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Prof. Dr. Erich Fischer

Prof. Dr. Erich Fischer

Prof. Dr. Erich Fischer

Lecturer at the Department of Environmental Systems Science

ETH Zürich

Institut für Atmosphäre und Klima

CHN N 16.2

Universitätstrasse 16

8092 Zürich

Switzerland

Erich Fischer acted as a lead author in the IPCC AR6 and is a co-lead of the WCRP Grand Challenges on Weather and Climate Extremes. In 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 he was identified as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher. Erich Fischer studied at the University of Bern and Stockholm. In 2007 he completed his PhD at the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science at ETH Zurich. He then worked as a Postdoc at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado and as a visiting scientist at the Unversity of Reading before moving back to ETH Zurich. He his an associate editor of Science Advances and a co-editor of Weather and Climate Dynamics.

Research interests

  • Climate and weather extremes (Mechanisms, observations, detection & attribution and projection)
  • Heavy precipitation events under climate change
  • Heatwaves and heat stress impacts on human health
  • Climate variability, climate projections and quantification of uncertainties
  • Global and regional climate modelling
  • Climate response to volcanic eruptions

Key publications

  • E.M. Fischer, U. Beyerle, L. Bloin-Wibe, C. Gessner, V. Humphrey, F. Lehner, A.G. Pendergrass, S. Sippel, J. Zeder, R. Knutti (2023), Storylines for unprecedented heatwaves based on ensemble boosting. Nature Communications, 14, 4643.
  • E.M. Fischer, S. Sippel and R. Knutti (2021), Increasing probability of record-shattering climate extremes. Nature Climate Change, 11, 689-695.
  • Froelicher, T., E. M. Fischer, N. Gruber (2018), Marine heatwaves under global warming, Nature, 545 (7652), 41-47.
  • Medhaug, I., M. Stolpe, E. M. Fischer, R. Knutti (2017), Reconciling controversies about the ‘global warming hiatus’, Nature, 545 (7652), 41-47 [PDF]
  • Pfahl, S., P. O'Gorman, E. M. Fischer (2017), Understanding the regional pattern of projected future changes in extreme precipitation, Nature Climate Change, 7, (6), 423-427 [PDF] [Supplementary]
  • Fischer, E. M., and R. Knutti (2016), Observed heavy precipitation increase confirms theory and early models, Nature Climate Change, 6, 986-991 [PDF][Supplementary]
  • Fischer, E. M., and R. Knutti (2015), Anthropogenic contribution to global occurrence of heavy-precipitation and high-temperature extremes, Nature Climate Change, 5 (6), 560 [PDF][Supplementary]
  • Fischer, E. M., U. Beyerle, and R. Knutti (2013), Robust spatially aggregated projections of climate extremes, Nature Climate Change, 3 (12), 1033-1038 [PDF]
  • Fischer, E. M., and R. Knutti (2013), Robust projections of combined humidity and temperature extremes, Nature Climate Change, 3 (2), 126-130 [PDF]
  • Fischer, E. M., and C. Schär (2010), Consistent geographical patterns of changes in high-impact European heatwaves, Nature Geoscience, 3 (6), 398-403. [PDF]
  • Barriopedro, D., E. M. Fischer, J. Luterbacher, R. Trigo, and R. Garcia-Herrera (2011), The Hot Summer of 2010: Redrawing the Temperature Record Map of Europe, Science, 332 (6026), 220-224. [PDF]

Other journal publications

(see also external page Google Scholar, external page Publons, and external page Researchgate)
 

