Dr. Johannes Karstensen


91探花 Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
RD1: Physical Oceanography
email: jkarstensen(at)geomar.de
phone: 0431 600 4156
Research gate profile:
Web of Science

Academic Degrees

July 1999          Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography, University of Hamburg

Dec 1994           Diploma in Physical Oceanography, University of Hamburg

 

Academic Education

  • 1994 鈥 1999     University of Hamburg, Germany, Ph.D. student in Physical Oceanography
  • 1987 鈥 1994     University of Hamburg, Germany, Diplom program Physical Oceanography

 

Professional Experience

  • since 12/2002 鈥 Scientist, 91探花, Research Division 1: Ocean Circulation & Climate Dynamics (Unit: Physical Oceanography)
  • 04/2002 鈥 12/2002 Investigador, Programa Regional de Oceanografia Fisica y Clima (PROFC), University of Concepcion, Chile
  • 03/2000 鈥 04/2002 Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, USA
  • 1995 鈥 2000 Research Scientist, University of Hamburg, Germany 鈥

 

Visiting Scientist

  • 10/1995 鈥 03/1996 Visiting Research Scientist, FIAMS, Adelaide, Australia鈥
  • 02/2000 鈥 03/2000 DCESS, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

 

Committee Membership

International:

  • 2024 鈥 present: President OceanPractices AISBL
  • 2021 鈥 2023: German representative G7 FSOI 鈥淒ata sharing infrastructure鈥
  • 2021 鈥 2022: co-chair of endorsed UN Decade Programme 鈥淥cean Practices for the Decade鈥
  • 2019 鈥 2024: co-lead of SCICOM subgroup 鈥淚CES & Oceanography鈥 
  • 2019 鈥 2022: co-chair IOC Ocean Best Practices System
  • 2019 鈥 present: associate Member SWOT Adopt-a-Crossover steering committee
  • 2016 鈥 present: co-chair GOOS/OCG Open Ocean Time Series Stations 鈥淥ceanSITES鈥
  • 2016 鈥 present: ICES Science Committee (SCICOM) alternate Germany
  • 2015 鈥 present: Scientific Steering Committee OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program)
  • 2015 鈥 2022: Steering team GOOS/OCG 鈥淥ceanGliders鈥
  • 2015 鈥 2021: Steering team EuroGOOS task team 鈥淥cean gliders鈥
  • 2015 鈥 2020: Panel Member 鈥淥cean Observations Panel for Climate鈥 (OOPC)
  • 2015 鈥 2018: Scientific Steering Committee Member NAVIS (North Atlantic Virtual Institute)
  • 2010 鈥 2014: German Delegate COST action ES0904 鈥滶uropean Gliding Observatory Network鈥
  • 2011 鈥 2015: German Delegate COST action ES1001 鈥漇MOS MODE鈥

National

  • 2020 鈥 present: Member Zukunftsforum Ozean
  • 2018 鈥 2020: Deutsche Allianz f眉r Meeresforschung e.V. - Data Management Advisory group
  • 2014 鈥 present: Member Steering team 鈥淥pen Ocean sustained Observations鈥 of KDM
  • 2007 鈥 2019: Member DFG Kiel Cluster of Excellence 鈥漈he Future Ocean鈥
  • 2008 鈥 2019: Member DFG SFB 754 鈥滳limate-Biogeochemistry Interaction in the Tropical Ocean鈥

Projects

See respect link www.geomar.de/forschen/fb1/fb1-po/projekte

Editorial Service

  • 2022-present: Editorial Board member Copernicus Ocean State Report (OSR) published in EGU 鈥淪tate of the Planet鈥 (https://www.state-of-the-planet.net/).
  • 2017 鈥 present: Chief-Editor of Frontiers Research Topic 鈥淏est Practices in Ocean Observing鈥 (http://journal.frontiersin.org/researchtopic/7173)
  • 2020 鈥 2021: Editorial Board member Frontiers Research Topic 鈥淥cean Sciences and Ethics鈥 (http://journal.frontiersin.org/researchtopic/16139)
  • 2008: Guest Editor 鈥淧rogress in Oceanography鈥 A New View of Water Masses After WOCE. A Special Edition for Professor Matthias Tomczak
  • 2007 鈥 2018: Member Editorial Board 鈥濲ournal of Operational Oceanography鈥溾

