PALAEO-RA – Global Climate of the Past Six Centuries

Publications

Peer-reviewed Publications

2022

  • Valler, V., J. Franke, Y. Brugnara, and S. Brönnimann (2022) An updated global atmospheric paleo-reanalysis covering the last 400 years. Geosc. Data J., 9, 89-107, doi: 10.1002/gdj3.121.

  • Reichen, L., A.-M. Burgdorf, S. Brönnimann, M. Rutishauser, J. Franke, V. Valler, E. Samakinwa, R. Hand, and Y. Brugnara (2022): A Decade of Cold Eurasian Winters Reconstructed for the Early 19th Century. Nature Communications 13, 2116, doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-29677-8.

  • Burgdorf, A.-M. (2022): A global inventory of quantitative documentary evidence related to climate since the 15th century. Clim. Past, 18, p. 1407-1428, doi: 10.5194/cp-18-1407-2022

  • Pappert, D., M. Barriendos, Y. Brugnara, N. Imfeld, S. Jourdain, R. Przybylak, C. Rohr, and S. Brönnimann (2022) Statistical reconstruction of daily temperature and sea-level pressure in Europe for the severe winter 1788/9. Clim. Past, 18, 2545–2565.

  • Brönnimann, S., Y. Brugnara, and L. Pfister (2022) Several little-known meteorological series from Basel, 1766-1802. In: Brönnimann, S. (Ed.) Swiss Early Instrumental Meteorological Series. Geographica Bernensia G96, p. 213–227, doi: 10.4480/GB2020.G96.17.

  • Hari, C., Y. Brugnara, C. Rohr, and S. Brönnimann (2022) Meteorological Observations in Bern and Vicinity, 1777-1834. In: Brönnimann, S. (Ed.) Swiss Early Instrumental Meteorological Series. Geographica Bernensia G96, p. 199-211, DOI: 10.4480/GB2020.G96.19.

  • Brugnara, Y. and S. Brönnimann (2022) Daniel Huber’s Meteorological Record from Basel, 1789-1829. In: Brönnimann, S. (Ed.) Swiss Early Instrumental Meteorological Series. Geographica Bernensia G96, p. 225–235, doi: 10.4480/GB2020.G96.18.

  • Brönnimann, S. (2022) Historical Observations for Improving Reanalyses. Frontiers in Climate, 4, 880473, doi: 10.3389/fclim.2022.880473.

  • Brönnimann, S. (2022): Century-long column ozone records show that chemical and dynamical influences counteract each other. Communications Earth and Environment, 3, 143, https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-022-00472-z

  • Brönnimann, S. (2022): From climate to weather reconstructions. PLOS Climate 1 (6), e0000034, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000034

  • Camenisch, C., F. Jaume-Santero, S. White, Q. Pei, R. Hand, C. Rohr, and S. Brönnimann (2022) A Bayesian Approach to Historical Climatology for the Burgundian Low Countries in the 15th Century, Clim. Past, 18, 2449–2462, doi: 10.5194/cp-18-2449-2022

  • Franke, J., M. N. Evans, A. Schurer, and G. C. Hegerl (2022) Climate Change Detection and Attribution using observed and simulated Tree-Ring Width. Clim. Past, 18, 2583–2597, doi: 10.5194/cp-18-2583-2022, 2022.

  • Imfeld, N., P. Stucki, S. Brönnimann, S. Bader, M. Bürgi, P. Calanca, S. Gubler, A. Holzkämper, L. Hövel, F. A. Isotta, C. Kestenholz, S. Kotlarski, A. Mastai, S. U. Nussbaumer, C. C. Raible, M. Röthlisberger, S. C. Scherrer, K. Staub, A. M. Vicedo-Cabrera, M.-M. Vogel, K. Wehrli, T. Wohlgemuth, and H. J. Zumbühl (2022) Hitze- und Trockensommer in der Schweiz. Ursachen und Folgen der Jahrhundertsommer 1947, 2003 und 2018. Geographica Bernensia, G98, 33 pp., doi: 10.4480/GB2022.G98.01

  • Brugnara Y., S. Brönnimann, M. Grenon, J. Baumann, and P. Wyss (2022) Early meteorological series from Geneva, 1760-1798. In: Brönnimann, S. (Ed.) Swiss Early Instrumental Meteorological Series. Geographica Bernensia G96, p. 261-274, doi: 10.4480/GB2020.G96.20.

  • Brönnimann, S., Y. Brugnara, S. Eggenberger, L. Pfister, and C. Rohr (2022) A long meteorological series from Schaffhausen, 1794–1845. In: Brönnimann, S. (Ed.) Swiss Early Instrumental Meteorological Series. Geographica Bernensia G96, p. 237-244, doi: 10.4480/GB2020.G96.21.

