Christof Appenzeller
portrait Prof. Christof Appenzeller
Head Climate Division

Climate Division
MeteoSchweiz
Krähbühlstr. 58
CH-8044 Zürich
Switzerland


Phone: +41 (0) 44 256 93 88
Phone2: +41 (0) 44 256 91 11
Fax: +41 (0) 44 256 92 78
E-mail: christof.appenzeller(at)meteoswiss.ch
URL Institution: www.meteoschweiz.admin.ch/web/de/klima.html
Phone: +41 (0) 44 256 93 88
Phone2: +41 (0) 44 256 91 11
Fax: +41 (0) 44 256 92 78
E-mail: christof.appenzeller(at)meteoswiss.ch
URL Institution: www.meteoschweiz.admin.ch/web/de/klima.html


Additional functions:
Head Climate Division MeteoSwiss
Swiss delegate CCL (WMO Commission on Climate)
Swiss delegate EUMETNET Climate
Steering Committee C2SM



Key Publications of Christof Appenzeller (up to five) :
Weigel, A. P.; Knutti, R.; Liniger, M. A. & Appenzeller, C. (2010), 'Risks of Model Weighting in Multimodel Climate Projections', Journal of Climate 23(15), 4175-4191.

Ceppi, P.; Scherrer, S. C.; Fischer, A. M. & Appenzeller, C. (2010), 'Revisiting Swiss temperature trends 1959 - 2008', International Journal of Climatology, doi: 10.1002/joc.2260.

Schar, C.; Vidale, P. L.; Luthi, D.; Frei, C. Haberli, C., Liniger, M. A. & Appenzeller, C. (2004), 'The role of increasing temperature variability in European summer heatwaves', Nature 427(6972), 332-336.

Scherrer, S. C., C. Appenzeller, and M. Laternser, 2004
Trends in Swiss Alpine snow days: The role of local- and large-scale climate variability, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L13215, doi:10.1029/2004GL020255.

Appenzeller, C., Stocker, T. F. and Anklin, M., 1998: North Atlantic Oscillation dynamics recorded in Greenland ice cores. Science, 282, 446-449.




Expertise of Christof Appenzeller:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeScientific / Fundamental Research
Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering
Research Interface / Management
Topic AtmosphereMeteorology
Climate
Global Warming
Topic CryosphereCryosphere
Snow Cover
Topic TechnologyTechnology
Risk Assessment / Forecasting
ScopeScope
Spatial ScaleRegional
National / Cultural
Time FrameRecent / Today
Future
Statistical FocusMean Change / Trends
Variability
Time ScaleSeasonal / Annual
Decadal / Centennial
MethodsData Analysis
Modeling
Applied Research / Technology
Integrated Assessment
Program Coordination / Management

Specialties of Christof Appenzeller:
Head Climate Division at the Federal Institute of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss a group of ~30 staff and research scientists involved in applied research and operational duties. Research experience in climate change analysis and climate prediction on various aspects of the global atmosphere-ocean-cryosphere system, weather forecasting and climate risk management

Last update: 5/20/13

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