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Research Associate
• Ocean biogeochemical cycles • Bio-physical interactions • Ocean modeling
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Ocean Biogeochemistry Research Group

Bio

Modeling of Southern Ocean carbon and nutrient cycles under present and future climates; understanding how ocean circulation, the cryosphere and biology interact to shape high-latitude biogeochemical cycles.

Education

  • PhD: ETH Zürich, Switzerland, 2019
  • MSc: University of Bergen, Norway, 2014
  • BSc: University of Kiel/GEOMAR, Germany, 2012

Research

Publications

Nissen, C., N. S. Lovenduski, M. Maltrud, A. Gray, Y. Takano, K. Falcinelli, J. Sauvé, K.ÌýSmith (2024):ÌýUsing synthetic float capabilities in E3SMv2 to assess spatio-temporal variability inÌýocean physics and biogeochemistry. In review inÌýGeoscientific Model Development. Preprint available at:Ìý.

Brooks, C., S. Stammerjohn, G. Ballard, A. DuVivier, E. Hofman, M. LaRue, C.ÌýNissen, J.ÌýPan, N. Walker, G. Watters, J. Weller (2024):ÌýResearch and monitoring in remote large-scale marineÌýprotected areas: the Ross Sea region as a model system. In review inÌýConservation Letters.Ìý

Gorte, T., Lovenduski, N. S., Nissen, C., Lenaerts, J. T. M., J. WeissÌý(2024):ÌýThe nonlinear and distinctÌýresponses of ocean heat content and anthropogenic carbon to ice sheet freshwater dischargeÌýin a warming climate. In reivew in Earth's Future. Preprint available atÌý.

Heinze, C., ..., Nissen, C., ... (2024):ÌýReviews and syntheses: Abrupt ocean biogeochemical change under human-made climatic forcing – warming, acidification, and deoxygenation. In review inÌýBiogeosciences. Preprint available atÌý

Nagwekar, T., C.ÌýNissen, J. Hauck (2024):ÌýOcean alkalinity enhancement in deep and bottom waterÌýformation regions under low and high emission pathways. In review inÌýEarth’s Future.

Oziel, L., Gürses, Ö., Torres-Valdes, S., Hoppe, C., Rost, B., Karakus, O., Danek, C., Juhls, B., Voelker, C.,ÌýÌýKoldunov, N., Wang, Q., Iversen, M., Koch, B., Nissen, C., Hauck, J. (2024):ÌýClimate Change and terrigenous inputs decrease the efficiency of the future Arctic Ocean’s biological carbon pump, in review in Nature Climate Change. Preprint available atÌý .

(16) Bunsen, F., Nissen, C. and Hauck, J., 2024:Ìý.ÌýGeophysical Research Letters, 51,Ìýe2023GL107030. DOI:Ìý10.1029/2023GL107030.

(15) Nissen, C., Timmermann, R., van Caspel, M., and Wekerle, C., 2024: . Ocean Science,Ìý20, 85–101. DOI:Ìý10.5194/os-20-85-2024

(14) Resplandy, ÌýL. A. Hogikyan,ÌýÌýJ. D. Müller,ÌýÌýR. G. Najjar,ÌýÌýH. W. Bange,ÌýÌýD. Bianchi,ÌýÌýT. Weber,ÌýÌýW.-J. Cai,ÌýS. C. Doney,ÌýÌýK. Fennel,ÌýÌýM. Gehlen,ÌýÌýJ. Hauck,ÌýÌýF. Lacroix,ÌýÌýP. Landschützer,ÌýÌýC. Le Quéré,ÌýÌýA. Roobaert,ÌýÌýJ. Schwinger,ÌýÌýS. Berthet,ÌýÌýL. Bopp,ÌýÌýT. T. T. Chau,ÌýÌýM. Dai,ÌýÌýN. Gruber,ÌýÌýT. Ilyina,ÌýÌýA. Kock,ÌýM. Manizza,ÌýÌýZ. Lachkar,ÌýÌýG. G. Laruelle,ÌýÌýE. Liao,ÌýÌýI. D. Lima,ÌýÌýC. Nissen,ÌýÌýC. Rödenbeck,ÌýÌýR. Séférian,ÌýK. Toyama,ÌýÌýH. Tsujino,ÌýÌýP. Regnier, 2024: .ÌýGlobal Biogeochemical Cycle,Ìý38, e2023GB007803. DOI: 10.1029/2023GB007803

(13) Nissen, C., Lovenduski, N. S., Brooks, C. M., Hoppema, M., Timmermann, R.,ÌýHauck, J., 2024: . Nature Communications,Ìý15, 259. DOI:Ìý10.1038/s41467-023-44438-x.

