An integrated weather-system perspective on the characteristics, dynamics and impacts of extreme seasons

Project Information

INTEXseas

Grant agreement ID: 787652

DOI

10.3030/787652

Project closed

EC signature date 15 May 2018

Start date 1 November 2018

End date 31 October 2023

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 2 500 000,00

EU contribution

€ 2 500 000,00

Coordinated by

EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH
Switzerland

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (34)

Warm conveyor belts in present-day and future climate simulations – Part 2: Role of potential vorticity production for cyclone intensification

Author(s): Hanin Binder; Hanna Joos; Michael Sprenger; Heini Wernli
Published in: Weather and Climate Dynamics, Issue 4, 2023, Page(s) 19-37, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.5194/wcd-4-19-2023

A Global Quantification of the Physical Processes Leading to Near‐Surface Cold Extremes

Author(s): Matthias Röthlisberger; Lukas Papritz
Published in: Geophysical Research Letters, Issue 50, 2023, Page(s) e2022GL101670, ISSN 0094-8276
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2022gl101670

Arctic Seasonal Variability and Extremes, and the Role of Weather Systems in a Changing Climate

Author(s): Katharina Hartmuth, Lukas Papritz, Maxi Boettcher, Heini Wernli
Published in: Geophysical Research Letters, Issue 50, 2023, Page(s) e2022GL102349, ISSN 0094-8276
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2022gl102349

Quantifying the physical processes leading to atmospheric hot extremes at a global scale

Author(s): Matthias Röthlisberger; Lukas Papritz
Published in: Nature Geoscience, Issue 16, 2023, Page(s) 210-216, ISSN 1752-0894
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000603856

Frequency anomalies and characteristics of extratropical cyclones during extremely wet, dry, windy, and calm seasons in the extratropics

Author(s): Hanin Binder, Heini Wernli
Published in: Weather and Climate Dynamics, Issue 6, 2025, Page(s) 151-170, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/wcd-6-151-2025

Breaking Rossby waves drive extreme precipitation in the world’s arid regions

Author(s): Andries Jan de Vries, Moshe Armon, Klaus Klingmüller, Raphael Portmann, Matthias Röthlisberger, Daniela I. V. Domeisen
Published in: Communications Earth & Environment, Issue 5, 2024, ISSN 2662-4435
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01633-y

Warm conveyor belts in present-day and future climate simulations - Part 1: Climatology and impacts

Author(s): Hanna Joos; Michael Sprenger; Hanin Binder; Urs Beyerle; Heini Wernli
Published in: Weather and Climate Dynamics, Issue 4, 2023, Page(s) 133-155, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000600372

A process-based anatomy of Mediterranean cyclones: from baroclinic lows to tropical-like systems

Author(s): Emmanouil Flaounas, Suzanne L. Gray, Franziska Teubler
Published in: Weather and Climate Dynamics, Issue 2/1, 2021, Page(s) 255-279, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.5194/wcd-2-255-2021

Meteorological history of low-forest-greenness events in Europe in 2002–2022

Author(s): Mauro Hermann; Matthias Röthlisberger; Arthur Gessler; Andreas Rigling; Cornelius Senf; Thomas Wohlgemuth; Heini Wernli
Published in: Biogeosciences, Issue 20, 2023, Page(s) 1155-1180, ISSN 1726-4170
Publisher: European Geosciences Union (EGU).
DOI: 10.5194/bg-20-1155-2023

Lagrangian formation pathways of moist anomalies in the trade-wind region during the dry season: two case studies from EUREC4A

Author(s): Leonie Villiger, Heini Wernli, Maxi Boettcher, Martin Hagen, Franziska Aemisegger
Published in: Weather and Climate Dynamics, Issue 3, 2022, Page(s) 59-88, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.5194/wcd-3-59-2022

The sensitivity of atmospheric blocking to upstream latent heating – numerical experiments

Author(s): Daniel Steinfeld, Maxi Boettcher, Richard Forbes, Stephan Pfahl
Published in: Weather and Climate Dynamics, Issue 1/2, 2020, Page(s) 405-426, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.5194/wcd-1-405-2020

Drastic increase in the magnitude of very rare summer-mean vapor pressure deficit extremes

Author(s): Mauro Hermann, Heini Wernli, Matthias Röthlisberger
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 15, 2024, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51305-w

