Thomas Rackow
Research Scientist at European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ecmwf-projects
Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Top SchoolThomas Rackow is a research scientist and ocean modeller with nine years’ experience building high-resolution coupled simulations for climate prediction, currently contributing to ECMWF’s nextGEMS project to develop storm-resolving Earth System Models and future Digital Twins. He brings a strong quantitative foundation—a diploma in Industrial Mathematics and a PhD in Physics from the University of Bremen—and a track record integrating missing processes like ocean eddies and sea-ice leads to improve forecast fidelity. Previously a postdoc and coupled climate modeller at AWI, he also participated in the 2019 MOSAiC Arctic expedition, giving him rare field experience to complement his modelling work. Comfortable communicating complex science to the public, he combines hands-on model development with outreach via media and social channels.
9 years of coding experience
Doctor (PhD), Physics, 1.0 (magna cum laude), Doctor (PhD), Physics, 1.0 (magna cum laude) at University Of BremenDipl.-Math.techn., Technomathematik, 1.0 (with distinction), Dipl.-Math.techn., Technomathematik, 1.0 (with distinction) at Universität Bremen
Github Skills (37)
prediction-model10
hydrodynamics10
ocean10
snl-applications9
encoding8
fsspec8
decoding8
meteorology7
grib7
bufr7
prediction7
cycle6
akamai5
indices5
zarr5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
trackow/trackow.github.io
May 2020 - Apr 2025
Contributions:204 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 11 months
trackow/pyberg
Sep 2019 - Jan 2021
Contributions:44 commits, 31 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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