Publications
Articles in Reviewed Journals (newest first)
- Domeisen, D., E. Eltahir, E. M. Fischer, R. Knutti, S. Perkins-Kirkpatrick, C. Schär, S. Seneviratne, A. Weisheimer and H. Wernli, 2022, Prediction and projection of heatwaves, Nature Reviews Earth and Environment, in press.
- Gessner, C., E. M. Fischer, U. Beyerle and R. Knutti, 2022, Multi-year drought storylines for Europe and North America from an iteratively perturbed global cli-mate model, Weather and Climate Extremes, 100512, doi: 10.1016/j.wace.2022.100512, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Fischer, A. M., K. M. Strassmann, M. Croci-Maspoli, A. M. Hama, R. Knutti, S. Kotlarski, C. Schär, C. Schnadt Poberaj, N. Ban, M. Bavay, U. Beyerle, D. N. Bre-sch, S. Brönnimann, P. Burlando, A. Casanueva, S. Fatichi, I. Feigenwinter, E. M. Fischer, M. Hirschi, M. A. Liniger, C. Marty, I. Medhaug, N. Peleg, M. Pickl, C. C. Raible, J. Rajczak, O. Rössler, S. C. Scherrer, C. Schwierz, S. I. Seneviratne, M. Skelton, S. L. Sørland, C. Spirig, F. Tschurr, J. Zeder and E. M. Zubler, 2022, Cli-mate Scenarios for Switzerland CH2018–Approach and Implications, Climate ser-vices, 26, 100288, doi: 10.1016/j.cliser.2022.100288, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Sippel, S., N. Meinshausen, E. Székely, E. M. Fischer, A. G. Pendergrass, F. Lehner and R. Knutti, 2021, Robust detection of forced warming in the presence of poten-tially large climate variability, Science Advances, 7, 43, eabh4429, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abh4429, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Röthlisberger, M., M. Hermann, C. Frei, F. Lehner, E. M. Fischer, R. Knutti and H. Wernli, 2021, A new framework for identifying and investigating seasonal climate extremes, Journal of Climate, 34, 19, 7761-7782, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0953.1, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Sanderson, B. M., A. G. Pendergrass, C. D. Koven, F. Brient, B. B. B. Booth, R. A. Fisher and R. Knutti, 2021, The potential for structural errors in emergent con-straints, Earth System Dynamics, 12, 3, 899-918, doi: 10.5194/esd-12-899-2021, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Fischer, E. M., S. Sippel and R. Knutti, 2021, Increasing probability of record-shattering climate extremes, Nature Climate Change, 11, 689-695, doi: 10.1038/s41558-021-01092-9, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Gessner, C., E. M. Fischer, U. Beyerle and R. Knutti, 2021, Very rare heat ex-tremes: quantifying and understanding using ensemble reinitialization, Journal of Climate, 34, 6619-6634, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0916.1, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Zumwald, M., C. Baumberger, D. N. Bresch and R. Knutti, 2021, Assessing the rep-resentational accuracy of data-driven models: The case of the effect of urban green infrastructure on temperature, Environmental Modelling & Software, 141, 105048, doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.105048, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Burgstall, A., S. Kotlarski, A. Casanueva, E. Hertig, E. M. Fischer and R. Knutti, 2021, Urban multi-model climate projections of intense heat in Switzerland, Cli-mate Services, 22, 100228, doi: 10.1016/j.cliser.2021.100228, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Tebaldi, C., K. Debeire, V. Eyring, E. M. Fischer, J. Fyfe, P. Friedlingstein, R. Knutti, J. Lowe, B. O'Neill, B. Sanderson, D. Van Vuuren, K. Riahi, M. Meinshau-sen, Z. Nicholls, K. B. Tokarska, G. Hurtt, E. Kriegler, J.-F. Lamarque, G. Meehl, R. Moss, S. E. Bauer, O. Boucher, V. Brovkin, Y.-H. Byun, M. Dix, S. Gualdi, H. Guo, J. G. John, S. Kharin, Y. H. Kim, T. Koshiro, L. Ma, D. Olivié, S. Panickal, F. Qiao, X. Rong, N. Rosenbloom, M. Schupfner, R. Séférian, A. Sellar, T. Semmler, X. Shi, Z. Song, C. Steger, R. Stouffer, N. Swart, K. Tachiiri, Q. Tang, H. Tatebe, A. Voldoire, E. Volodin, K. Wyser, X. Xin, S. Yang, Y. Yu, T. Ziehn, 2021, Climate model projections from the scenario model intercomparison project (ScenarioMIP) of CMIP6, Earth System Dynamics, 12, 1, 253-293, doi: 10.5194/esd-12-253-2021, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Cologna, V., R. Knutti, N. Oreskes and M Siegrist, 2021, Majority of German citi-zens, US citizens and climate scientists support policy advocacy by climate re-searchers and expect greater political engagement, Environmental Research Letters, 16 (2), 024011, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/abd4ac, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Matthews, H. D., K. B. Tokarska, J. Rogelj, C. J. Smith, A. H. MacDougall, K. Haustein, N. Mengis, S. Sippel, P. M. Forster and R. Knutti, 2021, An integrated approach to quantifying uncertainties in the remaining carbon budget, Communica-tions Earth & Environment, 2, 7, doi: 10.1038/s43247-020-00064-9, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Matthews, H. D., K. B. Tokarska, Z. R. J. Nicholls, J. Rogelj, J. G. Canadell, P. Friedlingstein, T. L. Frölicher, P. M. Forster, N. P. Gillett, T. Ilyina, R. B. Jackson, C. D. Jones, C. Koven, R. Knutti, A. H. MacDougall, M. Meinshausen, N. Mengis, R. Séférian, K. Zickfeld, 2021, Opportunities and challenges in using remaining carbon budgets to guide climate policy, Nature Geoscience, 13 (12), 769-779, doi: 10.1038/s41561-020-00663-3, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Gillett, N.P., M. Kirchmeier-Young, A. Ribes, H. Shiogama, G. C. Hegerl, R. Knutti, G. Gastineau, J. G. John, L. Li, L. Nazarenko, N. Rosenbloom, Ø. Seland, T. Wu, S. Yukimoto and T. Ziehn, 2021, Constraining human contributions to observed warming since the pre-industrial period, Nature Climate Change, 1, 3, 207-212, doi: 10.1038/s41558-020-00965-9, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Zumwald, M., B. Knüsel, D. N. Bresch and R. Knutti, 2021, Mapping urban tem-perature using crowd-sensing data and machine learning, Urban Climate, 35, 100739, doi: 10.1016/j.uclim.2020.100739, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Brunner, L., C. McSweeney, A. P. Ballinger, D. J. Befort, M. Benassi, B. Booth, E. Coppola, H. de Vries, G. Harris, G. C. Hegerl, R. Knutti, G. Lenderink, J. Lowe, R. Nogherotto, C. O’Reilly, S. Qasmi, A. Ribes, P. Stocchi and S. Undorf, 2020, Comparing methods to constrain future European climate projections using a consistent framework, Journal of Climate, 33 (20), 8671–8692, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0953.1, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Brunner, L., A. G. Pendergrass, F. Lehner, A. L. Merrifield, R. Lorenz and R. Knutti, 2020, Reduced global warming from CMIP6 projections when weighting models by performance and independence, Earth System Dynamics, 11(4), 995–1012, doi: 10.5194/esd-11-995-2020, external pagePDFcall_made.external pagecall_made
