Department:	Climate Research & Seismology
Division:	Global Climate
Function:	Senior Researcher
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Cimatoribus, A.A., S.S. Drijfhout and H.A. Dijkstra, Meridional overturning circulation: stability and ocean feedbacks in a box model. accepted, Clim. Dyn., 2012. Abstract (html)

Bintanja, R., G.J. van Oldenborgh, S.S. Drijfhout, B. Wouters and C.A. Katsman, Important role for ocean warming and increased ice-shelf melt in Antarctic sea-ice expansion Nature Geoscience, 2013, doi:10.1038/ngeo1767. Abstract (html)

Oldenborgh, G.J. van, F.J. Doblas-Reyes, S.S. Drijfhout and E. Hawkins, Reliability of regional climate model trends Environmental Research Letters, 2013, 8, 1, 014055, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/014055. Abstract (html)  Complete text (pdf: 3 MB)

Bosmans, J.H.C., S.S. Drijfhout, E. Tuenter, L.J. Lourens, F.J. Hilgen and S.L. Weber, Monsoonal Response to Mid-Holocene Orbital Forcing in a High Resolution GCM Climate of the Past, 2012, 8, 723-740, doi:10.5194/cp-8-723-2012. Abstract (html)  Complete text (pdf: 4 MB)

Cimatoribus, A.A., S.S. Drijfhout and H.A. Dijkstra, A global hybrid coupled model based on Atmosphere-SST feedbacks Clim. Dyn., 2012, 38, 3, 745-760, doi:10.1007/s00382-011-1094-1. Abstract (html)  Complete text (4096)

Cimatoribus, A.A., S.S. Drijfhout, V. Livina and G. van der Schrier, Dansgaard-Oeschger events: tipping points in the climate system Climate of the Past, 2012, 8, 4269-4294, doi:10.5194/cpd-8-4269-2012, 2012. Abstract (html)  Complete text (pdf: 932 KB)

Cimatoribus, A.A., M. den Toom, S.S. Drijfhout and H.A. Dijkstra, Sensitivity of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation to South Atlantic freshwater anomalies. Clim. Dyn., 2012, 39, 9, 2291-2306, doi:10.1007/s00382-012-1292-5. Abstract (html)  Complete text (html)

Drijfhout, S.S., G.J. van Oldenborgh and A.A. Cimatoribus, Is the decline of the AMOC responsible for the warming hole above the North Atlantic in the 20th century warming pattern? J. Climate, 2012, 25, 8373-8379, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00490.1. Abstract (html)  Complete text (pdf: 533 KB)

Wouters, B., S. Drijfhout and W. Hazeleger, Interdecadal North-Atlantic meridional overturning circulation variability in EC-EARTH Clim. Dyn., 2012, 39, 2695-2712, doi:DOI 10.1007/s00382-012-1366-4.

Gelderloos, R., C.A. Katsman and S.S. Drijfhout, Assessing the Roles of Three Eddy Types in Restratifying the Labrador Sea after Deep Convection J. Phys. Oceanogr., 2011, 41, 2102-2119, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-11-054.1. Abstract (html)  Complete text (pdf: 6 MB)

Haarsma, R.J., E.J.D. Campos, S. Drijfhout, W. Hazeleger and C. Severijns, Impacts of interruption of the Agulhas leakage on the tropical Atlantic in coupled ocean-atmosphere simulations Clim. Dyn., 2011, 36, 5, 989-1003, doi:10.1007/s00382-009-0692-7. Abstract (html)  Complete text (pdf: 517 KB)

Levermann, A., S.S. Drijfhout, S.L. Weber and et al., Potential climatic transitions with profound impact on Europe. Review of the current state of six ‘tipping elements of the climate system’ Climatic Change, 2011, doi:10.1007/s10584-011-0126-5.

