Dr Anna Katavouta

Biography

Please visit my personal-research webpage: https://katavouta.github.io/

I am an ocean-climate scientist based at the National Oceanography Centre. My research interests and experience lie in combining numerical models, observations and theory to study ocean processes and their role within the Earth system on different spatial scales, regional to global, and time scales, days to millennia.

  • 2019 - present: National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool, UK. 
  • 2020 - 2023: Secondment (part-time), University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.  
  • 2016 - 2019: Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK 
  • 2010 - 2016: PhD, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada (advisor: Prof. Keith Thompson)
  • 2008 - 2010: MSc, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada (advisor: Prof. Paul G. Myers)
  • 2003 - 2008: Ptychio (Bachelor) in Physics, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

Research interests include:

  • shelf seas dynamics
  • impact of climate change in shelf seas
  • role of the ocean in the climate response to carbon emissions
  • carbon cycle and climate feedbacks
  • numerical modelling: shelf seas, open ocean and climate
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Publications

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2026

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2026

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Tarling, Geraint A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3753-5899; Abrahamsen, E. Povl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5924-5350; Aksenov, Yevgeny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6132-3434; Anderson, Madeline P.B.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5967-311X; Arrowsmith, Carol; Baker, Chelsey A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0840-2333; Barry, Chris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1844-848X; Belcher, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9583-5910; Benavides, Mar; Bischof, Milo J.D.; Boland, Emma J.D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2430-7763; Bowes, Mike ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0673-1934; Brearley, J. Alexander ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3700-8017; Brown, Peter J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1152-1114; Burson, Amanda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0729-3793; Buzzard, Sammie C.; Callaghan, Nathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0273-6161; Coët, Arthur; Cook, Kathryn B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8590-3011; Coombs, Sarah; Evans, Chris D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7052-354X; Fielding, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3152-4742; Ford, Elaina; Fournier, Isabelle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0065-2338; Freer, Jennifer J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3947-9261; Garcia-Martin, E. Elena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4807-3287; Ghosh, V.R. Dipin; Giering, Sarah L.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3090-1876; Grant, Alanna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7203-3260; Griffiths, Huw J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1764-223X; Hamilton, Ruta; Hendry, Katherine R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0790-5895; Hill, Simeon L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1441-8769; Hubot, Nathan; Hunter, Aidan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2621-9978; Johnston, Nadine M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2211-1492; Katavouta, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1587-4996; Kitson, Ezra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9168-7001; Leng, Melanie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1115-5166; Lewis, Isabel H.; Linse, Katrin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3477-3047; Lofts, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3627-851X; Manno, Clara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3337-6173; Martin, Adrian P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1202-8612; Marzocchi, Alice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3430-3574; Mawji, Edward; Mayor, Daniel J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1295-0041; McKenzie, Rebecca M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9928-8780; Meijers, Andrew J.S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3876-7736; Meredith, Michael P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7342-7756; Munday, David R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1920-708X; Pereira, M. Glória ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3740-0019; O'Brien, Alexandra V.E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8742-0010; Olszewska, Justyna P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4910-2206; Painter, Stuart C.; Palmieri, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0226-5243; Patel, Shailee; Pickard, Amy E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1069-3720; Richt, Jessica J.R.; Rynders, Stefanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1334-4577; Sanders, Rachael N.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1936-8772; Saunders, Ryan A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1157-7222; Shepherd, Andrew; Slater, Thomas; Spears, Bryan M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0876-0405; Stowasser, Gabriele ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0595-0772; Swiggs, Amy E.; Taylor, Laura R.; ten Hoopen, Petra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4242-4015; Thorpe, Sally E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5193-6955; Timms-Wilson, Tracey M.; van Soest, Maud A.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4656-515X; Venables, Hugh J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6445-8462; Wright, Zoe; Yool, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9879-2776; Young, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7069-6109. 2025 BIOPOLE: biogeochemical processes and ecosystem functioning in changing polar systems and their global impacts. Research Ideas & Outcomes, 11, e163757. 10.3897/rio.11.e163757

