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Dr. C.E. (Claudia) Wieners

Assistant Professor 
Science
Physics
Marine and Atmospheric Research
Physical Oceanography
Physical Oceanography
Buys Ballotgebouw
Princetonplein 5
3584 CC Utrecht

Dr. C.E. (Claudia) Wieners

Assistant Professor
Physical Oceanography
c.e.wieners@uu.nl
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Profile CV Publications In the media Research Teaching Ancillary activities Outreach and public engagement Theses Contact
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Research areas

Open letter: "Solar Radiation Modification is risky, but so is rejecting it - a call for open research". 

Publications

2024

Scholarly publications

Wieners, C. E., & Hálfdanarson, G. (2024). "more poison than words can describe": What did people die of after the 1783 Laki eruption in Iceland? Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 24(9), 2971-2994. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-2971-2024
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/239371990/nhess-24-2971-2024.pdf
Grubb, M., Lange, R. J., Cerkez, N., Sognnaes, I., Wieners, C., & Salas, P. (2024). Dynamic determinants of optimal global climate policy. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 71, 490-508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2024.07.005
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/239369865/1-s2.0-S0954349X24001000-main.pdf
Fang, X., Dijkstra, H., Wieners, C., & Guardamagna, F. (2024). A Nonlinear Full-Field Conceptual Model for ENSO Diversity. Journal of Climate, 37(14), 3759-3774. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0382.1
Fang, X., Dijkstra, H., Wieners, C., & Guardamagna, F. (2024). An overlooked aspect concerning the effect of the spatial pattern of zonal wind stress anomalies on El Niño evolution and diversity. Climate Dynamics, 62(8), 7037-7047. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-024-07264-5
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/241230949/s00382-024-07264-5.pdf
Guardamagna, F., Wieners, C., Fang, X., & Dijkstra, H. (2024). Detection of limit cycle signatures of El Niño in models and observations using reservoir computing. Journal of Physics: Complexity, 5(1), Article 015016. https://doi.org/10.1088/2632-072X/ad2699
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436813/Guardamagna_2024_J._Phys._Complex._5_015016.pdf?sequence=1
Martinez Montero, M., Brede, N., Couplet, V., Crucifix, M., Botta, N., & Wieners, C. (2024). Lost options commitment: How short-term policies affect long-term scope of action. Oxford Open Climate Change, 4(1), Article kgae004. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfclm/kgae004
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436817/kgae004.pdf?sequence=1
Pflüger, D., Wieners, C., Van Kampenhout, L., Wijngaard, R. R., & Dijkstra, H. (2024). Flawed Emergency Intervention: Slow Ocean Response to Abrupt Stratospheric Aerosol Injection. Geophysical Research Letters, 51(5), Article e2023GL106132. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106132
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436816/Geophysical_Research_Letters_-_2024_-_Pfl_ger_-_Flawed_Emergency_Intervention_Slow_Ocean_Response_to_Abrupt_Stratospheric.pdf?sequence=1

2023

Scholarly publications

Lenton, T. M., Armstrong McKay, D. I., Loriani, S., Abrams, J. F., Lade, S. J., Donges, J., Buxton, J. E., Milkoreit, M., Powell, T., Smith, S. R., Zimm, C., Bailey, E., Dyke, J. G., Ghadiali, A., Laybourn, L., & Wieners, C. (2023). Global Tipping Points. https://global-tipping-points.org
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436154/GTP-Full-Document.pdf?sequence=1
Wieners, C., & Hálfdanarson, G. (2023). "More poison than words can describe": What did people die of after the 1783 Laki eruption? EGU. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2474
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/433146/egusphere-2023-2474.pdf?sequence=1
Futerman, G., Adhikari, M., Duffey, A., Fan, Y., Irvine, P., Gurevitch, J., & Wieners, C. (2023). The interaction of Solar Radiation Modification and Earth System Tipping Elements. EGU. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1753
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/432653/egusphere-2023-1753.pdf?sequence=1
Martinez Montero, M., Brede, N., Couplet, V., Crucifix, M., Botta, N., & Wieners, C. (2023). Lost options commitment: how short-term policies affect long-term scope of action. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2309.07743
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/432397/2309.07743.pdf?sequence=1
Pflüger, D., Wieners, C., van Kampenhout, L., Wijngaard, R., & Dijkstra, H. (2023). No Emergency Brake: Slow Ocean Response to Abrupt Stratospheric Aerosol Injection. ESS Open Archive. https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.169447423.32818318/v1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/432406/662678.pdf?sequence=1
di Benedetto, A., Wieners, C., Dijkstra, H., & Stoof, H. (2023). Media preference increases polarization in an agent-based election model. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 626, Article 129014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2023.129014, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2023.129014
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/432383/1-s2.0-S0378437123005691-main.pdf?sequence=1
Wieners, C., Hofbauer, B., de Vries, I., Honegger, M., Visioni, D., Russchenberg, H., & Felgenhauer, T. (2023). Solar Radiation Modification is risky, but so is rejecting it: A call for balanced research. Oxford Open Climate Change, 3(1), Article kgad002. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfclm/kgad002
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/433125/kgad002.pdf?sequence=1