- Deser, C., F. Lehner, K. B. Rodgers, T. Ault, T. L. Delworth, P. N. DiNezio, A. Fiore, C. Frankignoul, J. C. Fyfe, D. E. Horton, J. E. Kay, R. Knutti, N. S. Lovenduski, J. Marotzke, K. A. McKinnon, S. Minobe, J. Randerson, J. A. Screen, I. R. Simpson and M. Ting, 2020, Insights from Earth system model initial-condition large ensembles and future prospects, Nature Climate Change, 10(4), 277–286, doi: 10.1038/s41558-020-0731-2, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Huguenin, M. F., E. M. Fischer, S. Kotlarski, S. C. Scherrer, C. Schwierz and R. Knutti, 2020, Lack of change in the projected frequency and persistence of atmospheric circulation types over Central Europe, Geophysical Research Letters, 47(9), doi: 10.1029/2019GL086132, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Knüsel, B., C. Baumberger, M. Zumwald, C. N. Bresch and R. Knutti, 2020, Argument-based assessment of predictive uncertainty of data-driven environmental models, Environmental Modeling and Software, 134, 104754, doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104754, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Lehner, F., C. Deser, N. Maher, J. Marotzke, E. M. Fischer, L. Brunner, R. Knutti and E. Hawkins, 2020, Partitioning climate projection uncertainty with multiple large ensembles and CMIP5/6, Earth System Dynamics, 11(2), 491–508, doi: 10.5194/esd-11-491-2020, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Merrifield, A. L., L. Brunner, R. Lorenz, I. Medhaug and R. Knutti, 2020, An investigation of weighting schemes suitable for incorporating large ensembles into multi-model ensembles, Earth System Dynamics, 11(3), 807–834, doi: 10.5194/esd-11-807-2020, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Rugenstein, M., J. Bloch‐Johnson, J. Gregory, T. Andrews, T. Mauritsen, C. Li, T. L. Frölicher, D. Paynter, G. Danabasoglu, S. Yang, J. Dufresne, L. Cao, G. A. Schmidt, A. Abe‐Ouchi, O. Geoffroy and R. Knutti, 2020, Equilibrium climate sensitivity estimated by equilibrating climate models, Geophysical Research Letters, 47(4), doi: 10.1029/2019GL083898, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Sherwood, S., M. J. Webb, J. D. Annan, K. C. Armour, P. M. Forster, J. C. Hargreaves, G. Hegerl, S. A. Klein, K. D. Marvel, E. J. Rohling, M. Watanabe, T. Andrews, P. Braconnot, C. S. Bretherton, G. L. Foster, Z. Hausfather, A. S. von der Heydt, R. Knutti, T. Mauritsen, J. R. Norris, C. Proistosescu, M: Rugenstein, G. A. Schmidt, K. B. Tokarska and M. D. Zelinka, 2020, An assessment of Earth’s climate sensitivity using multiple lines of evidence, Reviews of Geophysics, doi: 10.1029/2019RG000678, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Sippel, S., E. M. Fischer, S. C. Scherrer, N. Meinshausen and R. Knutti, 2020, Late 1980s abrupt cold season temperature change in Europe consistent with circulation variability and long-term warming, Environmental Research Letters, 15(9), 094056, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab86f2, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Sørland, S. L., A. M. Fischer, S. Kotlarski, H. R. Künsch, M. A. Liniger, J. Rajczak, C. Schär, C. Spirig, K. Strassmann and R. Knutti, 2020, CH2018 – National climate scenarios for Switzerland: How to construct consistent multi-model projections from ensembles of opportunity, Climate Services, 20, 100196, doi: 10.1016/j.cliser.2020.100196, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Stolpe, M. B., K. Cowtan, I. Medhaug and R. Knutti, 2020, Pacific variability reconciles observed and modelled global mean temperature increase since 1950, Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-020-05493-y, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Tokarska, K. B., M. B. Stolpe, S. Sippel, E. M. Fischer, C. J. Smith, F. Lehner and R. Knutti, 2020, Past warming trend constrains future warming in CMIP6 models, Science Advances, 6(12), eaaz9549, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz9549, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Tokarska, K. B., V. K. Arora, N. P. Gillett, F. Lehner, J. Rogelj, C.-F. Schleussner, R. Séférian and R. Knutti, 2020, Uncertainty in carbon budget estimates due to internal climate variability, Environmental Research Letters, 15(10), 104064, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/abaf1b, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Zumwald, M., B. Knüsel, C. Baumberger, G. Hirsch Hadorn, D. N. Bresch and R. Knutti, 2020, Understanding and assessing uncertainty of observational climate datasets for model evaluation using ensembles, WIREs Climate Change, 1–19, doi: 10.1002/wcc.654, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Sippel, S., N. Meinshausen, E. M. Fischer, E. Székely and R. Knutti, 2020, Climate change now detectable from any single day of weather at global scale, Nature Climate Change, 10(1), 35-41, doi: 10.1038/s41558-019-0666-7, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Brunner, L., R. Lorenz, M. Zumwald and R. Knutti, 2019, Quantifying uncertainty in European climate projections using combined performance-independence weighting, Environmental Research Letters, 14(12), 124010, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab492f, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Skelton, M., J. J. Porter, S. Dessai, D. N. Bresch and R. Knutti, 2019, Customising global climate science for national adaptation: A case study of climate projections in UNFCCC’s National Communications, Environmental Science & Policy, 101, 16-23, doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2019.07.015, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Rugenstein, M., J. Bloch-Johnson, A. Abe-Ouchi, T. Andrews, U. Beyerle, L. Cao, T. Chadha, G. Danabasoglu, J. Dufresne, L. Duan, M. A. Foujols, T. Frölicher, O. Geoffroy, J. Gregory, R. Knutti, C. Li, A. Marzocchi, T. Mauritsen, M. Menary, E. Moyer,L. Nazarenko, D. Paynter, D. Saint-Martin, G. A. Schmidt, A. Yamamoto and S. Yang, 2019, LongRunMIP–motivation and design for a large collection of millennial-length AO-GCM simulations, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0068.1, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Stolpe, M. B., I. Medhaug, U. Beyerle and R. Knutti, 2019, Weak dependence of future global mean warming on the background climate state, Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-019-04849-3, external pagePDF.call_made
- Sippel, S., N. Meinshausen, A. Merrifield, F. Lehner, A.G. Pendergrass, E. Fischer and R. Knutti, 2019, Uncovering the forced climate response from a single ensemble member using statistical learning, Journal of Climate, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Herger, N., G. Abramowitz, S. Sherwood, R. Knutti, O. Angélil, and S. A. Sisson, 2019, Ensemble optimisation, multiple constraints and overconfidence: a case study with future Australian precipitation change, Climate Dynamics, 1-16, doi: 10.1007/s00382-019-04690-8, external pagePDFcall_made
- Heinze, C., V. Eyring, P. Friedlingstein, C. Jones, Y. Balkanski, W. Collins, T. Fichefet, S. Gao, A. Hall, D. Ivanova, W. Knorr, R. Knutti, A. Löw, M. Ponater, M.G Schultz, M. Schulz, P. Siebesma, J. Teixeira, G. Tselioudis, M. Vancoppenolle, 2019, Climate feedbacks in the Earth system and prospects for their evaluation. Earth System Dynamics, 10(3), 379-452, doi: 10.5194/esd-10-379-2019, external pagePDF.call_made
- Knüsel, B., M. Zumwald, C. Baumberger, G. H. Hadorn, E. M. Fischer, D. N. Bresch and R. Knutti, 2019, Applying big data beyond small problems in climate research, Nature Climate Change, 9(3), 196, doi: 10.1038/s41558-019-0404-1, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Abramowitz, G., N. Herger, E. Gutmann, D. Hammerling, R. Knutti, M. Leduc, R. Lorenz, R. Pincus and G. A. Schmidt, 2019, Model dependence in multi-model climate ensembles: weighting, sub-selection and out-of-sample testing, Earth System Dynamics 10, 91-105, doi: 10.5194/esd-10-91-2019, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Pendergrass, A.G, and R. Knutti, 2018, The uneven nature of daily precipitation and its change, Geophysical Research Letters, 45(21), 11-980, doi: 10.1029/2018GL080298, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Fischer, E.M, U. Beyerle, C.F. Schleussner, A.D. King and R. Knutti, 2018, Biased Estimates of Changes in Climate Extremes From Prescribed SST Simulations, Geophysical Research Letters, 45(16), 8500-8509, doi: 10.1029/2018GL079176, external pagePDFcall_made.