  • Brönnimann, S., and Y. Brugnara (2022) Nineteenth century meteorological records from Vevey, Einsiedeln, Bellinzona, Lucerne, Fribourg, and Zug. In: Brönnimann, S. (Ed.) Swiss Early Instrumental Meteorological Series. Geographica Bernensia G96, p. 245-259, doi: 10.4480/GB2020.G96.22.

  • Brönnimann, S., Y. Brugnara, L. Pfister, and C. Rohr (2022) A new collection of Swiss early instrumental meteorological data and some applications. In: Brönnimann, S. (Ed.) Swiss Early Instrumental Meteorological Series. Geographica Bernensia G96, p. 275-287, doi: 10.4480/GB2020.G96.23.

  • Brugnara, Y., C. Hari, L. Pfister, V. Valler, and S. Brönnimann (2022) Pre-industrial Temperature Variability on the Swiss Plateau Derived from the Instrumental Daily Series of Bern and Zurich, Clim. Past 18, 2357–2379, doi: 10.5194/cp-18-2357-2022

  • Imfeld, N., P. Stucki, S. Brönnimann, S. Bader, M. Bürgi, P. Calanca, S. Gubler, A. Holzkämper, L. Hövel, F. A. Isotta, C. Kestenholz, S. Kotlarski, A. Mastai, S. U. Nussbaumer, C. C. Raible, M. Röthlisberger, S. C. Scherrer, K. Staub, A. M. Vicedo-Cabrera, M.-M. Vogel, K. Wehrli, T. Wohlgemuth, and H. J. Zumbühl (2022) Hot and dry summers in Switzerland. Causes and Impact of the record summers 1947, 2003, and 2018. Geographica Bernensia, G98, 33 pp., doi: 10.4480/GB2022.G98.03

2021

  • Brugnara, Y., L. Pfister, and S. Brönnimann (2021) Zurich’s Many 19th Century Meteorological Records. In: Brönnimann, S. (Ed.) Swiss Early Instrumental Meteorological Series. Geographica Bernensia G96, 183-197, doi: 10.4480/GB2020.G96.14
  • Wyer, V., Y. Brugnara, and S. Brönnimann (2021) Meteorological Series from Neuchâtel, Bern and Gurzelen from the 18th Century. In: Brönnimann, S. (Ed.) Swiss Early Instrumental Meteorological Series. Geographica Bernensia G96, 169-182, doi: 10.4480/GB2020.G96.16
  • Brugnara, Y., S. Brönnimann, and L. Pfister (2021) The First Swiss Meteorological Record: Scheuchzer’s Series from Zurich 1708–1733. In: Swiss Early Instrumental Meteorological Series. Geographica Bernensia G96, 157-167, doi: 10.4480/GB2020.G96.15
  • Samakinwa, E., V. Valler, R. Hand, R. Neukom, J. J. Gómez-Navarro, J. Kennedy, N. A. Rayner, and S. Brönnimann (2021) An ensemble reconstruction of global monthly sea surface temperature and sea ice concentration 1000–1849. Scientific Data, 8, 261, doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-01043-1
  • Valler, V., J. Franke, Y. Brugnara, and S. Brönnimann (2021) An updated global atmospheric paleo-reanalysis covering the last 400 years. Geosc. Data J., doi: 10.1002/gdj3.121
  • Pappert, D., Y. Brugnara,, S. Jourdain, A. Pospieszyńska, R. Przybylak, C. Rohr, and S. Brönnimann (2021) Unlocking weather observations from the Societas Meteorologica Palatina (1781–1792). Clim. Past 17, 2361–2379, doi: 10.5194/cp-17-2361-2021
  • Fritze, R., Y. Brugnara, and S. Brönnimann (2021) Four Meteorological Series from Zurich Covering 1756 – 1802. In: Brönnimann, S. (Ed.) Swiss Early Instrumental Meteorological Series., Geographica Bernensia G96, p. 139–155, doi: 10.4480/GB2020.G96.13
  • Timmreck, C., M. Toohey, D. Zanchettin, S. Brönnimann, E. Lundstad, and R. Wilson (2021) The unidentified volcanic eruption of 1809: why it remains aclimatic cold case. Clim. Past Discuss. [preprint], in review, doi: 10.5194/cp-17-1455-2021
  • Brönnimann, S. and Y. Brugnara (2021) Meteorological Series from Basel, 1825-1863. In: Brönnimann, S. (Ed.) Swiss Early Instrumental Meteorological Series. Geographica Bernensia G96, p. 127–138, doi: 10.4480/GB2020.G96.12

