Andreas Schmittner Assistant Professor College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Oregon State University 104 COAS Admin Bldg Corvallis OR 97331-5503 USA phone: 541-737-9952 fax: 541-737-2064 email: aschmitt(at)coas.oregonstate.edu CV

Online Lecture: Climate Change and Ocean Circulation Book: Ocean Circulation: Mechanisms and Impacts Projects: PALEOVAR: Past Climate Variability Ocean Circulation, Oxygen and Nutrient Cycles During the Last Glacial Period Teaching: OC669 Introduction to Climate Modeling OC331 Introduction to Ocean Sciences Climate Change: Accessible Science Links

Publications:
1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 in press submitted Online news articles about my research

Articles in peer reviewed publications

2009

Sarnthein, M., G. Bartoli, M. Prange, A. Schmittner, B. Schneider, M. Weinelt, N. Andersen, and D..Garbe-Schonberg (2009)

Mid-Pliocene shifts in ocean overturning circulation and the onset of Quaternary-style climates

Climate of the Past. html

2008

Schmittner, A., E. D. Galbraith (2008)

Glacial greenhouse gas fluctuations controlled by ocean circulation changes

Nature, 456, 373-376, doi:10.1038/nature07531. pdf html supplementary information

Oschlies, A., K. G. Schulz, U. Riebesell, and A. Schmittner (2008)

Simulated 21st century's increase in oceanic suboxia by CO₂-enhanced biotic carbon export

Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 22, GB4008, doi:10.1029/2007GB003147. pdf html

Schmittner, A., A. Oschlies, H. D. Matthews, and E. D. Galbraith (2008)

Future changes in climate, ocean circulation, ecosystems and biogeochemical cycling simulated for a business-as-usual CO₂ emission scenario until year 4000 AD

Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 22, GB1013, doi:10.1029/2007GB002953. pdf html Correction

2007

Clark, P. U., S. W. Hostetler, N. G. Pisias, A. Schmittner, and K. J. Meissner (2007)

Mechanisms for a ~7-kyr climate and sea-level oscillation during marine isotope stage 3

in Ocean Circulation: Mechanisms and Impacts, AGU Geophys. Monograph, vol. 173, edited by Schmittner, A., J. Chiang, and S. Hemming, pp. 315-334, American Geophysical Union. pdf

Schmittner, A., E. Brook and J. Ahn (2007)

Impact of the ocean’s overturning circulation on atmospheric CO₂

in Ocean Circulation: Mechanisms and Impacts, AGU Geophysical Monograph Series, vol. 173, edited by A. Schmittner, J. Chiang, and S. Hemming, pp. 209-246, American Geophysical Union. pdf

Schmittner, A., E. D. Galbraith, S. W. Hostetler, T. F. Pedersen, and R. Zhang (2007)

Large fluctuations of dissolved oxygen in the Indian and Pacific oceans during Dansgaard-Oeschger oscillations caused by variations of North Atlantic Deep Water subduction

Paleoceanogr., 22, PA3207, doi:10.1029/2006PA001384. pdf html data

Schneider, B., M. Latif, and A. Schmittner (2007)

Evaluation of different methods to assess model projections of the future evolution of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

J. Climate, 20, 2121-2132. pdf

2006

Schneider, B. and A. Schmittner (2006)

Simulating the impact of the Panamanian seaway closure on ocean circulation, marine productivity and nutrient cycling

Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett., 246, 367–380. pdf

2005

Schmittner, A., Latif, M. and Schneider, B. (2005)

Model Projections of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation for the 21st century assessed by observations

Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L23710, doi:10.1029/2005GL024368. pdf html

Schmittner, A., Oschlies, A., Giraud, X., Eby, M. and Simmons H.L. (2005)

A Global Model of the Marine Ecosystem for Long Term Simulations: Sensitivity to Ocean Mixing, Buoyancy Forcing, Particle Sinking and Dissolved Organic Matter Cycling

Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 19, GB3004, doi:10.1029/2004GB002283. pdf html

Schmittner, A., (2005)

Decline of the marine ecosystem caused by a reduction in the Atlantic overturning circulation

Nature, 434, 628-633. pdf html

Koesters, F., R. H. Kaese, A. Schmittner and P. Herrmann (2005)

The Effect of Denmark Strait Overflow on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L04602, doi:10.1029/2004GL022112. pdf html

2004

Schmittner, A., M. Sarnthein, H. Kinkel, G. Bartoli, T. Bickert, M. Crucifix, D. Crudeli, J. Groeneveld, F. Kösters, U. Mikolajewicz, C. Millo, J. Reimer, P. Schäfer, D. Schmidt, B. Schneider, M. Schulz, S. Steph, R. Tiedemann, M. (2004)

Global Impact of the Panamanian Seaway Closure

EOS, 85, 526. pdf

Saenko, O. A., Schmittner, A. and A. J. Weaver (2004)

The Atlantic-Pacific seesaw

J. Climate, 17, 2033-2038. pdf

Ewen, T., A.J. Weaver and A. Schmittner (2004)

Modelling carbon cycle feedbacks during abrupt climate change

Quat. Sci. Rev., 23, 431-448. pdf

2003

Saenko, O. A., A. J. Weaver and A. Schmittner (2003)

Atlantic deep circulation controlled by freshening in the Southern Ocean

Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 1754, doi:10.1029/2003GL017681. pdf html (you need online access to AGU journals)

Schmittner, A. (2003)

Southern Ocean sea ice and radiocarbon ages of glacial bottom waters

Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett., 213, 53-62, doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00291-7. pdf html

