Dr. Franziska Schwarzkopf
Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics
Ocean Dynamics
OFFICE
Room No.: 3.306, Building 5 (ENB)
Phone: +49 431 600 4009
E-mail: fschwarzkopf(at)geomar.de
ADDRESS
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
Wischhofstr. 1 - 3
24148 Kiel
Germany
Research interests
High-resolution ocean modelling
Large-scale circulation dynamics
Atlantic and greater Agulhas Current system
Research Projects
Current Project: WHIRLS - The impacts of ocean fine-scale whirls on climate and ecosystems
Since 2019: GEOMAR Hemholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Research scientist and ocean modeller in RU Ocean Dynamics
2015-2019: GEOMAR Hemholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
BMBF projects: “SPACES - AGULHAS”, “SPACES - AGULHAS2”, “SPACESII - CASISAC”
2012-2014: GEOMAR Hemholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
BMBF projects: “Nordatlantik”, “R’Eddy”, “RACE”
2008-2011: Leibniz-Institute for Marine Sciences (IfM-GEOMAR) at Kiel University
SFB 754 “Climate-Biogeochemistry Interactions in the Tropical Ocean”, SP A2 “High-resolution modelling of physical-biogeochemical interactions in the tropical ocean”
Scientific Education
2016 Dr. rer. nat. in Physical Oceanography (GEOMAR Kiel, Kiel, Germany): Ventilation pathways of the tropical Atlantic and Pacific Oceans with a focus on the Oxygen Minimum Zones: Development and application of a nested high-resolution global model system
2008 Diplom in Physical Oceanography (IfM-GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany): Decadal Variability of the Southern Hemisphere Supergyre