  • Portmann, R., U. Beyerle, E Davin, E.M. Fischer, S. De Hertog and S. Schemm (2022). Global forestation and deforestation affect remote climate via adjusted atmosphere and ocean circulation. Nature Communications, 12, (1) 1-11.
  • Domeisen, D., E. Eltahir, E.M. Fischer, R. Knutti, S. Perkins-Kirkpatrick, C. Schär, S.I. Seneviratne, A. Weisheimer, and H. Wernli (2022). Prediction and projection of heatwaves. Nature Reviews Earth and Environment, 103, 3, 704-709.
  • Raymond, C., T. Matthews, R.M. Horton, E.M. Fischer, S. Fueglistaler, C. Ivanovich, L. Suarez-Gutierrez, Y. Zhang (2022). Prediction and projection of heatwaves. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, 23, e2021GL096082.
  • Gessner, C., E.M. Fischer, U. Beyerle and R. Knutti (2022). Multi-year drought storylines for Europe and North America from an iteratively perturbed global climate model. Weather and Climate Extremes, 100512.
  • Zhu, J., S. Wang, and E.M. Fischer (2022). Increased occurrence of day-night hot extremes in a warming climate. Climate Dynamics, 59, (5) 1297-1307.
  • Fischer, A.M., et al. (2022). Climate Scenarios for Switzerland CH2018 - Approach and Implications. Climate Services, 26, 100288.
  • Zaitchik, B.F. ,J. Omumbo, R. Lowe, M. van Aalst, L.O. Anderson, E.M. Fischer, C. Norman, J. Robbins, R. Barciela, J. Trtanj, R. von Borries, J. Luterbacher (2022). Planning for compound hazards during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of climate information systems. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103, 3, 704-709.
  • Sippel, S., N. Meinshausen, E. Székely, E.M. Fischer, A.G. Pendergrass, F. Lehner, and R. Knutti (2021). Robust detection of forced warming in the presence of potentially large climate variability. Science Advances, 7(43), eabh4429.
  • Gessner, C., E.M. Fischer, U. Beyerle, and R. Knutti (2021). Very rare heat extremes: quantifying and understanding using ensemble re-initialization. Journal of Climate 1-46.
  • Tebaldi, Claudia, et al. (2021). Climate model projections from the Scenario Model Intercomparison Project (ScenarioMIP) of CMIP6. Earth System Dynamics, 12, 253-293.
  • Burgstall, A., S. Kotlarski, A. Casanueva, E. Hertig, E. Fischer, and R. Knutti (2021). Urban multi-model climate projections of intense heat in Switzerland. Climate Services 22: 100228.
  • Röthlisberger, M., M. Hermann, C. Frei, F. Lehner, E.M. Fischer, R. Knutti, and H. Wernli (2021). A new framework for identifying and investigating seasonal climate extremes. Journal of Climate 34, 19, 7761-7782.
  • Sippel, S., N. Meinshausen, E.M. Fischer, E Szekely, and R Knutti (2020). Climate change now detectable from any single day of weather at global scale. Nature Climate Change, 10, (1), 35-41.
  • Thiery, W., A.J. Visser, E.M. Fischer, M. Hauser, A.L. Hirsch, D.M. Lawrence, Q. Lejeune, E.L. Davin, S.I. Seneviratne (2020). Warming of hot extremes alleviated by expanding irrigation. Nature Communications, 11 (1), 1-7.
  • Zeder, J., and E.M. Fischer (2020). Observed extreme precipitation trends and scaling in Central Europe. Weather and Climate Extremes, 29, 100266. 
  • Zscheischler, J., and E.M. Fischer (2020). The record-breaking compound hot and dry 2018 growing season in Germany. Weather and Climate Extremes, 29, 100270.
  • Lehner, F., C. Deser, N. Maher, J. Marotzke, E.M. Fischer, L. Brunner, R. Knutti, and E. Hawkins (2020). Partitioning climate projection uncertainty with multiple large ensembles and CMIP5/6. Earth System Dynamics, 11(2), 491-508.
  • Vogel, M. M., J. Zscheischler, E.M. Fischer, and S.I. Seneviratne (2020). Development of future heatwaves for different hazard thresholds. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125(9), e2019JD032070.
  • Huguenin, M. F., E.M. Fischer, S. Kotlarski, S.C. Scherrer, C. Schwierz, and R. Knutti (2020). Lack of change in the projected frequency and persistence of atmospheric circulation types over Central Europe. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(9), e2019GL086132.
