astronomy

Katja Fennel

Katja Fennel is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Katja Fennel rather than just read about it. In short: Katja Fennel is an oceanographer studying the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems. She is a full professor in the Department of Oceanography at Dalhousie University, a former Canada Research Chair in marine prediction, and co-editor-in-chief of the journal Biogeosciences.

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Reference excerpt

Katja Fennel is an oceanographer studying the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems. She is a full professor in the Department of Oceanography at Dalhousie University, a former Canada Research Chair in marine prediction, and co-editor-in-chief of the journal Biogeosciences.

Life Katja Fennel was born in Rostock. Her father was a professor and oceanographer at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research. Her brother is professor for theoretical physics at the University of Rostock. Katja Fennel studied mathematics at the University of Rostock, where she wrote her diploma thesis in numerical Analysis about the Ekman layer. She received her PhD in 1998 with a thesis in the field of marine biology. After postdoctoral work at the Alfred Wegener Institute's Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research and Oregon State University, she became an assistant professor at Rutgers University in 2002. Four years later she moved to Dalhousie University as a Canada Research Chair in marine prediction. She is currently a full professor in the Dalhousie University Department of Oceanography. Fennel's research focuses on the development and use of computational models to predict and understand marine ecosystems, particularly the causes and effects of changes in oxygen and carbon levels. Her publications have been cited thousands of times. Her work was part of a 2018 publication in Nature Climate Change that found a link between current flows and rapid deoxygenation of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which the team attributed to broader changes in ocean flows as part of climate change. Fennel is co-editor-in-chief of Biogeosciences, an open access journal covering the earth sciences. In 2018 Fennel was the Ian Morris Scholar in Residence at the Center for Environmental Science at the University of Maryland. In 2019 she was announced as a keynote speaker at the 12th Baltic Sea Science Congress. Fennel has over 200 publications, resulting in over 5,700 citations, and an h-index and i10-index of 37 and 83 respectively.

Selected publications Fennel, Katja; Losch, Martin; Schröter, Jens; Wenzel, Manfred (2001-02-01). "Testing a marine ecosystem model: sensitivity analysis and parameter optimization" (PDF). Journal of Marine Systems. 28 (1/2): 45–63. Bibcode:2001JMS....28...45F. doi:10.1016/S0924-7963(00)00083-X. Fennel, Katja; Boss, Emmanuel (2003-07-01). "Subsurface maxima of phytoplankton and chlorophyll: Steady-state solutions from a simple model". Limnology and Oceanography. 48 (4): 1521–1534. Bibcode:2003LimOc..48.1521F. doi:10.4319/lo.2003.48.4.1521. Fennel, Katja; Wilkin, John; Levin, Julia; Moisan, John; O'Reilly, John; Haidvogel, Dale (2006). "Nitrogen cycling in the Middle Atlantic Bight: Results from a three-dimensional model and implications for the North Atlantic nitrogen budget". Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 20 (3): n/a. Bibcode:2006GBioC..20.3007F. doi:10.1029/2005GB002456. S2CID 12547056. Haidvogel, Dale B; Arango, H; Budgell, W Paul; Cornuelle, Bruce D; Curchitser, Enrique; Di Lorenzo, Emanuele; Fennel, Katja; Geyer, W Rockwell; Hermann, Albert J; Lanerolle, Lyon; Levin, Julia; McWilliams, James C; Miller, Arthur J; Moore, Andrew M; Powell, Thomas M; Shchepetkin, Alexander F; Sherwood, Christopher R; Signell, Richard P; Warner, John C; Wilkin, John (2008-03-20). "Ocean forecasting in terrain-following coordinates: Formulation and skill assessment of the Regional Ocean Modeling System". Journal of Computational Physics. 227 (7): 3595–3624. Bibcode:2008JCoPh.227.3595H. doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2007.06.016. Claret, Mariona; Galbraith, Eric D; Palter, Jaime B; Bianchi, Daniele; Fennel, Katja; Gilbert, Denis; Dunne, John P (2018-09-17). "Rapid coastal deoxygenation due to ocean circulation shift in the northwest Atlantic". Nature Climate Change. 8 (10): 868. Bibcode:2018NatCC...8..868C. doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0263-1. PMC 6218011. PMID 30416585.

References

External links Katja Fennel publications indexed by Google Scholar Faculty page at Dalhousie University

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Katja Fennel

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Katja Fennel claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Katja Fennel before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Katja Fennel ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Katja Fennel

In research: Katja Fennel appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Katja Fennel in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Katja Fennel is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academic journal editors, Academic staff of Dalhousie University, Canada Research Chairs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Katja Fennel outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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