Department:	Climate Research & Seismology - Global Climate Division
Function:	Post doctoral researcher
Address:	P.O. Box 201, 3730 AE De Bilt, The Netherlands
Telephone:	+31 30 2206611 (direct) +31 30 2206394 (secretary)
Telefax:	+31 30 2202570
Email:
Web:	www.knmi.nl/~wouters

• The THOR project ('Thermohaline Overturning - at Risk?')
      THOR addresses the stability and variability of the thermohaline circulation. At KNMI, we use our in-house EC-Earth model to diagnose low frequency variability of the overturning circulation in the Atlantic Ocean. Furthermore, through initialization of the model with observations, we perform 10 year hind- and forecasts of the overturning strength and climate in the North-Atlantic region.

• Decadal climate predictions
• Potential predictability of low-frequency climate variations
• The Atlantic overturning circulation and its link to climate
• remote sensing of sea level and the cryosphere
• historical and future sea-level rise

• Gardner, A.S., G. Moholdt, A. Arendt, and B. Wouters (in open discussion)
  Long-term contributions of Baffin and Bylot Island Glaciers to sea level rise: an integrated approach using airborne and satellite laser altimetry, stereoscopic imagery and satellite gravimetry
  The Cryosphere Discussions
   
  
• Moholdt, G., B. Wouters and A.S. Gardner (in press)
  Recent mass changes of glaciers in the Russian High Arctic
  Geophys. Res. Lett.
   
  
• Sasgen, I., M. van den Broeke, J.L. Bamber, E. Rignot, L.S. Sorensen, B. Wouters, Z. Martinec, I Velicogna, S.B. Simonsen (accepted)
  Timing and origin of recent regional ice-mass loss in Greenland
  Earth and Planetary Science Letters
   
  
• Wouters, B., S. Drijfhout, W. Hazeleger (accepted)
  North-Atlantic Interdecadal Meridional Overturning Circulation Variability in EC-EARTH
  Climate Dynamics
   
  
• Du, H., F.J. Doblas-Reyes, J. García-Serrano, V. Guémas, Y. Soufflet and B. Wouters (accepted)
  Sensitivity of decadal predictions to the initial atmospheric and oceanic perturbations
  Climate Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s00382-011-1285-9
   
  
• Baart, F., P.H.A.J.M. van Gelder, J. de Ronde, M. van Koningsveld and B. Wouters (2012)
  The Effect of the 18.6-Year Lunar Nodal Cycle on Regional Sea-Level Rise Estimates
  Journal of Coastal Research, 28 (2), 511-516, doi:10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-11-00169.1
   
  
• Oldenborgh, G. J., F.J. Doblas-Reyes, B. Wouters and W. Hazeleger (2012)
  Decadal prediction skill in a multi-model ensemble.
  Climate Dynamics, 38 (7-8), 1263-1280, doi: 10.1007/s00382-012-1313-4
   
  
• Gardner, A.S., G. Moholdt, B. Wouters, G.J. Wolken, D.O. Burgess, M.J. Sharp, J.G. Cogley, C. Braun and C. Labine (2011)
  Sharply increased mass loss from glaciers and ice caps in the Canadian Artic Archipelago
  Nature, doi:10.1038/nature10089. more info (here)
   
  
• Schrama, E. J. O., and B. Wouters (2011)
  Revisiting Greenland ice sheet mass loss observed by GRACE
  Journal of Geophysical Research (Solid Earth), 116, B02,407, doi:10.1029/2009JB006847.
   
  
• Wouters, B., R. E. M. Riva, D. A. Lavallée, and J. L. Bamber (2011)
  Seasonal variations in sea level induced by continental water mass: First results from GRACE
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L03,303, doi:10.1029/2010GL046128
   
  
• Schrama, E., B. Wouters, and B. Vermeersen (2011)
  Present Day Regional Mass Loss of Greenland Observed with Satellite Gravimetry
  Surveys in Geophysics, pp. 5-+, doi:10.1007/s10712-011-9113-7.
   
  
• Wouters, B., and D. Chambers (2010)
  Analysis of seasonal ocean bottom pressure variability in the Gulf of Thailand from GRACE
  Global and Planetary Change, 74, 76-81.
   
  
• Riva, R. E. M., J. L. Bamber, D. A. Lavallée, and B. Wouters (2010)
  Sea-level fingerprint of continental water and ice mass change from GRACE
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L19,605, doi:10.1029/2010GL044770.
   
  
• van den Broeke, Bamber, Ettema, Rignot, Schrama, van de Berg, van Meijgaard, I. Velicogna, and B. Wouters (2009)
  Partitioning Recent Greenland Mass Loss
  Science, 326, 984-, doi:10.1126/science.1178176.
   
  
• Wouters, B., D. Chambers, and E. J. O. Schrama (2008)
  GRACE observes small-scale mass loss in Greenland
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L20,501, doi:10.1029/2008GL034816.
   
  
• Schrama, E. J. O., and B. Wouters (2008)
  Surface mass loading estimates from GRACE and GPS
  IAG GGEO2008 proceedings, Chania, Crete.
   
  
• Wouters, B., and E. J. O. Schrama (2007)
  Improved accuracy of GRACE gravity solutions through empirical orthogonal function filtering of spherical harmonics
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L23,711, doi:10.1029/2007GL032098.
   
  
• Schrama, E. J. O., B. Wouters, and D. A. Lavallée (2007)
  Signal and noise in Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) observed surface mass variations
  Journal of Geophysical Research (Solid Earth), 112, B08,407, doi:10.1029/2006JB004882.
   
  
• Rietbroek,R., P. LeGrand, B. Wouters, J. Lemoine, G. Ramillien, and C. W. Hughes (2006)
  Comparison of in situ bottom pressure data with GRACE gravimetry in the Crozet-Kerguelen region
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L21,601, doi:10.1029/2006GL027452.
   
  

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