  • Sippel, S., E.M. Fischer, S.C. Scherrer, N. Meinshausen, and R. Knutti (2020). Late 1980s abrupt cold season temperature change in Europe consistent with circulation variability and long-term warming. Environmental Research Letters, 15(9), 094056.
  • Paik, S., S.K. Min, C.E. Iles, E.M. Fischer, and A.P. Schurer (2020). Volcanic-induced global monsoon drying modulated by diverse El Niño responses. Science Advances, 6(21), eaba1212.
  • Tokarska, K.B., M.B. Stolpe, S. Sippel, E.M. Fischer, C.J. Smith, F. Lehner, and R. Knutti (2020). Past warming trend constrains future warming in CMIP6 models. Science advances, 6(12), eaaz9549.
  • von Trentini, F., E.E. Aalbers, E.M. Fischer, and R. Ludwig (2020). Comparing internal variabilities in three regional single model initial-condition large ensembles (SMILE) over Europe. Earth System Dynamics, 11(4), 1013-1031.
  • Hodnebrog, Ø., L. Marelle, K. Alterskjær, R.R. Wood, R. Ludwig, E.M. Fischer, T.B. Richardson, P.M. Forster, J. Sillmann, G. Myhre (2019). Intensification of summer precipitation with shorter time-scales in Europe, Environmental Research Letters, 14 (12), 124050.
  • Shiogama, H., T. Hasegawa, S. Fujimori, D. Murakami, K. Takahashi, K. Tanaka, S. Emori, I. Kubota, M. Abe, Y. Imada, M. Watanabe, D. Mitchell, N. Schaller, J. Sillmann, E.M. Fischer, J.F. Scinocca, I. Bethke, L. Lierhammer, J. Takakura, T. Trautmann, P. Döll, S. Ostberg, H. Müller Schmied, F. Saeed, C.-F. Schleussner (2019). Limiting global warming to 1.5°C will lower increases in inequalities of four hazard indicators of climate change Environmental Research Letters 14, (12), 124022.
  • Myhre, G., K. Alterskjær, C.W. Stjern, Ø. Hodnebrog, L. Marelle, B.H. Samset, J. Sillmann, N. Schaller, E.M. Fischer, M. Schulz, A. Stohl (2019). Frequency of extreme precipitation increases extensively with event rareness under global warming, Scientific Reports, 9 (1), 1-10.
  • Sippel, S., N. Meinshausen, A. Merrifield, F. Lehner, A.G. Pendergrass, E.M. Fischer, and R. Knutti (2019). Uncovering the forced climate response from a single ensemble member using statistical learning, Journal of Climate, 32 (17), 5677-5699.
  • Lorenz, R., Z. Stalhandske, E.M. Fischer (2019). Detection of a Climate Change Signal in Extreme Heat, Heat Stress, and Cold in Europe From Observations, Geophysical Research Letters, 46 (14), 8363-8374. 
  • Knüsel, B., M. Zumwald, C. Baumberger, G. Hirsch Hadorn, E.M. Fischer, D.N. Bresch, and R. Knutti (2019). Applying big data beyond small problems in climate research. Nature Climate Change, 9 196-202.
  • Madakumbura, G. D., H. Kim, N. Utsumi, H. Shiogama, E.M. Fischer, Ø. Seland, J. F. Scinocca, D.M. Mitchell, Y. Hirabayashiand, and T. Oki (2019). Event-to-event intensification of the hydrologic cycle from 1.5°C to a 2°C warmer world. Scientific reports, 9, (1), 3483-3483.
  • Zscheischler, J., E.M. Fischer, and S. Lange (2019). The effect of univariate bias adjustment on multivariate hazard estimates. Earth Sys. Dyn. 10 31-43.
  • Fischer, E.M., U Beyerle, CF Schleussner, AD King and R. Knutti (2018) Biased Estimates of Changes in Climate Extremes from Prescribed SST Simulations. Geophys. Res. Lett. doi:10.1029/2018GL079176.
  • King, A. D., Donat, M. G., Lewis, S. C., Henley, B. J., Mitchell, D. M., Stott, P. A., Fischer, E. M., Karoly, D. J. (2018). Reduced heat exposure by limiting global warming to 1.5° C. Nature Climate Change, 8(7), 549.
  • Mitchell, D., Heaviside, C., Schaller, N., Allen, M., Ebi, K. L., Fischer, E. M., Gasparrini, A., Harrington, L., Kharin, V. Shiogama, H., Sillmann, J., Sippel, S., and Vardoulakis, S. (2018). Extreme heat-related mortality avoided under Paris Agreement goals. Nature Climate Change, 8(7), 551.
  • Lorenz, R., Herger, N., Sedláček, J., Eyring, V., Fischer, E. M., and Knutti, R. (2018). Prospects and caveats of weighting climate models for summer maximum temperature projections over North America. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123(9), 4509-4526.
