• large scale land cover dynamics
• atmosphere/vegetation interactions
• surface albedo and emissivity
• global carbon cycle
• teleconnections

• C4MIP (as part of CMIP5 and CMIP6)
• GINKGO network
• CYCLOPES (finished)
• DEKLIM (finished)
• STOEC (finished)

• Mauritzen T. et al. (2019) Developments in the MPI-M Earth System model version 1.2 (MPI-EMS1.2) and its response to increasing CO2. JAMES, 11, 998-1038, doi:10.1029/2018MS001400
• Giorgetta M. et al. (2018) ICON-A, the Atmosphere Component of the ICON Earth System Model: I. Model Description. JAMES, 10, 1613-1637, doi.org/10.1029/2017MS001242
• Kalidindi S., Reick C., Raddatz T., Claussen M. (2018) Two drastically different climate states on an Earth-like terra-planet. Earth Syst. Dynam., 9, 739-756, doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-739-2018
• Groner V., Raddatz T., Reick C., Claussen M. (2018) Plant functional diversity affects climate-vegetation interaction. Biogeosciences, 15, 1947-1968, doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-1947-2018
• Pongratz J., Reick C., Raddatz T., Claussen M. (2010) Biogeophysical versus biogeochemical climate response to historical anthropogenic land cover change. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, doi 10.1029/2010GL043010
• Bathiany S., Claussen M., Brovkin V., Raddatz T., Gayler V. (2010) Combined biogeophysical and biogeochemical effects of large-scale forest cover changes in the MPI earth system model. Biogeosciences, 7, 1383-1399, doi 10.5194/bg-7-1383-2010
• Jungclaus J., Lorenz S., Timmreck C., Reick C., Brovkin V., Six K., Segschneider J., Giorgetta M., Crowley T., Pongratz J., Krivova N., Vieira L., Solanki S., Klocke D., Botzet M., Esch M., Gayler V., Haak H., Raddatz T., Roeckner E., Schnur R., Widmann H., Claussen M., Stephens B., Marotzke J. (2010) Climate and carbon-cycle variability over the last millennium. Climate of the Past, 6, 723-737, doi 10.5194/cp-6-723-2010
• Otto J., Raddatz T., Claussen M. (2009) Climate variability-induced uncertainty in mid-Holocene atmosphere-ocean-vegetation feedbacks. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, doi 10.1029/2009GL041457
• Timmreck C., Lorenz S., Crowley T., Kinne S., Raddatz T., Thomas M., Jungclaus J. (2009) Limited temperature response to the very large AD 1258 volcanic eruption. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, doi 10.1029/2009GL040083
• Pongratz J., Reick C.H., Raddatz T., Claussen M. (2009) Effects of anthropogenic land cover change on the carbon cycle of the last millennium. Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 23, doi 10.1029/2009GB003488
• Tanaka K., Raddatz T., O'NReick C. H. (2009) Insufficient forcing uncertainty underestimates the risk of high climate sensitivity. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, doi:10.1029/2009GL039642
• Otto J., Raddatz T., Claussen M., Brovkin V., Gayler V. (2009) Separation of atmosphere-ocean-vegetation feedbacks and synergies for mid-Holocene climate. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, doi 10.1029/2009GL037482
• Brovkin V., Raddatz T., Reick C.H., Claussen M., Gayler V. (2009) Global biogeophysical interactions between forest and climate. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, doi 10.1029/2009GL037543
  
• Pongratz J., Raddatz T., Reick C., Esch M., Claussen M. (2009) Radiative forcing from anthropogenic land cover change since A.D. 800, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, doi 10.1029/2008GL036394
• Rechid D., Raddatz T., Jacob D. (2009) Parameterization of snow-free land surface albedo as a function of vegetation phenology based on MODIS data and applied in climate modelling. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 95, 245-255, doi 10.1007/s00704-008-0003-y
• Kattge J., Knorr W., Raddatz T., Wirth C. (2009) Quantifying photosynthetic capacity and its relationship to leaf nitrogen content for global-scale terrestrial biosphere models. Global Change Biology, 15, 976-991, doi 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01744.x
• Pongratz J., Reick C., Raddatz T., Claussen M. (2008) A reconstruction of global agricultural areas and land cover for the last millennium. Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 22, doi 10.1029/2007GB003153
• Crueger T., Roeckner E., Raddatz T., Schnur R., Wetzel P. (2008) Ocean dynamics determine the response of oceanic CO2 uptake to climate change. Clim. Dyn., 31, 151-168, doi 10.1007/s00382-007-0342-x
• Raddatz T.J., Reick C.H., Knorr W., Kattge J., Roeckner E., Schnur R., Schnitzler K.-G., Wetzel P., Jungclaus J. (2007) Will the tropical land biosphere dominate the climate-carbon cycle feedback during the twenty first century? Clim. Dyn., 29, 565-574, doi 10.1007/s00382-007-0247-8
• Friedlingstein P., Cox P., Betts R., Bopp L., von Bloh W., Brovkin V., Cadule P., Doney S., Eby S., Fung I., Bala G., John J., Jones C., Joos F., Kato T., Kawamiya M., Knorr W., Lindsay K., Matthews H., Raddatz T., Rayner P., Reick C., Roeckner E., Schnitzler K., Schnur R., Strassmann K., Weaver A., Yoshikawa C., Zeng N. (2006) Climate-carbon cycle feedback analysis: results from the C4MIP model intercomparison. J. Climate, 19, 3337-3353.

• Pongratz J., Reick C.H., Raddatz T., Claussen M. (2008) A global land cover reconstruction AD 800 to 1992 - Technical Description. Reports on Earth System Science, No 51, MPI for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany.
• Tanaka K., Raddatz T., O'Neill B., Reick C.H. (2008) Is the climate sensitivity even more uncertain? Interim Report IR-08-012, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.
• Tanaka K., Kriegler E., Bruckner T., Hooss G., Knorr W., Raddatz T. (2007) Aggregated Carbon Cycle, Atmospheric Chemistry, Climate Model (ACC2). Reports on Earth System Science, No 40, MPI for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany.
• Raddatz T. (2002) Hoch- und Ultrahochfrequente Variabilität im nordhemisphärischen Winter. Mitteilungen aus dem Institut für Geophysik und Meteorologie der Universität zu Köln, Heft 148.
• Raddatz T. (1997) Die numerische Behandlung von Koaleszenzprozessen in einem Stratusmodell mit Zweikomponenten-Mikrophysik. Diploma thesis, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz.

• Kalidindi, S., Raddatz T., Reick C., Claussen M. (2019) Mechanism of the Terra Planed bifurcation. in preparation

Born

26.09.1971 in Wesel, Germany

School

Konrad Duden Gymnasium, Wesel, Germany

College/University

Gutenberg University, Mainz, Meteorology, Diploma,

Diploma thesis 

Die numerische Behandlung von Koaleszenzprozessen in einem Stratusmodell mit Zweikomponenten-Mikrophysik

Ph.D.

Universität zu Köln, Institute for Meteorology and Geophysic

Ph.D. thesis

Hoch- und Ultrahochfrequente Variabilität im nordhemisphärischen Winter

Post-doc

Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany

Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany

• Global surface temperature
• Daily Arctic sea-ice index
• Fossil fuel CO2 emissions
• Global surface CO2 concentration

• Saving water vs increasing productivity. How do plants take advantage of higher atmospheric CO2?
• How strong is the coupling of vegetation productivity and climate in the tropics?
• How strong is the feedback between arctic sea-ice and the boreal forest?