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Jana Sillmann is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a substantial emphasis on global and planetary change as well as atmospheric science. Their contributions extend into several specialized subfields including health, toxicology, and mutagenesis, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and economics and econometrics.

The main topics covered in Jana Sillmann's research include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological phenomena and simulations
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Flood risk assessment and management
  • Climate change and health impacts
  • Climate change policy and economics

The scientist's publication record shows a pattern of frequent contributions to several academic venues. The most common outlets for their work are:

  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Weather and Climate Extremes
  • Climate Risk Management
  • Earth's Future

Jana Sillmann has coauthored numerous articles with several recurring collaborators. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Anton Orlov
  • Anne Sophie Daloz
  • Clemens Schwingshackl
  • Bart van den Hurk
  • Benjamin Poschlod

Among recent papers, the following are notable publications, listed with their year and venue:

  • Achievements and needs for the climate change scenario framework, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • Evaluation of the CMIP6 multi-model ensemble for climate extreme indices, 2020, Weather and Climate Extremes
  • Evaluation of the Large EURO-CORDEX Regional Climate Model Ensemble, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Assessment of the European Climate Projections as Simulated by the Large EURO-CORDEX Regional and Global Climate Model Ensemble, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Perspectives on tipping points in integrated models of the natural and human Earth system: cascading effects and telecoupling, 2021, Environmental Research Letters

Best Publications

  • Climate extremes indices in the CMIP5 multimodel ensemble: Part 2. Future climate projections

    J. Sillmann;V. V. Kharin;F. W. Zwiers;X. Zhang

  • Climate extremes indices in the CMIP5 multimodel ensemble: Part 1. Model evaluation in the present climate

    J. Sillmann;V. V. Kharin;X. Zhang;F. W. Zwiers

  • Impacts of 1.5°C Global Warming on Natural and Human Systems

    O. Hoegh-Guldberg;D. Jacob;M. Bindi;S. Brown

  • Frequency of extreme precipitation increases extensively with event rareness under global warming.

    Gunnar Myhre;Kari Alterskjær;Camilla Weum Stjern;Øivind Hodnebrog

  • Magnitude of extreme heat waves in present climate and their projection in a warming world

    Simone Russo;Alessandro Dosio;Rune G. Graversen;Jana Sillmann

  • Top ten European heatwaves since 1950 and their occurrence in the coming decades

    Simone Russo;Jana Sillmann;Erich M Fischer

  • Achievements and needs for the climate change scenario framework.

    Brian C. O'Neill;Brian C. O'Neill;Timothy R. Carter;Kristie L. Ebi;Paula A. Harrison

  • Evaluation of the CMIP6 multi-model ensemble for climate extreme indices

    Yeon-Hee Kim;Seung-Ki Min;Xuebin Zhang;Jana Sillmann

  • Blocking and its Response to Climate Change

    Tim Woollings;David E. Barriopedro;John Methven;Seok-Woo Son

  • Indices for extreme events in projections of anthropogenic climate change

    J. Sillmann;E. Roeckner

  • Understanding, modeling and predicting weather and climate extremes: Challenges and opportunities

    Jana Sillmann;Thordis Thorarinsdottir;Noel Keenlyside;Nathalie Schaller

  • Percentile indices for assessing changes in heavy precipitation events

    Christoph Schär;Nikolina Ban;Erich M. Fischer;Jan Rajczak

  • Humid heat waves at different warming levels

    Simone Russo;Jana Sillmann;Andreas Sterl

  • Extreme Cold Winter Temperatures in Europe under the Influence of North Atlantic Atmospheric Blocking

    Jana Sillmann;Mischa Croci-Maspoli;Malaak Kallache;Richard W. Katz

  • Evaluation of the Large EURO-CORDEX Regional Climate Model Ensemble

    Robert Vautard;Nikolay Kadygrov;Carley Iles;Fredrik Boberg

  • The Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (GeoMIP6): simulation design and preliminary results

    Benjamin S. Kravitz;Alan Robock;S. Tilmes;Olivier Boucher

  • When will unusual heat waves become normal in a warming Africa

    Simone Russo;Andrea F Marchese;J Sillmann;Giuseppina Immé

  • Assessment of the European Climate Projections as Simulated by the Large EURO-CORDEX Regional and Global Climate Model Ensemble

    Erika Coppola;Rita Nogherotto;James M. Ciarlo;Filippo Giorgi

  • Consistency of Temperature and Precipitation Extremes across Various Global Gridded In Situ and Reanalysis Datasets

    Markus G. Donat;Jana Sillmann;Simon Wild;Lisa V. Alexander

  • PDRMIP: A Precipitation Driver and Response Model Intercomparison Project, Protocol and preliminary results.

    G. Myhre;P. M. Forster;B. H. Samset;Ø. Hodnebrog

  • Percentile indices for assessing changes in heavy precipitation events

    Christoph Schär;Nikolina Ban;Jan Rajczak;Jürg Schmidli

Frequent Co-Authors

Øivind Hodnebrog
Øivind Hodnebrog Center for International Climate and Environmental Research
Gunnar Myhre
Gunnar Myhre University of Oslo
Francis W. Zwiers
Francis W. Zwiers University of Victoria
Viatcheslav V. Kharin
Viatcheslav V. Kharin Environment and Climate Change Canada
Piers M. Forster
Piers M. Forster University of Leeds
Xuebin Zhang
Xuebin Zhang University of Victoria
Jakob Zscheischler
Jakob Zscheischler Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Drew T. Shindell
Drew T. Shindell Duke University

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