Olivia LinkePostdoctor
About me
As a polar scientist, my research focuses primarily on improving our understanding of the mechanisms driving the amplification of climate change in the high latitudes, and predicting future climate scenarios. I am currently working as postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Meteorology at Stockholm University (MISU), as part of the CRices Project. During my PhD I have been part of the (AC)³ Project.
Positions
- Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at MISU (start Nov 2024)
- Doctoral researcher at Leipzig University, Germany (05/2020–06/2024)
Thesis: "Constraining and predicting Arctic amplification and relevant climate feedbacks" - Visiting researcher at the University of California, Santa Cruz, CA (07/2022–09/2022)
- Research assistant at Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research Leipzig (05/2017–02/2020)
Reserach interest
Polar meteorology and climate - Polar amplification - Polar atmospheric energy budget & boundary layer - Clouds and aerosols - Climate feedbacks - Emergent constraints - Climate models
Education
- PhD in Meteorology at Leipzig University, Germany (05/2020–05/2024)
- M. Sc. in Meteorology at Leipzig University (10/2017–05/2020)
Abroad study in Arctic Geophysics at University Centre in Svalbard, Norway
Abroad study in Geophysical Science at Lisbon University, Portugal - B. Sc. in Meteorology at Leipzig University (10/2014–12/2017)
Abroad study in Arctic Geophysics at University Centre in Svalbard, Norway
Research
A large emphasis of my work is on atmospheric feedbacks in the polar regions, such as those related to changes in the stratification of the lower atmosphere, sea ice, and cloud properties and abundance.
In the recent past I have largely worked with simulations from a large ensemble of state-of-the-art climate models (CMIP6) in conjunction with observations, including data from the MOSAiC expedition and flight campaigns in the Arctic.
My work as a postdoctoral researcher at MISU connects to this previous work by further combining the advantages of models and highly desired observations, and by designing new simulations that will help to better understand cloud processes in the polar regions.
Research projects
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