Welcome! My little group tries to make a contribution to understand the physics of the large-scale ocean circulation and
the role of the ocean in the climate system through fundamental studies using concepts and methods from dynamical systems theory

Professor of Dynamical Oceanography

Utrecht University

CV (01-04-2009)

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: dijkstra@phys.uu.nl

Honors and Awards


1996: Dutch Science Foundation PIONEER award

2002: Member Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences (Chair: Earth Sciences Section, 2009-)


2005: Lewis Fry Richardson Medal (EGU)

2009: Division President Nonlinear Processes in the Geosciences, EGU (NP division website).

2009: Fellow Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

 


Recent and Near Future Activities

12/10 - 30/10 Visit Institute Nonlineaire de Nice (INLN, Sophia-Antipolis, France).

31/7 - 11/8 Participation Research Cruise "STRATIPHYT" project from Cork (Ireland) to Reykjavik (Iceland) on the Pelagia

27/6 - 12/7 Visit to China:lectures at

LASG, CAS (Beijing, 29/6)
Ocean University of China (Qingdao, 6/7)
Institute of Oceanology, CAS (Qingdao, 7/7)
Nanjing University (Nanjing, 9/7)

8/6 - 12/6 Lecturer at the Summerschool: "Climate
Variability and Climate Change: Estimating and reducing the uncertainties
", Visegrad, Hungary.


17/5: Plenary lecture at SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, USA.

 

Papers (2009)

1. Simonnet, E, Dijkstra, H. A. and Ghil, M. Bifurcation analysis of ocean, atmosphere and climate models, Handbook of Numerical Analysis, Vol XIV, General Editor: Philippe G. Ciarlet; Special Volume on Computational Methods for the Ocean and the Atmosphere. Guest editors: Roger Temam and Joseph Tribbia, 187-230, (2009).

2. L. M. Frankcombe, Dijkstra, H.A. and Von der Heydt, A. S., Noise Induced Multidecadal Variability in the North Atlantic: Excitation of Normal Modes, J. Phys. Oceanography, 39, 220-233, (2009).

3. V. Palastanga, Dijkstra, H.A. and W.P. M. de Ruijter, Inertially induced connections between subgyres in the South-Indian Ocean, J. Phys. Oceanography, 39, 465-471, (2009).

4. S. L. Huisman, Dijkstra, H.A., De Ruijter, W. P. M., and Von der Heydt, A. S., Robustness of Multiple Equilibria in the Global Ocean Circulation, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L01610, doi:10.1029/2008GL036322, (2009).

5. G. van Oldenborgh, S. Drijfhout, A. van Ulden, R. Haarsma, A. Sterl, C. Severijns, W. Hazeleger, and H. A, Dijkstra., Western Europe is warming much faster than expected, Climate of the Past, 5, 1-12, (2009).

6. A. W. Omta, J. Llido, V. Garcon, S. A. L. M. Kooijman and H. A. Dijkstra., The interpretation of satelite chlorophyll observations: the case of the Mozambique Channel, Deep Sea Research I, 56 (6), 974-988, (2009).

7. S. Pierini, Dijkstra, H.A. and A. Riccio, A nonlinear theory of the Kuroshio Extension Bimodality, J. Phys. Oceanography 39, 2212-2229 , (2009).

8. M. den Toom,
Dijkstra, H.A. and F. W. Wubs, Corrigendum to: A tailored solver for bifurcation studies of ocean-climate models, J. Comp. Physics, Vol. 228, 4962-496, (2009).
9. E. Bernsen, Dijkstra, H.A. and F. W. Wubs, Bifurcation analysis of wind-driven flows with MOM, Ocean Modelling, 30, 95-105, (2009).

10. M. P. Karami, P.Th. Meijer, Dijkstra, H.A. and M. J. R. Wortel A box model of the Miocene Mediterranean Sea with emphasis on the effects of closure of the eastern gateway, Paleoceanography, 24, PA4203, doi:10.1029/2008PA001679, (2009).

11. L. M. Frankcombe and Dijkstra, H.A., Coherent multidecadal variability in North Atlantic sea level, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L15604, dio:10.1029/2009GL039455, (2009).

