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
Winkelbauer S, Mayer M, Haimberger L. Validation of key Arctic energy and water budget components in CMIP6. Climate Dynamics. 2024 Feb 3. doi: https://doi.org/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: https://doi.org/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 Sep 27;1(7):Chapter 4.2. doi: https://doi.org/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 Sep 27;1(7):Chapter 2.2. doi: https://doi.org/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 Sep;104(9):74-76. doi: https://doi.org/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: https://doi.org/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: https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL100906
Mayer M, Tsubouchi T, von Schuckmann K, Seitner V, Winkelbauer S, Haimberger L. Atmospheric and oceanic contributions to observed Nordic Seas and Arctic Ocean Heat Content variations 1993-2020. Journal of Operational Oceanography. 2022 Sep 29;15(Suppl.1):S20-S28. doi: 10.1080/1755876X.2022.2095169
Mayer J, Mayer M, Haimberger L, Liu C. Comparison of Surface Energy Fluxes from Global to Local Scale. Journal of Climate. 2022 Jul 15;35(14):4551–4569. Epub 2022 Jun 13. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0598.1
Loeb N, Mayer M, Kato S, Fasullo JT, Zuo H, Senan R et al. Evaluating Twenty-Year Trends in Earth’s Energy Flows from Observations and Reanalyses. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2022 Jun 27;127(12):e2022JD036686. Epub 2022 May 31. doi: 10.1029/2022JD036686