2020

  • Burgdorf, A.-M. (2020) A preliminary global inventory of historical documentary evidence related to climate since the 14th century. PAGES Magazine 2/2020, 58-59, 
    PAGES, doi: 10.22498/pages.28.2.58
  • Brönnimann, S., and Y. Brugnara (2020) The meteorological series from the Great St. Bernard, 1817-1863. In: Brönnimann, S. (Ed.) Swiss Early Instrumental Meteorological Series. Geographica Bernensia G96, p. 109-117, doi: 10.4480/GB2020.G96.10
  • Brönnimann, S. (2020) Synthetic Weather Diaries: Concept and Application to Swiss Weather in 1816, Clim. Past 16,1937–1952, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-1937-2020.
  • Brönnimann, S. (2020) Preface. In: Brönnimann, S. (Ed.) Swiss Early Instrumental Meteorological Series. Geographica Bernensia G96, p. 5.
  • Brönnimann, S. (2020) Alexander von Humboldt and Earth System Science, Springer, accepted.
  • Brönnimann, S., C. Rohr, Y. Brugnara, and F. A. Isotta, (2020) A Collection of Early Swiss Meteorological Series. In: Brönnimann, S. (Ed.) Swiss Early Instrumental Meteorological Series. Geographica Bernensia G96, p. 7–15, doi: 10.4480/GB2020.G96.01. 
  • Brönnimann, S., and Y. Brugnara (2020) D’Annone’s Meteorological Series from Basel, 1755–1804. In: Brönnimann, S. (Ed.) Swiss Early Instrumental Meteorological Series. Geographica Bernensia G96, p. 119-126, doi: 10.4480/GB2020.G96.11.
  • Brönnimann, S., M. Bühler, and Y. Brugnara (2020) The Series from Geneva, 1798–1863. In: Brönnimann, S. (Ed.) Swiss Early Instrumental Meteorological Series. Geographica Bernensia G96, p. 47–59, doi: 10.4480/GB2020.G96.04. 
  • Brugnara, Y., L. Pfister, L. Villiger, C. Rohr, F. A. Isotta, and S. Brönnimann (2020) Early instrumental meteorological observations in Switzerland: 1708–1873, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 12, 1179–1190, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-1179-2020.
  • Brugnara, Y., J. Flückiger, and S. Brönnimann (2020) Instruments, Procedures, Processing, and Analyses. In: Brönnimann, S. (Ed.) Swiss Early Instrumental Meteorological Series. Geographica Bernensia G96, p. 17–32, doi: 10.4480/GB2020.G96.02. 
  • Flückiger, J., A.-M. Burgdorf, Y. Brugnara, and S. Brönnimann (2020) Two Meteorological Series from Bern from Trechsel, 1826–1849, and Benoit, 1837–1853. In: Brönnimann, S. (Ed.) Swiss Early Instrumental Meteorological Series. Geographica Bernensia G96, p. 97–108, doi: 10.4480/GB2020.G96.09.
  • Faden, M., L. Villiger, Y. Brugnara, and S. Brönnimann (2020) The Meteorological Series from Aarau, 1807–1865. In: Brönnimann, S. (Ed.) Swiss Early Instrumental Meteorological Series. Geographica Bernensia G96, p. 61–72, doi: 10.4480/GB2020.G96.05. 
  • Häderli, S., S. Pfister, L. Villiger, Y. Brugnara, and S. Brönnimann (2020) Two Meteorological Series from Geneva, 1782–1791. In: Brönnimann, S. (Ed.) Swiss Early Instrumental Meteorological Series. Geographica Bernensia G96, p. 33–46, doi: 10.4480/GB2020.G96.03. 
  • Hürzeler A., Y. Brugnara, and S. Brönnimann (2020) The Meteorological Record from St. Gall, 1812–1853. In: Brönnimann, S. (Ed.) Swiss Early Instrumental Meteorological Series. Geographica Bernensia G96, p. 87–95, doi: 10.4480/GB2020.G96.07. 
  • Valler, V., Y. Brugnara, J. Franke, and S. Brönnimann (2020) Assimilating monthly precipitation data in a paleoclimate data assimilation framework. Clim. Past, 16, 1309–1323, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-1309-2020.
  • Weber, J., Y. Brugnara, and S. Brönnimann (2020) Two Meteorological Series from Herisau, 1821–1844. In: Brönnimann, S. (Ed.) Swiss Early Instrumental Meteorological Series. Geographica Bernensia G96, p. 73–85, doi: 10.4480/GB2020.G96.06. 

