Sonia Seneviratne

portrait Prof. Sonia Seneviratne

Institut für Atmosphäre und Klima (IAC)
ETH Zürich
ETH Zentrum, CHN N 11
Universitätstr. 16
CH-8092 Zürich
Switzerland


Phone: +41 (0) 44 632 80 76
Phone2: +41 (0) 44 633 27 55
Fax: +41 (0) 44 633 10 58
E-mail: sonia.seneviratne(at)ethz.ch
URL Institution: https://iac.ethz.ch
Personal URL: link
 Phone: +41 (0) 44 632 80 76
Phone2: +41 (0) 44 633 27 55
Fax: +41 (0) 44 633 10 58
E-mail: sonia.seneviratne(at)ethz.ch
URL Institution: https://iac.ethz.ch
Personal URL: link


Programs in which Sonia Seneviratne holds an official function:
ProClim-Advisory Committee2023 -



Additional functions:
ProClim Steering Committee

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group I Vice-Chair (2023-; AR7)

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): Coordinating Lead Author, (2018-2021)
IPCC 6th Assessment Report, Working Group I, Chapter 11 - "Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate"

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): Lead Author (2017-2018)
IPCC Special Report on "1.5°C Global Warming"

World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Extremes Grand Challenge: Co-Chair (2015-2021)

World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) GEWEX Core Project: Co-Chair (2014-2018)

Scientific Advisory Committee, ECMWF (2011-2015)

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): Coordinating Lead Author (2009-2011)
IPCC Special Report "Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX)", Chapter 3 - "Changes in climate extremes and their impacts on the natural physical environment"




Key Publications of Sonia Seneviratne (up to ten) :
Seneviratne, S.I., X. Zhang, M. Adnan, W. Badi, C. Dereczynski, A. Di Luca, S. Ghosh, I. Iskandar, J. Kossin, S. Lewis, F. Otto, I. Pinto, M. Satoh, S.M. Vicente-Serrano, M. Wehner, and B. Zhou, 2021: Chapter 11: Weather and Climate Extreme Events in a Changing Climate. In: Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S. L. Connors, C. Péan, S. Berger, N. Caud, Y. Chen, L. Goldfarb, M. I. Gomis, M. Huang, K. Leitzell, E. Lonnoy, J.B.R. Matthews, T. K. Maycock, T. Waterfield, O. Yelekçi, R. Yu and B. Zhou (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 1513–1766, doi:10.1017/9781009157896.013. (https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGI_Chapter11.pdf)

Beusch, L., L. Gudmundsson, S.I. Seneviratne, 2020: Emulating Earth system model temperatures with MESMER: from global mean temperature trajectories to grid-point-level realizations on land. Earth System Dynamics, 11, 139-159.

Humphrey, V., J. Zscheischler, P. Ciais, L. Gudmundsson, S. Sitch, S.I. Seneviratne, 2018: Sensitivity of atmospheric CO2 growth rate to observed changes in terrestrial water storage. Nature, 560, 628-631.

Zscheischler, J., and S.I. Seneviratne, 2017: Dependence of drivers affects risks associated with compound events. Science Advances, 3(6).

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.

Greve, P., B. Orlowsky, B. Mueller, J. Sheffield, M. Reichstein, and S.I. Seneviratne, 2014: Global assessment of trends in wetting and drying over land. Nature Geoscience, 7, 716-721, doi: 10.1038/NGEO2247.

Mueller, B., and S.I. Seneviratne, 2012: Hot days induced by precipitation deficits at the global scale. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 109 (31), 12398-12403, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1204330109.

Hirschi, M., S.I. Seneviratne, V. Alexandrov, F. Boberg, C. Boroneant, O.B. Christensen, H. Formayer, B. Orlowsky, and P. Stepanek, 2011: Observational evidence for soil-moisture impact on hot extremes in southeastern Europe. Nature Geoscience, 4, 17-21, doi:10.1038/ngeo1032.

Seneviratne, S.I., T. Corti, E.L. Davin, M. Hirschi, E.B. Jaeger, I. Lehner, B. Orlowsky, and A.J. Teuling, 2010: Investigating soil moisture-climate interactions in a changing climate: A review. Earth-Science Reviews, 99, 3-4, 125-161, doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.02.004.

Seneviratne, S.I., D. Lüthi, M. Litschi, and C. Schär, 2006: Land-atmosphere coupling and climate change in Europe. Nature, 443, 205-209.























Expertise of Sonia Seneviratne:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Energy Working GroupEcological Dimension

Specialties of Sonia Seneviratne:
https://iac.ethz.ch/people/sonia


Last update: 5/14/24
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)

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