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Dr. M.L.J. (Michiel) Baatsen

Assistant Professor 
Science
Physics
Marine and Atmospheric Research
Dynamics Meteorology
Dynamics Meteorology
Buys Ballotgebouw
Princetonplein 5
Kamer 6.68
3584 CC Utrecht

Dr. M.L.J. (Michiel) Baatsen

Assistant Professor
Dynamics Meteorology
+31 30 253 3275
m.l.j.baatsen@uu.nl
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Research areas

Publications

2024

Scholarly publications

Oldeman, A. M., Baatsen, M. L. J., Von Der Heydt, A. S., Selten, F. M., & Dijkstra, H. A. (2024). Similar North Pacific variability despite suppressed El Niño variability in the warm mid-Pliocene climate. Earth System Dynamics, 15(4), 1037-1054. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-15-1037-2024
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/236823594/esd-15-1037-2024.pdf
Sun, Y., Wu, H., Ding, L., Chen, L., Stepanek, C., Zhao, Y., Tan, N., Su, B., Yuan, X., Zhang, W., Liu, B., Hunter, S., Haywood, A., Abe-Ouchi, A., Otto-Bliesner, B., Contoux, C., Lunt, D. J., Dolan, A., Chandan, D., ... Ramstein, G. (2024). Decomposition of physical processes controlling EASM precipitation changes during the mid-Piacenzian: new insights into data–model integration. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 7(1), Article 120. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-024-00668-4
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/228553756/s41612-024-00668-4.pdf
Sterl, M. F., Lacasce, J. H., Groeskamp, S., Nummelin, A., Isachsen, P. E., & Baatsen, M. L. J. (2024). Suppression of Mesoscale Eddy Mixing by Topographic PV Gradients. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 54(5), 1089-1103. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0142.1
Zhang, K., Sun, Y., Zhang, Z., Stepanek, C., Feng, R., Hill, D., Lohmann, G., Dolan, A., Haywood, A., Abe-Ouchi, A., Otto-Bliesner, B., Contoux, C., Chandan, D., Ramstein, G., Dowsett, H., Tindall, J., Baatsen, M., Tan, N., Peltier, W. R., ... Zhang, X. (2024). Revisiting the physical processes controlling the tropical atmospheric circulation changes during the Mid-Piacenzian Warm Period. Quaternary International, 682, 46-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2024.01.001
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/438458/1-s2.0-S1040618224000016-main.pdf?sequence=1
Baatsen, M., Bijl, P., Von Der Heydt, A., Sluijs, A., & Dijkstra, H. (2024). Resilient Antarctic monsoonal climate prevented ice growth during the Eocene. Climate of the Past, 20(1), 77-90. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-77-2024
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/437440/cp-20-77-2024.pdf?sequence=1
Oldeman, A. M., Baatsen, M. L. J., Heydt, A. S. V. D., Delden, A. J. V., & Dijkstra, H. A. (2024). Mid-Pliocene not analogous to high-CO2 climate when considering Northern Hemisphere winter variability. Weather and Climate Dynamics, 5(1), 395-417. https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-395-2024
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/437438/wcd-5-395-2024.pdf?sequence=1

