Heinz Wanner

portrait Prof. em. Heinz Wanner
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.

Senior Scientist
Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research
Universität Bern
Hochschulstrasse 4
CH-3012 Bern
Switzerland


Phone: +41 (0) 31 684 31 60
Phone2: +41 (0) 31 684 31 45
Fax: +41 (0) 31 631 43 38
E-mail: heinz.wanner(at)unibe.ch
URL Institution: www.oeschger.unibe.ch
Personal URL: link
Phone: +41 (0) 31 684 31 60
Phone2: +41 (0) 31 684 31 45
Fax: +41 (0) 31 631 43 38
E-mail: heinz.wanner(at)unibe.ch
URL Institution: www.oeschger.unibe.ch
Personal URL: link


Programs in which Heinz Wanner holds an official function:
IPCC-AR4-2007Reviewer
IPCC-AR5-2013Review Editor
ProClim-Past Chair
scnathonorary member2004 -



Additional functions:
Senior Scientist, University of Bern, Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research


Key Publications of Heinz Wanner (up to ten) :
Wanner, H., S. Brönnimann, C. Casty, Gyalistras, D., J. Luterbacher, C. Schmutz, D. B. Stephenson, and E. Xoplaki, 2001: North Atlantic Oscillation Concepts and Studies. Surveys in Geophysics, 22 (4): 321-381.

Luterbacher, J., Dietrich, D., Xoplaki, E., Grosjean, M., and H. Wanner, 2004. European seasonal and annual temperature variability, trends and extremes since 1500, Science, 303, 1499-1503.

Wanner, H., Beer, J., Bütikofer, J., Crowley, T. J., Cubasch, U., Flückiger, J., Goosse, H., Grosjean, M., Joos, F., Kaplan, J. O., Küttel, M., Müller, S. A., Prentice, I. C., Solomina, O., Stocker, T. F., Tarasov, P., Wagner, M., and Widmann, M., 2008. Mid- to Late Holocene climate change: an overview, Quaternary Sci. Rev., 27, 1791-1828, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.06.013.

Wanner, H., Solomina, O., Grosjean, M., Ritz, S.P., and Jetel, M., 2011. Structure and origin of Holocene cold events. Quaternary Sci. Rev., 30, 3109-3123.

Neukom, R., Gergis, J., Karoly, D., Phipps, S.J., Wanner, H., Curran, M., Elbert, J., Gonzalez-Rouco, F., Linsley, B., Moy, A.D., Mundo, I., Raible, C.C., Steig, E.J., van Ommen, T., Vance, T., Villalba, R., Zinke, J., and Frank, D., 2014. Inter-hemispheric temperature variability over the last millennium. Nature Climate Change,4, 362–367, doi:10.1038/nclimate2174

Wanner, H., 2019. Klima und Mensch. Eine 12'000-jährige Geschichte (2. Aufl.). Verlag Haupt Bern, 280 S.

Pfister, C. and Wanner, H., 2021. Climate and Society in Europe. The Last Thousand Years. Verlag Haupt Bern, 400 S.

Wanner, H., 2021. Late Holocene - cooler or warmer? The Holocene, 31(9), 1501-1506.

Wanner, H. and Pfister, C., 2022. The variable European Little Ice Age. Quaternary Science Reviews, 287(6), 107531.


Expertise of Heinz Wanner:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeScientific / Fundamental Research
ScopeProcess Studies
Causes of Change
Topic AtmosphereAtmosphere
Meteorology
Climate
Global Warming
Topic CryosphereCryosphere
Glaciers
Topic SocietyPopulation Dynamics / Migration / Urbanisation
Spatial ZonesMountain / Highland
Urban
Spatial ScaleSpatial Scale
Global / Hemispheric
Continental
Regional
Time FrameTime Frame
Past
Recent / Today
Statistical FocusMean Change / Trends
Variability
MethodsMethod
Data Collection - Measurement
Data Analysis
Modeling

Specialties of Heinz Wanner:
Holocene climate dynamics, global teleconnections and societal reactions

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

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