
PhD Candidate Physical Oceanography
M.Sc. Climate Physics:
Meteorology and Physical Oceanography
B.Sc. Physics of the Earth System
Meteorology, Oceanography and Geophysics
PhD Project
We are studying a current in the North Atlantic which is a continuation of the warm and saline Gulf Stream. Observations in the ocean are still rare which makes a time series in remote places like the subpolar North Atlantic very valuable. Currents in the ocean are important for all of us as they impact the weather and climate. Imagine a current in the ocean as the wind in the atmosphere. It can have a stronger or weaker flow, be warmer or colder, it can stop and even reverse direction.
We use so-called ‘moorings’. They look like a necklace hanging upright in the water column with instruments attached to it, measuring temperature, salinity and velocity. With those observations we hope to get more insight into how the current is changing over time, and whether changes are an effect of climate variability or if they can be linked to climate change.
Field campaigns
- Expedition to the Irminger Sea 2020
PE473, RV Pelagia
Responsibilities: CTD watch, mooring work
Blog - Expedition to the Labrador Sea 2018
MSM74, RV Maria S. Merian
Responsibilities: salinometer measurements, CTD watch, mooring work - Expedition to Northern Greenland 2018
PAMARCMIP, Station North/Villum Research Station
Responsibilities: black carbon measurements on snow, snow pit work
National Geographic Article, New York Times Article - Expedition to the Labrador Sea 2016
MSM54, RV Maria S. Merian
Responsibilities: CTD calibration, CTD watch, mooring work - Expedition to Tropical Atlantic 2015
M119, RV Meteor
Responsibilities: salinometer measurements, CTD watch, mooring work
Publications
- Fried, N., & Femke de Jong, M. (2022). The role of the Irminger Current in the Irminger Sea northward transport variability. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127, e2021JC018188. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC018188
- Li, F.; Lozier, M. S.; Bacon, S.; Bower, A. S.; Cunningham, S. A.; de Jong, M. F.; deYoung, B.; Fraser, N.; Fried, N.; Han, G.; Holliday, N. P.; Holte, J.; Houpert, L.; Inall, M. E.; Johns, W. E.; Jones, S.; Johnson, C.; Karstensen, J.; Le Bras, I. A.; Lherminier, P.; Lin, X.; Mercier, H.; Oltmanns, M.; Pacini, A.; Petit, T.; Pickart, R. S.; Rayner, D.; Straneo, F.; Thierry, V.; Visbeck, M.; Yashayaev, I.; Zhou, C. (2021). Subpolar North Atlantic western boundary density anomalies and the Meridional Overturning Circulation. Nature Comm. 12: 3002. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1038/s41467-021-23350-2
- de Jong, M.F.; de Steur, L.; Fried, N.; Bol, R.; Kritsotalakis, S. (2020). Year‐round measurements of the Irminger Current: Variability of a two‐core current system observed in 2014–2016. JGR: Oceans 125(10). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020jc016193
Recent Conferences
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OOI at AGU Fall Meeting 2021,
OOI and OSNAP in the North Atlantic, Invited Talk -
BBOS Autumn Symposium 2021,
Talk -
EGU General Assembly 2021, online,
OS1.2 The North Atlantic: natural variability and global change, EGU21-4769, PICO presentation -
Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020,
PC24A – Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: An Ongoing Challenge, Poster -
BBOS Autumn Symposium 2019,
Poster