Marie Kapsch - Department of Meteorology

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RESUME OF
MARIE-LUISE KAPSCH
PERSONAL DETAILS
Name
Phone
e-mail
Research interests
Marie-Luise Kapsch
+46 (0) 8 16 2536 (office)
marie@misu.se
Arctic climate, Atmosphere-Sea-ice interaction
EDUCATION
Since 05/2011 PhD student at the Department of Meteorology (MISU), Stockholm
University (SU), Stockholm, Sweden
- Arctic Climate: Atmosphere and sea-ice interactions
10/2004–03/2011 Meteorology studies (Diplom) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
(KIT), Germany.
- Majors: Meteorology, Fluid Dynamics, Geomorphology/Soil
Science
- Thesis title: Long-term variability of hailstorm relevant weather
types in an ensemble of regional climate models.
- Student research project: Determination of turbulent heat- and
substance fluxes over complex terrain during COPS (in German).
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
04/2011 Scientific employee at the Department of Meteorology and Climate
Change, KIT, Germany
01/2011 Visiting student (in scope of the Diploma thesis) at the College of
Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences (XCS), University of
Exeter, UK
08/2008- 04/2009 Internship at the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska
Fairbanks
- Analyzed changing sea-ice conditions in the Pacific Arctic sector
based on remote sensing data and synoptic stations in regards to
their impact on coastal communities
- Participated in a 10-day field trip to Barrow, AK, to collect
measurements of ice thickness and roughness across shorefast ice
08/2006- 04/2011 Student assistant in the Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research,
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany.
- Periodic maintenance of a meteorological in-situ measurement
station at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
- Calibration of air-borne instruments for measurements of trace gases
in the atmosphere prior and during the field campaign COPS
(Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study).

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
04-05/2013 The Global Climate System (MO7003): Teaching assistant (modeling
exercises and student projects)
01-02/2013 Mesoscale Meteorology (MO7008): Teaching assistant (calculation
exercises)
11-12/2012 Modeling of the Global Climate System (Climate Modeling): Teaching
assistant (modeling exercises)
06/2012 Global Climate and Climate Change: Teaching assistant (exercises)
PUBLICATIONS
Kapsch, M.-L., R. G. Graversen, M. Tjernström, 2013. Springtime atmospheric energy
transport and the control of Arctic summer sea-ice extent. Nature Clim. Change,
doi:10.1038/nclimate1884.
Kapsch, M.-L., M. Kunz, R. Vitolo, T. Economou, 2012. Long-term trends of hail-related
weather types in an ensemble of regional climate models using a Bayesian approach. J.
Geophys. Res., 117, D15107.
Kapsch, M.-L., H. Eicken, M. Robards, 2010. Sea ice distribution and ice use by indigenous
walrus hunters on St- Lawrence Island, Alaska. In: SIKU: Knowing Our Ice: Documenting
Inuit Sea Ice Knowledge and Use; edited by I. Krupnik, C. Aporta, S. Gearheard, L. Kielsen
Holm, G. Laidler. Springer, Berlin.
AWARDS
05/2012 32. Sparkassenpreis for excellent theses in the area of environmental
science by the Sparkasse Ettlingen, Karlsruhe, Germany, for the
Diplom-thesis: Long-term variability of hailstorm relevant weather
types in an ensemble of regional climate models.
11/2010 Stipend of the “Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst” (DAAD) to
visit and collaborate with the University of Exeter, Great Britain.
PRESENTATIONS IN SYMPOSIA AND WORKSHOPS
04/2013 European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.
- Oral presentation: Springtime atmospheric energy transport and the
control of Arctic summer sea-ice extent
11/2012 Bert Bolin Center for Climate Research Annual Meeting:
- Oral presentation (invited): Springtime atmospheric transport
controls summer sea ice
04/2012 International Polar Year Conference (IPY2012), Montreal, Canada.
- Oral presentation: Increase of the Arctic greenhouse effect causes
recent summer sea-ice retreat
- Session chair: Atmospheric, physical and chemical processes in the
polar regions – Polar atmosphere-ocean interactions
04/2012 Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) Career
Development Workshop, Montreal, Canada.
Participation in the following sessions: International Arctic Science

Committee (IASC) annual meeting, proposal writing and funding, target
audience outreach (policy makers), developing international
collaborations
03/2012 ADSIMNOR-CORDEX Workshop on Arctic Climate Modeling Results
and Needs, Norrköping, Sweden
- Oral presentation: Contribution of energy and radiative fluxes on an
anomalous September sea-ice extent in the Arctic
06/2010 International Polar Year Conference (IPY2010), Oslo, Norway.
- Poster presentation: Sea ice distribution and ice use by indigenous
walrus hunters on St- Lawrence Island, Alaska.
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