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Overview

Christof Appenzeller is affiliated with the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular contributions in Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, and Global and Planetary Change.

Key topics covered in their work include meteorological phenomena and simulations, wind and air flow studies, climate variability and models, cryospheric studies and observations, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and climate change and permafrost.

Appenzeller has published research in venues such as Meteorological Applications and the Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern). Their recent papers include:

  • Towards operational impact forecasting of building damage from winter windstorms in Switzerland, 2021, Meteorological Applications
  • The North Atlantic Oscillation and its imprint on precipitation and ice accumulation in Greenland, 2021, Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Christof Appenzeller are Thomas Röösli and David N. Bresch.

Best Publications

  • The role of increasing temperature variability in European summer heatwaves

    Christoph Schär;Pier Luigi Vidale;Daniel Lüthi;Christoph Frei

  • Ozone trends: A review

    J. Staehelin;N. R. P. Harris;C. Appenzeller;J. Eberhard

  • Risks of Model Weighting in Multimodel Climate Projections

    Andreas P. Weigel;Reto Knutti;Mark A. Liniger;Christof Appenzeller

  • Seasonal variation of mass transport across the tropopause

    Christof Appenzeller;James R. Holton;Karen H. Rosenlof

  • North Atlantic Oscillation Dynamics Recorded in Greenland Ice Cores

    C. Appenzeller;T. F. Stocker;M. Anklin

  • Structure of stratospheric intrusions into the troposphere

    C. Appenzeller;H. C. Davies

  • Two‐dimensional indices of atmospheric blocking and their statistical relationship with winter climate patterns in the Euro‐Atlantic region

    Simon C. Scherrer;Mischa Croci-Maspoli;Cornelia B. Schwierz;Christof Appenzeller

  • Can multi-model combination really enhance the prediction skill of probabilistic ensemble forecasts?

    A. P. Weigel;M. A. Liniger;C. Appenzeller

  • Fragmentation of stratospheric intrusions

    C. Appenzeller;H. C. Davies;W. A. Norton

  • The discrete brier and ranked probability skill scores

    Andreas P. Weigel;Mark A. Liniger;Christof Appenzeller

  • Trends in Swiss Alpine snow days: The role of local‐ and large‐scale climate variability

    Simon C. Scherrer;Christof Appenzeller;Martin Laternser

  • A comparative study of satellite and ground-based phenology.

    S. Studer;R. Stöckli;R. Stöckli;C. Appenzeller;Pier Luigi Vidale

  • North Atlantic Oscillation modulates total ozone winter trends

    Christof Appenzeller;Andrea K. Weiss;Johannes Staehelin

  • Revisiting Swiss temperature trends 1959–2008

    Paulo Ceppi;Paulo Ceppi;Simon C. Scherrer;Andreas M. Fischer;Christof Appenzeller

  • The return period of wind storms over Europe

    Paul M. Della-Marta;Hubert Mathis;Christoph Frei;Mark A. Liniger

  • MAP D-PHASE: Real-Time Demonstration of Weather Forecast Quality in the Alpine region

    Mathias W. Rotach;Paolo Ambrosetti;Felix Ament;Christof Appenzeller

  • A Debiased Ranked Probability Skill Score to Evaluate Probabilistic Ensemble Forecasts with Small Ensemble Sizes

    W. A. Müller;C. Appenzeller;F. J. Doblas-Reyes;M. A. Liniger

  • Enhanced Atlantic freshwater export during El Niño

    Andreas Schmittner;Christof Appenzeller;Thomas F. Stocker

  • Inter-Annual Variability and Decadal Trends in Alpine Spring Phenology: A Multivariate Analysis Approach

    Sibylle Studer;Christof Appenzeller;Claudio Defila

  • Swiss alpine snow pack variability: Major patterns and links to local climate and large-scale flow

    Simon C. Scherrer;Christof Appenzeller

  • The North Atlantic Oscillation and its imprint on precipitation and ice accumulation in Greenland

    C. Appenzeller;J. Schwander;S. Sommer;T. F. Stocker

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Liniger
Mark A. Liniger Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology
Reto Knutti
Reto Knutti ETH Zurich
Frank Wilhelms
Frank Wilhelms Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Robert Mulvaney
Robert Mulvaney British Antarctic Survey
Hans Oerter
Hans Oerter Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Bernhard Stauffer
Bernhard Stauffer University of Bern
Manuel A. Hutterli
Manuel A. Hutterli British Antarctic Survey
Thomas F. Stocker
Thomas F. Stocker University of Bern
Christoph Frei
Christoph Frei Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology

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