Publications of Christoph Schär

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• Buser, C.M., H.R. Künsch and C. Schär, 2010: Bayesian multi-model projections of climate: Generalization and application to ENSEMBLES results. Climate Research, 44, 227–241
• Dutra, E., V.M. Stepanenko, G. Balsamo, P. Viterbo, P.M.A. Miranda, D. Mironov and C. Schär, 2010: An offline study of the impact of lakes on the performance of the ECMWF surface scheme. Boreal Environment Research, 15 (2), 100-112
• Dutra, E., G. Balsamo, P. Viterbo, P.M.A. Miranda, A. Beljaars, C. Schär and K. Elder, 2010: An Improved Snow Scheme for the ECMWF Land Surface Model: Description and Offline Validation. J. Hydrometeorol, 11 (4), 899-916, DOI: 10.1175/2010JHM1249.1
• Fischer, E.M. and C. Schär, 2010: Consistent geographical patterns of changes in high-impact European heatwaves. Nature Geoscience, 3 (6), 398-403
• Leuenberger, D., M. Koller and C. Schär, 2010: An improved formulation of the SLEVE coordinate. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138 (9), 3683-3689, DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3307.1
• Schwierz, C., P. Heck, E. Zenklusen, D.N. Bresch, C. Schär, P.L. Vidale and M. Wild, 2010: Modelling European winter storm losses in current and future climates. Climatic Change, 101 (3), 485-514, doi:10.1007/s10584-009-9712-1
• Wüest, M., M. Litschi, A. Altenhoff, C. Frei, M. Hagen and C. Schär, 2010: A gridded hourly precipitation dataset for Switzerland using rain-gauge analysis and radar-based disaggregation. Int. J. Climatol., 30 (12), 1764-1775, DOI: 10.1002/joc.2025

• Buser, C.M., H.R. Künsch, D. Lüthi, M. Wild and C. Schär, 2009: Bayesian multi-model projection of climate: Bias assumptions and interannual variability. Climate Dynamics, 33 (6) 849-868, DOI 10.1007/s00382-009-0588-6
• Fischer, E.M. and C. Schär, 2009: Future changes in daily summer temperature variability: driving processes and role for temperature extremes. Clim. Dyn., 33 (7), 917-935, DOI 10.1007/s00382-008-0473-8
• Hohenegger, C., P. Brockhaus, C.S. Bretherton and C. Schär, 2009: The soil moisture-precipitation feedback in simulations with explicit and parameterized convection. J. Clim., 22 (19), 5003–5020
• Panday, A.K., Prinn, R.G. and C. Schär, 2009: The diurnal cycle of air pollution in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: Part 2: Modeling results. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 114, Art. No. D21308
• Rotach, M.W. P. Abrosetti, F. Ament, C. Appenzeller, M. Arpagaus, H.-S. Bauer, A. Behrendt, F. Bouttier, A. Buzzi, M. Corazzo, S. DaVolio, M. Denhard, M. Dorninger, L. Fontannaz, J. Frick, F. Fundel, U. Germann, T. Gorgas, C. Hegg, A. Hering, C. Keil, M.A. Liniger, C. Marsigli, R. McTaggart-Cowan, A. Montaini, K. Mylne, R. Ranzi, E. Richard, A. Rossa, A. Santos-Muñoz, C. Schär, Y. Seity, M. Staudinger, M. Stoll, H. Volkert, A. Walser, Y. Wang, J, Wehrhahn, V. Wulfmeyer and M. Zappa, 2009: MAP D-PHASE: Real-Time Demonstration of Weather Forecast Quality in the Alpine Region. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 90 (9), 1321-1336, DOI:10.1175/2009BAMS2776.1
• Schwierz, C., P. Heck, E. Zenklusen, D.N. Bresch, C. Schär, P.L. Vidale and M. Wild, 2009: Modelling European winter storm losses in current and future climates. Climatic Change, published online, doi:10.1007/s10584-009-9712-1
• Schiemann R., D. Lüthi and C. Schär, 2009: Seasonality and interannual variability of the westerly jet in the Tibetan Plateau region. J. Climate, 22, 2940-2957
• Wüest, M., M. Litschi, A. Altenhoff, C. Frei, M. Hagen and C. Schär, 2009: A gridded hourly precipitation dataset for Switzerland using rain-gauge analysis and radar-based disaggregation. Int. J. Climatol., in press, published online, DOI: 10.1002/joc.2025

