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Erich Fischer

Research Interests

Peer-reviewed publications

Fischer, E.M., D. Lawrence, B. Sanderson and G.A. Meehl, 2009: Quantifying uncertainties in projections of extremes - a perturbed land surface parameter experiment, in prep.

Fischer, E.M., C. Schär, 2009: High-impact European heatwaves in a changing climate, submitted.

Fischer, E.M., C. Schär, 2009: Future changes in daily summer temperature variability: driving processes and role for temperature extremes, Clim. Dynam., 10.1007/s00382-008-0473-8. [PDF]

Garcia-Herrera, R., J. Diaz, R.M. Trigo, J. Luterbacher, E.M. Fischer, 2008: The European summer heat wave of 2003, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, in press.

Fischer, E.M., S.I. Seneviratne, P.L. Vidale, D. Lüthi and C. Schär, 2007: Soil moisture - atmosphere interactions during the 2003 European summer heat wave. J. Climate, 20, 20, 5081-5099. [PDF]

Fischer, E.M., S. I. Seneviratne, D. Lüthi, and C. Schär, 2007: Contribution of land-atmosphere coupling to recent European summer heat waves, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L06707, doi:10.1029/2006GL029068. [PDF] [Radio interview, Deutschlandfunk, in german]

Fischer, E.M., J. Luterbacher, E. Zorita, S. F. B. Tett, C. Casty, and H. Wanner, 2007: European climate response to tropical volcanic eruptions over the last half millennium, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L05707, doi:10.1029/2006GL027992. [PDF] [Tagesanzeiger newspaper article, in german]

Book chapters and conference proceedings

Muscheler, R., and E.M. Fischer, 2009: Solar and volcanic forcing of decadal- to millennial-scale climatic variations, in: Handbook of Environmental Changs. Ed.: Matthews, J. A.

Schär, C., and E.M. Fischer, 2008: Der Einfluss des Klimawandels auf Hitzewellen und das Sommerklima Europas, in: Warnsignal Klima: Gesundheitsrisiken -- Gefahren für Pflanzen, Tiere und Menschen. Eds.: Lozan, J. L., H. Grassl G. Jendritzky, L. Karbe, K. Reise, GEO Wissenschaftliche Auswertungen, Hamburg, Germany, 384pp. [PDF]

Fischer, E.M., 2006: Climate response to tropical eruptions, PAGES Newsletter, Vol. 13, Nr. 3, Ed.: Valerie Masson-Delmotte, Jürg Beer, Howard Cattle and Christoph Kull. [PDF]

Fischer, E.M., SI Seneviratne, D Lüthi, and C Schär, 2006: Soil moisture - atmosphere interactions during the 2003 European summer heatwave. Extended abstract. AMS 86th Annual Meeting, 28 January - 3 February 2006, Atlanta, GA, USA, [PDF]

Luterbacher, J., and 48 coauthors, 2006: Mediterranean climate variability over the last centuries: A review, in: The Mediterranean Climate: an overview of the main characteristics and issues, Eds. Lionello, P., Malanotte-Rizzoli, P., and Boscolo, R., Elsevier, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 27-148

Thesis

Fischer, E. M. 2007. The role of land–atmosphere interactions for European summer heat waves: Past, present and future, PhD Thesis. [PDF]

Fischer, E. M. 2003. Regional and Seasonal Impact of Volcanic Eruptions on European Climate over the Last Centuries, Diploma Thesis. [PDF]

Presentations

Fischer, E.M., and D. Lawrence, B. Sanderson, K. Oleson and G.A. Meehl, 2009: Quantifying uncertainties in future extremes using a perturbed land surface parameter experiment, CCSM Workshop, July 2009, Breckenridge, USA.

Fischer, E.M., and D. Lawrence, B. Sanderson, K. Oleson and G.A. Meehl, 2009: Quantifying uncertainties in future extremes using a perturbed land surface parameter experiment, LMWG Meeting, April 2009, Boulder, USA.

Fischer, E.M., and D. Lawrence, B. Sanderson and G.A. Meehl, 2009: Quantifying uncertainties in future extremes using a perturbed land surface parameter experiment, International Detection and Attribution Group (IDAG), January 2009, Boulder, USA.

