Romppainen-Martius, Olivia Caroline, Dr.

ETH Zürich Dr. Olivia Caroline Romppainen-Martius Institut f. Atmosphäre und Klima CHN M 12.3 Universitätstrasse 16 8092 Zürich Phone: +41 44 633 27 49 E-Mail:

Postdoc in the dynamical meteorology group of the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, IACETH and coordinator of the master program.

Research Interests

• Dynamics of short-term climate variation and the inter-scale linkage to mesoscale extreme events
• PV-Streamers and Rossby-wave breaking
• Extra tropical wave-guides
• Forecasting of extreme events

Publications

1. The Modulation of the Subtropical and Extratropical Atmosphere in the Pacific Basin in Response to the Madden Julian Oscillation, R. W. Moore, O. Martius, T. Spengler, MWR, 2010 PDF
2. Disentangling the forcing mechanisms of a heavy precipitation event along the Alpine south side using potential vorticity inversion, Linda Schlemmer, Olivia Martius, Michael Sprenger, Cornelia Schwierz, Arwen Twitchett, MWR, in press, PDF
3. Tropopause-level Waveguides,O. Martius, C. Schwierz, H. C. Davies, JAS, 2010,PDF
4. Blocking precursors to stratospheric warming events, O.Martius, L.M. Polvani and H.C. Davies,Geophys. Res. Lett.doi:10.1029/2009GL038776,L14806,2009, PDF
5. Downstream development and Kona low genesis, R.W.Moore,O.Martius and H.C. Davies,Geophys. Res. Lett.doi:10.1029/2008GL035502,2008, PDF
6. Far-upstream Precursors of Precipitation Events on the Alpine South-side, O.Martius, C.Schwierz and H.C. Davies,Q.J.R.Meteorol. Soc. 134,417-428,2008, PDF
7. Linkage of Atmospheric Blocks and Synoptic-scale Rossby Waves, A. Altenhoff, O.Martius, M.Croci-Maspoli, C.Schwierz and H.C. Davies, Tellus, 60A,1053-1063,2008,PDF
8. Long-term trends of synoptic-scale breaking Rossby waves in the northern hemisphere between 1958 and 2001, F.Isotta, O.Martius, C.Schwierz and M. Sprenger, Int. J. Clim,28,1551-1562,2008, PDF
9. Dynamical tropopause variability and potential vorticity streamers - a climatological analysis. O.Martius, C.Schwierz and M. Sprenger, Adv. Atm. Sci.,25,367-379,2008,PDF
10. Breaking waves at the Tropopause in the wintertime Northern Hemisphere: Climatological analyses of the orientation and the theoretical LC1/2 classifiaction, O. Martius, C. Schwierz and H.C. Davies, J. Atmos. Sci.,64,2576-2592,2007,PDF
11. Synoptic-scale weather patterns during Alpine heavy rain events, K.P.Hoinka, C.Schwierz and O. Martius, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc.,132 (621), 2853-2860, Part B Oct 2006, PDF
12. A refined Hovmoeller Diagram, O. Martius, C. Schwierz and H.C. Davies, Tellus, 2 (58), 221-226, 2006, PDF
13. Episodes of Alpine heavy precipitation with an overlying elongated stratospheric intrusion: A climatology, O. Martius, E. Zenklusen, C. Schwierz and H.C. Davies, Int. J. Clim.,26 (9) ,1149-1164, 2006, PDF
14. Climatological Aspects of wave disturbances on the tropopause and links to extreme weather in Europe, O. Martius, Diss. ETH No. 16152
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15. Tracing troposphere-to-stratosphere transport above a mid-latitude deep convective system, M.I.Hegglin, D.Brunner, H. Wernli, C. Schwierz, O. Martius, P. Hoor, H. Fischer, U. Parchatka, N. Spelten, C. Schiller, M. Kresbach, U. Weers, J. Staehlin and T. Peter, 2004, Atm. Chem. Phys. 4, 714-756, PDF
16. Implementing a View Factor approach into an Energy Balance Model for Snow Covered Alpine Terrain, Diploma Thesis ETHZ, April 2002

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