• Brockhaus, P., D. Lüthi and C. Schär, 2008. Aspects of the Diurnal Cycle in a Regional Climate Model. Meteorol. Z., 17 (4), 433-443
• Hohenegger, C., A. Walser, W. Langhans and C. Schär, 2008: Cloud-resolving ensemble simulations of the August 2005 Alpine flood. Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 134 (633), 889-904
• Hohenegger, C., P. Brockhaus and C. Schär, 2008: Towards climate simulations at cloud-resolving scales. Meteorol. Z., 17 (4), 383-394
• Jaeger, E.B., I. Anders, D. Lüthi, B. Rockel, C. Schär, S. I. Seneviratne, 2008: Analysis of ERA40-driven CLM simulations for Europe. Meteorol. Z., 17 (4), 349-368
• Jaun, S., B. Ahrens, A. Walser, T. Ewen and C. Schär, 2008: A probabilistic view on the August 2005 floods in the upper Rhine catchment. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 8, 281-291
• Raderschall, N., M. Lehning and C. Schär, 2008: Fine-scale modeling of the boundary-layer wind field over steep topography. Water Resour. Res., 44, Art. No. W09425
• Schiemann, R., D. Lüthi, P.L. Vidale, and C. Schär, 2008: The Precipitation Climate of Central Asia – Intercomparison of Observational and Numerical Data Sources in a Remote Semiarid Region. Int. J. Climatol., 28, 295–314
• Wild, M., Grieser, J. and Schär, C., 2008, Combined surface solar brightening and increasing greenhouse effect favor recent intensification of the hydrological cycle. Geophys. Res. Letters, 35, Art. No. L17706

• Fischer E.M., S.I. Seneviratne, D. Lüthi and C. Schär, 2007: Contribution of land–atmosphere coupling to recent European summer heatwaves. Geophys. Res. Letters, 34, Art. No. L06707
• Fischer E.M., SI Seneviratne, PL Vidale, D Lüthi and C Schär, 2007: Soil moisture - atmosphere interactions during the 2003 European summer heatwave. J. Climate, in press
• Fuhrer, O. and C. Schär, 2007. Triggering and Organization of Banded Convection in Moist Orographic Flows. J. Atmos. Sci., J. Atmos. Sci., 64 (10), 3542–3561
• Hirschi, M., S. I. Seneviratne, S. Hagemann, and C. Schär, 2007: Analysis of seasonal terrestrial water storage variations in regional climate simulations over Europe, J. Geophys. Res., 112, Art. No. D22109
• Hohenegger C. and C. Schär, 2007: Predictability and error growth dynamics in cloud-resolving models. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 4467-4478
• Hohenegger, C. and C. Schär, 2007: Atmospheric predictability at synoptic versus cloud-resolving scales. Bulletin American Meteorol. Soc., 88 (11), 1783-1793
• Jacob, D., L. Bärring, O.B. Christensen, J.H. Christensen, M. de Castro, M. Déqué, F. Giorgi, S. Hagemann, M. Hirschi, R. Jones, E. Kjellström, G. Lenderink, B, Rockel, E. Sánchez, C. Schär, S.I. Seneviratne, S. Somot, A. van Ulden, B. van den Hurk, 2007: An inter-comparison of regional climate models for Europe: model performance in present-day climate. Climatic Change, 81, 31–52
• Kjellström, E., L. Bärring, D. Jacob, R. Jones, G. Lenderink, and C. Schär, 2007: Modelling daily temperature extremes: Recent climate and future changes over Europe. Climatic Change, 81, 249–265
• Schiemann, R., M.G. Glazirina, and C. Schär, 2007: On the Relationship between the Indian Summer Monsoon and River Flow in the Aral Sea Basin. Geophys. Res. Letters, 34, Art. No. L05706
• Stöckli, R., P.L. Vidale, A. Boone and C. Schär, 2007: Impact of scale and aggregation on the terrestrial water exchange: integrating land surface models and Rhône catchment observations. J. Hydrometeorol., 8, 1002-1015
• Verbunt, M., A. Walser, J. Gurtz, A. Montani and C. Schär, 2007: Probabilistic flood forecasting with a limited-area ensemble prediction system. J. Hydrometeorol., 8 (4), 897-909
• Vidale P.L., D. Lüthi, R. Wegmann, C. Schär, 2007: European summer climate variability in a heterogeneous multi-model ensemble. Clim. Change, 81, 209–232