2019

  • Brönnimann, S., J. Wintzer (2019) Climate Data Empathy. WIREs Climate Change,10, e559.
  • Brönnimann, S. (2019) Weather and climate in Switzerland in the 1810s. Annales Valaisannes (in French; English translation: https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/133165).
  • Brönnimann, S.; L. Frigerio, M. Schwander, M. Rohrer, P. Stucki, and J. Franke (2019) Causes for increased flood frequency in central Europe in the 19th century. Clim. Past, 15, 1395–1409, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1395-2019.   
  • Brönnimann, S., P. Stucki, A. Zischg (2019) Simulation des Hochwassers von 1868 und Lehren für die Zukunft. In: Lernen aus Extremereignissen. Forum für Wissen 2019, Heft 78, WSL Birmensdorf, pp. 13-20, https://www.dora.lib4ri.ch/wsl/islandora/object/wsl:19986.
  • Brönnimann, S. (2019) Dem Empiriker über die Schulter geschaut. Messen, Sammeln, Ordnen, Darstellen: Humboldts Umgang mit Klimadaten. GeoAgenda2019/2, 22-25. 
  • Brönnimann, S., J. Franke, S. U. Nussbaumer, H. J. Zumbühl, D. Steiner, M. Trachsel, G. C. Hegerl, A. Schurer, M. Worni, A. Malik, J. Flückiger, and C. C. Raible (2018) Last phase of the Little Ice Age forced by volcanic eruptions. NatureGeoscience, 12, 650-656, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0402-y.
  • Labbé, T., C. Pfister, S. Brönnimann, D. Rousseau, J. Franke, and B. Bois (2019) The longest homogeneous series of Grape Harvest Dates, Beaune 1354-2018, and its significance for the understanding of past and present. Clim. Past, 15, 1485–1501, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1485-2019.
  • Brönnimann, S., R. Allan, L. Ashcroft, S. Baer, M. Barriendos, R. Brázdil, Y. Brugnara, M. Brunet, M. Brunetti, B. Chimani, R. Cornes, F. Domínguez-Castro, J. Filipiak, D. Founda, R. García Herrera, J. Gergis, S. Grab, L. Hannak, H. Huhtamaa, K. S. Jacobsen, P. Jones, S. Jourdain, A. Kiss, K. E. Lin, A. Lorrey, E. Lundstad, J. Luterbacher, F. Mauelshagen, M. Maugeri, N. Maughan, R. Neukom, A. Moberg, S. Nicholson, S. Noone, Ø. Nordli, K. B. Ólafsdóttir, P. R. Pearce, L. Pfister, K. Pribyl, R. Przybylak, C. Pudmenzky, D. Rasol, D. Reichenbach, L. Řezníčková, F. S. Rodrigo, C. Rohr, O. Skrynyk, V. Slonosky, P. Thorne, M. A. Valente, J. M. Vaquero, N. E. Westcottt, F. Williamson, P. Wyszyński (2019) Unlocking pre-1850 instrumental meteorological records: A global inventory. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc. 100, ES389–ES413 (https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0040.1).
  • Brönnimann, S. (2019) Der Ausbruch des Tambora und das „Jahr ohne Sommer“ 1816 – The Tambora eruption and the “Year Without a Summer” of 1816. In: Deutsche Meteorologische Gesellschaft DMG (Eds.) Europäischer Meteorologischer Kalender 2020 - European Meteorological Calendar: Vulkane und Klima.
  • Brönnimann, S. (2019) Dem Empiriker über die Schulter geschaut. Messen, Sammeln, Ordnen, Darstellen: Humboldts Umgang mit Klimadaten. DMG Mitteilungen, 2019/4, 6-8.
  • Burgdorf, A., S. Brönnimann, and J. Franke (2019) Two types of North American droughts related to different atmospheric circulation patternsc. Clim. Past, 15, 2053–2065, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-2053-2019.
  • Franke, J., V. Valler, S. Brönnimann, R. Neukom, and F. Jaume Santero, F. (2020) The importance of input data quality and quantity in climate field reconstructions – results from a Kalman filter based paleodata assimilation method, Clim. Past, 16, 1061–1074., https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-1061-2020
  • Hegerl, G. C., S. Brönnimann, T. Cowan, A. R Friedman; E. Hawkins; C. Iles, W. Müller, A. Schurer, S. Undorf (2019) Causes of climate change over the historical record. Environmental Research Letters 14 (12), 123006, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab4557.
  • Neukom, R., L. A. Barboza, M. P. Erb, F. Shi, J. Emile-Geay, M. N. Evans, J. Franke, D. Kaufman, L. Lücke, K. Rehfeld, A. Schurer, V. Valler, F. Zhu, S. Brönnimann, G. J. Hakim, B. J. Henley, F. C. Ljungqvist, N. McKay, and L. von Gunten (2019) Consistent multi-decadal variability in global temperature reconstructions and simulations over the Common Era. Nature Geoscience, 12, 643-649, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0400-0. 
  • Pfister, L., F. Hupfer, Y. Brugnara, L. Munz, L. Villiger, L. Meyer, M. Schwander, F. A. Isotta, C. Rohr and S. Brönnimann (2019) Early instrumental meteorological measurements in Switzerland. Clim. Past,15,1345-1361, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1345-2019.  
  • Schurer, A. P., G. C. Hegerl, J. Luterbacher, S. Brönnimann, T. Cowan, S. Tett, D. Zanchettin, and C. Timmreck (2019) Disentangling the causes of the European year without a Summer of 1816. Environmental Research Letters, 14, 094019, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab3a10.
  • Slivinski, L. C., G. P. Compo, J. S. Whitaker, P. D. Sardeshmukh, B. Giese, C. McColl, P. Brohan, R. Allan, X. Yin, R. Vose, H. Titchner, J. Kennedy, N. Rayner, L. J. Spencer, L. Ashcroft, S. Brönnimann, M. Brunet, D. Camuffo, R. Cornes, T. A. Cram, R. Crouthamel, F. Domínguez-Castro, J. E. Freeman, J. Gergis, E. Hawkins, P. D. Jones, S. Jourdain, A. Kaplan, H. Kubota, F. Le Blancq, T.C. Lee, A. Lorrey, J. Luterbacher, M. Maugeri, C. J. Mock, G. W. K. Moore, R. Przybylak, C. Pudmenzky, C. Reason, V. C. Slonosky, C. Smith, B. Tinz, B. Trewin, M. A. Valente, X. L. Wang, C. Wilkinson, K. Wood, P. Wyszynski (2019) Towards a more reliable historical reanalysis: Improvements to the Twentieth Century Reanalysis system. Q. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 145 (724), 2876-2908, https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3598.
  • Valler, V., Franke, J., and Brönnimann, S. (2018) Impact of different estimations of the background-error covariance matrix on climate reconstructions based on data assimilation, Clim. Past, 15, 1427–1441, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1427-2019.

