Dr. Matthias Röthlisberger

Additional information

I am an atmospheric dynamicist with research interest in weather and climate extremes, in particular their dynamical causes, statistical charcteristics, impacts as well as their representation in climate models. My current research focuses predominantly on the regionally varying causes of temperature extremes, as well as the factors that discriminate the most extreme events from more benign temperature extremes.

Submitted Manuscripts

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• Hotz, B., L. Papritz and M. Röthlisberger (2023): Understanding the vertical temperature structure of recent record-shattering heatwaves, Weather Clim. Dynam. Discuss. doi:call_made10.5194/egusphere-2023-1703call_made
• Schemm, S. and M. Röthlisberger (2023): Aquaplanet simulations with winter and summer hemispheres: The setup and circulation response to warming, Weather Clim. Dynam. Discuss. doi:10.5194/egusphere-2023-1196call_made.

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Publications

2023

• Papritz, L. and M. Röthlisberger (2023): A novel temperature anomaly source diagnostic: method and application to the 2021 heatwave in the Pacific Northwest, Geophys. Res. Lett. 50, e2023GL105641, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105641call_made.
• Papritz, L., S. Murto, M. Röthlisberger, R. Caballero, G. Messori, G. Svensson and H. Wernli (2023): The role of local and remote processes for wintertime Arctic surface energy budget extremes, J. Climate, 36, 7657-7674, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0883.1call_made. 
• Hermann, M., M. Röthlisberger, A. Gessler, A. Rigling, C. Senf, T. Wohlgemut, and H. Wernli. (2023): Meteorological history of low-forest-greenness events in Europe in 2002–2022, Biogeosciences, 20, 1155–1180, doi:10.5194/bg-20-1155-2023call_made.
• Röthlisberger, M., and L. Papritz (2023b): A global quantifying of the physical processes leading to near-surface cold extremes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, e2022GL101670. doi:10.1029/2022GL101670call_made.
• Röthlisberger, M., and L. Papritz (2023a): Quantifying the physical processes leading to atmospheric hot extremes at a global scale, Nature Geosci., 16, 210–216 doi:10.1038/s41561-023-01126-1call_made.
• Böttcher, M., M. Röthlisberger, R. Attinger, J. Rieder, and H. Wernli (2023): The ERA5 extreme season explorer as a basis for research at the weather and climate interface, B. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 104, E631–E644, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0348.1call_made.

2022

• Ali, S. M., M. Röthlisberger, T. Parker, K. Kornhuber, and O. Martius (2022): Recurrent Rossby waves and Southeast Australian heatwaves, Weather Clim. Dynam., 3, 1139–1156, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-3-1139-2022call_made.
• Röthlisberger, M., Scherrer, B., de Vries, A. J., and Portmann, R. (2022): The role of cyclones and PV cutoffs for the occurrence of unusually long wet spells in Europe. Weather Clim. Dynam., 3, 733–754, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-3-733-2022call_made.
• Imfeld, N., P. Stucki, S. Brönnimann, S. Bader, M. Bürgi, P. Calanca, S. Gubler, A. Holzkämper, L. Hövel, F. A. Isotta, C. Kestenholz, S. Kotlarski, A. Mastai, S. U. Nussbaumer, C. C. Raible, M. Röthlisberger, S. C. Scherrer, K. Staub, A. M. Vicedo-Cabrera, M.-M. Vogel, K. Wehrli, T. Wohlgemuth und H. J. Zumbühl (2022). Hot and dry summers in Switzerland: Causes and impacts of the record summers 1947, 2003, and 2018, Geographica Bernensia, G98, 33 S., 10.4480/GB2022.G98.03call_made.
• Imfeld, N., P. Stucki, S. Brönnimann, S. Bader, M. Bürgi, P. Calanca, S. Gubler, A. Holzkämper, L. Hövel, F. A. Isotta, C. Kestenholz, S. Kotlarski, A. Mastai, S. U. Nussbaumer, C. C. Raible, M. Röthlisberger, S. C. Scherrer, K. Staub, A. M. Vicedo-Cabrera, M.-M. Vogel, K. Wehrli, T. Wohlgemuth und H. J. Zumbühl (2022). Hitze- und Trockensommer in der Schweiz. Ursachen und Folgen der Jahrhundertsommer 1947, 2003 und 2018, Geographica Bernensia, G98, 33 S., doi:10.4480/GB2022.G98.01call_made.