A new framework for identifying and investigating seasonal climate extremes

Author(s): Matthias Röthlisberger, Mauro Hermann, Christoph Frei, Fabio Lehner, Erich M. Fischer, Reto Knutti, and Heini Wernli
Published in: Journal of Climate, Issue 34, 2021, Page(s) 7761-7782, ISSN 0894-8755
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
DOI: 10.1175/jcli-d-20-0953.1

A Lagrangian analysis of the dynamical and thermodynamic drivers of large-scale Greenland melt events during 1979–2017

Author(s): Mauro Hermann, Lukas Papritz, Heini Wernli
Published in: Weather and Climate Dynamics, Issue 1/2, 2020, Page(s) 497-518, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.5194/wcd-1-497-2020

Moisture origin, transport pathways, and driving processes of intense wintertime moisture transport into the Arctic

Author(s): Lukas Papritz, David Hauswirth, Katharina Hartmuth
Published in: Weather and Climate Dynamics, Issue 3, 2022, Page(s) 1-20, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.5194/wcd-3-1-2022

How intense daily precipitation depends on temperature and the occurrence of specific weather systems – an investigation with ERA5 reanalyses in the extratropical Northern Hemisphere

Author(s): Philipp Zschenderlein, Heini Wernli
Published in: Weather and Climate Dynamics, Issue 3, 2022, Page(s) 391-411, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.5194/wcd-3-391-2022

The ERA5 Extreme Seasons Explorer as a Basis for Research at the Weather and Climate Interface

Author(s): Maxi Boettcher, Matthias Röthlisberger, Roman Attinger, Joëlle Rieder, Heini Wernli
Published in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Issue 104, 2023, Page(s) E631–E644, ISSN 0003-0007
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
DOI: 10.1175/bams-d-21-0348.1

The role of cyclones and potential vorticity cutoffs for the occurrence of unusually long wet spells in Europe

Author(s): Matthias Röthlisberger; Barbara Scherrer; Andries Jan de Vries; Raphael Portmann
Published in: Weather and Climate Dynamics, Issue 3, 2022, Page(s) 733-754, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.5194/wcd-3-733-2022

Identification, characteristics and dynamics of Arctic extreme seasons

Author(s): Katharina Hartmuth, Maxi Boettcher, Heini Wernli, Lukas Papritz
Published in: Weather and Climate Dynamics, Issue 3, 2022, Page(s) 89-111, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.5194/wcd-3-89-2022

Systematic assessment of the diabatic processes that modify low-level potential vorticity in extratropical cyclones

Author(s): Roman Attinger, Elisa Spreitzer, Maxi Boettcher, Heini Wernli, and Hanna Joos
Published in: Weather and Climate Dynamics, Issue 2, 2021, Page(s) 1073-1091, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
DOI: 10.5194/wcd-2-1073-2021

The substructure of extremely hot summers in the Northern Hemisphere

Author(s): Matthias Röthlisberger, Michael Sprenger, Emmanouil Flaounas, Urs Beyerle, Heini Wernli
Published in: Weather and Climate Dynamics, Issue 1/1, 2020, Page(s) 45-62, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.5194/wcd-1-45-2020

Vertical cloud structure of warm conveyor belts – a comparison and evaluation of ERA5 reanalysis, CloudSat and CALIPSO data

Author(s): Hanin Binder, Maxi Boettcher, Hanna Joos, Michael Sprenger, Heini Wernli
Published in: Weather and Climate Dynamics, Issue 1/2, 2020, Page(s) 577-595, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.5194/wcd-1-577-2020

Recurrent Rossby Wave Packets Modulate the Persistence of Dry and Wet Spells Across the Globe

Author(s): S. Mubashshir Ali, Olivia Martius, Matthias Röthlisberger
Published in: Geophysical Research Letters, Issue 48/5, 2021, Page(s) e2020GL091452, ISSN 0094-8276
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2020gl091452

Integration-based extraction and visualization of jet stream cores

Author(s): Lukas Bösiger, Michael Sprenger, Maxi Boettcher, Hanna Joos, Tobias Günther
Published in: Geoscience Model Development, Issue 15, 2022, Page(s) 1079-1096, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-15-1079-2022

The Role of Local and Remote Processes for Wintertime Surface Energy Budget Extremes over Arctic Sea Ice