- King, A.D, R. Knutti, P. Uhe, D.M. Mitchell, S.C. Lewis, J.M. Arblaster and N. Freychet, 2018, On the linearity of local and regional temperature changes from 1.5° C to 2° C of global warming, Journal of Climate, 31, 7495-7514, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0649.1, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Lorenz, R. N. Herger, J. Sedláček, V. Eyring, E.M. Fischer and R. Knutti, 2018, Prospects and caveats of weighting climate models for summer maximum temperature projections over North America, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123 (9), 4509-4526, doi: 10.1029/2017JD027992, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Tebaldi, C. and R. Knutti, 2018, Evaluating the accuracy of climate change pattern emulation for low warming targets, Environmental Research Letters, 13, 055006, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aabef2, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Herger, N., G. Abramowitz, R. Knutti, O. Angélil, K. Lehmann and B.M. Sanderson, 2018, Selecting a climate model subset to optimise key ensemble properties, Earth System Dynamics, 9, 135-151, doi: 10.5194/esd-9-135-2018, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Stolpe, M.B., I. Medhaug, J. Sedláček and R. Knutti, 2018, Multidecadal Variability in Global Surface Temperatures Related to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, Journal of Climate, 31, 2889-2906, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0444.1, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Pendergrass, A.G., R. Knutti, F. Lehner, C. Deser and B.M. Sanderson, 2017, Precipitation variability increases in a warmer climate, Scientific Reports, 17966, doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-17966-y, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Matthews, H.D., K. Zickfeld, R. Knutti and M.R. Allen, 2017, Focus on cumulative emissions, global carbon budgets and the implications for climate mitigation targets, Environmental Research Letters, 13, 010201, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa98c9, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Borodina, A., E.M. Fischer and R. Knutti, 2017, Potential to constrain projections of hot temperature extremes, Journal of Climate, 30, 9949-9964, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0848.1, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Knutti, R. M.A.A. Rugenstein and G.C. Hegerl, 2017, Beyond equilibrium climate sensitivity, Nature Geoscience, 10, 727-736, doi: 10.1038/ngeo3017, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Saffioti, C., E.M. Fischer and R. Knutti, 2017, Improved Consistency of Climate Projections over Europe after Accounting for Atmospheric Circulation Variability, Journal of Climate, 30, 7271-7291, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0695.1, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Andersen, H., J. Cermak, J. Fuchs, R. Knutti and U. Lohmann, 2017, Understanding the drivers of marine liquid-water cloud occurrence and properties with global observations using neural networks, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17, 9535-9546, doi: 10.5194/acp-17-9535-2017, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Stolpe, M.B., I. Medhaug and R. Knutti, 2017, Contribution of Atlantic and Pacific Multidecadal Variability to Twentieth-Century Temperature Changes, Journal of Climate, 30, 6279-6295, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0803.1, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Borodina, A., E.M. Fischer and R. Knutti, 2017, Models are likely to underestimate increase in heavy rainfall in the extratropical regions with high rainfall intensity, Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 7401-7409, doi: 10.1002/2017GL074530, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Sanderson, B.M., M. Wehner and R. Knutti, 2017, Skill and independence weighting for multi-model assessments, Geoscientific Model Development, 10, 2379-2395, doi: 10.5194/gmd-10-2379-2017, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Dahinden, F., E.M. Fischer and R. Knutti, 2017, Future local climate unlike currently observed anywhere, Environmental Research Letters, 12, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa75d7, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Medhaug, I., M.B. Stolpe, E.M. Fischer and R. Knutti, 2017, Reconciling controversies about the ‘global warming hiatus’, Nature, 545, 41-47, doi: 10.1038/nature22315, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Baumberger, C., R. Knutti and G. Hirsch Hadorn, 2017, Building confidence in climate model projections: an analysis of inferences from fit, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 8, doi: 10.1002/wcc.454, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Borodina, A., E.M. Fischer and R. Knutti, 2017, Emergent Constraints in Climate Projections: A Case Study of Changes in High-Latitude Temperature Variability, Journal of Climate, 30, 3655-3670, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0662.1, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Knutti, R., J. Sedláček, B.M. Sanderson, R. Lorenz, E.M. Fischer and V. Eyring, 2017, A climate model projection weighting scheme accounting for performance and interdependence, Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 1909-1918, doi: 10.1002/2016GL072012, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Keller, D.E., A.M. Fischer, M.A. Liniger, C. Appenzeller and R. Knutti, 2017, Testing a weather generator for downscaling climate change projections over Switzerland, International Journal of Climatologoy, 37, 928-942, doi: 10.1002/joc.4750, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Sanderson, B.M, Y. Xu, C. Tebaldi, M. Wehner, B. O'Neill, A. Jahn, A.G. Pendergrass, F. Lehner, W.G. Strand, L. Lin, R. Knutti, J.-F. Lamarque, 2017, Community climate simulations to assess avoided impacts in 1.5 and 2°C futures, Earth System Dynamics, 8, 827-847, doi: 10.5194/esd-8-827-2017, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Skelton, M., J.J. Porter, S. Dessai, D.N. Bresch and R. Knutti, 2017, The social and scientific values that shape national climate scenarios: a comparison of the Netherlands, Switzerland and the UK, Regional Environmental Change, 1-14, doi: 10.1007/s10113-017-1155-z, external pagePDFcall_made.
- MacDougall, A.H., N.C. Swart and R. Knutti, 2016, The uncertainty in the transient climate response to cumulative CO2 emissions arising from the uncertainty in physical climate parameters, Journal of Climate, 30, 813-827, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0205.1, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Fischer, E.M. and R. Knutti, 2016, Observed heavy precipitation increase confirms theory and early models, Nature Climate Change, 6, 986-991, doi: 10.1038/nclimate3110, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Gillett, N.P., H. Shiogama, B. Funke, G. Hegerl, R. Knutti, K. Matthes, B.D. Santer, D. Stone and C. Tebaldi, 2016, The Detection and Attribution Model Intercomparison Project (DAMIP v1.0) contribution to CMIP6, Geoscientific Model Development, 9, 3685-3697, doi: 10.5194/gmd-9-3685-2016, external pagePDFcall_made.
- McMahon, R., M. Stauffacher and R. Knutti, 2016, The scientific veneer of IPCC visuals, Climatic Change, 138, 369-381, doi: 10.1007/s10584-016-1758-2, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Rugenstein, M.A.A, K. Caldeira and R. Knutti, 2016, Dependence of global radiative feedbacks on evolving patterns of surface heat fluxes, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 9877-9885, doi: 10.1002/2016GL070907, external pagePDFcall_made.
- O'Neill, B.C, C. Tebaldi, D.P. Van Vuuren, V. Eyring, P. Friedlingstein, G. Hurtt, R. Knutti, E. Kriegler, J.-F. Lamarque, J. Lowe, G.A. Meehl, R. Moss, K. Riahi and B.M. Sanderson, 2016, The scenario model intercomparison project (ScenarioMIP) for CMIP6, Geoscientific Model Development, 9, 3461-3482, doi: 10.5194/gmd-9-3461-2016, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Saffioti, C., E.M. Fischer, S.C. Scherrer and R. Knutti, 2016, Reconciling observed and modeled temperature and precipitation trends over Europe by adjusting for circulation variability, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 8189-8198, doi: 10.1002/2016GL069802, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Schleussner, C.F., J. Rogelj, M. Schaeffer, T. Lissner, R. Licker, E.M. Fischer, R. Knutti, A. Levermann, K. Frieler and W. Hare, 2016, Science and policy characteristics of the Paris Agreement temperature goal, Nature Climate Change, 6, 827-835, doi: 10.1038/nclimate3096, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Hallegatte, S., J. Rogelj, M. Allen, L. Clarke, O. Edenhofer, C. Field, P. Friedlingstein, L. van Kesteren, R. Knutti, K. Mach, M. Mastrandrea, A. Michel, J. Minx, M. Oppenheimer, G.-K. Plattner, K. Riahi, M. Schaeffer, T.F. Stocker and D. van Vuuren, 2016, Mapping the climate change challenge, Nature Climate Change, 6, 663-668, doi: 10.1038/nclimate3057, external pagePDFcall_made.
- MacDougall, A.H. and R. Knutti, 2016, Enhancement of non-CO2 radiative forcing via intensified carbon cycle feedbacks, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 5833-5840, doi: 10.1002/2016GL068964, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Rugenstein, M.A.A., J. M. Gregory, N. Schaller, J. Sedláček and R. Knutti, 2016, Multi-annual ocean-atmosphere adjustments to radiative forcing, Journal of Climate, 29, 5643-5659, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0312.1, external pagePDFcall_made.
- MacDougall, A.H. and R. Knutti, 2016, Projecting the release of carbon from permafrost soils using a perturbed parameter ensemble modelling approach, Biogeosciences, 13, 2123-2136, doi:10.5194/bg-13-2123-2016, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Rugenstein, M.A.A., J. Sedláček and R. Knutti, 2016, Nonlinearities in patterns of long term ocean warming, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 3380-3388, doi: 10.1002/2016GL068041, external pagePDF.call_made
- Scherrer, S.C., E.M. Fischer, R. Posselt, M.A. Liniger, M. Croci-Maspoli and R. Knutti, 2016, Emerging trends in heavy precipitation and hot temperature extremes in Switzerland, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmosphere, 121, doi: 10.1002/2015JD024634, DownloadPDF (PDF, 2.6 MB)vertical_align_bottom.
