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

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (19)

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, 2/1, 2021, Page(s) 255-279, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.5194/wcd-2-255-2021

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, 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, 1/2, 2020, Page(s) 405-426, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.5194/wcd-1-405-2020

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, 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, 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, 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, 3, 2022, Page(s) 391-411, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.5194/wcd-3-391-2022

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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 15, 2022, Page(s) 1079-1096, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-15-1079-2022

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, 21/7, 2021, Page(s) 5477-5498, ISSN 1680-7324
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.5194/acp-21-5477-2021

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, 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, 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, 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, 2/1, 2021, Page(s) 71-88, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: European Geosciences Uniion
DOI: 10.5194/wcd-2-71-2021