Steinfeldt, R, Rhein, M and Kieke, D (2024) Anthropogenic carbon storage and its decadal changes in the Atlantic between 1990–2020. Biogeosciences, 21(16). 3839-3867. doi:10.5194/bg-21-3839-2024
Körtke, W, Walter, M, Huhn, O, Kanzow, T and Rhein, M (2024) Decadal changes in the pathways of the Atlantic Water core in the Arctic Ocean inferred from transient tracers. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129(11). doi:10.1029/2024JC021419
Wett, S, Rhein, M, Kieke, D, Mertens, C and Moritz, M (2023) Meridional connectivity of a 25‐year observational AMOC record at 47°N. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(16). doi:10.1029/2023GL103284
Börgel, F, Meier, HEM, Gröger, M, Rhein, M, Dutheil, C and Kaiser, JM (2022) Atlantic multidecadal variability and the implications for North European precipitation. Environmental Research Letters, 17(4). 044040. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac5ca1
Huhn, O, Rhein, M, Kanzow, T, Schaffer, J and Sültenfuß, J (2021) Submarine meltwater from Nioghalvfjerdsbræ (79 North Glacier), Northeast Greenland. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126(7). doi:10.1029/2021JC017224
Löb, J, Köhler, J, Walter, M, Mertens, C and Rhein, M (2021) Time series of near‐inertial gravity wave energy fluxes: the effect of a strong wind event. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126(10). doi:10.1029/2021JC017472
Nowitzki, H, Rhein, M, Roessler, A, Kieke, D and Mertens, C (2021) Trends and transport variability of the circulation in the subpolar eastern North Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126(2). doi:10.1029/2020JC016693
Moritz, M, Jochumsen, K, Kieke, D, Klein, B, Klein, H, Köllner, M and Rhein, M (2021) Volume Transport Time Series and Variability of the North Atlantic Eastern Boundary Current at Goban Spur. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126(9). doi:10.1029/2021JC017393
Löb, J, Köhler, J, Mertens, C, Walter, M, Li, Z, Storch, JS, Zhao, Z and Rhein, M (2020) Observations of the low‐mode internal tide and its interaction with mesoscale flow south of the Azores. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125(11). doi:10.1029/2019JC015879
McCarthy, GD, Brown, PJ, Flagg, CN, Goni, G, Houpert, L, Hughes, CW, Hummels, R, Inall, M, Jochumsen, K, Larsen, KMH, Lherminier, P, Meinen, CS, Moat, BI, Rayner, D, Rhein, M, Roessler, A, Schmid, C and Smeed, DA (2020) Sustainable observations of the AMOC: methodology and technology. Reviews of Geophysics, 58(1). doi:10.1029/2019RG000654
Frajka-Williams, E, Ansorge, IJ, Baehr, J, Bryden, HL, Chidichimo, MP, Cunningham, SA, Danabasoglu, G, Dong, S, Donohue, KA, Elipot, S, Heimbach, P, Holliday, NP, Hummels, R, Jackson, LC, Karstensen, J, Lankhorst, M, Le Bras, IA, Lozier, MS, McDonagh, EL, Meinen, CS, Mercier, H, Moat, BI, Perez, RC, Piecuch, CG, Rhein, M, Srokosz, MA, Trenberth, KE, Bacon, S, Forget, G, Goni, G, Kieke, D, Koelling, J, Lamont, T, McCarthy, GD, Mertens, C, Send, U, Smeed, DA, Speich, S, van den Berg, M, Volkov, D and Wilson, C (2019) Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: observed transport and variability. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00260
Köhler, J, Walter, M, Mertens, C, Stiehler, J, Li, Z, Zhao, Z, Storch, JS and Rhein, M (2019) Energy flux observations in an internal tide beam in the eastern North Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124(8). 5747-5764. doi:10.1029/2019JC015156
Rhein, M, Mertens, C and Roessler, A (2019) Observed transport decline at 47°N, Western Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124(7). 4875-4890. doi:10.1029/2019JC014993
Rhein, M (2019) Taking a close look at ocean circulation. Science, 363(6426). 456-457. doi:10.1126/science.aaw3111
Jenkins, WJ, Doney, SC, Fendrock, M, Fine, R, Gamo, T, Jean-Baptiste, P, Key, R, Klein, B, Lupton, JE, Newton, R, Rhein, M, Roether, W, Sano, Y, Schlitzer, R, Schlosser, P and Swift, J (2019) A comprehensive global oceanic dataset of helium isotope and tritium measurements. Earth System Science Data, 11(2). 441-454. doi:10.5194/essd-11-441-2019
