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 (01-01-2010)

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


2005: Lewis Fry Richardson Medal (EGU)

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

 


Recent and Near Future Activities

 

25/1-29/1 Invited Speaker Workshop: Exploring Complex Dynamics in High-Dimensional Chaotic Systems:
From Weather Forecasting to Oceanic Flows, in Dresden, Germany.

11/2-12/2 Invited Speaker Workshop: THE COMPLEXITY PARADIGM: UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS OF WEATHER AND CLIMATE, in Brussels, Belgum.

27/5-29/5 Invited Speaker Workshop: Synchronization in Complex Networks: Theory and Applications in Neuroscience and Climatology, in Bad Honnef, Germany.

 

 

Papers (2010)

1. 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, (2010).

2. B. Alhammoud, Meijer, P. Th. and H. A. Dijkstra, The sensitivity of Mediterranean thermohaline circulation to gateway depth: A model investigatios, Paleoceanography, in press, (2010).
3. S. Galeotti, Von der Heydt, A., Huber M., Bice, D. , H. A. Dijkstra, Jilbert, T. , Lanci, L. and Reichart, G. J., Evidence for active ENSO variability in the late Miocene greenhouse climate, Geology, in press, (2010).
4. A.E. Sterk, R. Vitolo, H .W. Broer, C. Simo, H. A. Dijkstra, New nonlinear mechanisms of midlatitude atmospheric low-frequency variability, Physica D, in press, (2010).

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 (2010): Marco Hazenberg, Bertus Veurink, Michelle Tigchelaar, Koen Frankhuizen, Vincent Kamphuis, Folkert Bleichrodt

BSc. students (2010): Albert Oude Nijhuis, Mathijs Janssen, Watse Sybesma, Robert Sauer

 

 


Publications 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, 30 (2009) 287–297.
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, 287-313,, (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. P. Th. Meijer and H. A. Dijkstra., The response of Mediterranean thermohaline circulation to climate change; A minimal model, Climate of the Past, 5, 713–720, (2009)


17. S. Pierini and H. A. Dijkstra, Low-frequency variability of the Kuroshio Extension, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 16, 665-675, (2009).

total publication list 1995-2008

Service

2009-2011: Division President Nonlinear Processes in the Geosciences, EGU (NP division website).

Editorial Boards

Editor: Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Editor: Physica D

Past Editor: Reviews of Geophysics (2005-2009)

Editor: Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Editor: Il Nuovo Cimento B

Committees

Chair (2006 - ): Scientific Committee National Computing Facilities Foundation

Member (research director) of the Board of the Department of Physics and Astronomy (2009 - )

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

Member of the Program Advisory Group of the UK-RAPID program (2007 - )

 

 

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