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
Dunn RJH, Blannin J, Willett KM, Gobron N, Morris GA, Haimberger L et al. STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2024: GLOBAL CLIMATE. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 2025 Aug;106(8):S11-S172. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-25-0102.1
Dunn RJH, Blannin J, Gobron N, Miller JB, Willett KM, Haimberger L et al. Global Climate. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 2024 Aug;105(8):S12-S155. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0116.1
Winkelbauer S, Mayer M, Haimberger L. StraitFlux - precise computations of water strait fluxes on various modeling grids. Geoscientific Model Development. 2024 Jun 12;17(11):4603-4620. doi: 10.5194/gmd-17-4603-2024
Winkelbauer S, Mayer M, Haimberger L. Validation of key Arctic energy and water budget components in CMIP6. Climate Dynamics. 2024 May;62:3891-3926. doi: 10.1007/s00382-024-07105-5
Mayer J, Haimberger L, Mayer M. A quantitative assessment of air–sea heat flux trends from ERA5 since 1950 in the North Atlantic basin. Earth System Dynamics. 2023 Oct 25;14(5):1085-1105. doi: 10.5194/esd-14-1085-2023
Mayer M, Tsubouchi T, Winkelbauer S, Larsen KMH, Berx B, Macrander A et al. Recent variations in oceanic transports across the Greenland–Scotland Ridge. State of the Planet. 2023 Sept 27;1(7):Chapter 4.2. doi: 10.5194/sp-1-osr7-14-2023
Baker JA, Renshaw R, Jackson LC, Dubois C, Iovino D, Zuo H et al. South Atlantic overturning and heat transport variations in ocean reanalyses and observation-based estimates. State of the Planet. 2023 Sept 27;1(7):Chapter 2.2. doi: 10.5194/sp-1-osr7-4-2023
Mayer M, Haimberger L, Sabeerali CT, Schenzinger V, Surendran DE, Sreejith OP. Upper air winds. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 2023 Sept;104(9):74-76. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0090.1
Fritz M, Mayer M, Haimberger L, Winkelbauer S. Assessment of Indonesian Throughflow transports from ocean reanalyses with mooring-based observations. Ocean Science. 2023 Aug 10;19(4):1203-1223. doi: 10.5194/os-19-1203-2023
Baier K, Dütsch M, Mayer M, Bakels L, Haimberger L, Stohl A. The Role of Atmospheric Transport for El Niño-Southern Oscillation Teleconnections. Geophysical Research Letters. 2022 Dec 16;49(23):e2022GL100906. doi: 10.1029/2022GL100906