Dr. David Schroeder
Senior Research Fellow
Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling
My role, as a National Capability scientist, is to improve the climate sea ice model CICE by implementing new physics and to support and guide researchers at the University of Reading and along the wider UK Polar Research Community. This includes applying CICE in stand-alone mode as well as part of a Global Climate Model and providing technical and scientific support as well as exchanging experience and expertise about suitable model configurations. I have strong collaborations with the Met Office, National Oceanography Centre in Southampton (NOCS), the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the USA. I am part of the NERC Long Term Science Multi-centre Projects UKESM (The UK Earth system modelling project) and ACSIS (North Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study).
Research Fields
• Polar research
• Sea ice modelling
• Melt ponds
• Ocean - sea ice - atmosphere interaction
• Climate modelling
• Climate change
• Remote sensing of sea ice
• Polynya studies
Media engagement and public outreach
Predictions for Arctic September sea ice extent:
June 2017
July 2017
August 2017
June 2016
July 2016
August 2016
June 2015
July 2015
August 2015
June 2014
July 2014
August 2014
Article in the Pacific Standard about Arctic sea ice melt (June 2017)
University of Reading press release about improved forecasts to predict Arctic ice melt (March 2017)
Guardian Science Weekly podcast about the fate of Arctic Sea Ice (September 2016)
University of Reading press release about Arctic sea ice predictions (September 2014)
University of Reading press release about new method to forecast Arctic sea ice melt (June 2014)
Publications
Bateson, A. W., Feltham, D. L., Schroeder, D., Hosekova, L., Ridley, J. K. and Aksenov, Y. (2020) Impact of sea ice floe size distribution on seasonal fragmentation and melt of Arctic sea ice. The Cryosphere, 14 (2). pp. 403-428. ISSN 1994-0424 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-403-2020
Schroeder, D., Feltham, D. L., Tsamados, M., Ridout, A. and Tilling, R. (2019) New insight from CryoSat-2 sea ice thickness for sea ice modelling. The Cryosphere. ISSN 1994-0424 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-125-2019
Stroeve, J. C., Schroeder, D., Tsamados, M. and Feltham, D. (2018) Warm winter, thin ice? The Cryosphere, 12. pp. 1791-1809. ISSN 1994-0424 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2017-287
Horvat, C., Jones, D. R., Iams, S., Schroeder, D., Flocco, D. and Feltham, D. (2017) The frequency and extent of sub-ice phytoplankton blooms in the Arctic Ocean. Science Advances, 3 (3). e1601191. ISSN 2375-2548 doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1601191
Petty, A. A., Schroeder, D., Stroeve, J. C., Markus, T., Miller, J., Kurtz, N. T., Feltham, D. L. and Flocco, D. (2017) Skillful spring forecasts of September Arctic sea ice extent using passive microwave sea ice observations. Earth's Future. ISSN 2328-4277 doi: 10.1002/2016EF000495
Martin, T., Tsamados, M., Schroeder, D. and Feltham, D. (2016) The impact of variable sea ice roughness on changes in Arctic Ocean surface stress: a model study. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. ISSN 2169-9291 doi: 10.1002/2015JC011186
Schroeder, D. (2016) Arctic sea ice. In: Letcher, T. M. (ed.) Climate Change: Observed Impacts on Planet Earth. 2nd Edition. Elsevier, pp. 37-48. ISBN 9780444635242
Tsamados, M., Feltham, D., Petty, A., Schroeder, D. and Flocco, D. (2015) Processes controlling surface, bottom and lateral melt of Arctic sea ice in a state of the art sea ice model. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 373 (2052). 20140167. ISSN 1364-503X doi: 10.1098/rsta.2014.0167
Flocco, D., Feltham, D. L., Bailey, E. and Schroeder, D. (2015) The refreezing of melt ponds on Arctic sea ice. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 120 (2). pp. 647-659. ISSN 2169-9291 doi: 10.1002/2014JC010140
Lecomte, O., Fichefet, T., Flocco, D., Schroeder, D. and Vancoppenolle, M. (2015) Interactions between wind-blown snow redistribution and melt ponds in a coupled ocean–sea ice model. Ocean Modelling, 87. pp. 67-80. ISSN 1463-5003 doi: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2014.12.003
Tsamados, M., Feltham, D., Schroeder, D., Flocco, D., Farell, S., Kurtz, N., Laxon, S. and Bacon, S. (2014) Impact of variable atmospheric and oceanic form drag on simulations of Arctic sea ice. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 44 (5). pp. 1329-1353. ISSN 0022-3670 doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-0215.1
Schröder, D., Feltham, D. L., Flocco, D. and Tsamados, M. (2014) September Arctic sea-ice minimum predicted by spring melt-pond fraction. Nature Climate Change, 4 (5). pp. 353-357. ISSN 1758-6798 doi: 10.1038/NCLIMATE2203
Bauer, M., Schröder, D., Heinemann, G., Willmes, S. and Ebner, L. (2013) Quantifying polynya ice production in the Laptev Sea with the COSMO model. Polar Research, 32. 20922. ISSN 1751-8369 doi: 10.3402/polar.v32i0.20922
Adams, S., Willmes, S., Schroeder, D., Heinemann, G., Bauer, M. and Krumpen, T. (2012) Improvement and sensitivity analysis of thermal thin-ice thickness retrievals. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 51 (6). pp. 3306-3318. ISSN 0196-2892 doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2219539