2023

Scholarly publications

Ren, X., Lunt, D. J., Hendy, E., Von Der Heydt, A., Abe-Ouchi, A., Otto-Bliesner, B., Williams, C. J. R., Stepanek, C., Guo, C., Chandan, D., Lohmann, G., Tindall, J. C., Sohl, L. E., Chandler, M. A., Kageyama, M., Baatsen, M. L. J., Tan, N., Zhang, Q., Feng, R., ... Haywood, A. M. (2023). The hydrological cycle and ocean circulation of the Maritime Continent in the Pliocene: results from PlioMIP2. Climate of the Past, 19(10), 2053-2077. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-2053-2023
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/435273/cp-19-2053-2023.pdf?sequence=1
Michel, S. L. L., von der Heydt, A. S., van Westen, R. M., Baatsen, M. L. J., & Dijkstra, H. A. (2023). Increased wintertime European atmospheric blocking frequencies in General Circulation Models with an eddy-permitting ocean. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 6(1), Article 50. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-023-00372-9
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/428844/s41612_023_00372_9.pdf?sequence=1
Goudsmit-Harzevoort, B., Lansu, A., Baatsen, M. L. J., von der Heydt, A. S., de Winter, N. J., Zhang, Y., Abe-Ouchi, A., de Boer, A., Chan, W. L., Donnadieu, Y., Hutchinson, D. K., Knorr, G., Ladant, J. B., Morozova, P., Niezgodzki, I., Steinig, S., Tripati, A., Zhang, Z., Zhu, J., & Ziegler, M. (2023). The Relationship Between the Global Mean Deep-Sea and Surface Temperature During the Early Eocene. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 38(3), Article e2022PA004532. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022PA004532
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/427769/Paleoceanog_and_Paleoclimatol_2023_Goudsmit_Harzevoort_The_Relationship_Between_the_Global_Mean_Deep_Sea_and_Surface.pdf?sequence=1
Weiffenbach, J. E., Baatsen, M. L. J., Dijkstra, H. A., Heydt, A. S. V. D., Abe-Ouchi, A., Brady, E. C., Chan, W.-L., Chandan, D., Chandler, M. A., Contoux, C., Feng, R., Guo, C., Han, Z., Haywood, A. M., Li, Q., Li, X., Lohmann, G., Lunt, D. J., Nisancioglu, K. H., ... Zhang, Z. (2023). Unraveling the mechanisms and implications of a stronger mid-Pliocene Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) in PlioMIP2. Climate of the Past, 19(1), 61-85. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-61-2023
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/426663/cp_19_61_2023.pdf?sequence=1

2022

Scholarly publications

Pontes, G. M., Taschetto, A. S., Sen Gupta, A., Santoso, A., Wainer, I., Haywood, A. M., Chan, W.-L., Abe-Ouchi, A., Stepanek, C., Lohmann, G., Hunter, S. J., Tindall, J. C., Chandler, M. A., Sohl, L. E., Peltier, W. R., Chandan, D., Kamae, Y., Nisancioglu, K. H., Zhang, Z., ... Oldeman, A. M. (2022). Mid-Pliocene El Niño/Southern Oscillation suppressed by Pacific intertropical convergence zone shift. Nature Geoscience, 15(9), 726–734. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-00999-y
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/422747/s41561_022_00999_y.pdf?sequence=1
Nooteboom, P., Baatsen, M., Bijl, P., Kliphuis, M., van Sebille, E., Sluijs, A., Dijkstra, H., & von der Heydt, A. (2022). Improved Model-Data Agreement With Strongly Eddying Ocean Simulations in the Middle-Late Eocene. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 37(8), 1-13. Article e2021PA004405. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021PA004405
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/422252/Paleoceanog_and_Paleoclimatol_2022_Nooteboom_Improved_Model_Data_Agreement_With_Strongly_Eddying_Ocean_Simulations_in.pdf?sequence=1
Baatsen, M., von der Heydt, A., Kliphuis, M., Oldeman, A., & Weiffenbach, J. (2022). Warm mid-Pliocene conditions without high climate sensitivity: the CCSM4-Utrecht (CESM 1.0.5) contribution to the PlioMIP2. Climate of the Past, 18(4), 657-679. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-657-2022
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/423962/cp_18_657_2022.pdf?sequence=1