- Rogelj, R., M. Schaeffer, P. Friedlingstein, N. Gillett, D. van Vuuren, K. Riahi, M. Allen and R. Knutti, 2016, Differences between carbon budget estimates unravelled, Nature Climate Change, 6, 245-252, doi: 10.1038/nclimate2868, external pagePDFcall_made
- Seneviratne, S.I., M.G. Donat, A.J. Pitman, R. Knutti and R.L. Wilby, 2016, Allowable CO2 emissions based on regional and impact-related climate targets, Nature, 529, 477-483, doi: 10.1038/nature16542, external pagePDFcall_made
- Dallafior, T.N., D. Folini, R. Knutti and M. Wild, 2015, Mixed-layer ocean responses to anthropogenic aerosol dimming from 1870 to 2000, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmosphere, 121, doi:10.1002/2015JD024070, external pagePDFcall_made
- Knutti, R., J. Rogelj, J. Sedláček and E.M. Fischer, 2015, A scientific critique of the two-degree climate change target, Nature Geoscience, 9, 13-18, doi: 10.1038/ngeo2595, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.2 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- MacDougall, A.H., K. Zickfeld, R. Knutti and H.D. Matthews, 2015, Sensitivity of carbon budgets to permafrost carbon feedbacks, non-CO2 forcings, and negative emissions, Environmental Research Letters, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/12/125003, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.2 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Frenger, I., M. Münnich, N. Gruber and R. Knutti, 2015, Southern Ocean Eddy Phenomenology, Journal of Geophysical Resarch - Oceans, doi: 10.1002/2015JC011047, external pagePDFcall_made
- Rogelj, J., M. Schaeffer, M. Meinshausen, R. Knutti, J. Alcamo, K. Riahi and W. Hare, 2015, Zero emission targets as long-term global goals for climate protection, Environmental Research Lettters, 105007, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/10/105007, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.2 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Knutti, R. and M.A.A. Rugenstein, 2015, Feedbacks, climate sensitivity, and the limits of linear model, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 373, 20150146, doi: 10.1098/rsta.2015.0146, DownloadPDF (PDF, 670 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- McMahon, R., M. Stauffacher and R. Knutti, 2015, The unseen uncertainties in climate change: reviewing comprehension of an IPCC scenario graph, Climatic Change, 133, 141-154, doi: 10.1007/s10584-015-1473-4, DownloadPDF (PDF, 663 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Rogelj, J., M. Meinshausen, M. Schaeffer, R. Knutti and K. Riahi, 2015, Impact of short-lived non-CO2 mitigation on carbon budgets for stabilizing global warming, Environmental Research Letters, 10, 075001, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/7/075001, DownloadPDF (PDF, 938 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Rogelj, J., A. Reisinger, D.L. McCollum, R. Knutti, K. Riahi and M. Meinshausen, 2015, Mitigation choices impact carbon budget size compatible with low temperature goals, Environmental Research Letters, 10, 075003, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/7/075003, DownloadPDF (PDF, 887 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Fischer, E.M. and R. Knutti, 2015, Anthropogenic contribution to global occurrence of heavy-precipitation and high-temperature extremes, Nature Climate Change, 5, 560-564, doi: 10.1038/nclimate2617. external pageArticle,call_made DownloadSupplementary Information, (PDF, 1.4 MB)vertical_align_bottomexternal pageNature News and Viewscall_made
- Keller, D.E., A.M. Fischer, C. Frei, M.A. Liniger, C. Appenzeller and R. Knutti, 2015, Implementation and validation of a Wilks-type multi-site daily precipitation generator over a typical Alpine river catchment, HESS, 19, 2163-2177,doi: 10.5194/hess-19-2163-2015, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.3 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Sanderson, B.M., R. Knutti and P. Caldwell, 2015, Addressing interdependency in a multi-model ensemble, Journal of Climate, 28, 5150-5170, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00361.1, DownloadPDF (PDF, 2.1 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Sanderson, B.M., R. Knutti and P. Caldwell, 2015, A representative democracy to reduce interdependency in a multi-model ensemble, Journal of Climate, 28, 5171-5194, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00362.1, DownloadPDF (PDF, 2.2 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Saffioti, C., E.M. Fischer and R. Knutti, 2015, Contributions of atmospheric circulation variability and data coverage bias to the warming hiatus, Geophysical Research Letters, 42, doi: 10.1002/2015GL063091, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.1 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Dallafior, T.N., D. Folini, R. Knutti and M. Wild, 2015, Dimming over the Oceans: Transient Anthropogenic Aerosol Plumes in the 20th Century, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120, 3465–3484, doi: 10.1002/2014JD022658, DownloadPDF (PDF, 2 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Herger, N., B.M. Sanderson and R. Knutti, 2015, Improved pattern scaling approaches for the use in climate impact studies, Geophysical Research Letters, 42, doi: 10.1002/2014JD022658, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.4 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Knutti, R. and J. Rogelj, 2015, The legacy of our CO2 emissions: a clash of scientific facts, politics and ethics, Climatic Change, doi: 10.1007/s10584-015-1340-3, DownloadPDF (PDF, 439 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Bahn, O., M. Chesney, J. Gheyssens, R. Knutti and A.C. Pana, 2015, Is there room for geoengineering in the optimal climate policy mix?, Environmental Science and Policy, 48, 67-76, doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.12.014, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.3 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Fischer, E.M., J. Sedláček, E. Hawkins and R. Knutti, 2014, Models agree on forced response pattern of precipitation and temperature extremes, Geophysical Research Letters, 41, doi: 10.1002/2014GL062018, DownloadPDF (PDF, 2.2 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Friedlingstein, P., R.M. Andrew, J. Rogelj, G.P. Peters, J.G. Canadell, R. Knutti, G. Luderer, M.R. Raupach, M. Schaeffer, D.P. van Vuuren and C. Le Quéré, 2014, Persistent growth of CO2 emissions and implications for reaching climate targets, Nature Geoscience, 7, 709-715, doi: 10.1038/ngeo2248, DownloadPDF (PDF, 965 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Huber, M.B. and R. Knutti, 2014, Natural variability, radiative forcing and climate response in the recent hiatus reconciled, Nature Geoscience, 7, 651-656, doi: 10.1038/NGEO2228, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.6 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Hawkins, E., B. Anderson, N. Diffenbaugh, I. Mahlstein, R. Betts, G. Hegerl, M. Joshi, R. Knutti, D. McNeall, S. Solomon, R. Sutton, J. Syktus., and G. Vecchi, 2014, Uncertainties in the timing of unprecedented climates, Nature, 511, E3–E5, doi: 10.1038/nature1352, DownloadPDF (PDF, 431 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Schaller, N., J. Sedláček and R. Knutti, 2014, The asymmetry of the climate system's response to solar forcing changes and its implications for geoengineering scenarios, Journal of Geophysical Research, 119, doi: 10.1002/2013JD021258, DownloadPDF (PDF, 3.9 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Sedláček, J. and R. Knutti, 2014, Half of the world's population experience robust changes in the water cycle for a 2 °C warmer world, Environmental Research Letters, 9, 044008, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/4/044008, external pagePDFcall_made
- Rogelj, J., M. Meinshausen, J. Sedláček and R. Knutti, 2014, Implications of potentially lower climate sensitivity on climate projections and policy, Environmental Research Letters, 9, 031003, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/3/031003, DownloadPDF (PDF, 315 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Huber, M., U. Beyerle and R. Knutti, 2014, Estimating climate sensitivity and future temperature in the presence of natural variability, Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 2086-2092, doi: 10.1002/2013GL058532, DownloadPDF (PDF, 931 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Brönnimann, S., C. Appenzeller, M. Croci-Maspoli, J.Fuhrer, M. Grosjean, R. Hohmann, K. Ingold, R. Knutti, M. A. Liniger, C. C. Raible, R. Röthlisberger, C. Schär, S. C. Scherrer, K.Strassmann and P. Thalmann, 2014, Climate change in Switzerland: a review of physical, institutional, and political aspects, WIREs Climate Change, doi: 10.1002/wcc.280, DownloadPDF (PDF, 749 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Angelil, O., D.A. Stone, M. Tadross, F. Tummon, M. Wehner and R. Knutti, 2014, Attribution of extreme weather to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions: sensitivity to spatial and temporal scales, Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 2150–2155, doi: 10.1002/2014GL059234, DownloadPDF (PDF, 650 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Gerber, F., J. Sedláček and R. Knutti, 2014, Influence of the western North Atlantic and the Barents Sea on European winter climate, Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 561-567, doi: 10.1002/2013GL058778, DownloadPDF (PDF, 2.3 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Fischer, E.M and R. Knutti, 2014, Detection of spatially aggregated changes in temperature and precipitation extremes, Geophysical Research Letters, 41, doi:10.1002/2013GL058499, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.1 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Friedlingstein, P., M.A. Meinshausen, V.K. Arora, C.D. Jones, A. Anav, S.K. Liddicoat and R. Knutti, 2014, Uncertainties in CMIP5 climate projections due to carbon cycle feedbacks, Journal of Climate, 27, 511-526, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00579.1, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.4 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Fischer, E.M., U. Beyerle and R. Knutti, 2013, Robust spatially aggregated projections of climate extremes, Nature Climate Change, 3, 1033-1038, doi: 10.1038/NCLIMATE2051, DownloadPDF (PDF, 3.8 MB)vertical_align_bottom, News and Views: M. G. Donat, Local noise and global confidence, DownloadPDF (PDF, 239 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Kopparla, P., E.M. Fischer, C. Hannay and R. Knutti, 2013, Improved simulation of extreme precipitation in a high resolution model, Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 5803-5808, doi: 10.1002/2013GL057866, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.3 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Schaller, N., J. Cermak, M. Wild and R. Knutti, 2013, The sensitivity of the energy budget and hydrological cycle to CO2 and solar forcing, Earth System Dynamics, 4, 253-266, doi: 10.5194/esd-4-253-2013, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1016 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Frenger, I., N. Gruber, R. Knutti and M. Münnich, 2013, Imprint of Southern Ocean eddies on winds, clouds and rainfall, Nature Geoscience, 6, 608-612, doi: 10.1038/ngeo1863, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1014 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Otto, A., F. Otto, O. Boucher, J. Church, G. Hegerl, P. M. Forster, N. P. Gillett, J. Gregory, G. C. Johnson, R. Knutti, N. Lewis, U. Lohmann, J. Marotzke, G. Myhre, D. Shindell, B. Stevens and M. R. Allen, 2013, Energy budget constraints on climate response, Nature Geoscience, 415–416, doi: 10.1038/ngeo1836, DownloadPDF (PDF, 414 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Knutti, R., D. Masson and A. Gettelman, 2013, Climate model genealogy: Generation CMIP5 and how we got there, Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 1194-1199, doi: 10.1002/grl.50256, DownloadPDF (PDF, 254 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Lustenberger, A., E.M. Fischer and R. Knutti, 2013, The potential of pattern scaling for projecting temperature-related extreme