Flocco, D., Schroeder, D., Feltham, D. L. and Hunke, E. C. (2012) Impact of melt ponds on Arctic sea ice simulations from 1990 to 2007. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117 (C9). ISSN 0148-0227 doi: 10.1029/2012JC008195
Adams, S., Willmes, S., Schroeder, D., Heinemann, G. and Krumpen, T. (2012) Daily thin-ice thickness maps from modis thermal infrared imagery. In: Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2013 IEEE International, 21-26 July 2013, Melbourne, VIC, pp. 3265-3268. doi: 10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6350607
Bruemmer, B., Mueller, G., Schroeder, D. and Wetzel, C. (2012) LOFZY 2005 - Field experiment on Cyclones over the Norwegian Sea: meteorological measurements of the research aircraft Falcon, 23 autonomous water buoys and radiosoundings at the research vessel Celtic Explorer. [Dataset]
Ernsdorf, T., Schroeder, D., Adams, S., Heinemann, G., Timmermann, R. and Danilov, S. (2011) Impact of atmospheric forcing data on simulations of the Laptev Sea polynya dynamics using the sea-ice ocean model FESOM. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116 (C12). C12038. ISSN 0148-0227 doi: 10.1029/2010JC006725
Krumpen, T., Willmes, S., Maqueda, M. A. M., Haas, C., Hölemann, J. A., Gerdes, R. and Schroeder, D. (2011) Evaluation of a polynya flux model by means of thermal infrared satellite estimates. Annals of Glaciology, 52 (57). pp. 52-60. ISSN 02603055 doi: 10.3189/172756411795931615
Adams, S., Willmes, S., Heinemann, G., Rozman, P., Timmermann, R. and Schroeder, D. (2011) Evaluation of simulated sea-ice concentrations from sea-ice/ocean models using satellite data and polynya classification methods. Polar Research, 30. 7124. ISSN 1751-8369 doi: 10.3402/polar.v30i0.7124
Ebner, L., Schroeder, D. and Heinemann, G. (2011) Impact of Laptev Sea flaw polynyas on the atmospheric boundary layer and ice production using idealized mesoscale simulations. Polar Research, 30. 7210. ISSN 1751-8369 doi: 10.3402/polar.v30i0.7210
Krumpen, T., Hölemann, J. A., Willmes, S., Morales Maqueda, M. A., Busche, T., Dmitrenko, I. A., Gerdes, R., Haas, C., Heinemann, G., Hendricks, S., Kassens, H., Rabenstein, L. and Schroeder, D. (2011) Sea ice production and water mass modification in the eastern Laptev Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116 (C5). C05014. ISSN 0148-0227 doi: 10.1029/2010JC006545
Willmes, S., Adams, S., Schroeder, D. and Heinemann, G. (2011) Spatio-temporal variability of polynya dynamics and ice production in the Laptev Sea between the winters of 1979/80 and 2007/08. Polar Research, 30. ISSN 0800-0395 doi: 10.3402/polar.v30i0.5971
Schroeder, D., Heinemann, G. and Willmes, S. (2011) The impact of a thermodynamic sea-ice module in the COSMO numerical weather prediction model on simulations for the Laptev Sea, Siberian Arctic. Polar Research, 30. 6334. ISSN 1751-8369 doi: 10.3402/polar.v30i0.6334
Dmitrenko, I. A., Kirillov, S. A., Tremblay, L. B., Bauch, D., Hölemann, J. A., Krumpen, T., Kassens, H., Wegner, C., Heinemann, G. and Schroeder, D. (2010) Impact of the Arctic Ocean Atlantic water layer on Siberian shelf hydrography. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115 (C8). ISSN 0148-0227 doi: 10.1029/2009JC006020
Dmitrenko, I. A., Wegner, C., Kassens, H., Kirillov, S. A., Krumpen, T., Heinemann, G., Helbig, A., Schroeder, D., Hölemann, J. A., Klagge, T., Tyshko, K. P. and Busche, T. (2010) Observations of supercooling and frazil ice formation in the Laptev Sea coastal polynya. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115 (C5). ISSN 0148-0227 doi: 10.1029/2009JC005798
Brümmer, B., Schroeder, D., Müller, G., Spreen, G., Jahnke-Bornemann, A. and Launiainen, J. (2008) Impact of a Fram Strait cyclone on ice edge, drift, divergence, and concentration: Possibilities and limits of an observational analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113 (C12). ISSN 0148-0227 doi: 10.1029/2007JC004149
Schroeder, D. and Connolley, W. M. (2007) Impact of instantaneous sea ice removal in a coupled general circulation model. Geophysical Research Letters, 34 (14). ISSN 0094-8276 doi: 10.1029/2007GL030253
Schroeder, D. (2005) Impact of cyclones on sea ice in the Fram Strait: numerical simulations and observations. PhD thesis, University of Hamburg.
Brümmer, B., Müller, G. and Schroeder, D. (2005) In situ observations in cyclones over Fram Strait. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 14 (6). pp. 721-734. ISSN 09412948 doi: 10.1127/0941-2948/2005/0082
Schroeder, D., Vihma, T., Kerber, A. and Bruemmer, B. (2003) On the parameterization of turbulent surface fluxes over heterogeneous sea ice surfaces. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108 (C6). ISSN 0148-0227 doi: 10.1029/2002JC001385
Bruemmer, B., Kirchgaessner, A., Mueller, G., Schroeder, D., Launiainen, J. and Vihma, T. (2002) The BALTIMOS (BALTEX Integrated Model System) fi eld experiments: A comprehensive atmospheric boundary layer data set for model validation over the open and ice- covered Baltic Sea. Boreal Env. Res.. ISSN 1239-6095
Brümmer, B., Schroeder, D., Launiainen, J., Vihma, T., Smedman, A.-S. and Magnusson, M. (2002) Temporal and spatial variability of surface fluxes over the ice edge zone in the northern Baltic Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research, 107 (C8). ISSN 0148-0227 doi: 10.1029/2001JC000884
Last update: 1st September 2023
