Dr. Arturo Sanchez-Lorenzo

ETH Zürich Dr. Arturo Sanchez-Lorenzo Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science CHN L 12.3 Universitätstrasse 16 8092 Zürich Switzerland Phone: +41 44 632 80 78 E-Mail:

Research Interest

• Global dimming, Global Brightening
• Sunshine duration
• Cloud cover trends
• Homogenization
• Atmospheric circulation patterns
• Weekly cycles of meteorological variables at large spatial scales

Peer-reviewed publications

• Sanchez-Lorenzo, A. and Wild, M. (2012): Decadal variations of estimated surface solar radiation over Switzerland since the late 19th century , 1885-2010, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 12, 10815-10843.
• Sanchez-Lorenzo, A.; Calbo, J., Wild, M. (2012): Increasing cloud cover in the 20th century: review and new findings in Spain, Clim. Past Discuss., 8, 1133-1167.
• Sanchez-Lorenzo, A.; Calbó, J. and Wild, M. (2012): Global and diffuse solar radiation in Spain: building a dataset and searching for trends, to be submitted.
• Sanchez-Lorenzo, A. et al. (2012): Assessing large-scale weekly cycles in meteorological variables: a review, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 12, 1451-1491.
• You, Q.; Sanchez-Lorenzo, A.; Wild, M.; Folini, D.; Fraedrich, K.; Ren, G. and Kang, S. (2012): Decadal variation of surface solar radiation in the Tibetan Plateau from observations, reanalysis and model simulations, Climate Dynamics, in press.
• Calbó, J.; Sanchez-Lorenzo, A.; Barrera-Escoda, A. and Cunillera, J. (2012): Climate change projections for Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula). Part II: integrating several methodologies, Tethys, in press.
• Vicente-Serrano, S.M.; et al.; Sanchez-Lorenzo, A. (2012): Performance of drought indices for ecological, agricultural and hydrological applications, Earth Interactions, in press.
• Sanchez-Lorenzo, A.; Pereira, P.; Lopez-Bustins, J.A. and Lolis, C. (2011): Summer night-time temperature trends on the Iberian Peninsula and their connection with large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns. International Journal of Climatology, in press.
• You Q.; Kang, S.; Flügel, W.-A.; Sanchez-Lorenzo, A.; Huang, J. and Martin-Vide, J. (2010): From brightening to dimming in sunshine duration over the eastern and central Tibetan Plateau (1961-2005), Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 101, 3-4, 445-457, doi: 10.1007/s00704-009-0231-9.
• You,Q.; Kang, S.; Pepin, N.; Flügel, W.A., Sanchez-Lorenzo, A.; Yan, Y. and Zhang,Y. (2010): Climate warming and associated changes in atmospheric circulation in the eastern and central Tibetan Plateau from a homogenized dataset, Global and Planetary Change, 72, 11-24, doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.04.003.
• Sanroma, E.; Palle, E. and Sanchez-Lorenzo, A. (2010): Long-term changes in insolation and temperatures at different altitudes, Environmental Research Letters, 5, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/5/2/024006.
• Vaquero, J.M.; Gallego, M.C.; Barriendos, M.; Rama, E. and Sanchez-Lorenzo, A. (2010): Francisco Salvá's auroral observations from Barcelona during 1780-1825. Advances in Space Resarch, 45, 1388-1392.
• You, Q.; Kang, S.; Flügel, W.-A.; Sanchez-Lorenzo, A.; Yan, Y.; Xu, Y. and Huang, J. (2009): Does a weekend effect in diurnal temperature range exist in the eastern and central Tibetan Plateau?, Enviromental Research Lettets, 4, 045202 (7pp) doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/4/4/045202.
• Sanchez-Lorenzo, A. ; Calbo, J. and Martin-Vide, J. (2009): Reply to comment by H. J. Hendricks Franssen et al. on ‘Winter “weekend effect” in Southern Europe and its connections with periodicities inatmospheric dynamics’. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L13707, doi:10.1029/2009GL038041.
• Sanchez-Lorenzo, A. ; Calbo, J.; Brunetti, M. and Deser, C. (2009): Dimming/brightening over the Iberian Peninsula: Trends in sunshine duration and cloud cover, and their relations with atmospheric circulation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, D00D09, doi:10.1029/2008JD011394.
• Calbo, J. and SanchezLorenzo, A. (2009): Cloudiness climatology in the Iberian Peninsula from three global gridded datasets (ISCCP, CRU TS 2.1, ERA-40). Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 96, 105-115.
• Azorin-Molina C.; Sanchez-Lorenzo, A. and Calbo, J. (2009): A climatological study of sea breeze clouds in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula (Alicante, Spain). Atmósfera, 22, 33-49.
• Sanchez-Lorenzo, A.; Calbo, J. and Martin-Vide, J. (2008): Spatial and Temporal Trends in Sunshine Duration over Western Europe (1938-2004). Journal of Climate, 21, 6089-6098.
• Sanchez-Lorenzo, A.; Calbo, J.; Martin-Vide, J.; Garcia-Manuel, A.; Garcia-Soriano, G. and Beck, C. (2008): Winter “weekend effect” in Southern Europe and its connections with periodicities in atmospheric dynamics. Geophysical Research Letters, 35, doi:10.1029/2008GL034160.
• Lopez-Bustins, J.A.; Martin-Vide, J. and Sanchez-Lorenzo, A. (2008): Iberian winter rainfall trends based upon changes in teleconnection and circulation patterns. Global and Planetary Change, Volume 63, Issues 2-3, Pages 171-176.
• Martin-Vide, J.; Sanchez-Lorenzo, A.; Lopez-Bustins, J.A.; Cordobilla, M.J.; Garcia-Manuel, A. and Raso, J.M. (2008): Torrential Rainfall in Northeast of the Iberian Peninsula: Synoptic patterns and WeMO influence. Advances in Science and Research, 2, 99-105.
• Sanchez-Lorenzo, A.; Brunetti, M.; Calbo, J. and Martin-Vide, J. (2007): Recent spatial and temporal variability and trends of sunshine duration over the Iberian Peninsula from a homogenized dataset. Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres), Vol., 112, D20115, doi:10.1029/2007JD008677.

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Datasets and Projects

• The SunCloud project: worlwide compilation of long-term series of sunshine duration and cloudiness observations.
• Homogenization of the long-term surface solar global radiation series at the Global Energy Balance Archive (GEBA)
• Improving our knowledge about the large-scale weekly cycles
• SUNDUIB: homogenised SUNshine DUration dataset in the IBerian Peninsula. Station and gridded (1º x 1º) data modes
• CLOUDIB: CLOUDiness dataset in the IBerian Peninsula. Station and gridded (1º x 1º) data modes

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