indices, International Journal of Climatology, 34, 18-26, doi: 10.1002/joc.3659, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.1 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Gregory, J.M., D. Bi, M.A. Collier, M.R. Dix, A.C. Hirst, A. Hu, M. Huber, R. Knutti, S.J. Marsland, M. Meinshausen, H.A. Rashid, L.D. Rotstayn, A. Schurer and J.A. Church, 2013, Climate models without pre-industrial volcanic forcing underestimate historical ocean thermal expansion, Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 1600-1604, doi: 10.1002/grl.50339, DownloadPDF (PDF, 247 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Masson, D. and R. Knutti, 2013, Predictor screening, calibration, and observational constraints in climate model ensembles: an illustration using climate sensitivity, Journal of Climate, 26, 887-898, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00540.1, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.5 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- PALAEOSENS Project Members (Rohling, E.J., Sluijs, A., Dijkstra, H.A., Köhler, P., van de Wal, R.S.W., von der Heydt, A.S., Beerling, D., Berger, A., Bijl, P.K., Crucifix, M., deConto, R., Drijfhout, S.S., Fedorov, A., Foster, G., Ganopolski, A., Hansen, J., Hönisch, B., Hooghiemstra, H., Huber, M., Huybers, P., Knutti, R., Lea, D.W., Lourens, L.J., Lunt, D., Masson-Demotte, V., Medina-Elizalde, M., Otto-Bliesner, B., Pagani, M., Pälike, H., Renssen, H., Royer, D.L., Siddall, M.,Valdes, P., Zachos, J.C., and Zeebe, R.E), 2012, Making sense of palaeoclimate sensitivity, 2012, Nature, 491, 683-691, doi: 10.1038/nature11574, DownloadPDF (PDF, 798 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Sedláček, J. and R. Knutti, 2012, Evidence for external forcing on 20th-century climate from combined ocean-atmosphere warming patterns, Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L20708, doi: 10.1029/2012GL053262, DownloadPDF (PDF, 3.8 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Knutti, R. and J. Sedláček, 2012, Robustness and uncertainties in the new CMIP5 climate model projections, Nature Climate Change, 3, 369-373, doi: 10.1038/nclimate1716, DownloadPDF (PDF, 4.9 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Deser, C., R. Knutti, S. Solomon and A.S. Phillips, 2012, Communication of the role of natural variability in future North American climate, Nature Climate Change, 2, 775-779, doi: 10.1038/nclimate1562, DownloadPDF (PDF, 3.8 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Fischer, E.M. and R. Knutti, 2012, Robust projections for combined humidity and temperature extremes, Nature Climate Change, 3, 126-130, doi: 10.1038/nclimate1682, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.4 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Sanderson, B.M. and R. Knutti, 2012, On the interpretation of constrained climate model ensembles, Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L16708, doi: 10.1029/2012GL052665, DownloadPDF (PDF, 902 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Mahlstein, I. and R. Knutti, 2012, September Arctic sea ice predicted to disappear for 2°C global warming above present, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, D06104, doi: 10.1029/2011JD016709, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.2 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Knutti, R. and G.-K. Plattner, 2012, Comment on “Why Hasn’t Earth Warmed as Much as Expected?” by Schwartz et al., [Schwartz, S. E., R. J. Charlson, R. A. Kahn, J. A. Ogren, and H. Rodhe, 2010: Why hasn't the Earth warmed as much as expected? J. Climate, 23, 2453-2464, doi: 10.1175/2009JCLI3461.1], Journal of Climate, 25, 2192-2199, doi: 10.1175/2011JCLI4038.1, DownloadPDF (PDF, 724 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Mahlstein, I., R.W. Portmann, J.L. Daniel, S. Solomon and R. Knutti, 2012, Perceptible changes in regional precipitation in a future climate, Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L05701, doi: 10.1029/2011GL050738, DownloadPDF (PDF, 704 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Rogelj, J., M. Meinshausen and R. Knutti, 2012, Global warming under old and new scenarios using IPCC climate sensitivity range estimates, Nature Climate Change, 2, 248-253, doi: 10.1038/NCLIMATE1385, DownloadPDF (PDF, 925 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Sedláček J., R. Knutti, O. Martius and U. Beyerle, 2012. Impact of a reduced Arctic sea-ice cover on ocean and atmospheric properties, Journal of Climate, 25, 307-319, doi: 10.1175/2011JCLI3904.1, DownloadPDF (PDF, 4.8 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Tebaldi, C, J. M. Arblaster and R. Knutti, 2011, Mapping model agreement on future climate projections, Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L23701, doi: 10.1029/2011GL049863, DownloadPDF (PDF, 2.2 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Huber, M. and R. Knutti, 2011, Anthropogenic and natural warming inferred from changes in Earth’s energy balance, Nature Geoscience, 5, 31-36, doi: 10.1038/NGEO1327, DownloadPDF (PDF, 470 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Friedlingstein, P., S. Solomon, G-K. Plattner, R. Knutti, P. Ciais and M.R. Raupach, 2011, Long-term climate implications of twenty-first century options for carbon dioxide emission mitigation, Nature Climate Change, 1, 457-461, doi: 10.1038/NCLIMATE1302, DownloadPDF (PDF, 530 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Fischer, A.M., A.P. Weigel, C.M. Buser, R. Knutti, H.R. Künsch, M A. Liniger, C. Schär, and C. Appenzeller, 2011, Climate change projections for Switzerland based on a Bayesian multi model approach, International Journal of Climatology, 32, 2348-2371, doi: 10.1002/joc.3396, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.2 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Mahlstein, I., R. Knutti, S. Solomon and R. W. Portmann, 2011, Early onset of significant local warming in low latitude countries, Environmental Research Letters, 6, 034009, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/6/3/034009, DownloadPDF (PDF, 789 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Sanderson, B.M., B. O'Neill, J.T. Kiehl, G.A. Meehl, R. Knutti and W.M. Washington, 2011, The response of the climate system to very high greenhouse gas emission scenarios, Environmental Research Letters, 6, 034005, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/6/3/034005, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.2 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Masson, D. and R. Knutti, 2011, Spatial scale dependence of climate model performance in the CMIP3 ensemble, Journal of Climate, 24, 2680-2692, doi: 10.1175/2011JCLI3513.1, DownloadPDF (PDF, 3.1 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Sedláček, J., O. Martius and R. Knutti, 2011, Influence of subtropical and polar sea-surface temperature anomalies on temperatures in Eurasia, Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L12803, doi: 10.1029/2011GL047764, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.7 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Schaller, N., I. Mahlstein, J. Cermak and R. Knutti, 2011, Analyzing precipitation projections: A comparison of different approaches to climate model evaluation, Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, D10118, doi: 10.1029/2010JD014963, DownloadPDF (PDF, 2 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Masson, D. and R. Knutti, 2011, Climate model genealogy, Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L08703, doi: 10.1029/2011GL046864, DownloadPDF (PDF, 370 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Mahlstein, I. and R. Knutti, 2011, Ocean heat transport as a cause for model uncertainty in projected Arctic warming, Journal of Climate, 24, 1451-1460, doi: 10.1175/2010JCLI3713.1, DownloadPDF (PDF, 2 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Huber, M., R. Knutti, I. Mahlstein, M. Wild and J. Fasullo, 2011, Constraints on climate sensitivity from radiation patterns in climate models, Journal of Climate, 24, 1034-1052, doi: 10.1175/2010JCLI3403.1, DownloadPDF (PDF, 2.6 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Bahn, O., N.R. Edwards, R. Knutti and T.F. Stocker, 2011, Energy policies avoiding a tipping point in the climate system, Energy Policy, 39, 334-348, doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.10.002, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Cermak, J., M. Wild, R. Knutti, M.I. Mishchenko and A.K. Heidinger, 2010, Consistency between global satellite-derived aerosol and cloud data sets on recent brightening trends, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L21704, doi: 10.1029/2010GL044632, DownloadPDF (PDF, 3.2 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Solomon, S., J. S. Daniel, T. J. Sanford, D. M. Murphy, G.-K. Plattner, R. Knutti and P. Friedlingstein, 2010, Persistence of climate change due to a range of greenhouse gases, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107, 18354-18359, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1006282107, DownloadPDF (PDF, 509 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Weigel, A. R. Knutti, M. Liniger and C. Appenzeller, 2010, Risks of model weighting in multi-model climate projections, Journal of Climate, 23, 4175-4191, doi: 10.1175/2010JCLI3594.1, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.3 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Knutti, R., R. Furrer, C. Tebaldi, J. Cermak and G.A. Meehl, 2010, Challenges in combining projections from multiple models, Journal of Climate, 23, 2739-2758, doi: 10.1175/2009JCLI3361.1, DownloadPDF (PDF, 2.1 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Knutti, R., The end of model democracy?, 2010, Editorial for Climatic Change, 102, 395-404, doi: 10.1007/s10584-010-9800-2, DownloadPDF (PDF, 238 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Perch-Nielsen, S.L., Amelung, B. and R. Knutti, 2010, Future Climate Resources for Tourism in Europe based on the daily Tourism Climatic Index, Climatic Change, 103, 363-381, doi: 10.1007/s10584-009-9772-2, DownloadPDF (PDF, 807 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Köhler, P., R. Bintanja, H. Fischer, F. Joos, R. Knutti, G. Lohmann, and V. Masson-Delmotte, 2010, What caused Earth's temperature variations during the last 800,000 years? Data-based evidences on radiative forcing and constraints on climate sensitivity, Quaternary Science Reviews, 29, 129-145, doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.09.026, DownloadPDF (PDF, 2.9 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Tomassini, L., R. Knutti, G.-K. Plattner, D. Van Vuuren, T.F. Stocker, R.B. Howarth, and M.E. Borsuk, 2010, Uncertainty and risk in climate projections for the 21st century: comparing mitigation to non-intervention scenarios, Climatic Change, 103, 399-422, doi: 10.1007/s10584-009-9763-3, DownloadPDF (PDF, 554 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Tomassini, L., P. Reichert, H.-R. Künsch, C. Buser, R. Knutti and M.E. Borsuk, 2010, A smoothing algorithm for estimating stochastic, continuous-time model parameters and its application to a simple climate model, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (Series C Applied Statistics), 58 (5), 679-704, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.7 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Mahlstein, I., and R. Knutti, 2010, Regional climate change patterns identified by cluster analysis, Climate Dynamics, 35, 587-600, doi: 10.1007/s00382-009-0654-0, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.5 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Cermak, J. and R. Knutti, 2009, Beijing Olympics as an aerosol field experiment, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L10806, doi: 10.1029/2009GL038572, DownloadPDF (PDF, 224 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Meinshausen, M., N. Meinshausen, W. Hare, S. C. B. Raper, K. Frieler, R. Knutti, D. J. Frame and M. R. Allen, 2009, Greenhouse gas emission targets for limiting global warming to 2°C. Nature, 458, 1158-1163, doi: 10.1038/nature08017, DownloadPDF (PDF, 2.8 MB)vertical_align_bottom, DownloadPDF News and Views (PDF, 1.5 MB)vertical_align_bottom.
