The Bjerknes Feedback in the Tropical Atlantic
Deppenmeier, Anna-Lena, Reindert J. Haarsma, and Wilco Hazeleger. "The Bjerknes feedback in the tropical Atlantic in CMIP5 models." (2016):Climate Dynamics . 47.7-8 2691-2707.
Academic experience
- June 2021 – Present: Project Scientist I
- National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Lead PI on the NOAA CVP funded pre-field campaign working on understanding the connection between upwelling and mixing and designing a Pacific Upwelling and Mixing Physics field-campaign, Lead PI on NASA funded project aiming to quantify uncertainty of upwelling in the tropical Pacific from satellite wind estimates, co-PI on NSF funded project on advancing our understanding of marine heat waves and their predictability
- June 2019 – May 2021: Postdoctoral Fellow
- National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Part of the Pacific Upwelling and Mixing Physics project (PUMP)
- Advisor: Frank Bryan
- January 2014 – May 2019: Graduate Research Assistant
- Royal Netherlands Meteorologocal Institute (KNMI)
- Studying air-sea interactions related to the warm sea surface temperature bias in the Tropical Atlantic
- Co-Advisors: Wilco Hazeleger & Rein Haarsma
- June 2012 – August 2012: Graduate Research Assistant
- Helsinki University
- Investigation of vacuum polarisation effects through the Uehlig Potential
- Co-Advisors: Pekka Pykkö & Markus Reiher
- February 2012 – May 2012: Graduate Research Assistant
- ETH Zürich
- Reassessment of B3LYP* by means of following two investigations from the literature
- Advisor: Markus Reiher
- March 2011 – August 2011: Undergraduate Research Assistant
- Massey University Auckland
- Searching for large Parity Violations: Theoretical Studies of Penta-atomic Uranium Compounds
- Co-Advisors: Peter Schwerdtfeger & Peter Botschwina
Publications
The Southeastern Tropical Atlantic SST bias investigated with a coupled atmosphere-ocean single column model at a PIRATA mooring site
Deppenmeier, A., R.J. Haarsma, C. van Heerwaarden, and W. Hazeleger, 0: The Southeastern Tropical Atlantic SST bias investigated with a coupled atmosphere-ocean single column model at a PIRATA mooring site. J. Climate, 0, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0608.1
The effect of vertical ocean mixing on the tropical Atlantic in a coupled global climate model
Deppenmeier, A., Haarsma, R.J., LeSager, P. et al. The effect of vertical ocean mixing on the tropical Atlantic in a coupled global climate model. Clim Dyn (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-020-05270-x
Modulation of cross-isothermal velocities with ENSO in the tropical Pacific cold tongue
Deppenmeier, A., Bryan, F.O., Kessler, W.S., Thompson, L. Modulation of Cross-Isothermal Velocities with ENSO in the Tropical Pacific Cold Tongue. JPO (2021).
The Atlantic Niño weakens
Deppenmeier, A. The Atlantic Niño weakens (2022).
Diabatic Upwelling in the Tropical Pacific: Seasonal and Subseasonal Variability
Deppenmeier, A., Bryan, F.O., Kessler, W.S., Thompson, L. Diabatic Upwelling in the Tropical Pacific: Seasonal and Subseasonal Variability JPO (2022).
Education
- Ph.D in Climate Science, Wageningen University, 2019
- M.S. in Chemistry, ETH Zürich, 2013
- B.S. in Chemistry, Georg-August University Göttingen, 2011
Teaching Experience
- Guest Lecturer
- Introduction to Climate Modeling, mixed undergraduate and graduate course CU Boulder, 2022
- Introduction to Climate Science, undergraduate course CU Boulder, 2022
- Atmospheric Dynamics, M.S. course Wageningen University, 2016
- Academic Tutor
- Meteorology and Air Quality, B.S. course Wageningen University, 2015
- Introduction to Chemistry and Thermodynamics, ETH Zürich, 2012-2013
- Theoretical Chemistry for Chemists and Physicists, Georg-August University Göttingen, 2010-2011
- Thesis advisor
- Master thesis, Monique Gosseling, “Analysis of EC-Earth SST bias development in the Tropical Atlantic”
- Bachelor thesis, Pleun Bonekamp, “Two model intercomparison of the West African Monsoon”
Service and leadership
- Reviewer for Journal of Climate, Climate Dynamics, Nature Communications, Nature Climate Change, Geophysical Research Letters, etc
- Session convener at AGU 2021, Ocean Science Meeting 2022
- Member of Employee Resource Group FACES and CGD DEI committee