Drijfhout, S.S., The atmospheric response to a THC collapse: Scaling relations for the Hadley circulation and the nonlinear response in a coupled climate model J. Climate, 2010, 23, 757-774, doi:10.1175/2009JCLI3159.1. Abstract (html)  Complete text (pdf: 2 MB)

Drijfhout, S.S., S.L. Weber and E. van der Swaluw, The stability of the MOC as diagnosed from model projections for pre-industrial, present and future climates Clim. Dyn., 2010, doi:10.1007/s00382-010-0930-z. Abstract (html)  Complete text (pdf: 606 KB)

Graversen, R.G., S. Drijfhout, W. Hazeleger, R. van de Wal, R. Bintanja and M. Helsen, Greenland’s contribution to global sea-level rise by the end of the 21st century Clim. Dyn., 2010, doi:10.1007/s00382-010-0918-8. Abstract (html)  Complete text (pdf: 2 MB)

Graversen, R.G., T. Mauritsen, S. Drijfhout, M. Tjernström and S. Mårtensson, Warm winds from the Pacific caused extensive Arctic sea-ice melt in summer 2007 Clim. Dyn., 2010, doi:10.1007/s00382-010-0809-z. Abstract (html)

Huisman, S.E., M. den Toom, H.A. Dijkstra and S.S. Drijfhout, An indicator of the multiple equilibria regime of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation J. Phys. Oceanogr., 2010, 40, 3, 551-567, doi:10.1175/2009JPO4215.1. Complete text (pdf: 1 MB)

Laurian, A. and S.S. Drijfhout, Response of the South Atlantic circulation to an abrupt Atlantic THC collapse Clim. Dyn., 2010, doi:10.1007/s00382-010-0890-3. Abstract (html)  Complete text (pdf: 294 KB)

Laurian, A., S.S. Drijfhout, W. Hazeleger and B. van den Hurk, Response of the Western European climate to a collapse of the thermohaline circulation Clim. Dyn., 2010, 34, 5, 689-697, doi:10.1007/s00382-008-0513-4. Abstract (html)  Complete text (pdf: 1 MB)

Jong, F. de, S.S. Drijfhout, W. Hazeleger, H.M. van Aken and C.A. Severijns, Simulations of hydrographic properties in the north western North Atlantic Ocean in Coupled Climate Models. J. Climate, 2009, 22, 7, 1767-1786, doi:10.1175/2008JCLI2448.1. Complete text (pdf: 2 MB)

Laurian, A., S. S Drijfhout, W. Hazeleger and R. van Dorland, Global surface cooling: the atmospheric fast feedback response to a collapse of the thermohaline circulation Geophys. Res. Lett., 2009, 36, doi:10.1029/2009GL040938. Abstract (html)  Complete text (pdf: 225 KB)

Oldenborgh, G.J. van, S.S. Drijfhout, A. van Ulden, R. Haarsma, A. Sterl, C. Severijns, W. Hazeleger and H. Dijkstra, Western Europe is warming much faster than expected Climate of the Past, 2009, 5, 1, 1-12, doi:10.5194/cp-5-1-2009. Abstract (html)  Complete text (pdf: 1 MB)

Drijfhout, S.S., W. Hazeleger, F. Selten and R. Haarsma, Future changes in internal Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation variability Clim. Dyn., 2008, 30, 4, 407-419, doi:10.1007/s00382-007-0297-y. Abstract (html)  Complete text (pdf: 1 MB)

Drijfhout, S.S. and A. Naveira Garabato, The Zonal Dimension of the Indian Ocean Meridional Overturning Circulation J. Phys. Oceanogr., 2008, 38, 2, 359-379, doi:10.1175/2007JPO3640.1. Abstract (html)  Complete text (pdf: 3 MB)

Friocourt, Y., B. Blanke, S.S. Drijfhout and S. Speich, On the dynamics of the Slope Current system along the west European margin. Part II: Analytical calculations and numerical simulations with seasonal forcing J. Phys. Oceanogr., 2008, 38, 12, 2619-2638, doi:10.1175/2008JPO3745.1.

Friocourt, Y., S.S. Drijfhout and B. Blanke, On the dynamics of the slope current system along the West European margin. Part I: Steady-state analytical and numerical circulations. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 2008, 38, 12, 2597-2618, doi:10.1175/2008JPO3744.1. Abstract (html)

Katsman, C.A., W. Hazeleger, S.S. Drijfhout, G.J. van Oldenborgh and G.J.H. Burgers, Climate scenarios of sea level rise for the northeast Atlantic Ocean: a study including the effects of ocean dynamics and gravity changes induced by ice melt Climatic Change, 2008, doi:10.1007/s10584-008-9442-9. Complete text (pdf: 395 KB)

McDougall, T.J., P.R. Gent and S.S. Drijfhout, Comment on 2 papers by Dubovikov and Canuto Geophys. and Astrophys. Fluid Dyn., 2008, 102, 3, 249-256, doi:10.1080/03091920701638085. Abstract (html)  Complete text (pdf: 110 KB)

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