Dr. Josefine Herrford

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PostDoc
Address
Universität Hamburg
Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences
Department Biology
Institute of Marine Ecosystem and Fishery Science
Palmaille 9
22767 Hamburg
Office
Room: 107
Contact
Research interests
- Physical oceanography on long temporal and large spatial scales
- Variability in the individual components of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) in the Tropical South Atlantic
- Abyssal circulation and water mass property changes in the Western Tropical Atlantic
- Ventilation and surface circulation of the Baltic Sea
- Acquisition, processing and accuracy of observational data
Publications
All publications listed here:
A selection of peer-reviewed articles:
- Volkov, D. L., Dong, S., Lankhorst, M., Kersale, M., Sanchez-Franks, A., Schmid, C., Herrford, J., Perez, R., Moat, B., Meinen, C. S., Baringer, M. O., Frajka-Williams, E., and D. Smeed: Meridional overturning circulation and heat transport in the Atlantic Ocean, State of the Climate in 2020 report, 2021.
- Herrford, J., Brandt, P., Kanzow, T., Hummels, R., Araujo, M. and Durgadoo, J. V. (2021): Seasonal variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 11° S inferred from bottom pressure measurements, Ocean Sci., doi:10.5194/os-2020-55.
- Herrford, J., Brandt, P., and Zenk, W. (2017): Property Changes of Deep and Bottom Waters in the Western Tropical Atlantic, Deep Sea Res. I, 124, pp. 103-125, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2017.04.007.
- Lennartz, S. T., Lehmann, A., Herrford, J., Malien, F., Hansen, H.-P., Biester, H., Bange, H. W. (2014): Long-term trends at the Boknis Eck time series station (Baltic Sea), 1957–2013: does climate change counteract the decline in eutrophication? Biogeosciences, 11, 6323-6339, doi:10.5194/bg-11-6323-2014.
Educational Background
04/2016 – 04/2021
Doctoral researcher, Department of Physical Oceanography, GEOMAR, Kiel
10/2011 – 03/2015
M.Sc. in “Climate Physics”, Kiel University, Kiel
10/2008 – 01/2012
B.Sc. in „Physik des Erdsystems: Meteorologie - Ozeanographie - Geophysik“, Kiel University, Kiel
Expeditions
10 - 11/2019
RV Meteor (Tropical Atlantic Ocean, M159)
05 - 06/2018
RV Meteor (Tropical Atlantic Ocean, M148)
10 - 11/2016
RV Meteor (Tropical Atlantic Ocean, M131)
08/2014
RV Thalassa (Labrador and Irminger Sea, MSM40)
10 - 11/2012
RV Maria S. Merian (Equatorial Atlantic Ocean, MSM22)
10/2010
RV Alkor (Baltic Sea, A362)