Huhn, O, Hattermann, T, Davis, PED, Dunker, E, Hellmer, HH, Nicholls, KW, Østerhus, S, Rhein, M, Schröder, M and Sültenfuß, J (2018) Basal melt and freezing rates from first noble gas samples beneath an ice shelf. Geophysical Research Letters. doi:10.1029/2018GL079706
Rhein, M, Steinfeldt, R, Huhn, O, Sültenfuß, J and Breckenfelder, T (2018) Greenland submarine melt water observed in the Labrador and Irminger Sea. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(19). 10,570-10,578. doi:10.1029/2018GL079110
Breckenfelder, T, Rhein, M, Roessler, A, Böning, CW, Biastoch, A, Behrens, E and Mertens, C (2017) Flow paths and variability of the North Atlantic Current: A comparison of observations and a high-resolution model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122(4). 2686-2708. doi:10.1002/2016JC012444
Rhein, M, Steinfeldt, R, Kieke, D, Stendardo, I and Yashayaev, I (2017) Ventilation variability of Labrador Sea Water and its impact on oxygen and anthropogenic carbon: a review. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 375(2102). 20160321. doi:10.1098/rsta.2016.0321
Hellmer, HH, Rhein, M, Heinemann, G, Abalichin, J, Abouchami, W, Baars, O, Cubasch, U, Dethloff, K, Ebner, L, Fahrbach, E, Frank, M, Gollan, G, Greatbatch, RJ, Grieger, J, Gryanik, VM, Gryschka, M, Hauck, J, Hoppema, M, Huhn, O, Kanzow, T, Koch, BP, König-Langlo, G, Langematz, U, Leckebusch, GC, Lüpkes, C, Paul, S, Rinke, A, Rost, B, Rutgers van der Loeff, MM, Schröder, M, Seckmeyer, G, Stichel, T, Strass, V, Timmermann, R, Trimborn, S, Ulbrich, U, Venchiarutti, C, Wacker, U, Willmes, S and Wolf-Gladrow, D (2016) Meteorology and oceanography of the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean — a review of German achievements from the last decade. Ocean Dynamics, 66(11). 1379-1413. doi:10.1007/s10236-016-0988-1
Stendardo, I, Rhein, M and Hollmann, R (2016) A high resolution salinity time series 1993-2012 in the North Atlantic from Argo and Altimeter data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121(4). 2523-2551. doi:10.1002/2015JC011439
Rhein, M, Kieke, D and Steinfeldt, R (2015) Advection of North Atlantic Deep Water from the Labrador Sea to the southern hemisphere. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 120(4). 2471-2487. doi:10.1002/2014JC010605
Steinfeldt, R, Sültenfuß, J, Dengler, M, Fischer, T and Rhein, M (2015) Coastal upwelling off Peru and Mauritania inferred from helium isotope disequilibrium. Biogeosciences, 12(24). 7519-7533. doi:10.5194/bg-12-7519-2015
Stendardo, I, Kieke, D, Rhein, M, Gruber, N and Steinfeldt, R (2015) Interannual to decadal oxygen variability in the mid-depth water masses of the eastern North Atlantic. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 95. 85-98. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2014.10.009
Fischer, J, Karstensen, J, Zantopp, R, Visbeck, M, Biastoch, A, Behrens, E, Böning, CW, Quadfasel, D, Jochumsen, K, Valdimarsson, H, Jónsson, S, Bacon, S, Holliday, NP, Dye, S, Rhein, M and Mertens, C (2015) Intra-seasonal variability of the DWBC in the western subpolar North Atlantic. Progress in Oceanography, 132. 233-249. doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2014.04.002
Roessler, A, Rhein, M, Kieke, D and Mertens, C (2015) Long-term observations of North Atlantic Current transport at the gateway between western and eastern Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 120(6). 4003-4027. doi:10.1002/2014JC010662
Schneider, L, Kieke, D, Jochumsen, K, Colbourne, E, Yashayaev, I, Steinfeldt, R, Varotsou, E, Serra, N and Rhein, M (2015) Variability of Labrador Sea Water transported through Flemish Pass during 1993-2013. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 120(8). 5514-5533. doi:10.1002/2015JC010939
