Thomas Rackow

Dr. Thomas Rackow is a postdoctoral scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) in the Climate Dynamics department. His primary research focuses on climate variability, coupled atmosphere-ocean-sea ice systems, and the development of the AWI Climate Model (AWI-CM/ECHAM6-FESOM). He investigates high-resolution climate simulations and their impacts on Antarctic sea ice dynamics and global ocean circulation patterns. Rackow is also involved in iceberg modeling and machine learning applications for tracking Antarctic icebergs using satellite data.

Key contributions include analyzing the MOSAiC ice floe's origins, evaluating CMIP6 simulations, and improving stochastic coupling methods in climate models. His work bridges model development, climate projections, and remote sensing, contributing to understanding polar climate changes and biases in global climate models.

Rackow collaborates on international projects like HighResMIP and CMIP6, emphasizing the importance of resolution-dependent processes in climate modeling. His research addresses critical gaps in representing Southern Ocean dynamics, Arctic sea ice trends, and deep ocean circulation biases.

Contact: Thomas.Rackow@awi.de