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2025

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Holt, Jason ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3298-8477; Katavouta, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1587-4996; Hopkins, Joanne; Amoudry, Laurent O.; Appendini, Christian M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6044-3351; Arneborg, Lars ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0248-8110; Arnold, Alex; Artioli, Yuri; Aucan, Jerome ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9883-0082; Berx, Barbara; Cagigal, Laura; De Dominicis, Michela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Denamiel, Cléa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5099-1143; Galli, Giovanni; Graham, Jennifer A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1950-5266; Jacobs, Zoe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-0699; Jevrejeva, Svetlana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9490-4665; Kamranzad, Bahareh ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8829-6007; Langlais, Clothilde ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6423-7678; Larsen, Morten Andreas Dahl; Lira-Loarca, Andrea ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2251-6684; Lyddon, Charlotte ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4254-3049; Mathis, Moritz; Melet, Angélique ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3888-8159; Méndez, Fernando; Muis, Sanne; Myers, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4514-2654; O’Donovan, Mairéad; Olbert, Agnieszka Indiana; Palmer, Matthew D.; Phillips, Lachlan; Polton, Jeff ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0131-5250; Buil, Mercedes Pozo; Robins, Peter; Ruju, Andrea; Schlaefer, Jodie A.; Senatore, Alfonso ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9716-3532; Siedlecki, Samantha; Tinker, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3160-7000; Verri, Giorgia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7561-618X; Vilibić, Ivica ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0753-5775; Wei, Xiaoyan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8407-6958; Pinardi, Nadia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4765-0775. 2025 Future climate projections in the global coastal ocean. Progress in Oceanography, 235, 103497. 1, pp. 10.1016/j.pocean.2025.103497

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2025

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2025

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Rulent, Julia; James, Molly K.; Rameshwaran, Ponnambalam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8972-953X; Jardine, Jennifer E.; Katavouta, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1587-4996; Wakelin, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2081-2693; Jayathilaka, Ruchira; Arulananthan, Kanapathipillai; Holt, Jason ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3298-8477; Sutton, Mark A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1342-2072; Artioli, Yuri. 2024 Modelling pollutants transport scenarios based on the X-Press Pearl disaster. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 209 (A), 117129. 17, pp. 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.117129

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2024

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Article

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Williams, Richard G.; Meijers, Andrew J.S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3876-7736; Roussenov, Vassil M.; Katavouta, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1587-4996; Ceppi, Paulo; Rosser, Jonathan P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7748-319X; Salvi, Pietro. 2024 Asymmetries in the Southern Ocean contribution to global heat and carbon uptake. Nature Climate Change, 14. 823-831. 10.1038/s41558-024-02066-3

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2024

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Williams, Richard G.; Ceppi, Paulo; Roussenov, Vassil; Katavouta, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1587-4996; Meijers, Andrew J.S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3876-7736. 2023 The role of the Southern Ocean in the global climate response to carbon emissions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, A, 381 (2249), 20220062. 35, pp. 10.1098/rsta.2022.0062

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2023

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Polton, Jeff A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0131-5250; Harle, James; Holt, Jason ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3298-8477; Katavouta, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1587-4996; Partridge, Dale; Jardine, Jenny; Wakelin, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2081-2693; Rulent, Julia; Wise, Anthony; Hutchinson, Katherine; Byrne, David; Bruciaferri, Diego; O'Dea, Enda; De Dominicis, Michela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Mathiot, Pierre; Coward, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9111-7700; Yool, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9879-2776; Palmieri, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0226-5243; Lessin, Gennadi; Mayorga-Adame, Gabriela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8707-9385; Le Guennec, Valerie; Arnold, Alex; Rousset, Clement. 2023 Reproducible and relocatable regional ocean modelling: Fundamentals and practices. Geoscientific Model Development. 10.5194/gmd-2022-217

