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Carmen Blackwood (Boening)

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Address:

4800 Oak Grove Drive
M/S 300-323

Pasadena, CA 91109

Phone:

818.354.0697

Fax:

818.393.6720

Curriculum Vitae:

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Member of:

Earth Science

Scientist

Education

  • PhD, Physics and Engineering, University of Bremen, Germany (2009)
  • MSc Mathematics (Diplom Mathematik), Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen, Germany (2005)

Professional Experience

  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA (2009-present)
    • Deputy Section Manager, Earth Science
    • GRACE Project Scientist (2015-present)
    • Group Supervisor - Sea Level and Ice (2015-2018)
    • Scientist, Climate Physics Group (2011-2018)
    • Postdoctoral Scholar (2009-2011)
  • STN Atlas Elektronik GmbH, Bremen, Germany, Mathematical Technical Assistant (applied mathematics, software engineering and development) (1997-2000)

Research Interests

  • Global, regional, and local ocean/climate interactions and feedbacks
  • Interdisciplinary sea level rise research; interactions within the global and local water cycle and relations to the carbon and energy cycle
  • Mitigation of sea level rise impacts through nature-based solutions
  • Ocean and coastal regeneration and implications for the land/ocean boundary

Selected Awards

  • NASA Exceptional Public Achievement Medal (2018)
  • JPL People Leadership Award for Exceptional People Leadership (2017)
  • NASA Early Career Achievement Medal (2014)
  • JPL Ed Stone Award (2014)
  • Lew Allen Award for Excellence (2013)
  • JPL Outstanding Postdoc Poster Award (2010)

Selected Publications

  1. Tapley, B. D., Watkins, M. M., Flechtner, F., Reigber, C., Bettadpur, S., Rodell, M., Sasgen, I., Famiglietti, J. S., Landerer, F. W., Chambers, D. P., Reager, J. T., Gardner, A. S., Save, H., Ivins, E. R., Swenson, S. C., Boening, C., Dahle, C., Wiese, D. N., Dobslaw, H., Tamisiea, M. E., & Velicogna, I. (2019). Contributions of GRACE to understanding climate change. Nature Climate Change, 9(5), 358–369. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0456-2, 2019.
  2. Schlegel, N.-J., Seroussi, H., Schodlok, M. P., Larour, E. Y., Boening, C., Limonadi, D., Watkins, M., Morlighem, M., and van den Broeke, M. R.: Exploration of Antarctic Ice Sheet 100-year contribution to sea level rise and associated model uncertainties using the ISSM framework, The Cryosphere, 12, 3511–3534, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3511-2018, 2018.
  3. Schlegel, N., (2018) Exploration of Antarctic Ice Sheet 100-year contribution to sea level rise and associated model uncertainties using the ISSM framework, The Cryosphere, accepted
  4. Demory, M.-E. and Boening, C. (2018), "The use of GRACE satellite data to validate the global hydrological cycle as simulated by a global climate model", submitted
  5. Mazloff, M. R., and C. Boening (2016), Rapid variability of Antarctic Bottom Water transport into the Pacific Ocean inferred from GRACE, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 3822-3829, doi:10.1002/2016GL068474.
  6. Hughes, C.W., J. Williams, A. Hibbert, C. Boening, J. Oram (2016), "A Rossby Whistle: A resonant basin mode observed in the Caribbean Sea", Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 7036-7043, doi:10.1002/2016GL069573.
  7. Bentel, K., F. W. Landerer, and C. Boening. "Monitoring Atlantic overturning circulation variability with GRACE-type ocean bottom pressure observations-a sensitivity study." Ocean Sci. Discuss 12 (2015): 1765-1791.
  8. Landerer, F. W., D. N. Wiese, K. Bentel, C. Boening, and M. M. Watkins (2015), North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation variations from GRACE ocean bottom pressure anomalies, Geophysical Research Letters, 42(19), 8114-8121, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015gl065730.
  9. Li, J. F., W. -L. .Lee, T. Lee, E. Fetzer, J. Yu, T. L. Kubar, and C. Boening (2015), The impacts of cloud snow radiative effects on Pacific Ocean surface heat fluxes, surface wind stress, and ocean temperatures in coupled GCM simulations. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, 2242-2260. doi: 10.1002/2014JD022538.
  10. atkins, M. M., D. N. Wiese, D.-N. Yuan, C. Boening, and F. W. Landerer (2015), Improved methods for observing Earth's time variable mass distribution with GRACE using spherical cap mascons, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 120, doi: 10.1002/2014JB011547.
  11. Boening, C. (2014) Oceanography: Detecting sea-level rise, Nature Climate Change, 4, 327–328, doi:10.1038/nclimate2205.
  12. Fasullo, J. T., C. Boening, F. W. Landerer, and R. S. Nerem (2013), Australia's unique influence on global sea level in 2010–2011, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 4368–4373, doi:10.1002/grl.50834.
  13. Boening, C., M. Lebsock, F. Landerer, and G. Stephens (2012), Snowfall-driven mass change on the East Antarctic ice sheet, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L21501, doi:10.1029/2012GL053316.
  14. Boening, C., J. K. Willis, F. W. Landerer, R. S. Nerem, and J. Fasullo, (2012) The 2011 La Niña: So Strong, the Oceans Fell, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L19602, doi:10.1029/2012GL053055.
  15. Boening, C., T. Lee, and V. Zlotnicki (2011), A record-high ocean bottom pressure in the South Pacific observed by GRACE, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L04602, doi:10.1029/2010GL046013.
  16. Böning, C. Timmermann, R., Danilov, S., Schröter, J. (2010). On the representation of transport variability of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in GRACE gravity solutions and numerical ocean model simulations, In Flechtner F, Gruber T, Güntner A, Mandea M, Rothacher M, Schöne T, Wickert J (eds) Satellite Geodesy and Earth System Science, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, Part 2, 187-199, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10228-8_15
  17. Macrander, A., Böning, C., Boebel, O., Schröter, J. (2010). GRACE Validation by in-situ data of Ocean Bottom Pressure. In Flechtner F, Gruber T, Güntner A, Mandea M, Rothacher M, Schöne T, Wickert J (eds) Satellite Geodesy and Earth System Science, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, Part 2, 169-185, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10228-8_14
  18. Böning, C. (2009), Validation of ocean mass variability derived from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment - Studies utilizing in-situ observations and results from a Finite Element Sea ice - Ocean Model, Bremen, Univ., Diss., 2009, (URL)
  19. Timmermann, R., Danilov, S., Schröter, J., Böning, C., Sidorenko, D., Rollenhagen, K.(2009). Ocean circulation and sea ice distribution in a finite element global sea ice ocean model, Ocean Modelling, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.10.009.
  20. Böning, C., Timmermann, R., Macrander, A., Schröter, J.(2008). A pattern-filtering method for the determination of ocean bottom pressure anomalies from GRACE solutions, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L18611, doi:10.1029/2008GL034974.

Projects

ECCO-IcES
GRACE
NASA Sea Level Change Team