Makowski, Knut, Dr.

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Postdoctoral researcher at Climate and Water Cycle group, led by Prof. Christoph Schär

Research Interests

Diurnal Temperature Range (DTR)
Global Dimming, Global Brightening
Historical, recent and futur surface air temperature
Permafrostmonitoring in Switzerland »

Publications

• PhD thesis: The daily temperature amplitude and surface solar radiation, 2009, 8MB print version »

• Makowski, K. and A. Ohmura (2009). Diurnal temperature range, periodic amplitude and surface solar radiation, submitted to International Journal of Climatology »

• Knut Makowski, Eric B. Jaeger, Marc Chiacchio, Martin Wild, Tracy Ewen, Atsumu Ohmura (2008). On the relationship between diurnal temperature range and surface solar radiation in Europe, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D00D07, doi:10.1029/2008JD011104 »

• Makowski, K., M. Wild, A. Ohmura (2008). Diurnal temperature range over Europe between 1950 and 2005, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 6483-6498, 2008 »

• Vonder Muehll, D., Noetzli, J., Roer, I., Makowski, K. and Delaloye, R. 2007. Permafrost in Switzerland 2002/2003 and 2003/2004, Glaciological Report (Permafrost) No. 4/5 of the Cryospheric Commission (CC) of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) and Department of Geography, University of Zurich, 106 pp.
  Glaciological Report (Permafrost) No. 4/5 »

• Wild, M., A. Ohmura, and K. Makowski (2007), Impact of global dimming and brightening on global warming, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L04702, doi:10.1029/2006GL028031 »

• Vonder Muehll, D., Noetzli, J., Makowski, K. and Delaloye, R. 2004. Permafrost in Switzerland 2000/2001 and 2001/2002, Glaciological Report (Permafrost) No. 2/3 of the Glaciological Commission (GC) of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SAS) and Department of Geography, University of Zurich, 86 pp.
  Glaciological Report (Permafrost) No. 2/3 »

• MSc-Thesis (Changes in monthly mean maximum & minimum surface air temperature throughout northern hemisphere) german only

Oral Presentations

• American Geophysical Union, Joint Assembly, The meeting of the Americas, Toronto, Mai 2009 - "On the relationship between diurnal temperature range and surface solar radiation in Europe"

• BaseCamp09 - festival science et cité, Zurich, 6. Mai 2009 - "Kühlelemente für das Klima - Wie kleinste Teilchen nicht nur unsere Gesundheit sondern auch unser Klima beeinflussen"

• European Geosciences Union, General Assembly, Vienna, April 2009 - "On the relationship between diurnal temperature range and surface solar radiation in Europe"

• European Geosciences Union, General Assembly, Vienna, April 2008 - "Diurnal temperature range over Europe between 1950 and 2005"

• ETH Unterwegs - Kantonsschule Trogen, Trogen, 23. January 2008 - "Kühlelemente für das Klima - Wie kleinste Teilchen nicht nur unsere Gesundheit sondern auch unser Klima beeinflussen"

• 20 Jahre Departement Umweltwissenschaften, Zurich, 3. November 2007 - "Kühlelemente für das Klima - Wie kleinste Teilchen nicht nur unsere Gesundheit sondern auch unser Klima beeinflussen"

• Klimagipfel der Zürcher Jungparteien, Zürich, 3. October 2007 - "Global Erwärmung und Klimawandel"

Conference Posters

European Geophysical Union (EGU) - Vienna 2008

• Evidence for increasing solar radiation during the early 20th cenutry
  low (2MB), high (38MB!!) resolution

American Geophysical Union (EGU) - San Francisco 2007

• Diurnal temperature range over Europe between 1950 and 2000
  low (1.5MB), high (14MB!!) resolution

European Geophysical Union (EGU) - Vienna 2007

• Eliminating the advective influence on the daily temperature range using an approach developed by Julius von Hann
  low (0.5MB), high (38MB!!) resolution

• Impact of greenhouse effect and global radiation on European diurnal temperature ranges between 1950 and 2000
  low (2MB), high (68MB!!) resolution

Climate variability and extremes during the past 100 years - Thun/Gwatt 2006

• Impact of greenhouse effect and global radiation on diurnal temperature range between 1970 and 2000
  low (1MB), high (28MB!!) resolution

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