Presentations

  • Past Climate Variations in Early Instrumental Data“, Colloquium in Climatology, Climate Risks, and Remote Sensing, Bern, 21 Dec 2022 (Presentation, Elin Lundstad).

  • „Himmel – Bilder – Himmel“, Kirche Hergiswald, 11 Dec 2022 (Panel discussion, Stefan Brönnimann)

  • „Klimawandel - Herausforderung für die Schweiz“, Amtsversammlung, Amt für Gemeinden und Raumordnung, Muri, 1 Dec 2022 (Presentation, Stefan Brönimann)

  • „Klimawandel - Herausforderung für die Schweiz“, NOVO Innovation Day, Bern 23 Nov 2022 (Presentation, Stefan Brönnimann)

  • “250 years of impact-relevant weather indices for Switzerland”, Swiss Geosciences Meeting, 19 Nov 2022, Lausanne (Poster, Noemi Imfeld)

  • “A Global Assessment of Heatwaves since 1850 in Different Datasets”, Swiss Geosciences Meeting, 19 Nov 2022, Lausanne (Poster, Laura Hövel)

  • “On the Different Mechanisms Of Inter-annual AMOC Variability Under Stable Atmospheric CO2 Forcing”, Swiss Geosciences Meeting, 19 Nov 2022, Lausanne (Talk, Eric Samakinwa)

  • “Hydroclimate impacts of volcanic eruptions in the tropical Atlantic Basin during the late-19th and early-20th centuries”, Swiss Geosciences Meeting, 19 Nov 2022, Lausanne (Talk, Andrew Friedman)

  • “Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die Schweiz”, Literatur und Nature, Gent, Belgium, 9 Nov 2022 (Presentation, Stefan Brönnimann, virtual)

  • “Klimawandel – Herausforderung für Bern”, AKO Tagung «Klima- und Energiepolitik – was läuft in Stadt und Region?» (Presentation, Stefan Brönnimann)

  • „Climate observations and what their bias tells us“, Workshop “Biased Data, Models, and Algorithms”, Bern, 31 October 2022 (Presentation, Stefan Brönnimann).

  • „Reden wir über das Wetter – Das Zürcher Klima im Wandel“, Eschertalk, Zürich, 26 October 2022 (Panel discussion, Stefan Brönnimann)

  • “Klimawandel in der Schweiz”, Base Camp, Researchers Night, Bern, 10 Sep 2022 (Talk/conversation, Stefan Brönnimann)

  • “Global Early Instrumental Monthly Meteorological Multivariable Database HCLIM”, European Meteorological Society Meeting, Bonn, 5 September 2022 (Presentation, Elin Lundstad).

