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Stefan Brönnimann

Stefan Brönnimann

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
61
Citations
20834
World Ranking
2706
National Ranking
75

Overview

Stefan Brönnimann is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Additional areas of study include Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Oceanography.

The scientist's work covers multiple main topics, including:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Stefan Brönnimann has published extensively in several notable venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Climate of the past
  • Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern)
  • Scientific Data
  • Urban Climate
  • Earth system science data

Selected recent papers include:

  • An Evaluation of the Performance of the Twentieth Century Reanalysis Version 3, 2020, Journal of Climate
  • An updated global atmospheric paleo-reanalysis covering the last 400 years, 2021, Geoscience Data Journal
  • The unidentified eruption of 1809: a climatic cold case, 2021, Climate of the past
  • Climate Scenarios for Switzerland CH2018 - Approach and Implications, 2022, Climate Services
  • Evaluation and application of a low-cost measurement network to study intra-urban temperature differences during summer 2018 in Bern, Switzerland, 2021, Urban Climate

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Brönnimann include:

  • Yuri Brugnara
  • Veronika Valler
  • Jörg Franke
  • Moritz Gubler
  • Lucas Pfister

Best Publications

  • The Twentieth Century Reanalysis Project

    Gilbert P Compo;Gilbert P Compo;J. S. Whitaker;Prashant D Sardeshmukh;Prashant D Sardeshmukh;N. Matsui;N. Matsui

  • Observations: Atmosphere and surface

    Dennis L. Hartmann;Albert M.G. Klein Tank;Matilde Rusticucci;Lisa V. Alexander

  • Towards a more reliable historical reanalysis: improvements for version 3 of the Twentieth Century Reanalysis system

    Laura C. Slivinski;Laura C. Slivinski;Gilbert P. Compo;Gilbert P. Compo;Jeffrey S. Whitaker;Prashant D. Sardeshmukh;Prashant D. Sardeshmukh

  • NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION - CONCEPTS AND STUDIES

    Heinz Wanner;Stefan Brönnimann;Stefan Brönnimann;Carlo Casty;Dimitrios Gyalistras

  • Impact of El Niño–Southern Oscillation on European climate

    S. Brönnimann

  • Consistent multi-decadal variability in global temperature reconstructions and simulations over the Common Era.

    Raphael Neukom;Luis A. Barboza;Michael P. Erb;Feng Shi

  • ENSO influence on Europe during the last centuries

    Stefan Brönnimann;Elena Xoplaki;Carlo Casty;Andreas Pauling

  • Tambora 1815 as a test case for high impact volcanic eruptions: Earth system effects.

    Christoph C. Raible;Stefan Bronnimann;Renate Auchmann;Philip Brohan

  • Mediterranean climate variability over the last centuries: a review

    Jürg Luterbacher;Elena Xoplaki;Carlo Casty;Heinz Wanner

  • Extreme climate of the global troposphere and stratosphere in 1940–42 related to El Niño

    S. Brönnimann;S. Brönnimann;J. Luterbacher;J. Staehelin;T. M. Svendby

  • An Evaluation of the Performance of the Twentieth Century Reanalysis Version 3

    L. C. Slivinski;L. C. Slivinski;G. P. Compo;G. P. Compo;P. D. Sardeshmukh;P. D. Sardeshmukh;J. S. Whitaker

  • The International Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions over the Earth (ACRE) Initiative

    Rob Allan;Philip Brohan;Gilbert P. Compo;Roger Stone

  • The early 20th century warming: Anomalies, causes, and consequences.

    Gabriele C. Hegerl;Stefan Brönnimann;Andrew Schurer;Tim Cowan

  • Causes of climate change over the historical record

    Gabriele C Hegerl;Stefan Brönnimann;Tim Cowan;Andrew R Friedman

  • Spectral biases in tree-ring climate proxies

    Jörg Franke;Jörg Franke;David Frank;Christoph C. Raible;Christoph C. Raible;Jan Esper

  • Unlocking pre-1850 instrumental meteorological records: A global inventory

    Stefan Brönnimann;Rob Allan;Linden Ashcroft;Saba Baer

  • Last phase of the Little Ice Age forced by volcanic eruptions

    Stefan Brönnimann;Stefan Brönnimann;Jörg Franke;Jörg Franke;Samuel U. Nussbaumer;Samuel U. Nussbaumer;Heinz J. Zumbühl;Heinz J. Zumbühl

  • The CLIVAR C20C Project: Which components of the Asian-Australian monsoon circulation variations are forced and reproducible?

    Tianjun Zhou;Bo Wu;A. A. Scaife;S. Brönnimann

  • Technical Note: Chemistry-climate model SOCOL: version 2.0 with improved transport and chemistry/microphysics schemes

    M. Schraner;E. Rozanov;C. Schnadt Poberaj;P. Kenzelmann

  • Polycentric governance in telecoupled resource systems

    Christoph Oberlack;Sébastien Boillat;Stefan Brönnimann;Jean-David Gerber

  • Weekend-weekday differences of near-surface ozone concentrations in Switzerland for different meteorological conditions

    Stefan Brönnimann;Urs Neu

  • The CLIVAR C20C project: selected twentieth century climate events

    A. A. Scaife;F. Kucharski;C. K. Folland;J. Kinter

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivia Martius
Olivia Martius University of Bern
Christoph C. Raible
Christoph C. Raible University of Bern
Gilbert P. Compo
Gilbert P. Compo National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jürg Luterbacher
Jürg Luterbacher University of Giessen
Eugene Rozanov
Eugene Rozanov Saint Petersburg State University
Prashant D. Sardeshmukh
Prashant D. Sardeshmukh National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Rob Allan
Rob Allan Met Office
Philip Jones
Philip Jones University of East Anglia
Martin Wegmann
Martin Wegmann University of Würzburg
Thomas Peter
Thomas Peter ETH Zurich

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