Prof. Dr. Mihai R. Dima

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsClimatology,Oceanography
KeywordsGlobal warming, Observed and simulated climate variations, Interannual to millennial climate variability, Modes of climate variability, Physical mechanisms of climate changes

Current contact address

CountryRomania
CityMagurele
InstitutionUniversity of Bucharest
InstituteFaculty of Physics, Department of Matter Structure, Atomospheric and Earth Physics, Astrophysics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Gerrit LohmannFachbereich 05 - Geowissenschaften, Universität Bremen, Bremen
Prof. Dr. Gerrit LohmannAlfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI), Bremerhaven
Prof. Dr. Gerrit LohmannFachbereich Klimawissenschaften, Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI), Bremerhaven
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2004

Programme(s)

2003Roman Herzog Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2012Wei, W., Lohmann, G., and Dima, M.: Distinct modes of internal variability in the Global Meridional Overturning Circulation associated with the Southern Hemisphere westerly winds. In: Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2012, 785-801
2011Dima, M., and G. Lohmann: Hysteresis behavior of the Atlantic ocean circulation identified in observational data. In: Journal of Climate, 2011, 397-403
2010Dima, M., and G. Lohmann: Evidence for two distinct modes of large-scale ocean circulation changes over the last century. In: Journal of Climate, 2010, 5-16
2009Dima, M., and G. Lohmann: Conceptual model for millennial climate variability: a possible combined solar-thermohaline circulation origin for the ~1500-year cycle. In: Climate Dynamics, 2009, 301-311
2009Felis, T., Suzuki,A., Kuhnert, H., Dima, M., Lohmann, G., and Kawahata, H.: Subtropical coral reveals abrupt early- twentieth- century freshening in the western North Pacific Ocean . In: Geology, 2009, 527-530
2007Dima, M., and G. Lohmann: A Hemispheric Mechanism for the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation. In: Journal of Climate, 2007, 2706-2719
2007McGregor, H. V., Dima, M., Fischer, H. W., and S. Mulitza: Rapid 20th Century increase in coastal upwelling off northwest Africa. In: Science, 2007, 637-639
2005Dima, M., T. Felis, G. Lohmann, N. Rimbu Distinct modes of bidecadal and multidecadal variability in a climate reconstruction of the last centuries from a South Pacific coral. In: Climate Dynamics, 2005, 329-336
2005Rimbu, N., M. Dima, G. Lohmann, I. Musat: Seasonal prediction of Danube flow variability based on stable teleconnection with sea surface temperature. In: Geophysical Research Letters, 2005, 1-5
2005Dima, M., G. Lohmann, I. Dima: Solar induced and internal climate variability at decadal timescales . In: International Journal of Climatology, 2005, 713-733
2004Lohmann, G., N. Rimbu, M. Dima: Climate signature of solar irradiance variations: Analysis of long-term instrumental and historical data. In: International Journal of Climatology, 2004, 1045-1056
2004Dima, M., G. Lohmann: Fundamental and derived modes of climate variability. Concept and application to interannual variability. In: Tellus, 2004, 229-249
2004Rimbu, N., M. Dima, G. Lohmann, S. Stefan: Impacts of the North Atlantic Oscillation and the El Nino-Southern Oscillation on Danube river flow variability. In: Geophysical Research Letters, 2004, 1-4
2002Dima, M., N. Rimbu, I. Dima: Arctic Oscillation variability generated through inter-ocean interactions. In: Geophysical Research Letters, 2002, 1-4
2002Rimbu, N., C. Boroneant, C. Buta, M. Dima: Decadal variability of the Danube river streamflow in the lower basin and its relation with the North Atlantic Oscillation. In: International Journal of Climatology, 2002, 1169-1179
2001Dima, M., S. Stefan, V. Dima, D. Borsan: Interdecadal variability generated by interactions between Pacific and Atlantic oceans. In: Geophysical Research Letters, 2001, 4459-4462
2001Dima, M., N. Rimbu, S. Stefan, I. Dima: Quasi-Decadal Variability in the Atlantic Basin Involving Tropics-Midlatitudes and Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions. In: Journal of Climate, 2001, 823-832
1999Latif, M., D. Dommenget, M. Dima, A. Grötzner: The Role of Indian Ocean SST in Forcing East African Rainfall Anomalies during December-January 1997/98. In: Journal of Climate, 1999, 3497-3504