  • Brönnimann, S., Rajczak, J., Fischer, E. M., Raible, C., Rohrer, M., & Schär, C. (2018). Changing seasonality of moderate and extreme precipitation events in the Alps. Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, 18(7), 2047-2056.
  • Li, C., Michel, C., Graff, L.S., Bethke, I., Zappa, G., Bracegirdle, T., Fischer, E.M., Harvey, B., Trond, I., King, M.P. and Krishnan, H., (2018). Midlatitude atmospheric circulation responses under 1.5° C and 2.0° C warming and implications for regional impacts. Earth Syst. Dynam., 9, 359-382, doi:10.5194/esd-9-359-2018.
  • Schaller, N., Sillmann, J., Anstey, J., Fischer, E.M., Grams, C.M. and Russo, S., (2018). Influence of blocking on Northern European and Western Russian heatwaves in large climate model ensembles. Environ. Res. Lett, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aaba55.
  • Dosio, A., Mentaschi, L., Fischer, E.M., and Wyser, K. (2018). Extreme heat waves under 1.5°C and 2°C global warming, Environ. Res. Lett, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aab827.
  • Dosio, A. and Fischer, E.M., (2018). Will half a degree make a difference? Robust projections of indices of mean and extreme climate in Europe under 1.5°C, 2°C, and 3°C global warming. Geophys. Res. Lett. 45(2), 935-944.
  • Wehner, M., Stone, D., Mitchell, D., Shiogama, H., Fischer, E.M., Graff, L.S., Kharin, V.V., Lierhammer, L., Sanderson, B. and Krishnan, H., (2018). Changes in extremely hot days under stabilized 1.5 and 2.0° C global warming scenarios as simulated by the HAPPI multi-model ensemble. Earth System Dynamics, 9(1), 299-311, doi:10.5194/esd-9-299-2018.
  • Parente, J., Pereira, M.G., Amraoui, M. and Fischer, E.M. (2018). Heat waves in Portugal: Current regime, changes in future climate and impacts on extreme wildfires, Science of The Total Environment, 631–632, 534-549, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.044.
  • Liu, W., Lim, W. H., Sun, F., Mitchell, D., Wang, H., Chen, D., Bethke, I., Shiogama, H. and Fischer, E.M. (2018). Global Freshwater availability below normal conditions and population impact under 1.5° C and 2° C stabilization scenarios. Geophys. Res. Lett. doi: 10.1029/2018GL078789
  • Lee, D., Min, S.K., Fischer, E.M., Shiogama, H., Bethke, I., Lierhammer, L. and Scinocca, J. (2018). Impacts of half a degree additional warming on the Asian summer monsoon rainfall characteristics, Environ. Res. Lett, 13 (4), 044033, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aab55d.
  • Saeed, F., Bethke, I., Fischer, E.M., Legutke, S., Shiogama, H., Stone, D. and Schleussner, C.F., (2018). Robust changes in tropical rainy season length at 1.5° C and 2° C. Environ. Res. Lett, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aab797.
  • Schleussner, C.F., Pfleiderer, P. and E. M. Fischer (2017) In the observational record half a degree matters, Nature Climate Change, 7 [PDF]
  • Borodina, A., Fischer, E.M. and Knutti, R., (2017). Models are likely to underestimate increase in heavy rainfall in the extratropical regions with high rainfall intensity. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(14), 7401-7409, doi:10.1002/2017GL074530.
  • Saffioti, C., Fischer, E.M. and Knutti, R., 2017. Improved Consistency of Climate Projections over Europe after Accounting for Atmospheric Circulation Variability. Journal of Climate, 30(18), 7271-7291, 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0695.1
  • Dahinden, F., Fischer, E.M., Knutti, R., (2017). Future local climate unlike currently observed anywhere. Environmental Research Letters, 12, ​​doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aa75d7.
  • Borodina, A., Fischer, E.M. and Knutti, R., (2017). Potential to Constrain Projections of Hot Temperature Extremes. J. Climate, 30(24), 9949-9964, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0848.1.
  • Borodina, A., Fischer, E.M., Knutti, R., (2017). Emergent Constraints in Climate Projections: A Case Study of Changes in High-Latitude Temperature Variability. J Climate, 30 (10), 3655-3670.
