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Research
dr. Caroline A. Katsman
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Department: Climate Research & Seismology
Global Climate Division
Function:Research Scientist
Address: P.O. Box 201, 3730 AE De Bilt, The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 30 2206715 (direct)
+31 30 2206394 (secretary)
Telefax: +31 30 2210407
Email:
Web: www.knmi.nl/~katsman
photo by Bart Beckers

Research projects and interests
  • deep convection and restratification in the Labrador Sea
  • scenarios for local sea level change
  • ocean heat content changes
  • ocean response to meltwater from land- and seaice
Recent publications (updated: April 2013)
NOTE: The full KNMI publication database (published papers) can be accessed from the menu on the right
In the pipeline
  • A.B.A. Slangen, M. Carson, C.A. Katsman, R.S.W. van de Wal, A. Kohl, L.L. Vermeersen and D. Stammer, Projecting twenty-first century regional sea-level changes, under revision
  • C.A. Katsman and R. Gelderloos, Processes governing the location and depth of Labrador Sea convection, in preparation
2013
  • R. Bintanja, 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
  • R. Gelderloos, C. A. Katsman and K. Vage, Detecting Labrador Sea Water formation from space, J.ph. Res. Oceans, accepted, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20176
2012
  • Gelderloos, R., F. Straneo, C. A. Katsman, Mechanisms behind the temporary shutdown of deep convection in the Labrador Sea: Lessons from the Great Salinity Anomaly years 1968-1971, J. of Climate, 2012, 25, 6743-6755, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00549.1
  • Slangen, A.B.A., C.A. Katsman, R.S.W. van der Wal, L.L.A. Vermeersen en R.E.M. Riva, Towards regional projections of twenty-first century sea-level change using IPCC SRES scenarios Clim. Dyn., 38 (506), p.1191-1209, 2012, doi:10.1007/s00382-011-1057-6.

PhD theses
  • R. Gelderloos, Variability in Labrador Sea Water formation, PhD thesis Utrecht University, 14 May 2012
  • A.B.A. Slangen, Modelling regional sea-level changes in recent past and future, PhD thesis Utrecht University, 12 December 2012
2011
  • Katsman, C.A. en G.J. van Oldenborgh, Tracing the upper ocean's 'missing heat' Geophys. Res. Lett., 2011, 38, L14610, doi:10.1029/2011GL048417
  • Katsman, C.A. and G.J. van Oldenborgh, Correction to 'Tracing the upper ocean's missing heat' Geophys. Res. Lett., 2011, 38, 20, L20602, doi:10.1029/2011GL049834.
  • Katsman, C.A., A. Sterl, J.J. Beersma, H.W. van den Brink, W. Hazeleger en and 15 co-authors, Exploring high-end scenarios for local sea level rise to develop flood protection strategies for a low-lying delta - the Netherlands as an example, Climatic Change, 2011, doi:10.1007/s10584-011-0037-5.
  • Gelderloos, R., C. A. Katsman and S. S. Drijfhout, Assessing the Role 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.

Popular scientific articles (2011, in Dutch)
  • Katsman, C.A., A. Slangen, R. van de Wal, B. Vermeersen en R. Riva, Zeespiegelstijging niet overal even groot - Het grillige heuvellandschap van de zee Weer Magazine, 2011, 12, 4, 20-23.
  • Katsman, C.A. en G.J. van Oldenborgh, Op zoek naar de 'ontbrekende warmte' in de bovenlaag van de oceaan, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Natuurkunde, 2011, nr. 77-12, p.468

Applied research
  • climate scenarios for sea level rise for the Netherlands (KNMI, 2006) (published as KNMI report WR-06-01 and Katsman et al (2008), Climatic Change)
  • high-end scenarios for flood protection for the Netherlands - assignment for the Dutch Delta Commission (published as KNMI report WR-09-05 and Katsman et al (2011), Climatic Change)
  • short-term climate scenarios for sea level rise along the Dutch coast (published as KNMI report TR-318)

Public education / Outreach
  • "Op oceaanexpeditie" - website (in Dutch) for school children and the general public on the ins and outs of an oceanographic research cruise
  • public lectures [2.5Mb pdf] / guest lessons on sea level rise
  • webpages (in Dutch) on sea level rise in general and recent research

 

updated: April 4th, 2013
 
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