12. G. van Oldenborgh, L. A. te Raa, Dijkstra, H. A. and S. Y. Philip, Frequency-dependent effects of the Atlantic meridional overturning on the tropical Pacific Ocean, Ocean Science , 5, 293-301, (2009).
13. J. Thies, F. W. Wubs and Dijkstra, H. A., Bifurcation analysis of 3D ocean flows using a parallel fully implicit ocean model, Ocean Modelling, in press, (2009).
14. L. M. Frankcombe, Von der Heydt, A. S and Dijkstra, H.A., The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation: A stochastic dynamical systems view , Chapter 12 in Stochastic Physics and Climate Modelling, eds. P. Williams and T. Palmer, CUP, in press, (2009).

15. Omta, A. W., J. Bruggeman, S. A. L. M. Kooijman and Dijkstra, H. A., The organic carbon pump in the Atlantic. J. Sea Research, 62, 179-187, (2009).

16. Huisman, S., M. den Toom, Dijkstra, H. A. and S. Drijfhout. An indicator of the multiple equilibria regime of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. J. Phys. Oceanography, in press, (2009).

17. P. Th.. Meijer and H. A, Dijkstra., The response of Mediterranean thermohaline circulation to climate change; A minimal model, Climate of the Past, in press, (2009).

18. S. Pierini and H. A. Dijkstra, Low-frequency variability of the Kuroshio Extension, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, in press, (2009).


Group Members

Leela Frankcombe
(NWO-ALW)


Erik Bernsen

(NWO-ALW)

Selma Huisman
(UU)

Matthijs den Toom
(NWO toptalent 2008)

Elena Jurado
(NWO-ZKO
)

Andrea Cimatoribus
(NWO-ALW)

Werner Kramer
(NWO-SRON-GO)

Dewi Le Bars
(NWO-ZKO)

MSc. students (2009): Marco Hazenberg, Bertus Veurink, Michelle Tigchelaar, Koen Frankhuizen, Vincent Kamphuis

BSc. students (2009): Albert Oude Nijhuis, Mathijs Janssen, Watse Sybesma, Robert Sauer

 

 


Publications 2008

1. Bernsen, E. , Dijkstra, H. A. and F. W. Wubs, A method to reduce the spin-up time of ocean models, Ocean Modelling, 20, 380-392, (2008).

2. Von der Heydt, A. and Dijkstra, H.A., The effect of gateways on ocean circulation patterns in the Cenozoic, Global Planetary Change, 62, 132-146, (2008).

3. Omta, A. W., S. A. L. M. Kooijman and Dijkstra, H. A. , Critical turbulence revisited: the impact of submesoscale vertical mixing on plankton patchiness. J. Mar. Research, 66, 61-85, (2008).

4. Dijkstra, H. A. , Scaling of the Atlantic meridional overturning in a global ocean model. Tellus 60A, 749-760, (2008).

5. Dijkstra, H.A., L. M. Frankcombe and Von der Heydt, A. S., A stochastic dynamical systems view of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, Phil. Trans. Royal Soc., 366, 2545-2560, (2008).

6. Sterl, A., Severijns, C., Dijkstra, H.A., Hazeleger, W., Van Oldenborgh, G. J., Van den Broeke, M., Burgers, G., Van den Hurk, B.Van Leeuwen, P. J., Van Velthoven, P. When can we expect extremely high surface temperatures? Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L14703, doi:10.1029/2008GL034071, (2008).

7. E. Deleersnijder, E. Hanert, H. Burchard and Dijkstra, H.A., On the mathematical stability of stratified flow models with local turbulence closure schemes, Ocean Dynamics, 58, 237-246, (2008).

8. L. M. Frankcombe, Dijkstra, H.A. and Von der Heydt, A. S., Sub-surface signatures of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L19602, doi:10.1029/2008GLO34989, (2008).

9. A.D. Terwisscha van Scheltinga and Dijkstra, H.A., Conditional nonlinear optimal perturbations of the double-gyre ocean circulation, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 15, 727-734, (2008).

total publication list 1995-2007

Editorial Boards

Editor: Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Editor: Physica D

Editor: Reviews of Geophysics

Editor: Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Editor: Il Nuovo Cimento B

Books

1. Nonlinear Physical Oceanography

2e edition appeared April, 2005

Book website

Russian translation has appeared 1/3/2008

2. Dynamical Oceanography

1e edition (hardcover) for ~ E 84

Book website