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Sybren Drijfhout is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Environmental Science. The main subfields of study covered in their work include Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Geophysics, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's research topics encompass several key areas, such as:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Cryospheric studies and observations

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Sybren Drijfhout include:

  • The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in High-Resolution Models, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Sensitivity of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation to Model Resolution in CMIP6 HighResMIP Simulations and Implications for Future Changes, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Communicating future sea-level rise uncertainty and ambiguity to assessment users, 2023, Nature Climate Change
  • IPCC AR6 Sea Level Projections, 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The decrease in ocean heat transport in response to global warming, 2023, Nature Climate Change

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sybren Drijfhout include Dewi Le Bars, Helene T. Hewitt, Jennifer Mecking, Robert E. Kopp, and Tamsin Edwards.

The scientist has published multiple works in a range of venues, with the most frequent publication outlets being Environmental Research Letters, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Ocean Science, Earth System Dynamics, and Nature Climate Change.

Best Publications

  • Lagrangian ocean analysis: Fundamentals and practices

    Erik van Sebille;Erik van Sebille;Stephen M. Griffies;Ryan Abernathey;Thomas P. Adams

  • Important role for ocean warming and increased ice-shelf melt in Antarctic sea-ice expansion

    R. Bintanja;G. J. van Oldenborgh;S. S. Drijfhout;B. Wouters

  • Indian‐Atlantic interocean exchange: Dynamics, estimation and impact

    W. P. M. de Ruijter;A. Biastoch;S. S. Drijfhout;J. R. E. Lutjeharms

  • Is a Decline of AMOC Causing the Warming Hole above the North Atlantic in Observed and Modeled Warming Patterns

    Sybren Drijfhout;Geert Jan van Oldenborgh;Andrea Cimatoribus

  • Making sense of palaeoclimate sensitivity

    E.J. Rohling;A. Sluijs;H.A. Dijkstra;P. Köhler

  • New climate change scenarios for the Netherlands

    B. van den Hurk;A.K. Tank;G. Lenderink;A. van Ulden

  • Catalogue of abrupt shifts in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change climate models

    Sybren Drijfhout;Sybren Drijfhout;Sebastian Bathiany;Sebastian Bathiany;Claudie Beaulieu;Victor Brovkin

  • Western Europe is warming much faster than expected

    G.J. van Oldenborgh;S.S. Drijfhout;A. van Ulden;R.J. Haarsma

  • Stability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: A Review and Synthesis

    W. Weijer;W. Cheng;W. Cheng;S. S. Drijfhout;A. V. Fedorov;A. V. Fedorov

  • The modern and glacial overturning circulation in the Atlantic ocean in PMIP coupled model simulations

    S.L. Weber;S.S. Drijfhout;Ayako Abe-Ouchi;Michel Crucifix

  • Making sense of palaeoclimate sensitivity

    E. J. Rohling;A. Sluijs;H. A. Dijkstra;P. Köhler

  • Historical and idealized climate model experiments: an intercomparison of Earth system models of intermediate complexity

    Michael Eby;Andrew J. Weaver;K. Alexander;K. Zickfeld

  • Response of the Atlantic overturning circulation to South Atlantic sources of buoyancy

    Wilbert Weijer;Wilhelmus P.M De Ruijter;Andreas Sterl;Sybren S Drijfhout

  • Tasman leakage: A new route in the global ocean conveyor belt

    Sabrina Speich;Bruno Blanke;Pedro de Vries;Sybren Drijfhout

  • A high-end sea level rise probabilistic projection including rapid Antarctic ice sheet mass loss

    Dewi Le Bars;Sybren Drijfhout;Sybren Drijfhout;Sybren Drijfhout;Hylke de Vries

  • Abrupt cooling over the North Atlantic in modern climate models.

    Giovanni Sgubin;Didier Swingedouw;Sybren Drijfhout;Yannick Mary

  • The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in High-Resolution Models

    Joël J.‐M. Hirschi;Bernard Barnier;Claus W. Böning;Arne Biastoch

  • Eddy-permitting ocean circulation hindcasts of past decades

    Bernard Barnier;Laurent Brodeau;Julien Le Sommer;Jean-Marc Molines

  • Sensitivity of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation to Model Resolution in CMIP6 HighResMIP Simulations and Implications for Future Changes

    Malcolm J. Roberts;Laura C. Jackson;Christopher D. Roberts;Virna Meccia

  • Warm winds from the Pacific caused extensive Arctic sea-ice melt in summer 2007

    Rune G. Graversen;Thorsten Mauritsen;Sybren Drijfhout;Michael Tjernström

  • Observations of a young Agulhas ring, Astrid, during MARE in March 2000

    H.M. van Aken;A.K. van Veldhoven;C. Veth;W.P.M. de Ruijter

Frequent Co-Authors

Wilco Hazeleger
Wilco Hazeleger Utrecht University
Henk A. Dijkstra
Henk A. Dijkstra Utrecht University
Andrew C. Coward
Andrew C. Coward National Oceanography Centre
Reindert J. Haarsma
Reindert J. Haarsma Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Geert Jan van Oldenborgh
Geert Jan van Oldenborgh Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
W. P. M. de Ruijter
W. P. M. de Ruijter Utrecht University
Ayako Abe-Ouchi
Ayako Abe-Ouchi University of Tokyo
Andreas Sterl
Andreas Sterl Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Fortunat Joos
Fortunat Joos University of Bern
Renato Spahni
Renato Spahni University of Bern

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