Cruises

Open Ocean RVs

  • 2026 SeaBLOOM (main: Dr. Fehmi Dilmahamod; co-proposer/co-chief scientist)

  • 2024 RV Maria S Merian 129/1 & 2 Baltic Sea/subpolar North Atlantic (proposer/chief scientist)

  • 2022 RV Meteor M184 subpolar North Atlantic (proposer/chief scientist)

  • 2020 RV Maria S. Merian 94 subpolar North Atlantic (proposer/chief scientist)

  • 2020 RV Maria S. Merian 89 EUREC4A++ mesoscale Eddy cruise (proposer/chief scientist)

  • 2020 RV Meteor M161 EUREC4A atmosphere cruise (co-proposer)

  • 2018 RV Maria S. Merian 74 (proposer/chief scientist)

  • 2017 RV Maria S. Merian 61 (co-proposer)

  • 2017 RV Maria S. Merian 60 (proposer/chief scientist)

  • 2016 RV Maria S. Merian 54 (proposer/chief scientist)

  • 2016 RV Meteor M124 (proposer/chief scientist)

  • 2014 N/O Thalassa MSM40 (replacement Maria S. Merian) (proposer/chief scientist), 2014

  • 2013 RV Meteor 96 (proposer/chief scientist)

  • 2012 RV Maria S. Merian 21/1a (proposer/chief scientist)

  • 2011 RV Meteor 85/2 (proposer/chief scientist),

  • 2010 RV Meteor 82/1 (secondary user) 

  • 2009 RV Maria S. Merian MSM12/1 (secondary user)

  • 2008 N/O Thalassa SPNA081 (secondary user)

  • 2007 RV Maria S. Merian MSM05/41 (secondary user)

  • 2006 RSS DISCOVERY 309 1 (secondary user)

Coastal Ocean RVs

  • Chief scientist on AL 229 (09/2003), AL 240 (07/2004), AL 247 (10/2004), AL 268 (10/2005), AL 273 (02/2006), AL 280 (06/2006), AL 289 (10/2006), AL 305 (09/2007), AL 321 (06/2008), AL 362 (09/2010), AL 33/11 (09/2011), AL03/12 (09/2012), AL 423 (09/2013), AL02/14 (09/2014), POS490 (09/2015), AL482 (07/2016), AL500 (09/2017), POS529 (09/2018), AL529 (10/2019), AL564 (09/2021), AL559 (08/2023), AL617 (08/2024)

Responsible scientist

2012 RV Maria S. Merian (Tropical Atlantic; MSM23): CTD, salinometer

2010 RSS James Clark Ross (Northeast Atlantic; Cruise 221): mooring, lander

2009 RV Meteor (South East Pacific; M77-4): CTD, glider, underway (uw)-data

2009 RV Maria S. Merian (Subpolar North Atlantic; MSM12-1): CTD, mooring

2008 RV Maria S. Merian (Tropical Atlantic; MSM08-1): CTD, salinometer鈥

2007 RV Maria S. Merian (Subpolar North Atlantic; MSM05-4): CTD, mooring

2006 RV Maria S. Merian (Tropical Atlantic; MSM04-1): CTD, vmADCP, uw-data

2006 RSS Discovery (Subpolar North Atlantic): mooring鈥

2005 NO l鈥橝talante (Tropical Atlantic; MOVE): lADCP, vmADCP, CTD, uw-data鈥

2004 RSS Charles Darwin (Subpolar North Atlantic; CD162b): mooring鈥

2004 RV Meteor (Tropical Atlantic; M60-4): vmADCP, lADCP, moorings, uw-data

2003 RV Sonne (Tropical Atlantic; MOVE): lADCP, vmADCP, CTD, uw-data鈥

1997 RV Sonne (Bay of Bengal, WOCE): CTD, mooring鈥

1996 GMMOS Discovery (Arabian Sea, WOCE): mooring鈥

1995 RV Franklin (Indonesian Throughflow; WOCE I7): Seasoar, CTD鈥

1993 FS Valdivia (Subpolar North Atlantic; WOCE AR7 East): CTD鈥

1989 FS Valdivia (Faroe/Shetland Channel): CTD