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2023

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Wilson, Jamie D.; Andrews, Oliver; Katavouta, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1587-4996; De Melo Virissimo, Francisco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2905-3478; Death, Ros M.; Adloff, Markus; Baker, Chelsey A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0840-2333; Blackledge, Benedict; Goldsworth, Fraser W.; Kennedy-Asser, Alan T.; Liu, Qian; Sieradzan, Katie R.; Vosper, Emily; Ying, Rui. 2022 The biological carbon pump in CMIP6 models: 21st century trends and uncertainties. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119 (29). 10.1073/pnas.2204369119

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2022

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2021

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2021

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2021

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2020

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Arora, Vivek K.; Katavouta, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1587-4996; Williams, Richard G.; Jones, Chris D.; Brovkin, Victor; Friedlingstein, Pierre; Schwinger, Jörg; Bopp, Laurent; Boucher, Olivier; Cadule, Patricia; Chamberlain, Matthew A.; Christian, James R.; Delire, Christine; Fisher, Rosie A.; Hajima, Tomohiro; Ilyina, Tatiana; Joetzjer, Emilie; Kawamiya, Michio; Koven, Charles; Krasting, John; Law, Rachel M.; Lawrence, David M.; Lenton, Andrew; Lindsay, Keith; Pongratz, Julia; Raddatz, Thomas; Séférian, Roland; Tachiiri, Kaoru; Tjiputra, Jerry F.; Wiltshire, Andy; Wu, Tongwen; Ziehn, Tilo. 2020 Carbon–concentration and carbon–climate feedbacks in CMIP6 models and their comparison to CMIP5 models. Biogeosciences, 17. 4173-4222. 10.5194/bg-2019-473

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2020

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Arora, Vivek; Katavouta, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1587-4996; Williams, Richard; Jones, Chris; Brovkin, Victor; Friedlingstein, Pierre. 2020 Carbon-concentration and carbon-climate feedbacks in CMIP6 models, and their comparison to CMIP5 models. In: EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4-8 May 2020.

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2020

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Williams, Richard G.; Katavouta, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1587-4996; Goodwin, Philip. 2019 Carbon-cycle feedbacks operating in the climate system. Current Climate Change Reports, 5 (4). 282-295. 10.1007/s40641-019-00144-9

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2019

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Katavouta, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1587-4996; Williams, Richard G.; Goodwin, Philip. 2019 The effect of ocean ventilation on the transient climate response to emissions. Journal of Climate, 32 (16). 5085-5105. 10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0829.1

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2019

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Goodwin, Philip; Williams, Richard G.; Roussenov, Vassil M.; Katavouta, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1587-4996. 2019 Climate sensitivity from both physical and carbon cycle feedbacks. Geophysical Research Letters, 46 (13). 7554-7564. 10.1029/2019GL082887

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2019

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Katavouta, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1587-4996; Williams, Richard G.; Goodwin, Philip; Roussenov, Vassil. 2018 Reconciling atmospheric and oceanic views of the transient climate response to emissions. Geophysical Research Letters, 45 (12). 6205-6214. 10.1029/2018GL077849

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2018

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Chegini, Fatemeh; Lu, Youyu; Katavouta, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1587-4996; Ritchie, Harold. 2018 Coastal Upwelling Off Southwest Nova Scotia Simulated With a High-Resolution Baroclinic Ocean Model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123 (4). 2318-2331. 10.1002/2017JC013431

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2018

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Goodwin, Philip; Katavouta, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1587-4996; Roussenov, Vassil M.; Foster, Gavin L.; Rohling, Eelco J.; Williams, Richard G.. 2018 Pathways to 1.5 °C and 2 °C warming based on observational and geological constraints. Nature Geoscience, 11 (2). 102-107. 10.1038/s41561-017-0054-8

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2018

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Katavouta, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1587-4996; Thompson, Keith R.; Lu, Youyu; Loder, John W.. 2016 Interaction between the tidal and seasonal variability of the Gulf of Maine and Scotian Shelf Region. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46 (11). 3279-3298. 10.1175/JPO-D-15-0091.1

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2016

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2016

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2014

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2013

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