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Overview

Torben Koenigk is affiliated with the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong emphasis on atmospheric and oceanic processes related to climate systems.

Their main subfields of study include:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Oceanography
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Sociology and Political Science

In terms of topics, Torben Koenigk's work covers multiple areas:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Cryospheric studies and observations

Their recent papers include:

  • "The EC-Earth3 Earth system model for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 6" (2022), published in Geoscientific model development
  • "HighResMIP versions of EC-Earth: EC-Earth3P and EC-Earth3P-HR - description, model computational performance and basic validation" (2020), published in Geoscientific model development
  • "Impact of Higher Spatial Atmospheric Resolution on Precipitation Extremes Over Land in Global Climate Models" (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Sensitivity of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation to Model Resolution in CMIP6 HighResMIP Simulations and Implications for Future Changes" (2020), published in Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • "Warmer climate projections in EC-Earth3-Veg: the role of changes in the greenhouse gas concentrations from CMIP5 to CMIP6" (2020), published in Environmental Research Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Torben Koenigk are:

  • Ramón Fuentes-Franco
  • David Docquier
  • Shuting Yang
  • Mehdi Pasha Karami
  • Klaus Wyser

Their publications are commonly found in the following venues:

  • Climate Dynamics
  • Geoscientific model development
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Best Publications

  • High Resolution Model Intercomparison Project (HighResMIP v1.0) for CMIP6

    Reindert J. Haarsma;Malcolm J. Roberts;Pier Luigi Vidale;Catherine A. Senior

  • The EC-Earth3 Earth system model for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 6

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  • EC-Earth A Seamless Earth-System Prediction Approach in Action

    Wilco Hazeleger;Camiel Severijns;Tido Semmler;Simona Ştefănescu

  • Future global meteorological drought hot spots: A study based on CORDEX data

    Jonathan Spinoni;Paulo Barbosa;Edoardo Bucchignani;John Cassano

  • A review on Arctic sea‐ice predictability and prediction on seasonal to decadal time‐scales

    Virginie Guemas;Edward Blanchard-Wrigglesworth;Matthieu Chevallier;Jonathan J. Day

  • Evaluating Impacts of Recent Arctic Sea Ice Loss on the Northern Hemisphere Winter Climate Change

    Fumiaki Ogawa;Fumiaki Ogawa;Noel Keenlyside;Noel Keenlyside;Noel Keenlyside;Yongqi Gao;Yongqi Gao;Torben Koenigk

  • The EC-Earth3 Earth System Model for the Climate Model Intercomparison Project 6

    Ralf Doescher;Mario Acosta;Andrea Alessandri;Peter Anthoni

  • Arctic climate change in 21st century CMIP5 simulations with EC-Earth

    Torben Koenigk;Laurent Brodeau;Rune Grand Graversen;Johannes Karlsson

  • Tundra shrubification and tree-line advance amplify arctic climate warming: results from an individual-based dynamic vegetation model

    Wenxin Zhang;Paul A Miller;Benjamin Smith;Rita Wania

  • Impact of Higher Spatial Atmospheric Resolution on Precipitation Extremes Over Land in Global Climate Models

    Margot Bador;Julien Boé;Laurent Terray;Lisa V. Alexander

  • Sensitivity of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation to Model Resolution in CMIP6 HighResMIP Simulations and Implications for Future Changes

    Malcolm J. Roberts;Laura C. Jackson;Christopher D. Roberts;Virna Meccia

  • HighResMIP versions of EC-Earth: EC-Earth3P and EC-Earth3P-HR - Description, model computational performance and basic validation

    Rein Haarsma;Mario Acosta;Rena Bakhshi;Pierre-Antoine Bretonnière

  • Sea ice in the Barents Sea: seasonal to interannual variability and climate feedbacks in a global coupled model

    Torben Koenigk;Uwe Mikolajewicz;Johann H. Jungclaus;Alexandra Kroll

  • WMO Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update: A Prediction for 2021–25

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  • Regional Arctic sea ice variations as predictor for winter climate conditions

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  • A look at the ocean in the EC-Earth climate model

    Andreas Sterl;Richard Bintanja;Laurent Brodeau;Emily Gleeson

  • Ocean heat transport into the Arctic in the twentieth and twenty-first century in EC-Earth

    Torben Koenigk;Laurent Brodeau

  • Observation-based selection of climate models projects Arctic ice-free summers around 2035

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  • Impact of ocean resolution and mean state on the rate of AMOC weakening

    L. C. Jackson;M. J. Roberts;H. T. Hewitt;D. Iovino

  • Advancements in decadal climate predictability: The role of nonoceanic drivers

    A. Bellucci;R. Haarsma;N. Bellouin;B. Booth

  • Variability of Fram Strait sea ice export: causes, impacts and feedbacks in a coupled climate model

    Torben Koenigk;Uwe Mikolajewicz;Helmuth Haak;Johann Jungclaus

  • Arctic freshwater export in the 20th and 21st centuries

    Torben Koenigk;Uwe Mikolajewicz;Helmuth Haak;Johann Jungclaus

  • Seasonal to interannual climate predictability in mid and high northern latitudes in a global coupled model

    Torben Koenigk;Uwe Mikolajewicz

  • Low-frequency variability of the arctic climate: the role of oceanic and atmospheric heat transport variations

    Johann H. Jungclaus;Torben Koenigk

  • Multi-model evaluation of the sensitivity of the global energy budget and hydrological cycle to resolution

    Benoît Vannière;Marie-Estelle Demory;Pier Luigi Vidale;Reinhard Schiemann

Frequent Co-Authors

Noel Keenlyside
Noel Keenlyside University of Bergen
Klaus Wyser
Klaus Wyser Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
Yongqi Gao
Yongqi Gao Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Alessio Bellucci
Alessio Bellucci Aspen Global Change Institute
Weiya Zhang
Weiya Zhang University of Nottingham
Wilco Hazeleger
Wilco Hazeleger Utrecht University
Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen
Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen University of Copenhagen
Grigory Nikulin
Grigory Nikulin Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
François Massonnet
François Massonnet Université Catholique de Louvain

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