Mag. Dr.
michael.mayer(at)univie.ac.at
Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2 (UZA II), 1090 Vienna
Roomnumber: 2G546
T: +43-1-4277-537 17
Curriculum Vitae
Since 2018 - Postdoc at the IMGW (Teilzeit)
Since 2017 - Scientist at ECMWF
2014 - 2017 Postdoc at the IMGW (Theoretische Meteorologie)
2010 - 2014 Doctoral Student in the group of Theoretical Meteorology; Title of PhD thesis: Low-frequency variability in global energy budgets, Supervisor: Prof. Leopold Haimberger
02/2011 - 07/2011 ASP Visiting Graduate Student, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) (Colorado, USA)
2004 - 2010 Studies in Meteorology at the University of Vienna; Diploma thesis Corrected energy fluxes as evaluated from reanalysis data, Supervisor: Prof. Leo Haimberger
Research Interests
- Quantification of the global atmospheric and oceanic energy budget
- Variability and trends of energy budgets related to large-scale climate anomalies (e.g. El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)) and climate change
- Reanalyses and other energy budget-related datasets such as radiation and precipitation
Recent Publications
McAdam R, Masina S, Balmaseda M, Gualdi S, Senan R, Mayer M. Seasonal forecast skill of upper-ocean heat content in coupled high-resolution systems. Climate Dynamics. 2022 Jun;58(11-12):3335-3350. Epub 2022 Jan 31. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-021-06101-3
Weisheimer A, Balmaseda MA, Stockdale T, Mayer M, Sharmila S, Hendon H et al. Variability of ENSO Forecast Skill in 2-Year Global Reforecasts Over the 20th Century. Geophysical Research Letters. 2022 May 28;49(10):e2022GL097885. doi: 10.1029/2022GL097885
Polyakov IV, Mayer M, Tietsche S, Karpechko AY. Climate change fosters competing effects of dynamics and thermodynamics in seasonal predictability of Arctic sea ice. Journal of Climate. 2022 May 1;35(9):2849-2865. doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0463.1
Winkelbauer S, Mayer M, Seitner V, Zsoter E, Zuo H, Haimberger L. Diagnostic evaluation of river discharge into the Arctic Ocean and its impact on oceanic volume transports. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 2022 Jan 24;26(2):279–304. doi: 10.5194/hess-26-279-2022
Mayer J, Mayer M, Haimberger L. Consistency and Homogeneity of Atmospheric Energy, Moisture, and Mass Budgets in ERA5. Journal of Climate. 2021 May;34(10):3955-3974. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0676.1
Mayer M, Alonso-Balmaseda M. Indian Ocean impact on ENSO evolution 2014-2016 in a set of seasonal forecasting experiments. Climate Dynamics. 2021 Apr;56(7-8):2631–2649. doi: 10.1007/s00382-020-05607-6
Balan-Sarojini B, Tietsche S, Mayer M, Balmaseda M, Zuo H, de Rosnay P et al. Year-round Impact of Winter Sea Ice Thickness Observations on Seasonal Forecasts. Cryosphere. 2021 Jan 26;15(1):325-344. doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-325-2021
Mayer M, Lien VS, Mork KA, von Schuckmann K, Monier M, Greiner E. Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report, Issue 5. Journal of Operational Oceanography. 2021;14(sup1):1-185. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/1755876X.2021.1946240
Liu C, Allan RP, Mayer M, Hyder P, Desbruyères D, Cheng L et al. Variability in the global energy budget and transports 1985–2017. Climate Dynamics. 2020 Sep 17;55:3381-3396. doi: 10.1007/s00382-020-05451-8
von Schuckmann K, Cheng L, Palmer MD, Hansen J, Tassone C, Aich V et al. Heat stored in the Earth system: where does the energy go? Earth System Science Data. 2020 Sep 7;12(3):2013–2041. doi: 10.5194/essd-12-2013-2020