Povl Abrahamsen

Biography

He is a physical oceanographer working in the Polar Oceans group at the British Antarctic Survey, where I have been since 2004. During this time I have been involved in a variety of projects, mainly involving observations in the ocean, including long-term sustained observations using moored and profiling instrumentation. In addition to analysing and processing data, I enjoy getting involved with the data acquisition. Since 2000, I have participated in 20 scientific cruises, all but one of them to the polar regions.Education: 2004–2012: Ph.D. in Oceanography, studying part-time, University of Southampton Thesis: “Oceanographic conditions beneath Fimbul Ice Shelf, Antarctica” 2002–2003: Cand. Scient. in Geophysics (Oceanography), University of Bergen Thesis: “Ice thickness in the Northwestern Barents Sea: measurements and modeling” 2000–2001: One-year program in Arctic Geophysics, University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) 1997–2000 & Fall 2001: B. S., Magna Cum Laude, in Applied Physics, Columbia University Employment: Aug. 2004–present: Oceanographer at British Antarctic Survey Mar. 2003–Aug. 2004: Data Manager for MOEN (Meridional Overturning Exchanges in the Nordic Seas), a component of the ASOF (Arctic–Subarctic Ocean Fluxes) project, based at the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Univ. of Bergen. May–June 2001, 2002, and 2004: Field Instructor on the Air/Sea/Ice interaction course at UNIS, performing oceanographic measurements under sea ice in Fram Strait.

Research Interest

DynOPO (Dynamics of the Orkney Passage Outflow), ORCHESTRA (Ocean Regulation of Climate through Heat and Carbon Sequestration and Transports)