2021

Scholarly publications

Han, Z., Zhang, Q., Li, Q., Feng, R., Haywood, A. M., Tindall, J. C., Hunter, S. J., Otto-Bliesner, B. L., Brady, E. C., Rosenbloom, N., Zhang, Z., Li, X., Guo, C., Nisancioglu, K. H., Stepanek, C., Lohmann, G., Sohl, L. E., Chandler, M. A., Tan, N., ... Burls, N. J. (2021). Evaluating the large-scale hydrological cycle response within the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2 (PlioMIP2) ensemble. Climate of the Past, 17(6), 2537-2558. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-2537-2021
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/416397/cp_17_2537_2021.pdf?sequence=1
Oldeman, A., Baatsen, M., von der Heydt, A., & Dijkstra, H. (2021). Reduced El Niño variability in the mid-Pliocene according to the PlioMIP2 ensemble. Climate of the Past, 17(6), 2427-2450. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-2427-2021
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/413704/cp_17_2427_2021.pdf?sequence=1
Berntell, E., Zhang, Q., Li, Q., Haywood, A. M., Tindall, J. C., Hunter, S. J., Zhang, Z., Li, X., Guo, C., Nisancioglu, K. H., Stepanek, C., Lohmann, G., Sohl, L. E., Chandler, M. A., Tan, N., Contoux, C., Ramstein, G., Baatsen, M. L. J., Von Der Heydt, A. S., ... Brady, E. C. (2021). Mid-Pliocene West African Monsoon rainfall as simulated in the PlioMIP2 ensemble. Climate of the Past, 17(4), 1777-1794. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1777-2021
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/413146/cp_17_1777_2021.pdf?sequence=1
Poblete, F., Dupont-Nivet, G., Licht, A., van Hinsbergen, D. J. J., Roperch, P., Mihalynuk, M. G., Johnston, S. T., Guillocheau, F., Baby, G., Fluteau, F., Robin, C., van der Linden, T. J. M., Ruiz, D., & Baatsen, M. L. J. (2021). Towards interactive global paleogeographic maps, new reconstructions at 60, 40 and 20 Ma. Earth-Science Reviews, 214, 1-27. Article 103508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103508
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/412632/1_s2.0_S0012825221000076_main.pdf?sequence=1
Hutchinson, D. K., Coxall, H. K., Lunt, D. J., Steinthorsdottir, M., de Boer, A. M., Baatsen, M., von der Heydt, A., Huber, M., Kennedy-Asser, A. T., Kunzmann, L., Ladant, J.-B., Lear, C. H., Moraweck, K., Pearson, P. N., Piga, E., Pound, M. J., Salzmann, U., Scher, H. D., Sijp, W. P., ... Zhang, Z. (2021). The Eocene–Oligocene transition: a review of marine and terrestrial proxy data, models and model–data comparisons. Climate of the Past, 17(1), 269-315. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-269-2021
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/411475/cp_17_269_2021.pdf?sequence=1
Zhang, Z., Li, X., Guo, C., Otterå, O. H., Nisancioglu, K., Tan, N., Contoux, C., Ramstein, G., Feng, R., Otto-Bliesner, B., Brady, E., Chandan, D., Peltier, W. R., Baatsen, M., von der Heydt, A., Weiffenbach, J., Stepanek, C., Lohmann, G., Zhang, Q., ... Abe-Ouchi, A. (2021). Mid-Pliocene Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation simulated in PlioMIP2. Climate of the Past, 17(1), 529-543. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-529-2021
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/411474/cp_17_529_2021.pdf?sequence=1

2020

Scholarly publications

Baatsen, M., von der Heydt, A., Huber, M., Kliphuis, M., Bijl, P., Sluijs, A., & Dijkstra, H. (2020). The middle-to-late Eocene greenhouse climate, modelled using the CESM 1.0.5. (pp. 1-44). (Climate of the Past Discussions). EGU. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-2020-29
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/433279/cp-2020-29.pdf?sequence=1
Hutchinson, D., Coxall, H., Lunt, D., Steinthorsdottir, M., de Boer, A., Baatsen, M., von der Heydt, A., Huber, M., Kennedy-Asser, A., Kunzmann, L., Ladant, J.-B., Lear, C., Moraweck, K., Pearson, P., Piga, E., Pound, M., Salzmann, U., Scher, H., Sijp, W., ... Zhang, Z. (2020). The Eocene-Oligocene transition: a review of marine and terrestrial proxy data, models and model-data comparisons. (Climate of the Past). EGU. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-2020-68
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/431732/cp-2020-68.pdf?sequence=1
Baatsen, M., Von Der Heydt, A. S., Huber, M., Kliphuis, M. A., Bijl, P. K., Sluijs, A., & Dijkstra, H. A. (2020). The middle to late Eocene greenhouse climate modelled using the CESM 1.0.5. Climate of the Past, 16(6), 2573-2597. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-2573-2020
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/410741/cp_16_2573_2020.pdf?sequence=1
McClymont, E. L., Ford, H. L., Ling Ho, S., Tindall, J. C., Haywood, A. M., Alonso-Garcia, M., Bailey, I., Berke, M. A., Littler, K., Patterson, M. O., Petrick, B., Peterse, F., Christina Ravelo, A., Risebrobakken, B., De Schepper, S., Swann, G. E. A., Thirumalai, K., Tierney, J. E., van der Weijst, C., ... Zhang, Z. (2020). Lessons from a high-CO2 world: An ocean view from ∼3 million years ago. Climate of the Past, 16(4), 1599-1615. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-1599-2020
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/408990/cp_16_1599_2020.pdf?sequence=1
de Nooijer, W., Zhang, Q., Li, Q., Zhang, Q., Li, X., Zhang, Z., Guo, C., Nisancioglu, K., Haywood, A., Tindall, J., Hunter, S., Dowsett, H., Stepanek, C., Lohmann, G., Otto-Bliesner, B., Feng, R., Sohl, L., Tan, N., Contoux, C., ... Brierley, C. (2020). Evaluation of Arctic warming in mid-Pliocene climate simulations. Climate of the Past, 16(6), 2325-2341. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-2325-2020
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/408888/cp_16_2325_2020.pdf?sequence=1
Haywood, AM., Tindall, JC., Dowsett, HJ., Dolan, AM., Foley, KM., Hunter, SJ., Hill, DJ., Chan, W.-L., Abe-Ouchi, A., Stepanek, C., Lohmann, G., Chandan, D., Peltier, WR., Tan, N., Contoux, C., Ramstein, G., Li, X., Zhang, Z., Guo, C., ... Lunt, DJ. (2020). The Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2: A return to large-scale features of Pliocene climate sensitivity. Climate of the Past, 16, 2095-2123. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-2095-2020
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/408123/cp_16_2095_2020.pdf?sequence=1

