I currently work in the Isipedia project, on climate data processing, interactive graphics, and more generally web development for the Isipedia website. In parallel, I am involved in sea-level research with Matthias Mengel and others modelling work on the Greenland ice sheet (see background bio below). I mainly use the python language and am an active contributor on github.
My work at PIK was initially motivated by using the past to help project the future, using probabilities and ensemble climate simulations (mostly unpublished work, but see also intercomparison projects with a climate model of intermediate complexity here and there). I then looked more specifically into probabilistic sea-level projections, both at global (e.g. here and here) and regional (e.g. here) scales, including its policy-relevant applications (e.g. here, here and here) with the team of Malte Meinshausen at PIK. In the last years, I have been working on the Greenland ice sheet, which is a major contributor to future sea level rise. Up to how much exactly remains poorly constrained, due to our limited understanding of dynamic processes at its margins and interactions with the ocean (e.g. here).
In order to better characterize uncertainties associated with future Greenland contribution to sea level rise, I developed a numerical model as well as data analysis tools for its outlet glaciers and fjord system, featuring ice / ocean interactions in a topographically complex, fine-scale environment. This became the main topic of my PhD thesis (GREENRISE project, with Andrey Ganopolski and Stefan Rahmstorf as supervisors), yet to be completed.
In my time outside PIK, I occasionally work as an independent contractor, which gives me the chance to experience real-world issues related to the climate negotiations (with Climate Analytics) or sustainable development projects (e.g. with IISD).
From time to time, I also get the chance to be involved in cross-disciplinary work, such as related to the Anthropocene (project in Haus der Kulturen der Welt), as well as in miscellaneous art projects.
Contact
14412 Potsdam
ORCID
Beckmann, J., Perrette, M., & Ganopolski, A. (2018). Simple models for the simulation of submarine melt for a Greenland glacial system model. Cryosphere, 12(1), 301–323. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-301-2018
Schleussner, C. F. C.-F., Lissner, T. K., Fischer, E. M., Wohland, J., Perrette, M., Golly, A., … Schaeffer, M. (2016). Differential climate impacts for policy-relevant limits to global warming: The case of 1.5 °c and 2 °c. Earth System Dynamics, 7(2), 327–351. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-7-327-2016
Vinke, K., Martin, M. A., Adams, S., Baarsch, F., Bondeau, A., Coumou, D., … Svirejeva-Hopkins, A. (2016). Climatic risks and impacts in South Asia: extremes of water scarcity and excess. Regional Environmental Change, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-015-0924-9
Calov, R., Robinson, A., Perrette, M., & Ganopolski, A. (2015). Simulating the Greenland ice sheet under present-day and palaeo constraints including a new discharge parameterization. Cryosphere, 9(1), 179–196. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-179-2015
Robinson, A., & Perrette, M. (2015). NCIO 1.0: a simple Fortran NetCDF interface. Geoscientific Model Development, 8(6), 1877–1883. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-1877-2015
Hinkel, J., Lincke, D., Vafeidis, A. T., Perrette, M., Nicholls, R. J., Tol, R. S. J., … Levermann, A. (2014). Coastal flood damage and adaptation costs under 21st century sea-level rise. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(9), 3292–3297. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1222469111
Bittermann, K., Rahmstorf, S., Perrette, M., & Vermeer, M. (2013). Predictability of twentieth century sea-level rise from past data. Environmental Research Letters, 8(1), 014013. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/014013
Eby, M., Weaver, a. J., Alexander, K., Zickfeld, K., Abe-Ouchi, a., Cimatoribus, a. a., … Zhao, F. (2013). Historical and idealized climate model experiments: an intercomparison of Earth system models of intermediate complexity. Climate of the Past, 9(3), 1111–1140. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-1111-2013
Hinkel, J., Lincke, D., Vafeidis, A. T., Perrette, M., Nicholls, R. J., Tol, R. S. J., … Levermann, A. (2013). Impact of future sea-level rise on global risk of coastal flood. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0709640104
Perrette, M., Landerer, F. W., Riva, R., Frieler, K., & Meinshausen, M. (2013). A scaling approach to project regional sea level rise and its uncertainties. Earth System Dynamics, 4(August), 11–29. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-4-11-2013
Schellnhuber, H. J., Hare, W., Serdeczny, O., Adams, S., Coumou, D., Frieler, K., … Warszawski, L. (2013). Turn Down the Heat: Building Resilience in a Rapidly Warming World.
Zickfeld, K., Eby, M., Weaver, A. J., Alexander, K., Crespin, E., Edwards, N. R., … Zhao, F. (2013). Long-Term climate change commitment and reversibility: An EMIC intercomparison. Journal of Climate, 26(16), 5782–5809. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00584.1
Perrette, M., Landerer, F., Riva, R., Frieler, K., & Meinshausen, M. (2012). A scaling approach to project regional sea-level rise and its uncertainties, (August).
Schellnhuber, H.-J. J. H., Hare, B., Hare, W. L., Serdeczny, O., Adams, S., Coumou, D., … The World Bank. (2012). Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4 deg. C Warmer World Must be Avoided. … Report for the World …. Washington, D.C. Retrieved from http://climatechange.worldbank.org/content/climate-change-report-warns-dramatically-warmer-world-century
Perrette, M., Yool, a., Quartly, G. D., & Popova, E. E. (2011). Near-ubiquity of ice-edge blooms in the Arctic. Biogeosciences, 8(2), 515–524. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-8-515-2011
Rahmstorf, S., Perrette, M., & Vermeer, M. (2011). Testing the robustness of semi-empirical sea level projections. Climate Dynamics, 39(3–4), 861–875. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-011-1226-7
Ferry, N., & Perrette, M. (2009). Ocean-Atmosphere Flux correction by Ocean Data Assimilation. Mercator Ocean Quarterly Newsletter, 34(October 2009), 27–34. Retrieved from http://www.mercator-ocean.fr/documents/lettre/lettre_34_en.pdf