• Hirschi, M., S.I. Seneviratne and C. Schär, 2006: Seasonal variations in terrestrial water storage for major mid-latitude river basins. J.
  Hydrometeorol., 7 (1), 39-60
• Hohenegger C., D. Lüthi and C. Schär, 2006: Predictability mysteries in cloud-resolving models. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134 (8), 2095-2107
• Raible, C.C., C. Casty, J. Luterbacher, A. Pauling, J. Esper, D. Frank, U. Büntgens, A. C. Roesch, M. Wild, P. Tschuck, P.-L. Vidale, C. Schär, and H. Wanner, 2006: Climate variability - observations, reconstructions and model simulations, Climatic Change, 79, 9-29
• Seneviratne, S.I., D. Lüthi, M. Litschi, and C. Schär, 2006: Land-atmosphere coupling and climate change in Europe. Nature, 443, 205-209. | Download: Article | Supplementary information | Nature Website: Abstract | Editor's summary

• Fuhrer, O. and C. Schär, 2005; Embedded cellular convection in moist flow past topography. J. Atmos. Sci., 62 (8), 2810-2828
• Kleinn, J. C. Frei, J. Gurtz, D. Lüthi, P.L. Vidale, and C. Schär, 2005: Hydrologic Simulations in the Rhine Basin driven by a Regional Climate Model, J. Geophys. Res. - Atmos., 110, D04102
• Müller, W.A., C. Appenzeller and C. Schär, 2005: Probabilistic seasonal prediction of the winter North Atlantic Oscillation and its impact on near surface parameters. Clim. Dyn., 24, 213–226
• Van den Hurk, B., M. Hirschi, C. Schär, G. Lenderink, E. van Meijgaard, A. van Ulden, B. Röckel, S. Hagemann, P. Graham, E. Kjellström and R. Jones, 2005: Soil control on runoff response to climate change in regional climate model simulations. J. Climate, 18(1), 3536–3551
• Scherrer, S.C., C. Appenzeller, M.A. Liniger and C. Schär, 2005: Central European temperature distribution changes in recent observations and climate change scenarios. Geophys. Res. Letters, 32 (19), Art. No. L19705
  

• Flamant C., E. Richard, C. Schär, R. Rotunno, L. Nance, M. Sprenger, and R. Benoit 2004: The wake south of the Alps: Dynamics and structure of the lee-side flow and secondary potential vorticity banners. Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 130, 1275-1303
• Schär, C., P.L. Vidale, D. Lüthi, C. Frei, C. Häberli, M. Liniger and C. Appenzeller, 2004: The role of increasing temperature variability in European summer heat waves. Nature,427, 332-336 | view abstract and download paper from Nature | order pdf-file | download PowerPoint-file | NEW: ranked by in-cites.com
• Schär, C. and G. Jendritzky, 2004: Hot news from summer 2003. Nature,432, 559-560 | download paper from Nature | order pdf-file
• Schär, C., L. Vasilina, F. Pertziger and S. Dirren, 2004: Seasonal Runoff Forecasting using Precipitation from Meteorological Data-Assimilation Systems. J. Hydrometeorol., 5 (5), 959-973
• Seneviratne, S. I., P. Viterbo, D. Lüthi and C. Schär, 2004: Inferring changes in terrestrial water storage using ERA-40 reanalysis data: The Mississippi River basin. J. Climate, 17 (11), 2039-2057
• Walser, A., D. Lüthi and C. Schär, 2004: Predictability of Precipitation in a Cloud-Resolving Model. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132 (2), 560-577
• Walser, A., and C. Schär, 2004: Convection-resolving Precipitation Forecasting and its Predictability in Alpine River Catchments. J. Hydrol, 288, 57-73