- Washington, W. M., R. Knutti, G. A. Meehl, H. Teng, C. Tebaldi, D. Lawrence, L. Buja, and W. G. Strand, 2009, How much climate change can be avoided by mitigation?, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L08703, doi: 10.1029/2008GL037074, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.5 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Solomon, S., G.-K. Plattner, R. Knutti and P. Friedlingstein, 2009, Irreversible climate change due to carbon dioxide emissions, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106, 1704-1709, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0812721106, DownloadPDF (PDF, 982 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Knutti, R. and G. C. Hegerl, 2008, The equilibrium sensitivity of the Earth’s temperature to radiation changes, Nature Geoscience, 1, 735-743, doi: 10.1038/ngeo337, DownloadPDF (PDF, 671 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Jun, M., R. Knutti and D. W. Nychka, 2008, Spatial analysis to quantify numerical model bias and dependence: How many climate models are there?, Journal of the American Statistical Association Applications and Case Studies, 103 (483), 934-947 doi: 10.1198/016214507000001265, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.4 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Knutti, R., Should we believe model predictions of future climate change?, 2008, Triennial Issue Earth Science of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 366, 4647-4664, doi: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0169, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.2 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Jun, M., R. Knutti and D. W. Nychka, 2008, Local eigenvalue analysis of CMIP3 climate model errors, Tellus, 60A, 992-1000, DownloadPDF (PDF, 650 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Knutti, R., 2008, Why are climate models reproducing the observed global surface warming so well?, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L18704, doi: 10.1029/2008GL034932, DownloadPDF (PDF, 965 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Knutti, R., S.Krähenmann, D. J. Frame and M. R. Allen, 2008, Comment on ‘Heat capacity, time constant and sensitivity of Earth’s climate system’ by S. E. Schwartz, JGR, 113, D15103, doi: 10.1029/2007JD009473, DownloadPDF (PDF, 188 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Plattner, G.-K., R. Knutti, F. Joos, T. F. Stocker, W. von Bloh, V. Brovkin, D. Cameron, E. Driesschaert, S. Dutkiewicz, M. Eby, N. R. Edwards, T. Fichefet, J. C. Hargreaves, C. D. Jones, M. F. Loutre, H. D. Matthews, A. Mouchet, S. A. Mueller, S. Nawrath, A. Price, A. Sokolov, K. M. Strassmann, and A. J. Weaver, 2008, Long-term climate commitments projected with climate - carbon cycle models. Journal of Climate, 21, 2721-2751, DownloadPDF (PDF, 2.3 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Flückiger, J., R. Knutti, J. W. C. White and H. Renssen, 2008, Modeled seasonality of glacial abrupt climate change, Climate Dynamics, 31, 633-645, doi: 10.1007/s00382-008-0373-y, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.2 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Knutti, R., M. R. Allen, P. Friedlingstein, J. M. Gregory, G. C. Hegerl, G. A. Meehl, M. Meinshausen, J. M. Murphy, G.-K. Plattner, S. C. B. Raper, T. F. Stocker, P. A. Stott, H. Teng and T. M. L Wigley, 2008, A review of uncertainties in global temperature projections over the twenty-first century, Journal of Climate, 21, 2651-2663, DownloadPDF (PDF, 834 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Sanderson, B., R. Knutti, T. Aina, C. Christensen, N. Faull, D. J. Frame, W. J. Ingram, C. Piani, D. A. Stainforth, D. A. Stone and M. R. Allen, 2008, Constraints on model response to greenhouse gas forcing and the role of subgrid scale processes, Journal of Climate, 21, 2384-2400 DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.6 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Knutti, R. and L. Tomassini, 2008, Constraints on the transient climate response from observed global temperature and ocean heat uptake, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L09701, doi: 10.1029/2007GL032904, DownloadPDF (PDF, 405 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Tebaldi, C. and R. Knutti, 2007, The use of the multi-model ensemble in probabilistic climate projections, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 365, 2053-2075, doi: 10.1098/rsta.2007.2076, DownloadPDF (PDF, 279 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Tomassini, L., P. Reichert, R. Knutti, T. F. Stocker and M. Borsuk, 2007, Robust Bayesian uncertainty analysis of climate system properties using Markov chain Monte Carlo methods, Journal of Climate, 20, 1239-1254, DownloadPDF (PDF, 615 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Furrer, R., R. Knutti, S. Sain, D. Nychka and G.A. Meehl, 2006, Spatial patterns of probabilistic temperature change projections from a multivariate Bayesian analysis, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L06711, doi: 10.1029/2006GL027754, DownloadPDF (PDF, 505 KB)vertical_align_bottom, DownloadPDF of supplementary materialvertical_align_bottom
- Bahn, O., L. Drouet, N.R. Edwards, A. Haurie, S. Kypreos, R. Knutti, T.F. Stocker and J.-P. Vial, 2006, The coupling of optimal economic growth and climate dynamics, Climatic Change, 79, 103-119, doi:10.1007/s10584-006-9108-4ss, DownloadPDF (PDF, 483 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Knutti, R., G.A. Meehl, M.R. Allen and D. A. Stainforth, 2006, Constraining climate sensitivity from the seasonal cycle in surface temperature, Journal of Climate, 19 (17), 4224-4233, DownloadPDF (PDF, 807 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Flückiger, J., R. Knutti, J.W.C. White, 2006, Oceanic processes as potential trigger and amplifying mechanisms for Heinrich events, Paleoceanography, 21, PA2014, doi:10.1029/2005PA001204.DownloadPDF (PDF, 743 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Knutti, R., F. Joos, S.A. Mueller, G.K. Plattner and T.F. Stocker, 2005, Probabilistic climate change projections for stabilization profiles, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L20707, doi:10.1029/2005GL023294, DownloadPDF (PDF, 240 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Rahmstorf, S., M. Crucifix, A. Ganopolski, H. Goosse, I. Kamenkovich, R. Knutti, G. Lohmann, R. Marsh, L.A. Mysak, Z. Wang, A. J. Weaver, 2005, Thermohaline circulation hysteresis: a model intercomparison, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L23605, doi: 10.1029/2005GL023655 DownloadPDF (PDF, 211 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Köhler, P., F. Joos, S. Gerber and R. Knutti, 2005, Simulating changes in vegetation distribution, land carbon storage, and atmospheric CO2 in response to a collapse of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation, Climate Dynamics 25, 689-708, doi: 10.1007/s00382-005-0058-8 DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.5 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Knutti, R., J. Flückiger, T.F. Stocker and A. Timmermann, 2004, Strong hemispheric coupling of glacial climate through freshwater discharge and ocean circulation, Nature 430, 851-856. DownloadPDFvertical_align_bottom DownloadSupplementary Materialvertical_align_bottom DownloadNature: News & Viewsvertical_align_bottom
- Knutti, R., T. F. Stocker, F. Joos and G.-K. Plattner, 2003, Probabilistic climate change projections using neural networks, Climate Dynamics, 257-272, doi: 10.1007/s00382-003-0345-1. DownloadPDF (PDF, 474 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Anderson, T.L., R.J. Charlson, S.E. Schwartz, R. Knutti, O. Boucher, H. Rodhe and J. Heintzenberg, 2003, Climate forcing by aerosols - a hazy picture, Science 300, 1103-1104. DownloadPDFvertical_align_bottom
