Berlin Metropolitan Area
Torsten Albrecht is a co-developer of the Parallel Ice Sheet Model (PISM) and participated in various community efforts on Antarctic ice sheet stability and to sea level change. He implemented a parameterization of tabular iceberg calving and for the interaction of damage evolution and Antarctic ice shelf dynamics. Torsten conducted ensembles of glacial cycle simulations with PISM applied to the Antarctic Ice Sheet and is currently interactively coupling PISM to ocean models (FESOM, PICO) as well as to a solid-Earth model (VILMA). He is part of the ERAlab on Earth system resilience at PIK and generally interested in climate science, sustainability science and data analysis.
https://pik-potsdam.de/ice
Interactive coupling of ice - ocean - solid Earth key processes as part of the German Climate Modeling Initiative PalMod (www.palmod.de). Representative of the Ice Dynamics (PISM) group at Software, Data and Modeling Council at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). Member of the PIK Open Science Initiative to foster guidelines for code and data publication.
Coupling high-resolution ice flow and ocean models to investigate feedbacks and variability (DFG - SPP 1158). Co-development of ice shelf cavity melt module PICO. Ice sheet model intercomparisons to constrain sea-level estimates. Guest lectures and advising master students.
Running ensemble simulations for the Antarctic Ice Sheet with the Parallel Ice Sheet Model (PISM, http://pism-docs.org) on paleo time scales with special focus on the last deglaciation (DFG - SPP 1158). Parameterizing iceberg calving and damage mechanisms and induced self-enforcing feedbacks for sea-level change estimates in future projections.
Development of data processing solutions and data analysis modules for the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISI-MIP), Teaching Activity, Advisor to Master Student