Author(s): Lukas Papritz; Sonja Murto; Matthias Röthlisberger; Rodrigo Caballero; Gabriele Messori; Gunilla Svensson; Heini Wernli
Published in: Journal of Climate, Issue 36, 2023, Page(s) 7657-7674, ISSN 0894-8755
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
DOI: 10.1175/jcli-d-22-0883.1

Lagrangian matches between observations from aircraft, lidar and radar in a warm conveyor belt crossing orography

Author(s): Maxi Boettcher, Andreas Schäfler, Michael Sprenger, Harald Sodemann, Stefan Kaufmann, Christiane Voigt, Hans Schlager, Donato Summa, Paolo Di Girolamo, Daniele Nerini, Urs Germann, Heini Wernli
Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Issue 21/7, 2021, Page(s) 5477-5498, ISSN 1680-7324
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.5194/acp-21-5477-2021

Aquaplanet simulations with winter and summer hemispheres: model setup and circulation response to warming

Author(s): Sebastian Schemm, Matthias Röthlisberger
Published in: Weather and Climate Dynamics, Issue 5, 2024, Page(s) 43-63, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.5194/wcd-5-43-2024

A Novel Temperature Anomaly Source Diagnostic: Method and Application to the 2021 Heatwave in the Pacific Northwest

Author(s): Lukas Papritz; Matthias Röthlisberger
Published in: Geophysical Research Letters, Issue 50, 2023, Page(s) e2023GL105641, ISSN 0094-8276
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2023gl105641

Characteristics and dynamics of extreme winters in the Barents Sea in a changing climate

Author(s): Katharina Hartmuth, Heini Wernli, Lukas Papritz
Published in: Weather and Climate Dynamics, Issue 6, 2025, Page(s) 505-520, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/wcd-6-505-2025

Recurrent Rossby waves and south-eastern Australian heatwaves

Author(s): S. Mubashshir Ali; Matthias Röthlisberger; Tess Parker; Kai Kornhuber; Olivia Martius
Published in: Weather and Climate Dynamics, Issue 3, 2022, Page(s) 1139–1156, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000583031

The role of air–sea fluxes for the water vapour isotope signals in the cold and warm sectors of extratropical cyclones over the Southern Ocean

Author(s): Iris Thurnherr, Katharina Hartmuth, Lukas Jansing, Josué Gehring, Maxi Boettcher, Irina Gorodetskaya, Martin Werner, Heini Wernli, and Franziska Aemisegger
Published in: Weather and Climate Dynamics, Issue 2, 2021, Page(s) 331-357, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: Copernicus publications
DOI: 10.5194/wcd-2-331-2021

Observations and simulation of intense convection embedded in a warm conveyor belt – how ambient vertical wind shear determines the dynamical impact

Author(s): Annika Oertel, Michael Sprenger, Hanna Joos, Maxi Boettcher, Heike Konow, Martin Hagen, and Heini Wernli
Published in: Weather and Climate Dynamics, Issue 2, 2021, Page(s) 89-110, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
DOI: 10.5194/wcd-2-89-2021

Dynamics of concurrent and sequential Central European and Scandinavian heatwaves

Author(s): C. Spensberger, E. Madonna, M. Boettcher, C. M. Grams, L. Papritz, J. F. Quinting, M. Röthlisberger, M. Sprenger, P. Zschenderlein
Published in: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Issue 146/732, 2020, Page(s) 2998-3013, ISSN 0035-9009
Publisher: Royal Meteorological Society
DOI: 10.1002/qj.3822

Extreme wet seasons – their definition and relationship with synoptic-scale weather systems

Author(s): Emmanouil Flaounas, Matthias Röthlisberger, Maxi Boettcher, Michael Sprenger, Heini Wernli
Published in: Weather and Climate Dynamics, Issue 2/1, 2021, Page(s) 71-88, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: European Geosciences Uniion
DOI: 10.5194/wcd-2-71-2021

Thesis and dissertations (2)

Arctic extreme seasons in a changing climate

Author(s): Hartmuth, Katharina
Published in: 2023, Page(s) 236 pp.
Publisher: ETH
DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000637081

A seasonal weather perspective on forest vitality, vapor pressure deficit, and Greenland melt in a warming climate

Author(s): Hermann, Mauro
Published in: 2023, Page(s) 164 pp.
Publisher: ETH
DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000638327