  • “Downscaling and Data Assimilation in the Early Instrumental Period: Insights from First Simulations”, 20th Swiss Climate Summer School, 28 August to 2 September 2022, Grindelwald, Switzerland (Poster: Lucas Pfister)

  • “HCLIM – a historical instrumental climate database” “…”, 20th Swiss Climate Summer School, 28 August to 2 September 2022, Grindelwald, Switzerland (Poster: Elin Lindstad)

  • “250 years of daily weather: a reconstruction of temperature and precipitation in Switzerland since the late 18th century”, 20th Swiss Climate Summer School, 28 August to 2 September 2022, Grindelwald, Switzerland (Poster: Noemi Imfeld)

  • “A Global Assessment of Heatwaves since 1850 in different datasets”, 20th Swiss Climate Summer School, 28 August to 2 September 2022, Grindelwald, Switzerland (Poster: Laura Hövel)

  • “A global inventory of quantitative documentary evidence related to climate since the 15th century”, 20th Swiss Climate Summer School, 28 August to 2 September 2022, Grindelwald, Switzerland (Poster: Angela-Maria Burgdorf)

  • „Coping with extreme events: Learning from the past“, 20th Swiss Climate Summer School, 28 August to 2 September 2022, Grindelwald, Switzerland (Presentation: Stefan Brönnimann)

  • „Auswirkungen der Klimawandels auf die Schweiz“, Rotary Club Entlebuch, Hasle, 25 August 2022 (Presentation, Stefan Brönnimann)

  • „Auswirkungen der Klimawandels auf die Schweiz“, Komissionsitzung SoSo, Bern, 9 June 2022 (Presentation, Stefan Brönnimann)

  • „Worüber reden wir? Eine naturwissenschaftliche Perspektive auf den Klimawandel“, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, 7 June 2022, (Presentaiton, Stefan Brönnimann)

  • „A century of column ozone monitoring: The record from Oxford and some trend analyses“, WCRP SPARC Atmospheric Temperature Changes and their Drivers (ATC) activity workshop, Helsinki, Finland, 31 May 2022 (Presentation, Stefan Brönnimann, virtual)

  • “Homogenization of Global Early Instrumental data”, European Geosciences Union, General Assembly, 25 May 2022 (Presentation, Elin Lundstad)

  • “250 years of daily weather: a reconstruction of temperature and precipitation in Switzerland since the late 18th century”, European Geosciences Union, General Assembly, 25 May 2022 (Presentation, Noemi Imfeld)

  • “ModE-Sim - A new medium-size AGCM ensemble to analyze climate variability in the modern era”, European Geosciences Union, General Assembly, 25 May 2022 (Presentation, Ralf Hand)

  • “Novel Cold Season Temperature Field Reconstructions for the Northern Midlatitudes from Phenological Data”, European Geosciences Union, General Assembly, 25 May 2022 (Presentation, Angela-Maria Burgdorf)

  • “A global assessment of heatwaves since 1850 in different datasets”, European Geosciences Union, General Assembly, 25 May 2022 (Presentation, Laura Hövel)

  • “Global monthly sea surface temperature and sea ice reconstruction for historical AGCM simulations”, European Geosciences Union, General Assembly, 25 May 2022 (Presentation, Eric Samakinwa)

  • “Downscaling and Data Assimilation in the Early Instrumental Period: Insights from First Simulations”, Workshop on Future US Earth System Reanalysis, US CLIVAR, Boulder, 16-18 May 2022 (Poster, Lucas Pfister, virtual)

  • “Historical Observations for Improving Reanalyses”, Workshop on Future US Earth System Reanalysis, US CLIVAR, Boulder, 16-18 May 2022 (Poster, Stefan Brönnimann, virtual)

  • “Global Early Instrumental Monthly Meteorological Multivariable Database”, PAGES Open Science Meeting, 19 May 2022, Agadir (Poster, Elin Lundstad, virtual)

  • “A Decade of Cold Eurasian Winters in the Early 19th Century”, PAGES Open Science Meeting, 19 May 2022, Agadir (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann, virtual)

  • “ModE-RA: The Modern Era Reanalysis 1420 - 2009 CE.” PAGES Open Science Meeting, 19 May 2022, Agadir (Talk, Jörg Franke, virtual)

  • „The “Modern Era Reanalysis” data assimilation system”, PAGES Open Science Meeting, 19 May 2022, Agadir (Poster, Veronika Valler, virtual)

  • “A Global Assessment of Heatwaves since 1850 in different datasets” PAGES Open Science Meeting, 19 May 2022, Agadir (Poster, Laura Hövel, virtual)

  • "Historical climate data and supercomputers – how do these two fit together?" Integrated History and Philosophy of Climate Data, Bern, 25-27 August (Presentation, Ralf Hand)

  • "What and how do we learn from historical climate data?" Integrated History and Philosophy of Climate Data, Bern, 25-27 August (Presentation, Stefan Brönnimann)

  • “A Global Assessment of Preindustrial Heatwaves”, 19th International Swiss Climate School, Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland, 29 Aug – 3 Sep 2021 (Poster, Laura Hövel)