2019

Scholarly publications

Baatsen, M. L. J. (2019). The Middle-to-late Eocene Climate: Simulated using the CESM 1.0.5. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Universiteit Utrecht.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/374921/main-thesis.pdf?sequence=1

2018

Scholarly publications

Baatsen, M. L. J., von der Heydt, A. S., Huber, M., Kliphuis, M., Bijl, P. K., Sluijs, A., & Dijkstra, H. A. (2018). Equilibrium state and sensitivity of the simulated middle-to-late Eocene climate. (Climate of the Past). EGU. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-2018-43
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/432139/cp-2018-43.pdf?sequence=1
Baatsen, M. L. J., von der Heydt, A. S., Kliphuis, M., Viebahn, J., & Dijkstra, H. A. (2018). Multiple states in the late Eocene ocean circulation. Global and Planetary Change, 163, 18-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.02.009
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/363505/1_s2.0_S0921818118300250_main.pdf?sequence=1

2017

Scholarly publications

Mulder, T. E., Baatsen, M. L. J., Wubs, F. W., & Dijkstra, H. A. (2017). Efficient computation of past global ocean circulation patterns using continuation in paleobathymetry. Ocean Modelling, 115, 77-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2017.05.010
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/361690/1_s2.0_S1463500317300811_main.pdf?sequence=1
Lunt, D. J., Huber, M., Baatsen, M. L. J., Caballero, R., DeConto, R., Donnadieu, Y., Evans, D., Feng, R., Foster, G., Gasson, E., von der Heydt, A. S., Hollis, C. J., Kirtland Turner, S., Korty, R. L., Kozdon, R., Krishnan, S., Ladant, J. .-B., Langebroek, P., Lear, C. H., ... Zeebe, R. (2017). The DeepMIP contribution to PMIP4: experimental design for model simulations of the EECO, PETM, and pre-PETM. Geoscientific Model Development, 10(2), 889-901. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-889-2017
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/341107/deepmip.pdf?sequence=3

2016

Scholarly publications

Baatsen, M., van Hinsbergen, D. J. J., von der Heydt, A. S., Dijkstra, H. A., Sluijs, A., Abels, H. A., & Bijl, P. K. (2016). Reconstructing geographical boundary conditions for palaeoclimate modelling during the Cenozoic. Climate of the Past, 12, 1635-1644. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1635-2016
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/341105/cp_12_1635_2016.pdf?sequence=1

2014

Scholarly publications

Baatsen, M., Haarsma, R. J., Van Delden, A. J., & De Vries, H. (2014). Severe Autumn storms in future Western Europe with a warmer Atlantic Ocean. Climate Dynamics, 949–964. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2329-8

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