Mertens, C, Rhein, M, Walter, M, Böning, CW, Behrens, E, Kieke, D, Steinfeldt, R and Stöber, U (2014) Circulation and transports in the Newfoundland Basin, western subpolar North Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119(11). 7772-7793. doi:10.1002/2014JC010019
Scholz, P, Kieke, D, Lohmann, G, Ionita, M and Rhein, M (2014) Evaluation of Labrador Sea Water formation in a global Finite-Element Sea-Ice Ocean Model setup, based on a comparison with observational data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119(3). 1644-1667. doi:10.1002/2013JC009232
Köhler, J, Mertens, C, Walter, M, Stöber, U, Rhein, M and Kanzow, T (2014) Variability in the internal wave field induced by the atlantic deep western boundary current at 16°N. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 44(2). 492-516. doi:10.1175/JPO-D-13-010.1
Huhn, O, Rhein, M, Hoppema, M and van Heuven, S (2013) Decline of deep and bottom water ventilation and slowing down of anthropogenic carbon storage in the Weddell Sea, 1984–2011. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 76. 66-84. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2013.01.005
Rhein, M, Kieke, D, Hüttl-Kabus, S, Rößler, A, Mertens, C, Meissner, R, Klein, B, Böning, CW and Yashayaev, I (2011) Deep water formation, the subpolar gyre, and the meridional overturning circulation in the subpolar North Atlantic. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 58(17-18). 1819-1832. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.10.061
Mauldin, A, Schlosser, P, Newton, R, Smethie, WM, Bayer, R, Rhein, M and Jones, EP (2010) Current estimated with transient tracers. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 115. C08002. doi:10.1029/2009JC005965
Jochumsen, K, Rhein, M, Hüttl-Kabus, S and Böning, CW (2010) On the propagation and decay of North Brazil Current rings. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 115. C10004. doi:10.1029/2009JC006042
Walter, M, Mertens, C, Stöber, U, German, CR, Yoerger, D, Sültenfuß, J, Rhein, M, Melchert, B and Baker, ET (2010) Rapid dispersal of a hydrothermal plume by turbulent mixing. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 57(8). 931-945. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2010.04.010
Cisewski, B, Strass, VH, Rhein, M and Krägefsky, S (2010) Seasonal variations of diel vertical migration of zooplankton from ADCP backscatter time series data in the Lazarev Sea, Antarctica. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 57(1). 78-94. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2009.10.005
Rhein, M, Dengler, M, Sültenfuß, J, Hummels, R, Hüttl-Kabus, S and Bourles, B (2010) Upwelling and associated heat flux in the equatorial Atlantic inferred from helium isotope disequilibrium. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 115(C8). C08021. doi:10.1029/2009JC005772
Steinfeldt, R, Rhein, M, Bullister, JL and Tanhua, T (2009) Inventory changes in anthropogenic carbon from 1997-2003 in the Atlantic Ocean between 20°S and 65°N. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 23. GB3010. doi:10.1029/2008GB003311
Mertens, C, Rhein, M, Kirchner, K and Walter, M (2009) Modulation of the Inflow into the Caribbean Sea by North Brazil Current Rings. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 56(7). 1057-1076. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2009.03.002
Kirchner, K, Rhein, M, Hüttl-Kabus, S and Böning, CW (2009) On the spreading of South Atlantic Water into the Northern Hemisphere. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 114. C05019. doi:10.1029/2008JC005165
Kieke, D, Klein, B, Stramma, L, Rhein, M and Koltermann, KP (2009) Variability and propagation of Labrador Sea Water in the southern subpolar North Atlantic. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 56(10). 1656-1674. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2009.05.010