2021

Scholarly publications

Grubb, M., Wieners, C. E., & Yang, P. (2021). Modeling myths: On DICE and dynamic realism in integrated assessment models of climate change mitigation. WIREs Climate Change, 12(3), Article e698. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.698
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/411410/wcc.698.pdf?sequence=1

2020

Scholarly publications

Wieners, C. E. (2020). Tropical variability changes in global warming: Pacific and Atlantic Niños under climate change. In C. R. Mechoso (Ed.), Interacting Climates of Ocean Basins: Observations, Mechanisms, Predictability, and Impacts (pp. 293-298). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108610995.010
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/428972/Tropical_Variability_Changes_with_Global_Warming.pdf?sequence=1
Wieners, C. E. (2020). Haze, Hunger, Hesitation: Disaster Aid after the 1783 Lakagígar Eruption. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 406, Article 107080. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2020.107080
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/409581/1_s2.0_S0377027319305220_main.pdf?sequence=1
Grubb, M., & Wieners, C. E. (2020). Modeling Myths: On the Need for Dynamic Realism in DICE and other Equilibrium Models of Global Climate Mitigation. Institute for New Economic Thinking. https://www.ineteconomics.org/research/research-papers/modeling-myths-on-the-need-for-dynamic-realism-in-dice-and-other-equilibrium-models-of-global-climate-mitigation

2019

Scholarly publications

Helwegen, K. G., Wieners, C. E., Frank, J. E., & Dijkstra, H. A. (2019). Complementing CO2 emission reduction by solar radiation management might strongly enhance future welfare. Earth System Dynamics, 10(3), 453-472. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-10-453-2019
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/388908/complementing_CO2_emission.pdf?sequence=1
Wieners, C. E., Dijkstra, H. A., & de Ruijter, W. P. M. (2019). The interaction between the Western Indian Ocean and ENSO in CESM. Climate Dynamics, 52, 5153–5172. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-4438-2
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/432738/s00382-018-4438-2.pdf?sequence=1

2018

Scholarly publications

Wieners, C. E. (2018). Wagging the Pacific Dog by its Indian Tail? A west Indian Ocean Precursor to El Niño . [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/363351/Wieners.pdf?sequence=1

2017

Scholarly publications

Wieners, C. E., Dijkstra, H. A., & de Ruijter, W. P. M. (2017). The influence of the Indian Ocean on ENSO stability and flavor. Journal of Climate, 30(7), 2601-2620. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0516.1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/361717/jcli_d_16_0516.1.pdf?sequence=1
Wieners, C. E., Dijkstra, H. A., & de Ruijter, W. P. M. (2017). The influence of atmospheric convection on the interaction between the Indian Ocean and ENSO. Journal of Climate, 30(24), 10155-10178. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0081.1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/361183/wieners.pdf?sequence=1

2016

Scholarly publications

Wieners, C. E., de Ruijter, W. P. M., Ridderinkhof, W., von der Heydt, A. S., & Dijkstra, H. A. (2016). Coherent tropical Indo-Pacific interannual climate variability. Journal of Climate, 29, 4269-4291. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0262.1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/334664/Coherent.pdf?sequence=1

Populair science publications

 

Dutch:

"Klimaatverandering: ongegronde hysterie of naderende apocalyps?" (deFusie, Aug. 2014)

"Wanneer het kerstkindje een jaar te laat komt" (Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Natuurkunde, July 2016)

"Geoengineering: Cool Plan of Megalomania" (de Fusie, Dec. 2018)

"Opinie: Nederland moet wél inzetten op onderzoek naar innovatieve klimaattechnologie" (Volkskrant, Jan 2022)

English:

"Fire, Fog, Frost, Famine - French Revolution? The Lakagígar eruption in Iceland, 1783-1784" (EGU blog; 2 parts, May 2018)

"God does not play DICE - but Bill Nordhaus does! What 'Integrated Assessment Models' tell us about the economics of climate change" (EGU blog, Dec. 2018)

"Dear climate sceptic, do you have a fire insurance? – Climate policy under uncertainty" (EGU blog, Dec. 2019)

"The Geoengineering Question" (Project Syndicate, Sept. 2023)

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