Fischer, E.M., and C. Schär, 2008: Daily temperature variability and its role for future changes in summer temperature extremes, AGU Fall Meeting, December 2008, San Francisco, USA.

Fischer, E.M., and C. Schär, 2008: Daily temperature variability and its role for future changes in summer temperature extremes, CCl/CLIVAR/JCOMM ETCCDI and ENSEMBLES Workshop: Extremes in a Changing Climate, KNMI, May 2008, De Bilt, Netherlands.

Fischer, E.M., and C. Schär, 2008: Scenarios of subseasonal European heat waves and their relationship to changes in the seasonal cycle and daily temperature variability, EGU General Assembly, April 2008, Vienna, Austria.

Fischer, E.M., and C. Schär, 2008: Klimawandel und Extremereignisse, Symposium Warnsignal Klima: Gesundheitsrisiken für Pflanzen, Tiere und Menschen, University of Hamburg, February 2008, Germany.

Fischer, E.M., S.I. Seneviratne, P.L. Vidale, D. Lüthi, and C. Schär, 2008: Contribution of land--atmosphere coupling to recent European summer heat waves. Seminar of land surface modelling group, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, February 2008, Reading, UK.

Fischer, E.M., SI Seneviratne, PL Vidale, D Lüthi, and C Schär, 2008: The role of land--atmosphere interactions during recent European summer heat waves. IDAG Meeting, January 2008, NCAR, Boulder, CO, USA.

Fischer, E.M., S.I. Seneviratne, D. Lüthi, and C. Schär, 2007: The contribution of land-atmosphere coupling to recent European summer heatwaves. IUGG General Assembly, July 2-13, 2007, Perugia, Italy.

Fischer, E.M., S.I. Seneviratne, D. Lüthi, and C. Schär, 2007: The contribution of land-atmosphere coupling to recent European summer heatwaves. EGU General Assembly, April 15-20, 2007, Vienna, Austria. [Abstract EGU2007-A-06475]

Fischer, E.M., S.I. Seneviratne, P.L. Vidale, D. Lüthi, and C. Schär, 2007: Land surface-atmosphere feedbacks during recent European summer heatwaves. 2nd ENSEMBLES Workshop on Climatic Extremes and Impacts, Riederalp, Jan 30-Feb 2, Riederalp, Switzerland.

Fischer, E.M., S.I. Seneviratne, P.L. Vidale, D. Lüthi, and C. Schär, 2006: Land surface-atmosphere interactions during the 2003 European summer heatwave. Seminar of the Department for Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford, 26 October 2006, Oxford, UK, invited talk.

Fischer, E.M., S.I. Seneviratne, D. Lüthi, and C. Schär, 2006: Soil moisture - atmosphere interactions during the 2003 European summer heatwave. 3rd ICTP Workshop on "The Theory and Use of Regional Climate Models", May 29 - June 9, 2006, Trieste, Italy.

Fischer, E.M., S.I. Seneviratne, D. Lüthi, and C. Schär, 2006: Soil moisture - atmosphere interactions during the 2003 European summer heatwave. AMS 86th Annual Meeting, 28 January - 3 February 2006, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Fischer, E.M., S. I. Seneviratne, D. Lüthi, P.L. Vidale, and C. Schär, 2005: Simulation of physical processes and feedbacks active within the 2003 European summer heatwave. IAMAS 2005, Beijing , August 2-11, 2005.

Fischer, E.M.; Luterbacher, J.; Wanner, H., 2004: Atmospheric Circulation Changes and European Precipitation Anomalies Following Major Tropical Volcanic Eruptions over the Last 500 Years. EGU04-A-04218, EGU General Assembly 2004, 25 - 30 April 2004, Nice, France.

Fischer, E.M., J. Luterbacher, and H. Wanner, 2004: Regional and Seasonal Impact of Volcanic Eruptions on European Temperature over the Last Five Centuries. Jahresversammlung der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Meteorologie, 08 October 2003, Fribourg, Switzerland.

Poster Presentations and Public Lectures