Prof. Dr. Martin Wild

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Services

Lead Author, 5th IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Assessment Report (AR5)

Lead Author, 6th IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Assessment Report (AR6)

PI Global Energy Balance Archive (GEBA), International Data Center for worldwide measured surface energy fluxes

Chair Working Group Global Energy Balance, International Radiation Commission (IRC) (since 2010)

EGU Science officer (since 2011)

Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR) 2008-2020

Editor, Earth System Dynamics (since 2014)

Publications

See my complete list of Publications » with download possibilities.

Selected publications on the global energy balance:

Wild, M., 2020: The global energy balance as represented in CMIP6 climate models. Clim Dyn., 55, 553–577, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-020-05282-7

Wild, M., Hakuba, M.Z.,· Folini, D.,· Dörig-Ott, P.,· Schär, C.,  Kato, S., Long, C.N., 2019: The cloud-free global energy balance and inferred cloud radiative effects: an assessment based on direct observations and climate models. Clim Dyn., 52, 4787–4812, doi: 10.1007/s00382-018-4413-y

 Wild, M., 2017: Towards Global Estimates of the Surface Energy Budget. Curr. Clim. Change Rep, 3, 87–97. DOI 10.1007/s40641-017-0058-x

Wild, M., Folini, D., Hakuba, M., Schär, C., Seneviratne, S.I., Kato, S., Rutan, D., Ammann, C., Wood E.F. and König-Langlo, G., 2015: The energy balance over land and oceans: An assessment based on direct observations and CMIP5 climate models, Climate Dynamics, DOI:10.1007/s00382-014-2430-z.download pdf »

Wild, M., Folini, D., Schär, C., Loeb, N., Dutton, E.G., and König-Langlo, G., 2013: The global energy balance from a surface perspective, Clim. Dyn., 40, 3107-3134, Doi:10.1007/s00382-012-1569-8.download pdf »

Wild, M., Folini, D., Schär, C., Loeb, N., Dutton E.G., and König-Langlo, G., 2013: A new diagram of the global energy balance, AIP Conf. Proc., 1531, 628-631, doi: 10.1063/1.4804848.download pdf »

Wild, M., 2012: New Directions: A facelift for the picture of the global energy balance. Atmospheric Environment, 55, 366-367. download pdf »

Selected publications on global dimming and brightening:

Wild, M., Wacker, S., Yang, S., and Sanchez-Lorenzo, A., 2021: Evidence for clear-sky dimming and brightening in central Europe. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL092216, doi: 10.1029/2020GL092216

Wild, M., 2016: Decadal changes in radiative fluxes at land and ocean surfaces and their relevance for global warming, WIRES Clim Change, 7, 91–107, doi: 10.1002/wcc.372

Wild, M. 2012: Enlightening Global Dimming and Brightening. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93, 27–37. download pdf »

Wild, M., 2009: Global dimming and brightening: A review. J. Geophys. Res. 114, D00D16, doi:10.1029/2008JD011470. download pdf »

Wild, M., Grieser, J. and Schär, C. 2008: Combined surface solar brightening and greenhouse effect support recent intensification of the global land-based hydrological cycle. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L17706, doi:10.1029/2008GL034842. download pdf »

Wild, M., Ohmura A., Makowski, K., 2007: Impact of global dimming and brightening on global warming. Geophys. Res. Lett. 34, L04702, doi:10.1029/2006GL028031. download pdf »

Wild, M., Gilgen, H., Roesch, A., Ohmura, A., Long, C., Dutton, E., Forgan, B., Kallis, A., Russak, V., and Tsvetkov, A., 2005: From dimming to brightening: Decadal changes in solar radiation at the Earth’s surface. Science, 308, 847-850.download pdf »

See also Special issue on Global dimming and Brightening in J. Geophys. Res.

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