Huhn, O, Hellmer, HH, Rhein, M, Rodehacke, C, Roether, W, Schodlok, MP and Schröder, M (2008) Evidence of deep- and bottom-water formation in the western Weddell Sea. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 55(8-9). 1098-1116. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.12.015
Stöber, U, Walter, M, Mertens, C and Rhein, M (2008) Mixing estimates from hydrographic measurements in the Deep Western Boundary Current of the North Atlantic. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 55(6). 721-736. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2008.03.006
Kirchner, K, Rhein, M, Mertens, C, Böning, CW and Hüttl, S (2008) Observed and modeled meridional overturning circulation related flow into the Caribbean. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 113. C03028. doi:10.1029/2007JC004320
LeBel, D, Smethie, WM, Rhein, M, Kieke, D, Fine, RA, Bullister, JL, Min, DH, Roether, W, Weiss, RF, Andrié, C, Smythe-Wright, D and Jones, EP (2008) The formation rate of distribution of North Atlantic Deep Water and Eighteen Degree Water calculated from CFC-11 inventories observed during WOCE. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 55(8). 891-910. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2008.03.009
Kieke, D, Rhein, M, Stramma, L, Smethie, WM, Bullister, JL and LeBel, D (2007) Changes in the pool of Labrador Sea Water in the subpolar North Atlantic. Geophysical Research Letters, 34. L06605. doi:10.1029/2006GL028959
Steinfeldt, R, Rhein, M and Walter, M (2007) NADW transformation at the western boundary between 66°W/20°N and 60°W/10°N. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 54(6). 835-855. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2007.03.004
Rhein, M, Kieke, D and Steinfeldt, R (2007) Ventilation of the Upper Labrador Sea Water, 2003-2005. Geophysical Research Letters, 34. L06603. doi:10.1029GL028540
Kieke, D, Rhein, M, Stramma, L, Smethie, WM, LeBel, D and Zenk, W (2006) Changes in the CFC Inventories and Formation Rates of Upper Labrador Sea Water, 1997 - 2001. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 36. 64-86. doi:10.1175/JPO2814.1
Kanzow, T, Send, U, Zenk, W, Chave, AD and Rhein, M (2006) Monitoring the integrated deep meridional flow in the Tropical North Atlantic: Long-term performance of a geostrophic array. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 53(3). 528-546. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2005.12.007
Keir, R, Sültenfuß, J, Rhein, M, Petrick, G and Greinert, J (2006) Separation of 3He and CH4 signals on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 5°N and at 51°N. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70(23). 5766-5778. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2006.06.005
Kieke, D and Rhein, M (2006) Variability of the Overflow water transport in the western subpolar North Atlantic, 1950-97. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 36(3). 435-456. doi:10.1175/JPO2847.1
Keir, R, Greinert, J, Petrick, G, Rhein, M, Fürhaupter, K and Sültenfuß, J (2005) Methane and methane carbon isotope ratios in the Northeast Atlantic including the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (50°N). Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 52(6). 1043-1070. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2004.12.006
Walter, M, Mertens, C and Rhein, M (2005) Mixing estimates from a large-scale hydrographic survey in the North Atlantic. Geophysical Research Letters, 32. L13605. doi:10.1029/2005GL022471
Rhein, M and Stramma, L (2005) Seasonal variability in the Deep Western Boundary Current around the eastern tip of Brazil. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 52(8). 1414-1428. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2005.03.004
Tanhua, T, Bulsiewicz, K and Rhein, M (2005) Spreading of Overflow Water from the Greenland to the Labrador Sea. Geophysical Research Letters, 32(10). L10605. doi:10.1029/2005GL022700
