• Entwicklung, Anwendung und Validierung gekoppelter Modelle fuer die Erdsystemforschung
• Variabilitaet und Vorhersagbarkeit des physikalischen Klimasystems auf laengeren Zeitskalen
• Regionalisierung
• Tropische Wirbelstuerme

• Baehr, J., Fröhlich , K., Botzet, M., Domeisen, D., Kornblueh, L., Notz, D., Piontek, R., Pohlmann, H., Tietsche, S. & Müller, W. (2015). The prediction of surface temperature in the new seasonal prediction system based on the MPI-ESM coupled climate model. Climate Dynamics, 44, 2723-2735 doi:10.1007/s00382-014-2399-7
• 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., Stevens, 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
• J. Marotzke, M. Botzet (2010). Present-day and ice-covered equilibrium states in a comprehensive climate model. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS   Volume: 34   Issue: 16 Article Number: L16704
• J. H. Jungclaus, N. Keenlyside, M. Botzet, H. Haak, J.-J. Luo, M. Latif, J. Marotzke, U. Mikolajewicz and E. Roeckner. 2006: Ocean Circulation and Tropical Variability in the Coupled Model ECHAM5/MPI-OM.  Journal of Climate: Vol. 19, No. 16, pp. 3952–3972.
• Guy P. Brasseur, Martin Schultz, Claire Granier, Marielle Saunois, Thomas Diehl, Michael Botzet, Erich Roeckner and Stacy Walters. 2006: Impact of Climate Change on the Future Chemical Composition of the Global Troposphere. Journal of Climate: Vol. 19, No. 16, pp. 3932–3951.
• Patrick Wetzel, Ernst Maier-Reimer, Michael Botzet, Johann Jungclaus, Noel Keenlyside and Mojib Latif. 2006: Effects of Ocean Biology on the Penetrative Radiation in a Coupled Climate Model. Journal of Climate: Vol. 19, No. 16, pp. 3973–3987.
• Collins M, Botzet M, Carril AF, et al.
  Interannual to decadal climate predictability in the North Atlantic: A multimodel-ensemble study 
  JOURNAL OF CLIMATE 19 (7): 1195-1203 APR 1 2006
• Keenlyside N, Latif M, Botzet M, et al.
  A coupled method for initializing El Nino Southern Oscillation forecasts using sea surface temperature 
  TELLUS SERIES A-DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY 57 (3): 340-356 MAY 2005
• Pohlmann H, Botzet M, Latif M, et al.
  Estimating the decadal predictability of a coupled AOGCM 
  JOURNAL OF CLIMATE 17 (22): 4463-4472 NOV 2004
• Latif M, Roeckner E, Botzet M, et al.
  Reconstructing, monitoring, and predicting multidecadal-scale changes in the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation with sea surface temperature 
  JOURNAL OF CLIMATE 17 (7): 1605-1614 APR 2004
• Frankignoul C, Kestenare E, Botzet M, et al.
  An intercomparison between the surface heat flux feedback in five coupled models, COADS and the NCEP reanalysis 
  CLIMATE DYNAMICS 22 (4): 373-388 APR 2004
• Hagemann S, Botzet M, Machenhauer B
  The summer drying problem over south-eastern Europe: Sensitivity of the limited area model HIRHAM4 to improvements in physical parameterization and resolution 
  PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE EARTH PART B-HYDROLOGY OCEANS AND ATMOSPHERE 26 (5-6): 391-396 2001
• Dorn W, Dethloff K, Rinke A, et al.
  Distinct circulation states of the Arctic atmosphere induced by natural climate variability 
  JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES 105 (D24): 29659-29668 DEC 27 2000
• Christensen OB, Christensen JH, Machenhauer B, et al.
  Very high-resolution regional climate simulations over Scandinavia - Present climate 
  JOURNAL OF CLIMATE 11 (12): 3204-3229 DEC 1998
• Rinke A, Dethloff K, Christensen JH, et al.
  Simulation and validation of Arctic radiation and clouds in a regional climate model 
  JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES 102 (D25): 29833-29847 DEC 27 1997
• Bengtsson L, Botzet M, Esch M
  Will greenhouse gas-induced warming over the next 50 years lead to higher frequency and greater intensity of hurricanes? Reply 
  TELLUS SERIES A-DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY 49 (5): 624-625 OCT 1997
• Dethloff K, Rinke A, Lehmann R, et al.
  Regional climate model of the arctic atmosphere 
  JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES 101 (D18): 23401-23422 OCT 27 1996
• Bengtsson L, Botzet M, Esch M
  Will greenhouse gas-induced warming over the next 50 years lead to higher frequency and greater intensity of hurricanes? 
  TELLUS SERIES A-DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY 48 (1): 57-73 JAN 1996
• Bengtsson L, Botzet M, Esch M, Hurricane-type vortices in a General-Circulation-Model
  TELLUS SERIES A-DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY 47 (2): 175-196 MAR 1995

Geboren

02.01.1965 in Hamburg.

Schulabschluss

1983 Abitur am Leibniz-Gymnasium in Bad Schwartau.

Universitätsabschluss

1991 Diplom-Mathematiker (Nebenfach Physik) an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg.

Wissenschaftliche Tätigkeit

Seit 1992 Wissenschaftlicher Programmierer am Max-Planck-Institut fuer Meteorologie, Hamburg.