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(12)ÌýHauck, J.,Gregor, L.,ÌýNissen,ÌýC., Patara, L., Hague, M., Mongwe, P., Bushinsky, S., Doney, S. C., Gruber, N., Le Quéré, C., Manizza, M., Mazloff, M., Monteiro, P. M. S., Terhaar, J., 2023:Ìý.ÌýGlobal Biogeochemical Cycles,Ìý37, e2023GB007848. DOI: 10.1029/2023GB007848

(11)ÌýGorte, T., Lovenduski, N. S., Nissen, C., Lenaerts, J. T. M., 2023:Ìý. Geophysical Research Letters,Ìý50, e2023GL104949. DOI: 10.1029/2023GL104949

(10)ÌýDeVries, T., K. Yamamoto, R. Wanninkhof, N. Gruber, J. Hauck, J. D. Müller, L. Bopp, D. Carroll, B. Carter, T. T. T. Chau, S. Doney, M. Gehlen, L. Gloege, L. Gregor, S., Henson, J. H. Kim, Y. Iida, T. Ilyina, P. Landschützer, C. Le Quéré, D. Munro, C.ÌýNissen,ÌýL. Patara, F. Perez, L. Resplandy, K. Rodgers, J. Schwinger, R. Séférian, V. Sicardi, J. Terhaar, J., Trinanes, H. Tsujino, A., Watson, S. Yasunaka, and J., Zeng, 2023:Ìý.ÌýGlobal Biogeochemical Cycles, 37, e2023GB007780,ÌýDOI: 10.1029/2023GB007780

(9) Nissen, C., Timmermann, R.,ÌýHoppema, M., Hauck, J., 2023: . Journal of Climate, 36(19), 6613-6630.ÌýDOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0926.1

(8)ÌýSeifert, M., Nissen, C., Rost, B., Vogt, M., Völker, C., Hauck,ÌýJ., 2023: . Global Change Biology, 00,Ìý1–Ìý25. DOI: 10.1111/gcb/16799

(7)ÌýHauck, J., Nissen, C., Landschützer, P., Rödenbeck, C., Bushinsky, S., & Olsen, A. 2023:Ìý.ÌýPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences,Ìý381(2249). DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2022.0063

(6)ÌýSeifert, M., Nissen, C., Rost, B.,ÌýHauck,ÌýJ. 2022: . Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 10 (1): 00104, DOI:Ìý10.1525/elementa.2021.00104Ìý

(5) Nissen, C., Timmermann, R.,ÌýHoppema, M.,ÌýGürses, Ö.,ÌýHauck, J., 2022: . Nature Communications, 13: 3402. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30671-3

(4) Nissen, C., Vogt, M., 2021: . Biogeosciences, 18(1): 251-283. DOI: 10.5194/bg-18-251-2021

(3) Nissen, C., Gruber, N.,ÌýMünnich, M.,ÌýVogt, M., 2021: . Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 35(8): e2021GB006991. DOI: 10.1029/2021GB006991

(2) Krumhardt, K., Lovenduski, N., Long, M. C.,ÌýLevy, M.,ÌýLindsay, K.,ÌýMoore, J. K.,ÌýNissen, C., 2019: . Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 11(5): 1418-1437. DOI: 10.1029/2018MS001483

(1) Nissen, C., Vogt, M.,ÌýMünnich, M.,ÌýGruber, N.,ÌýHaumann, F. A., 2018: . Biogeosciences, 15(22): 6997-7024. DOI: 10.5194/bg-15-6997-2018