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Christof Appenzeller

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

with involvement of Christof Appenzeller

Programs in which Christof Appenzeller holds an official function:

C2SM	scientific steering committee
IPCC-AR3-2001	author
IPCC-AR4-2007	Reviewer
NCCR-Climate	board of project leaders	2002 -
ProClim-	advisory committee	2009 -
WCRP	national contact	2008 -

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

... on Global Environmental Change
...the list may contain publications from other authors with same last name and first name initial.

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 Category	Specific Expertise
Expert Type	Scientific / Fundamental Research
	Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering
	Research Interface / Management
Topic Atmosphere	Meteorology
	Climate
	Global Warming
Topic Cryosphere	Cryosphere
	Snow Cover
Topic Technology	Technology
	Risk Assessment / Forecasting
Scope	Scope
Spatial Scale	Regional
	National / Cultural
Time Frame	Recent / Today
	Future
Statistical Focus	Mean Change / Trends
	Variability
Methods	Data 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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