OFFICE
Room No.: 3.310, Building 5 (ENB)
E-mail: cboening(at)geomar.de
ADDRESS
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
Wischhofstr. 1 - 3
24148 Kiel
Germany
Research Interests
- Dynamics of the ocean circulation
- Mechanisms of general seasonal, interannual and decadal variability
- The role of mesoscale eddies in the ocean
- Uptake and spreading of anthropogenic trace gases in the ocean
- Model development and intercomparisons
Education and Employment
- 1973 Abitur
- 1973-1974 Civil Service, City Hospital, Braunschweig
- 1974-1975 Physics, Braunschweig
- 1976-1980 Physical Oceanography, Kiel
- 1980 Diploma - Kiel, Physical Oceanography
- 1984 PhD - Kiel, Physical Oceanography
- 1985-1987 Visiting Research Staff, Princeton University, USA
- 1987-1993 Hochschulassistent, Institute of Marine Sciences, Kiel
- 1993 Visiting Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
- 1993-1996 Oberassistent, Institute of Marine Sciences Kiel
- 1996-1998 Professor, Bremen University and Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) Bremerhaven
- 1998-2020 Professor for Theoretical Oceanography, Kiel University and Institute of Marine Sciences (later: GEOMAR)
- 2001-2003 Head of Research Division Ocean Circulation and Climate, Institute of Marine Sciences
- 2002-2006 Speaker, Collaborative Research Centre “Dynamics of Thermohaline Circulation Variability” (SFB 460), Kiel University
- 2012-2020 Head, Research Unit Ocean Dynamics, GEOMAR
Scientific Journals
- 1993-2000 Associate Editor, Journal of Physical Oceanography
- 1999-2008 Editorial Board, Ocean Modelling
Working Groups and Committees
International
- 1994-1999 World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE): Scientific Steering Group
- 1992-1994 WOCE, Core Project 3 Working Group
- 1992-1996 WOCE, Numerical Experimentation Group; 1994-1996 Co-Chair
- since 1999 CLIVAR Working Group for Ocean Model Development (later: Ocean Model Development Panel); Chair 1999-2005; emeritus member since 2006
- 2000-2005 Working Group of Coupled Modelling, World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
Germany
- 2002-2020 Science Advisory Board, German Climate Computer Centre (DKRZ)
- 2003-2020 Science Steering Committee, High-Performance Computing Centre (HLRN)