  • “Reconstructing the Little Ice Age AMOC variability through surface nudging of the ocean”, 19th International Swiss Climate School, Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland, 29 Aug – 3 Sep 2021 (Poster, Eric Samakinwa)

  • "Data rescue and its use for climate reconstruction in recent centuries", Polar Climate and Environmental Change in the Last Millennium, Torun, 30 Aug -1 Sep 2021 (Presentation, Stefan Brönnimann)
  • "Long Swiss meteorological series", GCOS/GAW Symposium, 13-14 September 2021, Bern (Presentation, Stefan Brönnimann)
  • "Klimawandel in der Schweiz", Parlamentarische Gruppe Klima, 21 September 2021, Bern (Presentation, Stefan Brönnimann)
  • "Rescue of 18th and early 19th century global meteorological data", 13 EUMETNET Data Management Workshop, 25-27 Oct, Patras, Greece (virtual presentation, Stefan Brönnimann)
  • „Cold Season Temperature Field Reconstructions for the Northern Midlatitudes from Phenological Data“, American Meteorological Society, virtual meeting, 15 January 2021 (virtual presentation, Stefan Brönnimann)

  • “Worüber reden wir? Eine naturwissenschaftliche Perspektive auf den Klimawandel”, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, 6 June 2021 (Presentation, Stefan Brönnimann, virtual)

  • "The unidentified volcanic eruption of ~1809: why it remains a climatic cold case", Poster, EGU Assembly 2021, EGU21-5330 (Claudia Timmreck et al.)

  • "Global Instrumental Meteorological Database Before 1890", Poster, EGU Assembly 2021, EGU21-15903 (Elin Lundstad)

  • „Der Ausbruch des Tambora 1815“, Seuchen, Beben und Vulkane: Katastrophen und wie sie Geschichte machen, Volkshochschule Zürich, 19 Jaunary 2021 (virtual presentation, Stefan Brönnimann) (PDF, 14.5 MB)

