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Overview

Catia M. Domingues is affiliated with the National Oceanography Centre in the United Kingdom. Their research spans key areas in Earth and planetary sciences as well as environmental science, focusing extensively on global and planetary change, oceanography, and atmospheric science.

Their scholarly output includes notable recent papers such as "Heat stored in the Earth system: where does the energy go?" (2020) published in Earth system science data, "ACCESS-OM2 v1.0: a global ocean-sea ice model at three resolutions" (2020) in Geoscientific model development, and "Heat stored in the Earth system 1960-2020: where does the energy go?" (2023) also in Earth system science data. Further contributions include "An ensemble approach to quantify global mean sea-level rise over the 20th century from tide gauge reconstructions" (2021) in Environmental Research Letters and "What causes the spread of model projections of ocean dynamic sea-level change in response to greenhouse gas forcing?" (2020) in Climate Dynamics.

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including Abhishek Savita, Tim Boyer, Simon Marsland, Masayoshi Ishii, and Didier P. Monselesan. These collaborations have contributed to a diverse body of work in the field.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Earth system science data
  • Journal of Climate
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Journal of Physical Oceanography
  • Geoscientific model development

Domingues's research covers a variety of main topics, which include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Cryospheric studies and observations

Their scholarly focus aligns substantially with their primary fields of study:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Within these fields, they engage deeply with subfields such as:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Oceanography
  • Atmospheric Science

Through a combination of modeling, observational data, and interdisciplinary approaches, Catia M. Domingues contributes to advancing understanding of Earth system processes, particularly related to heat storage, sea-level rise, and climate variability. Their work regularly appears in high-impact journals dedicated to climate science and oceanographic research.

Best Publications

  • Improved estimates of upper-ocean warming and multi-decadal sea-level rise

    Catia M. Domingues;John A. Church;John A. Church;Neil J. White;Neil J. White;Peter J. Gleckler

  • Revisiting the Earth's sea-level and energy budgets from 1961 to 2008

    John A. Church;Neil J. White;Leonard F. Konikow;Catia M. Domingues

  • A review of global ocean temperature observations: Implications for ocean heat content estimates and climate change

    J. P. Abraham;M. Baringer;N. L. Bindoff;N. L. Bindoff;N. L. Bindoff;T. Boyer

  • Global sea-level budget 1993 - present

    Anny Cazenave;Benoit Meyssignac;Michael Ablain

  • Ice-sheet mass balance and climate change

    Edward Hanna;Francisco J. Navarro;Frank Pattyn;Catia M. Domingues

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • State of the Climate in 2014

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Heat stored in the Earth system: where does the energy go?

    Karina von Schuckmann;Lijing Cheng;Matthew D. Palmer;James Hansen

  • Understanding global sea levels: past, present and future

    John A. Church;John A. Church;Neil J. White;Neil J. White;Thorkild Aarup;W. Stanley Wilson

  • Changing Expendable Bathythermograph Fall Rates and Their Impact on Estimates of Thermosteric Sea Level Rise

    Susan E. Wijffels;Josh Willis;Catia M. Domingues;Paul Barker

  • Measuring Global Ocean Heat Content to Estimate the Earth Energy Imbalance

    Benoit Meyssignac;Tim Boyer;Zhongxiang Zhao;Maria Z. Hakuba;Maria Z. Hakuba

  • State of the Climate in 2018

    M. Ades;R. Adler;Laura S. Aldeco;G. Alejandra

  • Heat stored in the Earth system 1960–2020: where does the energy go?

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  • ACCESS-OM2 v1.0: A global ocean-sea ice model at three resolutions

    Andrew E. Kiss;Andrew McC. Hogg;Nicholas Hannah;Fabio Boeira Dias

  • The Leeuwin Current and its eddies: An introductory overview

    Anya Waite;P.A. Thompson;S.C. Pesant;S.C. Pesant;S.C. Pesant;M. Feng

  • Simulated Lagrangian pathways between the Leeuwin Current System and the upper-ocean circulation of the southeast Indian Ocean

    Catia M. Domingues;Catia M. Domingues;Mathew E. Maltrud;Susan E. Wijffels;John A. Church

  • Human-induced global ocean warming on multidecadal timescales

    P. J. Gleckler;B. D. Santer;C. M. Domingues;C. M. Domingues;D. W. Pierce

  • State of the Climate in 2016

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • An assessment of global and regional sea level for years 1993-2007 in a suite of interannual CORE-II simulations

    Stephen M. Griffies;Jianjun Yin;Paul J. Durack;Paul Goddard

  • Ocean reanalyses: Recent advances and unsolved challenges

    Andrea Storto;Aida Alvera-Azcárate;Magdalena Alonso Balmaseda;Alexander Barth

  • [Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

    J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;L. M. Alves;J. Ronchail

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Church
John A. Church University of New South Wales
Susan Wijffels
Susan Wijffels Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Timothy P. Boyer
Timothy P. Boyer National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Gregory C. Johnson
Gregory C. Johnson Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Masayoshi Ishii
Masayoshi Ishii Japan Meteorological Agency
Simon J. Marsland
Simon J. Marsland Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Neil J. White
Neil J. White CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Johannes W. Kaiser
Johannes W. Kaiser German Meteorological Service
Don P. Chambers
Don P. Chambers University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Nathaniel L. Bindoff
Nathaniel L. Bindoff University of Tasmania

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