- Knutti, R., T.F. Stocker, F. Joos and G.-K. Plattner, 2002, Constraints on radiative forcing and future climate change from observations and climate model ensembles, Nature 416, 719-723. DownloadPDFvertical_align_bottom, related DownloadNews&Viewsvertical_align_bottom
- Knutti, R. and T.F. Stocker, 2002, Limited predictability of the future thermohaline circulation close to an instability threshold, Journal of Climate, 15, 179-186. DownloadPDF (PDF, 185 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Knutti, R. and T.F. Stocker, 2000, Influence of the thermohaline circulation on projected sea level rise, Journal of Climate, 13, 1997-2001. DownloadPDF (PDF, 58 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Knutti, R., T.F. Stocker and D.G. Wright, 2000, The effects of sub-grid-scale parameterizations in a zonally averaged ocean model, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 30, 2738-2752. DownloadPDF (PDF, 255 KB)vertical_align_bottom
Books chapters and reports
- Stocker, T. F., R. Knutti, G.-K. Plattner, 2001, The future of the thermohaline circulation - a perspective, In: The Ocean and Rapid Climate Changes: Past, Present, and Future, D. Seidov et al. (eds.), Geophysical Monograph 126, American Geophysical Union, 277-293. DownloadPDFvertical_align_bottom
- Allen, M., N. Andronova, B. Booth, S. Dessai, D. Frame, C. Forest, J. Gregory, G. Hegerl, R. Knutti, C. Piani, D. Sexton, D. Stainforth, 2006, Observational constraints on climate sensitivity, in Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change, (Eds.) J.S. Schellnhuber, W. Cramer, N. Nakicenovic, T.M.L. Wigley, G. Yohe., Cambridge Univ. Press.DownloadPDFvertical_align_bottom or DownloadPDF of complete book, see chapter 29vertical_align_bottom
- Tebaldi, C. and R. Knutti, 2009, Climate models and their projections of future changes, in: external pageClimate change and food securitycall_made, edited by D. B. Lobell and M. Burke, Springer Series: Advances in Global Change Research, Vol. 37, 10.1007/978-90-481-2953-9, Springer Netherlands, pp. 31-56
- Knutti, R., 2009, Klima und Energie, in: Energie, Reihe Zürcher Hochschulforum, edited by P.R. von Rohr et al., pp. 209-220
- Stone, D.A., and R. Knutti, 2010, Weather and Climate, in: external pageModeling the impact of climate change on water resourcescall_made, edited by C.F. Fung, A. Lopez and M. New, Blackwell Publishing, pp. 4-33
- 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, external pageFull report, summary and data available herecall_made - Füssler, J., M. Herren, M. Guyer, J. Rogelj and R. Knutti, 2012, Emission pathways to reach 2°C target, Report by INFRAS and IAC ETH commissioned by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, DownloadPDF (PDF, 988 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Knutti, R., 2012, Modeling environmental change and developing future projections, in: Handbook of Environmental Change, SAGE Publications, edited by J.A. Matthews, ISBN: 9780857023605
- Wolff, E. W., S. P. Harrison, R. Knutti, M. F. Sanchez-Goñi, O. Wild, A.-L. Daniau, V. Masson-Delmotte, I. C. Prentice and R. Spahni, 2012, How has climate responded to natural perturbations, in: external pageUnderstanding the Earth System, eds. S. Cornell, I.C. Prentice, J. House and C. Downy, Cambridge University Presscall_made, ISBN-13: 9781107009363
- Sanderson, B. J. and R. Knutti, 2012, Climate Change Projections: Multi-Model Ensembles, in: Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Springer, ISBN 978-0-387-89469-0
- Klimaziele und Emissionsreduktion: Eine Analyse und politische Vision für die Schweiz, 2012, OCCC, DownloadPDF (PDF, 3.8 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Van den Hurk, B., P. Braconnot, V. Eyring, P. Friedlingstein, P. Gleckler, R. Knutti and J. Teixeira, 2013, Assessing the Reliability of Climate Models, CMIP5, in: G.R. Asrar and J.W. Hurrell (eds.), Climate Science for Serving Society: Research, Modeling and Prediction Priorities, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, doi:10.1007/978-94-007-6692-1_9, 237-248 DownloadPDF (PDF, 125 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- von Waldow, H., A. M. Fischer, S. Kotlarski, E. Zubler, C. Appenzeller, I. Bey, T. Bosshard, P. Calanca, M. Croci-Maspoli, E. M. Fischer, J. Fuhrer, R. Hohmann, R. Knutti, C. Kull, M. A. Liniger, A. Lustenberger, C. Ritz, C. Schär, S. C. Scherrer, 2014, Data basis of CH2014-Impacts – The Swiss Climate Change Scenarios CH2011, in: CH2014-Impacts, 2014, external pageToward Quantitative Scenarios of Climate Change Impacts in Switzerlandcall_made, published by OCCR, FOEN, MeteoSwiss, C2SM, Agroscope, and ProClim, Bern, Switzerland, 136 pp., ISBN 978-3-033-04406-7
- Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz, 2016, external pageBrennpunkt Klima Schweiz. Grundlagen, Folgen und Perspektivencall_made, Swiss Academies Reports 11 (5)
- Knutti, R., 2018, Climate Model Confirmation: From Philosophy to Predicting Climate in the Real World, in: external pageClimate Modelling - Philosophical and Conceptual Issuescall_made, edited by E. A. Lloyd and E. Winsberg, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-65058-6, ISBN 978-3-319-65057-9
- Knutti, R., C. Baumberger, G. Hirsch Hadorn, 2019, Uncertainty quantification using multiple models — Prospects and challenges, Computer simulation validation, 835-855, Springer, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Schäfer, M. S., T. Füchslin, G.-A. Casutt, S. Suggs, K. Aberer, P. Burkard, A. Godi-nho, C. Hirschi, A. Jacobs, O. Jarren, A. Kaufmann, R. Knutti, M. Maier, J. Metag, T. Müller, B. Strasser, A. Weichselbraun, 2021, Science in the Swiss Public. The State of Science Communication and Public Engagement with Science in Switzer-land, Swiss Academies Reports, 16, 8, doi: 10.5281/ZENODO.4974311, external pagePDF.call_made
Other unreviewed articles (newest first)
- Knutti, R. (2019). Closing the Knowledge-Action Gap in Climate Change. One Earth, 1(1), 21-23, doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2019.09.001, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Hagedorn, G., P. Kalmus, M. Mann, S. Vicca, J. Van den Berge, J.-P. van Ypersele, D. Bourg, J. Rotmans, R. Kaaronen, S. Rahmstorf, H. Kromp-Kolb, G. Kirchengast, R. Knutti, S. I. Seneviratne, P. Thalmann, R. Cretney, A. Green, K. Anderson, M. Hedberg, D. Nilsson, A. Kuttner, K. Hayhoe, 2019, Concerns of young protesters are justified, Science, 364, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Hagedorn, G., T. Loew, S. I. Seneviratne, W. Lucht, M.-L. Beck, J. Hesse, R. Knutti, V. Quaschning, J.-H. Schleimer, L. Mattauch, C. Breyer, H. Hübener, G. Kirchengast, A. Chodura, J. Clausen, F. Creutzig, M. Darbi, C.-H. Daub, F. Ekardt, M. Göpel, N. H. Judith, J. Hertin, T. Hickler, A. Köhncke, S. Köster, J. Krohmer, H. Kromp-Kolb, P. Leinfelder, L. Mederake, M. Neuhaus, S. Rahmstorf, C. Schmidt, C. Schneider, G. Schneider, R. Seppelt, U. Spindler, M. Springmann, K. Staab, T. F. Stocker, K. Steininger, E. von Hirschhausen, W. Winter, M. Wittau and J. Zens, 2019, The concerns of the young protesters are justified: A statement by Scientists for Future concerning the protests for more climate protection, GAIA - Ecol. Perspect. Sci. Soc., 28(2), 79–87, doi: 10.14512/gaia.28.2.3, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Knutti, R., 2018, A wider role for climate scenarios, Nature Sustainability News and Views, 1, 214-215, doi: 10.1038/s41893-018-0067-3, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Sanderson, B.M. and R. Knutti, 2017, Delays in US mitigation could rule out Paris targets, Nature Climate Change Commentary, 7, 92-94, doi: 10.1038/nclimate3193, external pagePDFcall_made.