  • Knutti, R., Sedlacek, J., Sanderson, B.M., Lorenz, R., Fischer, E.M. and Eyring, V., (2017). A climate model projection weighting scheme accounting for performance and interdependence. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(4), pp.1909-1918.
  • Gibson, P.B., Perkins‐Kirkpatrick, S. E., Alexander, L.A. and Fischer, E.M., (2017). Comparing Australian heatwaves in the CMIP5 models through cluster analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research, 10.1002/2016JD025878.
  • Perkins-Kirkpatrick, S.E., Fischer, E.M., and Angelil, O., (2017). The influence of internal climate variability on heatwave frequency trends. Environmental Research Letters, 12, 4, ​​doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aa63fe.
  • Mitchell, D., AchutaRao, K., Allen, M., Bethke, I., Beyerle, U., Ciavarella, A., Forster, P. M., Fuglestvedt, J., Gillett, N., Haustein, K., Ingram, W., Iversen, T., Kharin, V., Klingaman, N., Massey, N., Fischer, E., Schleussner, C.-F., Scinocca, J., Seland, Ø., Shiogama, H., Shuckburgh, E., Sparrow, S., Stone, D., Uhe, P., Wallom, D., Wehner, M., and Zaaboul, R., (2017). Half a degree additional warming, prognosis and projected impacts (HAPPI): background and experimental design, Geosci. Model Dev., 10, 571-583, doi:10.5194/gmd-10-571-2017.
  • Knutti, R., J. Rogelj, J. Sedlacek, and E. M. Fischer (2016), A scientific critique of the two-degree climate change target, Nature Geoscience, 9(1), 13-.
  • Schleussner, C.F., J. Rogelj, M. Schaeffer, T. Lissner, R. Licker, E.M. Fischer, R. Knutti, R., A. Levermann, K. Frieler, K. and W. Hare (2016), Science and policy characteristics of the Paris Agreement temperature goal. Nature Climate Change, doi:10.1038/nclimate3096.
  • Saffioti, C., E. M. Fischer, S. C. Scherrer, and R. Knutti (2016), Reconciling observed and modeled temperature and precipitation trends over Europe by adjusting for circulation variability, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL069802.
  • Kröner, N., S. Kotlarski, E. M. Fischer, D. Lüthi, E. Zubler, and C. Schär (2016), Separating climate change signals into thermodynamic, lapse-rate and circulation effects: theory and application to the European summer climate, Climate Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3276-3
  • Schleussner, C.-F., T.K. Lissner, E.M. Fischer, J. Wohland, M. Perrette, A. Golly, J. Rogelj, K. Childers, J. Schewe, K. Frieler, and M. Mengel, (2016), Differential climate impacts for policy-relevant limits to global warming: the case of 1.5 degrees C and 2 degrees C, Earth System Dynamics, 7(2), 327-351.
  • Harrington, L. J., D. J. Frame, E. M. Fischer, E. Hawkins, M. Joshi, and C. D. Jones (2016), Poorest countries experience earlier anthropogenic emergence of daily temperature extremes, Environmental Research Letters, 11(5).
  • Schär, C., N. Ban, E.M. Fischer, J. Rajczak, J. Schmidli, C. Frei, F. Giorgi, T.R. Karl, E.J. Kendon, A.M.K. Tank, and P.A. O’Gorman (2016), Percentile indices for assessing changes in heavy precipitation events, Climatic Change, 137(1-2), 201-216.
  • King, A. D., M. T. Black, S.-K. Min, E. M. Fischer, D. M. Mitchell, L. J. Harrington, and S. E. Perkins-Kirkpatrick (2016), Emergence of heat extremes attributable to anthropogenic influences, Geophysical Research Letters, 43(7), 3438-3443.
  • Scherrer, S. C., E. M. Fischer, R. Posselt, M. A. Liniger, M. Croci-Maspoli, and R. Knutti (2016), Emerging trends in heavy precipitation and hot temperature extremes in Switzerland, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 121(6), 2626-2637.
  • King, A. D., M. G. Donat, E. M. Fischer, E. Hawkins, L. V. Alexander, D. J. Karoly, A. J. Dittus, S. C. Lewis, and S. E. Perkins (2015), The timing of anthropogenic emergence in simulated climate extremes, Environmental Research Letters, 10(9), 094015 (094019 pp.).
  • Russo, S., J. Sillmann, and E. M. Fischer (2015), Top ten European heatwaves since 1950 and their occurrence in the coming decades, Environmental Research Letters, 10(12).
  • Saffioti, C., E. M. Fischer, and R. Knutti (2015), Contributions of atmospheric circulation variability and data coverage bias to the warming hiatus, Geophysical Research Letters, 42(7), 2385-2391.