2021

• Röthlisberger, M., M. Hermann, C. Frei, F. Lehner, E. M. Fischer, R. Knutti and H. Wernli (2021): A new framework for identifying and investigating seasonal climate extremes. J. Climate, 34, 7761–7782, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0953.1call_made.
• Ali, S. M., O. Martius and M. Röthlisberger (2021): Recurrent Rossby wave packets modulate the persistence of dry and wet spells across the globe. Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, e2020GL091452, doi:10.1029/2020GL091452call_made.
• Flaounas, E., M. Röthlisberger, M. Boettcher, M. Sprenger, and  H. Wernli. (2021): Extreme wet seasons – their definition and relationship with synoptic scale weather systems, Weather Clim. Dynam., 2, 71–88, doi:10.5194/wcd-2020-28call_made.

2020

• Spensberger, C., E. Madonna, M. Boettcher, C.M. Grams, L. Papritz, J.F. Quinting, M. Röthlisberger, M. Sprenger, and P. Zschenderlein (2020), Dynamics of concurrent and sequential Central European and Scandinavian heat waves. Q. J. R. Meteor. Soc., 146, 2998– 3013 doi:10.1002/qj.3822call_made.
• Röthlisberger, M., M. Sprenger, E. Flaounas, U. Beyerle and H. Wernli (2020), The substructure of extremely hot summers in the Northern Hemisphere, Weather Clim. Dynam., 1, 45–62, doi:10.5194/wcd-1-45-2020.call_made [selected as EGU highlight article]

2019

• Röthlisberger, M. and O. Martius (2019), Quantifying the local effect of Northern Hemisphere atmospheric blocks on the persistence of summer hot and dry spells, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46(16), 10101–10111, doi:10.1029/2019GL083745call_made.
• Röthlisberger, M., L. Frossard, L. F. Bosart, D. Keyser and O. Martius (2019), Recurrent synoptic-scale Rossby wave patterns and their effect on the persistence of cold and hot spells, J. Climate, 32, 3207–3226, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0664.1call_made. [selected as paper of note by the AMS]
• Pohorsky, R., M. Röthlisberger, C. M. Grams, J. Riboldi and O. Martius (2019), The climatological impact of recurving North Atlantic tropical cyclones on downstream extreme precipitation events, Mon. Wea. Rev, 147, 1513-1532, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-18-0195.1call_made.

2018

• Riboldi, J., M. Röthlisberger, M., and C. M. Grams (2018), Rossby wave initiation by recurving tropical cyclones in the Western North Pacific, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-17-0219.1, Mon. Wea. Rev., 146(5), 1283–1301, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-17-0219.1call_made.
• Trefalt, S., A. Martynov, H. Barras, N. Besic, A. Hering, S. Lenggenhager, P. Noti, M. Röthlisberger, S. Schemm, U. German and O. Martius (2018), A severe hail storm in complex topography in Switzerland - Observations and processes Atmos. Res., 209, 76–94, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.03.007call_made.
• Röthlisberger, M., O. Martius, and H. Wernli (2018), Northern Hemisphere Rossby wave initiation events on the extratropical jet – a climatological analysis, J. Climate, 31, 743–760, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0346.1call_made.

2016

• Röthlisberger, M., S. Pfahl, and O. Martius (2016), Regional-scale jet waviness modulates the occurrence of midlatitude weather extremes, Geophys. Res. Lett, 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL070944call_made.
• Röthlisberger, M., O. Martius, and H. Wernli (2016), An algorithm for identifying the initiation of synoptic-scale Rossby waves on potential vorticity waveguides, Q. J. R. Meteor. Soc., 142(695), 889–900, doi:10.1002/qj.2690call_made.

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