Phd thesis

Modelling the mass balance & salinity of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice, 2008 (pdf)

Project

Sea ice, biogeochemistry and climate: Towards ocean-sea ice bio-physical modelling systems.

Research interests

• Sea ice and the climate system: large-scale sea ice mass balance, role of sea ice in the climate system and in future evolution of the sea ice cover. I contributed to the development of LIM, which is part of the European ocean model NEMO. The image shows the 1979-2006 mean ice concentration simulated by NEMO-LIM3. The black line is the satellite-observed ice edge.
• Bio-physical interactions in sea ice: How do ice thermodynamics, brine and biology work together ? I am developing a 1D bio-physical sea ice model, including an ecosystem model and interactive brine dynamics. In the long run, I want to know how do life and climate interact in the Polar Oceans? How does life develop in sea ice and how does sea ice biologically affect the Earth's climate, the polar marine ecosystems and the carbon cycle. The image shows ice temperature, salinity, silicates and chlorophyll-a in a test simulation of Weddell Sea first-year ice.
• Phase equilibrium in sea ice
• Biogeochemistry in the Polar Oceans
• Coupled climate models: I'm following the effort made in climate models IPSL-CM and EC-Earth.

Field

I was also brought to the polar regions on two field trips by insightful field scientists who think modelers should go in the field. See the Photos tab for more on this.

Other.

I like Russia, music & Belgian beer!!!