshutinsky;Rüdiger Gerdes

  • Impact of snow accumulation on CryoSat‐2 range retrievals over Arctic sea ice: An observational approach with buoy data

    Robert Ricker;Stefan Hendricks;Donald K. Perovich;Veit Helm

  • A primitive equation ocean circulation model using a general vertical coordinate transformation: 1. Description and testing of the model

    Rüdiger Gerdes

  • Arctic Ocean change heralds North Atlantic freshening

    M. Karcher;R. Gerdes;F. Kauker;C. Köberle

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Karcher
Michael Karcher Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Frank Kauker
Frank Kauker Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Annette Rinke
Annette Rinke Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Stefan Hendricks
Stefan Hendricks Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Christian Haas
Christian Haas Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Ursula Schauer
Ursula Schauer Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Thomas Krumpen
Thomas Krumpen Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Sascha Willmes
Sascha Willmes University of Trier
Ralph Timmermann
Ralph Timmermann Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Robert Ricker
Robert Ricker NORCE Research

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