Dynamical Systems and Physical Oceanography

Contact information

Prof. dr. ir. Henk A. Dijkstra
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Utrecht University
Princetonplein 5, 3584 CC Utrecht,
The Netherlands
Phone: +31-30-2535441
Fax: +31-30-2543163
email: H.A.Dijkstra@uu.nl

Recent and Near Future Activities

Current Projects

LINC (Learning about Interacting Networks in Climate, FP7-ITN)

SAMOC (Stability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, NWO)

eSALSA (An eScience Approach to determine future Local Sea-level chAnges, NLeSC).

COLOURMIX (Using satellite ocean colour observations to determine upper-ocean vertical mixing, NWO-NSO).

Papers (2013)

1. A. Cimatoribus, S.S. Drijfhout and H. A. Dijkstra. Meridional overturning circulation: stability and ocean feedbacks in a box model, Climate Dynamics, in press, (2013).

2. T. Sapsis and H. A. Dijkstra. Interaction of additive noise and nonlinear dynamics in the double-gyre wind-driven ocean circulation., J. Phys. Oceanography, 43, 366-381, (2013).

3. H. A. Dijkstra, T. Sengul, and S. Wang. Dynamic Transitions of Surface Tension Driven Convection, Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena, 247, 7-17, (2013)

4. W. Kramer and H. A. Dijkstra .Optimal localized observations for advancing beyond the ENSO predictability barrier, Nonl. Processes Geophysics, 20, 221-230, (2013).

5. R. Lohmann, E. Jurado, H. A. Dijkstra and J. Dachs, Vertical eddy diffusion as a key mechanism for removing perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) from the global surface oceans, Environmental Pollution, in press, (2013).

6. A. McHogg, H. A. Dijkstra and J. Saenz, The Energetics of a Collapsing Meridional Overturning Circulation, J. Phys. Oceanography, in press, (2013).

7. Z. Ziqing, M Mu and H. A. Dijkstra, Optimal nonlinear excitation of decadal variability of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation, Chin. J. Ocean. Limn., in press, (2013).

8. Wang. Q., Mu Mu and H. A. Dijkstra, Optimal Precursors of the formation of Kuroshio Large Meander, J. Geophysical Research Oceans, 118, 869–884, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20084, (2013).

9. Van der Mheen, M. H. A. Dijkstra, A. Gozolchiani, Den Toom, M., Feng, Q., Kurths, J. and Hernandez-Garcia, E., Interaction network based early warning indicators for the Atlantic MOC collapse, Geophysical Research Letters, in press, (2013).

10. Z. Ziqing, M Mu and H. A. Dijkstra. Three-dimensional structure of optimal nonlinear excitation for decadal variability of the thermohaline circulation, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, in press, (2013).

1. Pisarev, G.I. , Gjerde, V., Balakin, B. V. , Hoffmann, A.C., H. A. Dijkstra, Peng, W. E xperimental and Computational Study of the ''End of the Vortex'' Phenomenon in Reverse-Flow Centrifugal Separators, AIChE Journal, 58, 1371-1380, (2012).

2. Wang. Q., Mu Mu and H. A. Dijkstra, Application of conditional nonlinear optimal perturbation method to the predictability study of the Kuroshio large meander, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 29, 118–134, (2012).

3. Kramer, W. , H. A. Dijkstra, S. Pierini and P. J. van Leeuwen. Measuring the impact of observations on the predictability of the Kuroshio Extension in a shallow-water model, J. Phys. Oceanography, 42, 3-17, (2012).

4. Cimatoribus, A., S. S. Drijfhout and H. A. Dijkstra, A global hybrid coupled model based on atmosphere-SST feedbacks, Climate Dynamics, 38, 745-760, (2012).

5. M. den Toom, H. A. Dijkstra, Cimatoribus, A., S. S. Drijfhout, Effect of Atmospheric Feedbacks on the Stability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, J. Climate,25, 4081 - 4096, (2012).

6. F. Bleichrodt, R. Bisseing and H. A. Dijkstra, Accelerating a barotropic ocean model using a GPU. Ocean Modeling , 41, 16–21, (2012).

7. E. Jurado, H. van der Woerd and H. A. Dijkstra, Microstructure measurements along a quasi-meridional transect in the North Atlantic, J. Geophysical Res. Oceans, 117, C04016, doi:10.1029/2011JC007137, (2012).

8. G. Quatrocchi, S. Pierini and H. A. Dijkstra, Intrinsic low-frequency variability of the Gulf Stream, Nonl. Processes in Geophysics, 19, 155–164, (2012).

9. Le Bars, D., W.P.M. de Ruijter and H. A. Dijkstra, A new regime of the Agulhas Current retroflection: turbulent choking of Indian-Atlantic leakage, J. Phys. Oceanography, 42, 1158-1172, (2012)

10. Chylek, P., C. K. Folland, L.M. Frankcombe, H. A. Dijkstra , G. Lesins and M.K. Dubey. Greenland ice core evidence for spatial and temporal variability of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation. Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L09705, doi:10.1029/2012GL051241, (2012).

11. Weijer, W., Maltrud, M., Hecht, M., H. A. Dijkstra and M. Kliphuis. Response of the Atlantic Ocean Circulation to Greenland Ice Sheet Melting in a Strongly-Eddying Ocean Model. Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L09606, doi:10.1029/2012GL051611, (2012).

12. Huisman, S., Dijkstra, H. A., and Von der Heydt, A. and W.P.M. de Ruijter. Does net E-P set a preference for North Atlantic sinking? J. Phys. Oceanography, 42, 1781–1792, (2012).

13. Katzav, J., Dijkstra, H. A., and J. de Laat. Assessing climate model projections: state of the art and philosophical reflection. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 43, 258-276, (2012).

14. Rohling, E., Sluijs, A., Dijkstra, H. A, Koehler, P., Van de Wal, R.S.W., Von der Heydt, A.S and PALAEOSENS project members. Making sense of palaeoclimate sensitivity. Nature, 491, 683-691, (2012).

15. E. Jurado, H. A. Dijkstra and H. van der Woerd, Microstructure observations during the spring 2011 STRATIPHYT-II cruise in the northeast Atlantic, Ocean Science, 8, 945-95, (2012).

16. Cimatoribus, A., S. S. Drijfhout, M . den Toom and H. A. Dijkstra, Sensitivity of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation to South Atlantic freshwater anomalie, Clim. Dynamics, 39, 2291-2306, (2012).