  • "Atmospheric Contribution to Multidecadal Flood Variability in Europe", Swiss Geosciences Meeting, 7 Nov 2020 (virtual presentation, Stefan Brönnimann)
  • "Past Climate Variations in Early Instrumental Data", Swiss Geosciences Meeting, 7 Nov 2020 (virtual presentation, Elin Lundstad)
  • "Unlocking weather data of the Societas Meteorologica Palatina: a daily reconstruction of the severe winter 1788/89", Swiss Geosciences Meeting, 7 Nov 2020 (virtual presentation, Duncan Pappert)
  • "Global monthly sea surface temperature and sea ice reconstruction for historical simulations", Swiss Geosciences Meeting, 7 Nov 2020 (virtual presentation, Eric Samakinwa)
  • "A monthly paleo-reanalysis of the atmosphere between 1603-2005", Swiss Geosciences Meeting, 7 Nov 2020 (virtual presentation, Veronika Valler)
  • "Klimawandel in der Schweiz – Vergangenheit und Zukunft", Junior Chamber International, Zürich, 21 Oct 2020 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann).
  • "Data Rescue at the University of Bern", Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions over the Earth (ACRE) virtual Meeting, 27 Aug 2020 (Talk, Yuri Brugnara).
  • "Early 19th century volcanic eruptions and their imprint in the Earth system locally and globally", Workshop on Impacts of large volcanic eruptions on climate and societies: proxies, models and solutions for the future, Saas Fee, Switzerland, 11-15 Aug 2020 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann).
  • "The PALAEO-RA project - Combining an intermediate-size AGCM ensemble with historicalobservations and proxies to create a new dataset of the past 600years of climate history", EGU General Assymbly, 8 May 2020 (Ralf Hand/Stefan Brönnimann, virtual)
  • "Early 19th century volcanic eruptions: Their impacts globally and in Switzerland", Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, 11 Mar 2020 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann)
  • "Unlocking pre-1850 instrumental meteorological records: A global inventory", Max Planck Institute for Science History, Berlin, 9 Mar 2020 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann)
  • "Historical climatology: Using early instrumental observations and data assimilation", Free University of Berlin, 5 Mar 2020 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann)
  • "Klimawandel in der Schweiz: Vergangenheit und Zukunft", Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, Windisch, 2 Mar 2020 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann)
  • "Paleoreanalysis – how to reconstruct global 3D climate", Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, 25 Feb 2020 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann)
  • "Inventory of Early Instrumental Observations for Climatological Applications", University of Reading, 14 Feb 2020 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann)
  • "From the Little Ice Age to Present Climate", ETH Zurich, Colloquium Institute of Atmospheric and Climate Science (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann)
  • "Learning from observations and reanalyses: Uncertainties, ensembles and other issues", University of Bern, Seminar on epistemology of climate change (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann)
  • "Humboldt today: Public awareness of climate change and our relationship to Earth", Alexander von Humboldt and the Earth System Sciences, Paris, 22 Nov 2019 (Panel, Stefan Brönnimann)
  • "Da Galileo al riscaldamento globale: il contributo delle antiche osservazioni meteorologiche allo studio dei cambiamenti climatici", Festival Meteorologia, Rovereto, 18 Nov 2019 (Talk, Yuri Brugnara)
  • "Conventional Data Rescue", Copernicus Climate Change Services 3rd General Assembly, Warsaw, 29 Oct 2019 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann)
  • "Unlocking pre-1850 instrumental meteorological records: A global inventory", Symposium meteorological libraries/archives weather services europe, Vienna, 24 Oct 2019 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann, by skype)
  • "Unveiling climate history since the 14th century by means of historical evidence: A preliminary global inventory", PAGES CRIAS Workshop, Leipzig, 8-9 October 2019 (Talk, Angela-Maria Burgdorf)
  • "Unlocking pre-1850 instrumental meteorological records: A global inventory", PAGES CRIAS Workshop, Leipzig, 8-9 October 2019 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann)
  • "Climate Change - A state of science review", ISCM Conference Zurich, AXIS Capital, Zurich, 24 Sep 2019 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann)
  • "Neue Resultate zum Klimawandel", Kantonsschule Seetal, 20 Sep 2019 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann)
  • "Klima und Wetter im Laufe der Zeit", Swiss Engineering STV – Sektion Berner Oberland, Steffisburg, 19 Sep 2019 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann)
  • "From the Little Ice Age to the Present", Institute of Geography, University of Bern, 19 September 2019 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann)
  • "Paleoreanalysis – how to reconstruct global 3D climate", Visit of University of Mainz, University of Bern, 17 September 2019 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann)
  • "Vergangenheit – Zukunft - Massnahmen", Amtsleiterinnentreffen, Liechtensteinische Botschaft, Bern, 13 September 2019 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann)
  • "Climate information from Dove", EMS Meeting, Copenhagen, 9-13 Septempber 2019 (Poster, E. Lundstad)
  • "Klimawandel - Was bedeutet das für die Stadt Bern?", Mitarbeitenden-Information des städtischen Tiefbauamts, Bern, 4 September (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann)
  • "Humboldt and Earth System Sciences", From von Humboldt into the Anthropocene, Leopoldina, Halle, Germany, 21 June 2019 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann).
  • "Die Überschwemmungen von 1868: Ein Hochwasser prägt die Schweiz", Buch am Mittag, University Library, Bern, 11 June 2019 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann and Stephanie Summermatter).
  • "Data Assimilation Intercomparison Project (DAIP)" PAGES Workshop on Data Assimilation and Proxy System Modeling DAPS, College Park, MD, USA, 30 May 2019 (Talk, Jörg Franke).
  • "Simulation des Hochwassers von 1868 und Lehren für die Zukunft", Forum für Wissen, WSL Davos, 24 May 2019 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann).
  • "Climate data from the central Andes and Mt. Kenya: From quality control to trend analysis", Climate Physics Colloquium, University of Bern, 29 April 2019 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann).
  • "1868 – ein Hochwasser prägt die Schweiz", Historischer Verein Luzern, 25 March 2019 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann and Stephanie Summermatter).
  • "Klima entziffern", University Library Bern, 14 March 2019 (public „Science Talk“ with Stefan Brönnimann).
  • "1868 – ein Hochwasser prägt die Schweiz", Volkshochschule Schwyz, 12 March 2019 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann and Stephanie Summermatter).
  • "Climatic changes in Switzerland over the last 300 years", Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Bern, 1 December 2018 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann)
  • "1868 – the flood that changed Switzerland", Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Bern, 1 December 2018 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann)
  • "Historische Wetterdaten - Klimatologische und geschichtswissenschaftliche Perspektiven", Conference: Archive der Umwelt. Naturwissenschaften und Geschichte, Bern, 23 November 2018 (Talk, Franziska Hupfer and Stefan Brönnimann)
  • "A global inventory of early instrumental records", 11th ACRE ACRE (Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions over the Earth) Workshop, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan, 12 November 2018 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann) 
  • "A global palaeo reanalysis using early instrumental and documentary data in an off-line data assimilation approach", Mini-Workshop on Historical Climate, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, 8 November 2018 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann)
  • "Paleoreanalysis – how to reconstruct global 3D climate", Colloquium in Climatology, Climate Risks and Remote Sensing, University of Bern, 17 October 2018 (Talk, Stefan Brönnimann)