Rhein, M, Kirchner, K, Mertens, C, Steinfeldt, R, Walter, M and Fleischmann-Wischnath, U (2005) Transport of South Atlantic Water through the Passages south of Guadeloupe and across 16°N, 2000-2004. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 52(12). 2234-2249. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2005.08.003
Stramma, L, Rhein, M, Brandt, P, Dengler, M, Böning, CW and Walter, M (2005) Upper ocean circulation in the western tropical Atlantic in boreal fall 2000. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 52(2). 221-240. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2004.07.021
Rhein, M, Walter, M, Mertens, C, Steinfeldt, R and Kieke, D (2004) Circulation of North Atlantic Deep Water at 16°N, 2000-2003. Geophysical Research Letters, 31. LI4305. doi:10.1029/2004GL019993
Stramma, L, Kieke, D, Rhein, M, Schott, FA, Yashayaev, I and Koltermann, KP (2004) Deep water changes at the western boundary of the subpolar North Atlantic during 1996 to 2001. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 51(8). 1033-1056. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2004.04.001
Klein, B and Rhein, M (2004) Equatorial Upwelling Rates inferred from helium isotope data: a novel approach. Geophysical Research Letters, 31. L23308. doi:10.1029/2004GL021262
Steinfeldt, R and Rhein, M (2004) Spreading velocities and dilution of NADW in the tropical Atlantic based on CFC time series. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 109. C03046. doi:10.1029/2003JC002050
Böning, CW, Rhein, M, Dengg, J and Dorow, C (2003) Modelling CFC inventories and formation rates of Labrador Sea Water. Geophysical Research Letters, 30. 1050. doi:10.1029/2002GL014855
Schott, FA, Dengler, M, Brandt, LP, Affler, K, Fischer, J, Bourles, B, Gouriou, Y, Molinari, RL and Rhein, M (2003) The zonal currents and transports at 35°W in the tropical Atlantic. Geophysical Research Letters, 30,7. 1349. doi:10.1029/2002GL016849
Andrié, C, Rhein, M, Freudenthal, C and Plähn, O (2002) CFC time series in the deep water masses of the western tropical Atlantic, 1990-1999. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 49(2). 281-304. doi:10.1016/S0967-0637(01)00053-X
Rhein, M, Fischer, J, Smethie, WM, Smythe-Wright, D, Mertens, C, Min, DH, Fleischmann, U and Putzka, A (2002) Labrador Sea Water: Pathways CFC inventory and formation rates. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 32. 648-665. doi:10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<0648:LSWPCI>2.0.CO;2
Fine, RA, Rhein, M and Andrié, C (2002) Using a CFC effective age to estimate propagation and storage of climate anomalies in the deep western North Atlantic Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 29. 80-1 - 80-4. doi:10.1029/2002GL015618
Plähn, O, Baschek, B, Badewien, TH, Walter, M and Rhein, M (2002) The importance of the Gulf of Aqaba for the formation of bottom water in the Red Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 107. C8. doi:10.1029/2000JC000342
Haine, T, Boening, C, Brandt, P, Fischer, J, Funk, A, Kieke, D, Kvaleberg, E and Rhein, M (2008) North Atlantic Deep Water Transformation in the Labrador Sea, Recirculation through the Subpolar Gyre, and Discharge to the Subtropics. In: Dickson, RR, Meincke, J and Rhines, P (eds.) Arctic-Subarctic Ocean Fluxes - Defining the Role of the Northern Seas in Climate. Springer Netherlands, 653-701. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6774-7
Smethie, WM, LeBel, DA, Fine, RA, Rhein, M and Kieke, D (2007) Strength and variability of the deep limb of the North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation from chlorofluorocarbon inventories. In: Schmittner, A, Chiang, J and Hemming, S (eds.) Ocean Circulation: Mechanisms and impacts. Geophysical Monograph Series, 173. American Geophysical Union, 119-130. doi:10.1029/173GM09
Rhein, M, Meggers, H and Schott, FA (2005) Circulation and particle fluxes, Mediterranean - Canary - Tropical Atlantic - Caribbean, Meteor Cruise No. 53, 30 March - 5 July 2002. METEOR-Berichte, 05-2. Leitstelle Meteor Institut für Meereskunde der Universität Hamburg.