Christoph Frei
portrait PD Dr. Christoph Frei
Senior Scientist

Climate Services
Climate Division
MeteoSchweiz
Krähbühlstr. 58
CH-8044 Zürich
Switzerland


Phone: +41 (0) 44 256 97 55
Phone2: +41 (0) 44 256 91 11
Fax: +41 (0) 44 256 92 78
E-mail: christoph.frei@meteoswiss.ch
URL: www.meteoschweiz.ch

with involvement of Christoph Frei

Programs in which Christoph Frei holds an official function:
IPCC-AR4-2007author
PLANATmember2005 -


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

Key Publications of Christoph Frei (up to five) :
Frei, C., Schöll R., Fukutome S., Schmidli J., Vidale P.L., 2006: Future change of precipitation extremes in Europe: Intercomparison of scenarios from regional climate models. J. Geophys. Res., D06105, doi: 10.1029/2005JD005965

Frei, C, and C. Schär, 1998: A precipitation climatology of the Alps from high-resolution rain-gauge observations. Int. J. Climatol., 18, 873-900.

Frei, C. and C. Schär, 2001: Detection probability of trends in rare events: Theory and application to heavy precipitation in the Alpine region. J. Climate, 14, 1564-1584.

Frei C., Christensen J.H., M. Déqué, D. Jacob, R.G. Jones and P.L. Vidale, 2003: Daily precipitation statistics in Regional Climate Models: Evalution and intercomparison for the European Alps. J. Geophys. Res., 108, (D3), 4124, doi:10.1029/2002JD002287.

Kleinn, J., C. Frei, J. Gurtz, D. Lüthi, P.L. Vidale and C. Schär, 2005: Hydrological simulations in the Rhine basin driven by a Regional Climate Model. J. Geophys. Res., 101, D04102, doi: 10.1029/2004JD005143.

Schmidli, J. and C. Frei, 2005: Trends of heavy precipitation and wet and dry spells in Switzerland during the 20th century. Int. J. Climatol., 25., 753-771.



Expertise of Christoph Frei:
Expertise Category Specific Expertise
Expert TypeScientific / Fundamental Research
Topic AtmosphereMeteorology
Climate
Global Warming
Topic HydrospherePrecipitation / Runoff
Spatial ZonesMountain / Highland
Lowland
Spatial ScaleContinental
Regional
Time FrameRecent / Today
Future
Statistical FocusExtreme Events
Mean Change / Trends
Variability
Time ScaleDecadal / Centennial
MethodsData Collection - Measurement
Data Analysis
Modeling


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