  • Addor, N., and E. M. Fischer (2015), The influence of natural variability and interpolation errors on bias characterization in RCM simulations, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 120(19).
  • Fischer, E. M., and R. Knutti (2014), Detection of spatially aggregated changes in temperature and precipitation extremes, Geophysical Research Letters, 41(2), 547-554.
  • Fischer, E. M., J. Sedlacek, E. Hawkins, and R. Knutti (2014), Models agree on forced response pattern of precipitation and temperature extremes, Geophysical Research Letters, 41(23), 8554-8562.
  • Fischer, E. M. (2014), CLIMATE SCIENCE Autopsy of two mega-heatwaves, Nature Geoscience, 7(5), 332-333.
  • Fischer, E. M., and R. Knutti (2014), IMPACTS Heated debate on cold weather, Nature Climate Change, 4(7), 537-538.
  • Wuebbles, D., et al. (2014), CMIP5 CLIMATE MODEL ANALYSES Climate Extremes in the United States, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 95(4), 571-583.
  • Lustenberger, A., R. Knutti, and E. M. Fischer (2014a), Sensitivity of European extreme daily temperature return levels to projected changes in mean and variance, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 119(6), 3032-3044.
  • Lustenberger, A., R. Knutti, and E. M. Fischer (2014b), The potential of pattern scaling for projecting temperature-related extreme indices, International Journal of Climatology, 34(1), 18-26.
  • Buentgen, U., F. Martinez-Pena, J. Aldea, A. Rigling, E. M. Fischer, J. J. Camarero, M. J. Hayes, V. Fatton, and S. Egli (2013), Declining pine growth in Central Spain coincides with increasing diurnal temperature range since the 1970s, Global and Planetary Change, 107, 177-185.
  • Kopparla, P., E. M. Fischer, C. Hannay, and R. Knutti (2013), Improved simulation of extreme precipitation in a high-resolution atmosphere model, Geophysical Research Letters, 40(21), 5803-5808.
  • Perkins, S. E., and E. M. Fischer (2013), The usefulness of different realizations for the model evaluation of regional trends in heat waves, Geophysical Research Letters, 40(21), 5793-5797.
  • Fischer, E. M., J. Rajczak, and C. Schaer (2012a), Changes in European summer temperature variability revisited, Geophysical Research Letters, 39.
  • Fischer, E. M., K. W. Oleson, and D. M. Lawrence (2012b), Contrasting urban and rural heat stress responses to climate change, Geophysical Research Letters, 39.
  • Buentgen, U., S. Egli, J. J. Camarero, E. M. Fischer, U. Stobbe, H. Kauserud, W. Tegel, L. Sproll, and N. C. Stenseth (2012), CORRESPONDENCE: Drought-induced decline in Mediterranean truffle harvest, Nature Climate Change, 2(12), 827-829.
  • Fischer, E. M., D. M. Lawrence, and B. M. Sanderson (2011), Quantifying uncertainties in projections of extremes-a perturbed land surface parameter experiment, Climate Dynamics, 37(7-8), 1381-1398.
  • Garcia-Herrera, R., J. Diaz, R. Trigo, J. Luterbacher, and E.M. Fischer (2010), A Review of the European Summer Heat Wave of 2003, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 40(4), 267-306.
  • Fischer, E.M., and C. Schär (2009), Future changes in daily summer temperature variability: driving processes and role for temperature extremes, Climate Dynamics, 33(7-8), 917-935.
  • Fischer, E.M., S. Seneviratne, D. Luthi, and C. Schär (2007a), Contribution of land-atmosphere coupling to recent European summer heat waves, Geophysical Research Letters, 34(6).
  • Fischer, E.M., S. Seneviratne, P. Vidale, D. Luthi, and C. Schär (2007b), Soil moisture - Atmosphere interactions during the 2003 European summer heat wave, Journal of Climate, 20(20), 5081-5099.
  • Fischer, E.M., J. Luterbacher, E. Zorita, S. Tett, C. Casty, and H. Wanner (2007c), European climate response to tropical volcanic eruptions over the last half millennium, Geophysical Research Letters, 34(5).
  • Luterbacher, J., et al. (2006), Mediterranean Climate Variability over the Last Centuries: A Review, Mediterranean Climate Variability, 4, 27-148.
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