- Rogelj, J. and R. Knutti, Geosciences after Paris, Nature Geoscience Commentary, external pagePDFcall_made
- Fischer, E. M. and R. Knutti, 2014, Heated debate on cold weather, Nature Climate Change News and Views, 4, 537-538, DownloadPDF (PDF, 162 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Knutti, R., 2012, Von nichts kommt nichts, Physik in unserer Zeit, 43, 107, DownloadPDF (PDF, 88 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Eyring, V., R. Knutti and C. Textor, 2011, IEEE GRSS welcomes contributions of the society members to the preparation of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Reprort, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Newsletter, September 2011, DownloadPDF (PDF, 185 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Allen, M.R., D. Frame, K. Frieler, W. Hare, C. Huntingford, C. Jones, R. Knutti, J. Lowe, M. Meinshausen, N. Meinshausen and S. Raper, 2009, The exit strategy, Nature Reports Cimate Change, 3, 56-59, DownloadPDF (PDF, 329 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Knutti, R., 2009, Climate change - How much do we know?, Asia Insurance Review, February 2009, 60-61, DownloadPDF (PDF, 219 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Knutti, R., 2008, Climate change - How much do we know?, Geneva Association Information Newsletter, November 2008, 5-6
- Knutti, R., 2008, Preface in: Green IT - Studie und Leitfaden zur Gestaltung nachhaltiger IT-Infrastrukturen, Sieber und Partner, 7-9 (in german)
- Knutti, R., 2008, Hotter or not? Should we believe model predictions of future climate?, Significance (Royal Statistical Society), 5, 159-162, DownloadPDF (PDF, 1.5 MB)vertical_align_bottom
- Knutti, R., 2005, Evaluating climate impacts with intermediate complexity models, Extended abstract in the meeting report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Expert Meeting on Emission Scenarios, Washington D.C., USA, 35-37.external pageFull meeting report (3.4 MB)call_made
- Knutti, R., 2004, Twentieth century climate and probabilistic estimates of climate sensitivity, Extended abstract in the meeting report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Workshop on Climate Sensitivity, Paris, France, 113-114.external pageFull meeting report (4.4 MB)call_made
- Renold M., U. Beyerle, C.C. Raible, R. Knutti, T.F. Stocker, T. Craig, 2004, Climate modeling with a Linux cluster. EOS: Transactions of the American Geophysical Union. 85, 290. external pagePDF (0.2 MB)call_made
- Stocker, T.F., and R. Knutti, 2003, Do simplified models have any useful skill. CLIVAR Exchanges 8 (1), 7-10. external pagePDF (0.8 MB)call_made
- Stocker, T.F., and R. Knutti, 2001, Predictability of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation under global warming. CLIVAR Exchanges 6 (3), 5-7. external pagePDF (0.34 MB)call_made
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (newest first)
- Drafting author of: IPCC, 2013: Summary for Policymakers. In: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Stocker, T.F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S. K. Allen, J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex and P.M. Midgley (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA. external pagePDFcall_made
- Lead author of: Stocker, T.F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, L.V. Alexander, S.K. Allen, N.L. Bindoff, F.-M. Bréon, J.A. Church, U. Cubasch, S. Emori, P. Forster, P. Friedlingstein, N. Gillett, J.M. Gregory, D.L. Hartmann, E. Jansen, B. Kirtman, R. Knutti, K. Krishna Kumar, P. Lemke, J. Marotzke, V. Masson-Delmotte, G.A. Meehl, I.I. Mokhov, S. Piao, V. Ramaswamy, D. Randall, M. Rhein, M. Rojas, C. Sabine, D. Shindell, L.D. Talley, D.G. Vaughan and S.-P. Xie, 2013: Technical Summary. In: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Stocker, T.F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S.K. Allen, J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex and P.M. Midgley (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.
- Coordinating lead author of: Collins, M., R. Knutti, J. Arblaster, J.-L. Dufresne, T. Fichefet, P. Friedlingstein, X. Gao, W.J. Gutowski, T. Johns, G. Krinner, M. Shongwe, C. Tebaldi, A.J. Weaver and M. Wehner, 2013: Long-term Climate Change: Projections, Commitments and Irreversibility. In: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Stocker, T.F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S.K. Allen, J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex and P.M. Midgley (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.
- Contributing author to: Masson-Delmotte, V., M. Schulz, A. Abe-Ouchi, J. Beer, A. Ganopolski, J.F. González Rouco, E. Jansen, K. Lambeck, J. Luterbacher, T. Naish, T. Osborn, B. Otto-Bliesner, T. Quinn, R. Ramesh, M. Rojas, X. Shao and A. Timmermann, 2013: Information from Paleoclimate Archives. In: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Stocker, T.F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S.K. Allen, J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex and P.M. Midgley (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.
- Contributing author to: Flato, G., J. Marotzke, B. Abiodun, P. Braconnot, S.C. Chou, W. Collins, P. Cox, F. Driouech, S. Emori, V. Eyring, C. Forest, P. Gleckler, E. Guilyardi, C. Jakob, V. Kattsov, C. Reason and M. Rummukainen, 2013: Evaluation of Climate Models. In: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Stocker, T.F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S.K. Allen, J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex and P.M. Midgley (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.
- Contributing author to: Bindoff, N.L., P.A. Stott, K.M. AchutaRao, M.R. Allen, N. Gillett, D. Gutzler, K. Hansingo, G. Hegerl, Y. Hu, S. Jain, I.I. Mokhov, J. Overland, J. Perlwitz, R. Sebbari and X. Zhang, 2013: Detection and Attribution of Climate Change: from Global to Regional. In: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Stocker, T.F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S.K. Allen, J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex and P.M. Midgley (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.
- Knutti, R., G. Abramowitz, M. Collins, V. Eyring, P.J. Gleckler, B. Hewitson, and L. Mearns, 2010: Good Practice Guidance Paper on Assessing and Combining Multi Model Climate Projections. In: Meeting Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Expert Meeting on Assessing and Combining Multi Model Climate Projections [Stocker, T.F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, and P.M. Midgley (eds.)]. IPCC Working Group I Technical Support Unit, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, DownloadPDF (PDF, 841 KB)vertical_align_bottom
- Forster, P., G. Hegerl, R. Knutti, V. Ramaswamy, S. Solomon, T. F. Stocker, P. Stott and F. Zwiers, 2007, Assessing uncertainty in climate simulations , Nature Reports Climate Change, 4, 63-64 DownloadPDF (PDF, 653 KB)vertical_align_bottom. In reply to the comment: Schwartz, S. E., R. J. Charlson and H. Rodhe, Quantifying climate change - too rosy a picture? Nature Reports Climate Change, 1, 23-24 DownloadPDF (PDF, 126 KB)vertical_align_bottom.
- Lead author of: Meehl, G.A., T.F. Stocker, W.D. Collins, P. Friedlingstein, A.T. Gaye, J.M. Gregory, A. Kitoh, R. Knutti, J.M. Murphy, A. Noda, S.C.B. Raper, I.G. Watterson, A.J. Weaver and Z.-C. Zhao, 2007: Global Climate Projections. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M. Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA. external pagePDF (12.0 MB)call_made
- Contributing author to: Hegerl, G.C., F. W. Zwiers, P. Braconnot, N.P. Gillett, Y. Luo, J.A. Marengo Orsini, N. Nicholls, J.E. Penner and P.A. Stott, 2007: Understanding and Attributing Climate Change. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M. Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA. external pagePDF (5.8 MB)call_made
- Contributing author to: Christensen, J.H., B. Hewitson, A. Busuioc, A. Chen, X. Gao, I. Held, R. Jones, R.K. Kolli, W.-T. Kwon, R. Laprise, V. Magana Rueda, L. Mearns, C.G. Menendez, J. Raisanen, Rinke, A. Sarr and P. Whetton, 2007: Regional Climate Projections. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M. Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA. external pagePDF (6.8 MB)call_made
- Draft contributing author to: IPCC, 2007: Summary for Policymakers. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M.Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA. external pagePDF (3.0 MB)call_made
German Translation/Deutsche Uebersetzung von Proclim: external pagePDF (3.0 MB)call_made - Contributing author to: Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, R.B. Alley, T. Berntsen, N.L. Bindoff, Z. Chen, A. Chidthaisong, J.M. Gregory, G.C. Hegerl, M. Heimann, B. Hewitson, B.J. Hoskins, F. Joos, J. Jouzel, V. Kattsov, U. Lohmann, T. Matsuno, M. Molina, N. Nicholls, J. Overpeck, G. Raga, V. Ramaswamy, J. Ren, M. Rusticucci, R. Somerville, T.F. Stocker, P. Whetton, R.A. Wood and D. Wratt, 2007: Technical Summary. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M. Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA. external pagePDF (15.5 MB)call_made
- Contributing author to: Cubasch, U., G. A. Meehl, G. J. Boer, R. J. Stouffer, M. Dix, A. Noda, C. A. Senior, S. Raper and K. S. Yap, Projections of Future Climate Change, in Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, edited by J. T. Houghton, Y. Ding, D. J. Griggs, M. Noguer, P. J. van der Linden, X. Dai, K. Maskell, and C. A. Johnson, Cambridge Univ. Press, New York, 881 pp.
Diploma thesis
- Knutti, R., 1999, Parametrisierungen von sub-skaligen Mischungsprozessen in einem zonal gemittelten Ozean-Modell, Diploma Thesis, Climate and Evironmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland, 143 pp.
Ph.D thesis
- Knutti, R., 2002, Modelling studies on the probability and predictability of future climate change, PhD Thesis, Physics Institute, University of Bern, 138 pp.