Prof. Christoph Schär | Christoph Schar

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News and highlights

Scenarios of heavy precipitation events in Europe: Regional climate models project increases in heavy events for much of Europe and in most seasons.

• Rajczak, J., P. Pall, C. Schär, 2013: Projections of extreme precipitation events in regional climate simulations for Europe and the Alpine region. J. Geophys. Res, Vol 118 (9), 3610–3626, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50297 | Abstract and download

Selected publications on cloud-resolving climate modeling

• Langhans, W., J. Schmidli and C. Schär, 2012: Bulk convergence of kilometer-scale simulations of moist convection over complex terrain, J. Atmos. Sci., 69 (7), 2207-2228, DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0252.1 | Abstract and download
• Schlemmer, L., C. Hohenegger, J. Schmidli, C.S. Bretherton and C. Schär, 2011: An idealized cloud-resolving framework for the study of midlatitude diurnal convection over land. J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 1041-1057 Abstract and download
• 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., J. Clim., 22 (19), 5003–5020 | Abstract and download

Swiss climate change scenarios CH2011

• CH2011 (2011), Swiss Climate Change Scenarios CH2011, published by C2SM, MeteoSwiss, ETH, NCCR Climate, and OcCC. Zurich, Switzerland. 88 pp. ISBN: 978-3-033-03065-7 | Download summary and report

Selected publication on European heat waves: Climate-change projections suggest that European summer heatwaves will become more frequent and severe during this century. An analysis of a set of high-resolution regional climate simulations reveals consistent geographical patterns in these changes, with the most severe health impacts in southern European river basins and along the Mediterranean coasts.

• Fischer, E.M. and C. Schär, 2010: Consistent geographical patterns of changes in high-impact European heatwaves. Nature Geoscience, Advance online publication, May 16, 2010 | doi:10.1038/ngeo866 | Abstract and download | Nature news | ETH Life (Deutsch) | Klimablog Reto Knutti (Deutsch)| contact | order pdf-file
• 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
• Schär, C. and G. Jendritzky, 2004: Hot news from summer 2003. Nature,432, 559-560 | download paper from Nature | order pdf-file
• 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 | ranked by in-cites.com

Selected recent publications:

• 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, Climate Dynamics, 33 (6) 849-868, DOI 10.1007/s00382-009-0588-6 | Abstract and download
• 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 | Abstract | Nature_News_and_Views

Publications on prediction of heavy precipitation and flood events:

• Hohenegger, C. and C. Schär, 2007: Atmospheric predictability at synoptic versus cloud-resolving scales. Bulletin American Meteorol. Soc., 88 (11), 1783-1793 | Abstract | Download
• 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 | Abstract
• 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 | Abstract

Research interests

• Climate dynamics, climate change and the water cycle
• Atmospheric dynamics, flow past topography
• Numerical methods in atmospheric and climate models

Projects

• NCCR Climate, Project P2.2
• EU project PRUDENCE
• EU project ENSEMBLES
• EU project CECILIA
• Mesoscale Alpine Programme_(MAP)

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