Rym MSADEK
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
GFDL NOAA/ Princeton University
Phone: (609)-452-6564
Email: Rym.Msadek@noaa.gov
Research Interests
I work as a postdoc at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) within the climate change, variability and prediction group led by Tom Delworth. My research is focused on the role of the ocean in climate variability. I am particularly interested in the mechanisms of variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and its influence on the atmosphere. The AMOC is a major component of the climate system as it is the main oceanic contributor to the northward heat transport. A better understanding of the interactions between the AMOC and the atmosphere is needed to develop decadal climate predictions. Because of the lack of long-term continous observations of the AMOC, I mostly use climate models to explore the skills of multi-decadal predictability. My research mainly focuses on the North Atlantic region, which shows the largest potential predictability, but I am also interested in globally interacting large-scale phenomena such as ENSO and the Indian monsoon, and their link with the Atlantic natural multidecadal variations.
Publications
Refereed papers
Msadek, R. and C. Frankignoul, 2009: Atlantic multidecadal oceanic variability and its influence on the atmosphere in a climate model. Climate Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s00382-008-0452-0
Msadek, R., C. Frankignoul and Z. X. Li, 2009: Mechanisms of the atmospheric response to North Atlantic multidecadal variability: a model study. Submitted to Climate Dynamics
Msadek, R., K. Dixon and T. Delworth, in prep: Advancing decadal climate prediction of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Msadek, R., K. Dixon and T. Delworth, in prep: Assessing decadal predictability in the GFDL model
PhD Thesis
Role of the thermohaline circulation on climate, January 2009. University of Paris 6 (PhD advisor C. Frankignoul).