Angelika Renner
Current activities
ICE-Fluxes: studying 1. vertical turbulent fluxes in the upper ocean and the sea-ice ocean boundary layer, and 2. large-scale sea ice thickness distribution
Fram Centre Polhavet: classification of sea ice from satellite remote sensing, specifically using SAR
ESA CryoVEx: calibration and validation studies of CryoSat-2 measurements over sea ice
Career
since Aug 2010 - Research scientist, Norwegian Polar Insitute, Tromsø, Norway
2006-2010 - Marie Curie Fellow & PhD student, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK, and University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
2005-2006 - Scientific assistant, Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway
2004-2005 - Visiting student, Division of Geophysics, University of Helsinki, Finland
1999-2005 - Diploma in Marine Environmental Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
Areas of interest and expertise
My main research interests focus on interactions between sea ice, ocean, and atmosphere, and the potential implications for ecosystems. In particular, I investigate vertical fluxes of heat and their influence on the sea ice cover. Currently, I'm mostly active in the Arctic, however, I have previously worked on ocean currents in the Southern Ocean and their role in the ecosystem near the Antarctic Peninsula.
References/Bibliography
Peer-reviewed publications:
A. H. H. Renner, S. E. Thorpe, K. J. Heywood, E. J. Murphy, J. L. Watkins, M. P. Meredith: Advective pathways near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula: trends, variability and ecosystem implications. Deep Sea Research, Part I, vol. 63, p. 91-101, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2012.01.009. abstract | pdf
A. Trasvina, K. J. Heywood, A. H. H. Renner, S. E. Thorpe, A. F. Thompson, L. Zamudio (2011): The impact of high-frequency current variability on dispersion off the eastern Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, C11024, doi:10.1029/2011JC007003. abstract | pdf
A. H. H. Renner, K. J. Heywood, S. E. Thorpe (2009): Validation of three global ocean models in the Weddell Sea. Ocean Modelling, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.05.007. abstract | pdf
A. F. Thompson, K. J. Heywood, S. E. Thorpe, A. H. H. Renner, A. Trasvina, (2008). Surface circulation at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula from drifters. Journal of Physical Oceanography, vol. 39, 3-26, doi:10.1175/2008JPO3995.1. abstract | pdf
S. Gerland, A. H. H. Renner, F. Godtliebsen, D. Divine, T. B. Løyning (2008): Decrease of sea ice thickness at Hopen, Barents Sea, during 1966-2007. Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 35, L06501, doi:10.1029/2007GL032716. abstract | pdf
S. Gerland, A. H. H. Renner (2007): Sea ice mass balance monitoring in an Arctic fjord. Annals of Glaciology, vol. 46, 435-442. abstract | pdf
A. H. H. Renner, V. Lytle (2007): Sea ice thickness in the Weddell Sea: a comparison of model and upward looking sonar data. Annals of Glaciology, vol. 46, 419-427. abstract | pdf