91探花  Dilmahamod, Fehmi

Dr. Fehmi Dilmahamod

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RD: Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics
Research Unit: Physical Oceanography

Office:
Building: 5, Tower: 2
Room: 3.222
Phone: +49 431 600-4117
Email: fdilmahamod(at)geomar.de

Address:
Wischhofstrasse 1-3
D-24148 Kiel
Germany

Research Interest

  • Oceanic (sub)-mesoscale dynamics
  • Large-scale ocean circulation
  • Biophysical coupled processes
  • Ocean Observation

Experience

  • Since 2021 - Postdoctoral Researcher, 91探花 Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
  • 2019 - 2021 - Postdoctoral Fellow, Dalhousie University
  • 2018 - 2019 - Postdoctoral Researcher, 91探花 Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

Education

  • 2018 - Ph.D. - University of Bretagne Occidentale (France) & University of Cape Town (South Africa)
  • 2014 - M.Sc. - University of Cape Town (South Africa)
  • 2012 - B.Sc. - University of Mauritius (Mauritius)

Projects

  • EU project (2024 - 2028) - Co-PI at 91探花 (partner institution) - Ocean observations and indicators for climate and assessments
  • EU and MICIU project  (2025 - 2028) - Collaborator - Bio-Physical-Chemical Coupling and Connectivity between the phytoplankton blooms in the Bransfield Strait and the NW Weddell Sea

Expeditions

[5] 2024 - RV Maria S. Merian MSM 129/2 (Co-Chief Scientist) - Investigating large scale to submesoscale flow in the Labrador Sea - Canada to Iceland

[4] 2022 - RV Meteor M184 - Understanding processes and long-term variability in the Labrador Sea - Canada to Germany

[3] 2019 - RV Meteor M156 - Role of eddies in the carbon pump of eastern boundary upwelling systems - Cape Verde to Cape Verde

[2] 2016 - RV Antea - Madagascar Ridge Survey (MAD-RIDGE) - La Re虂union to Madagascar

[1] 2015 - RV Algoa - Agulhas System Climate Array (ASCA) - South Africa to South Africa

Publications

Submitted or in review:

Fu, Y., Lozier, M. S., Bower, A., Burmeister, K., Bilo虂, T. C., Cyr, F., Cunningham, S., deYoung, B., Dilmahamod, A. F., de Jong, F., Fried, N., Holliday, P., Fraser ,N., Johns, W. E., Li, F., Karstensen, J., Pickart, R. S., Straneo, F., Yashayaev, I., Characterizing the interannual variability of North Atlantic subpolar overturning, In revision in Geophysical Research Letters

Bendinger, A., Dilmahamod, A. F., Albert, A., Le Sommer, J. and Karstensen, J., Characteristics of mesoscale eddies in the Labrador Sea: Insights from Ship Observations and a Rankine Vortex model, In revision in Journal of Physical Oceanography.

Bouzaiene, M., Guarnieri, A., Delrosso, D., Dilmahamod, A. F., Simoncelli, S., and Fratianni, C.: Geostrophic circulation and tidal effects in the Gulf of Gab猫s, EGUsphere [preprint], , 2024.

 

Published:

[8]  2023 - Devresse, Q., Becker, K.W., Dilmahamod, A.F., Ortega鈥怰etuerta, E. and Engel, A., 2023. Dissolved organic matter fluorescence as a tracer of upwelling and microbial activities in two cyclonic eddies in the Eastern Tropical North Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 128(8), e2023JC019821. 

[7]  2022 - Dilmahamod A. F., Karstensen, J., Dietze, H., L枚ptien, U., Fennel, K., 2022. Generation mechanisms of mesoscale eddies in the Mauritanian Upwelling Region, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 52(1), pp. 161-182.

[6]  2021 - Ramanantsoa, J.D., Penven, P., Raj, R.P., Renault, L., Ponsoni, L., Ostrowski, M., Dilmahamod, A.F. and Rouault, M., 2021. Where and how the East Madagascar Current retroflection originates?. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, p.e2020JC016203.

[5]  2021 -  Bouzaiene, M., Menna, M., Elhmaidi, D., Dilmahamod, A.F. and Poulain, P.M., 2021. Spreading of Lagrangian Particles in the Black Sea: A Comparison between Drifters and a High-Resolution Ocean Model. Remote Sensing, 13(13), p.2603.

[4]  2020 - Dilmahamod, A. F., P. Penven, B. Aguiar-Gonz谩lez, C. J. C. Reason and J. C. Hermes (2020), A model investigation of the influences of the South-East Madagascar Current on the South-East Madagascar Bloom, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125, e2019JC.015761.

[3]  2019 - Dilmahamod, A. F., P. Penven, B. Aguiar-Gonz谩lez, C. J. C. Reason and J. C. Hermes (2019), A new definition of the South-East Madagascar Bloom and analysis of its variability, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124, 1717-1735.

[2]  2018 - Dilmahamod, A. F., B. Aguiar-Gonz谩lez, P. Penven, C. J. C. Reason, W. P. M. De Ruijter, N. Malan and J.C. Hermes (2018), SIDDIES corridor: A major east-west pathway of long-lived surface and subsurface eddies in the subtropical South Indian Ocean, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123, 5406-5425,

[1]  2016 - Dilmahamod, A. F., J. C. Hermes and C. J. C. Reason (2016), Chlorophyll-a variability in the Seychelles鈥揅hagos Thermocline Ridge: Analysis of a coupled biophysical model, Journal of Marine Systems, 154, 220-232,