Meissner, K. J., Schmittner, A. and Weaver, A. J. (2003)

The ventilation of the North Atlantic Ocean during the Last Glacial Maximum - a comparison between simulated and observed radiocarbon ages

Paleoceanogr., 18 (2). doi:10.1029/2002PA000762. pdf html (you need online access to AGU journals)

Schmittner, A., Saenko, O. A. and Weaver,A. J. (2003)

Coupling of the hemispheres in observations and simulations of glacial climate change

Quat. Sci. Rev., 22, 659-671.doi:10.1016/S0277-3791(02)00184-1. pdf html

2002

Saenko, O. A., Schmittner, A. and Weaver, A. J. (2002)

On the role of wind-driven sea ice motion on ocean ventilation

J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 3376-3395. pdf

Meissner, K. J., Schmittner, A., Wiebe, E. C. and Weaver, A. J. (2002)
Simulations of Heinrich Events in a coupled ocean-atmosphere-sea ice model

Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 10.1029/2001GL013514.

Schmittner, A., Meissner, K. J., Eby, M. and Weaver, A. J. (2002)

Forcing of the deep ocean circulation in simulations of the Last Glacial Maximum

Paleoceanogr., 17, 10.1029/2001PA000633. pdf html (you need online access to AGU journals)

Schmittner, A. and Clement, A. C. (2002)

Sensitivity of the thermohaline circulation to tropical and high latitude freshwater forcing during the last glacial-interglacial cycle

Paleoceanogr., 17, 10.1029/2000PA000591. pdf html (you need online access to AGU journals)

Schmittner, A., Yoshimori, M. and Weaver, A. J. (2002)

Instability of glacial climate in a model of the ocean-atmosphere-cryosphere system

Science, 295, 1489-1493. pdf Abstract

2001

Weaver, A. J., Eby, M., Wiebe, E. C., Bitz, C. M., Duffy, P. B., Ewen, T. L., Fanning, A. F., Holland, M. M., MacFadyen, A., Saenko, O., Schmittner, A., Wang, H. and Yoshimori,M. (2001)

The UVic Earth System Climate Model: Model Description, Climatology and Applications to Past, Present and Future Climates

Atmos.-Ocean, 4, 361-428. pdf

Schmittner, A. and Weaver, A. J. (2001)

Dependence of multiple climate states on ocean mixing parameters

Geoph. Res. Let., 28, 1027-1030. pdf

Schmittner, A. and Stocker, T. F., (2001)

A seasonally forced model for paleoclimate studies

J. Climate, 14, 1055-1068. pdf

2000

Appenzeller, C., Stocker, T.F., and Schmittner, A. (2000)

Climate change and natural climate variability: chance for surprise?

Integr. Assessment, 1, 301-306.

Schmittner, A., Appenzeller, C. and Stocker, T. F. (2000)

Enhanced Atlantic freshwater export during El Nino

Geoph. Res. Let., 27, 1163-1166. pdf

Schmittner, A., Appenzeller, C. and Stocker, T. F. (2000)

Validation of parametrisations for the meridional energy and moisture transport used in simple climate models

Clim. Dyn., 16, 63-77. pdf

1999

Joos, F., Plattner, G.-K., Stocker, T.F., Marchal, O. and Schmittner, A. (1999)

Global warming and marine carbon cycle feedbacks on future atmospheric CO2

Science, 284, 464-467. Abstract pdf

Schmittner, A. and Stocker, T. F. (1999)

The stability of the thermohaline circulation in global warming experiments

J. Climate, 12,1117-1133. pdf

1997

Stocker, T. F. and Schmittner, A. (1997)

Influence of CO₂ emission rates on the stability of the thermohaline circulation

Nature, 388, 862-865. pdf

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Articles in press:

Schmittner, A., Urban, N. M., Keller, K. and Matthews, D. (2009)

Using tracer observations to reduce the uncertainty of ocean diapycnal mixing and climate-carbon cycle projections

Global Biogeochem. Cycles. pdf

Articles submitted:

Moum, J. N., Lien, R.-C., Perlin, A., Nash, J. D., Gregg, M. C., Schmittner, A., and Wiles, P. J. (2009)

Vigorous Mixing of the Upper Equatorial Ocean by Tropical Instability Waves

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Articles in preparation:

Somes, C., Schmittner, A., Mix, A., Letelier, R., Galbraith, E., Altabet, M., Sigman, D., DiFiore, P., Knapp, A., Lehmann, M. Bourbonnais, A., and Eby, M. (2009)

Modeling nitrogen isotopes in a global ocean biogeochemical model: Constraints on the coupling between denitrification and nitrogen fixation

Global Biogeochem. Cycles. pdf

Non peer-reviewed publications:

Schmittner, A., J. C. H. Chiang and S. Hemming (2007)

Introduction: The ocean's meridional overturning circulation

in Ocean Circulation: Mechanisms and Impacts, AGU Geophysical Monograph Series, vol. 173, edited by A. Schmittner, J. C. H. Chiang, and S. R. Hemming, pp. 1-4, American Geophysical Union. pdf

Online News Articles About My Research:

May 2009: Terra

November 2008: Science Direct

March 2008: Washington Post

March 2008: Interview with Radio Show “Ecoshock”

August 2006: FACTS
December 2005: BBC
November 2005: National Geographic
July 2005: Earthwatch Radio
April 2005: NASA Earth Observatory

Other Media Links:
Thermohaline Circulation Slowing (Nature) ?

Thermohaline Circulation Slowing (Physics Today) ?

Bubbles in Ice Cores

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