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Member Since 2005
Reto Knutti
ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Member, Climate Communication Prize Committee
Professional Experience
ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Education
Doctorate
2002
Publications
A Distinct Role for Aerosol and GHG Forcing in Historical CMIP6 Evapotranspiration Trends

Evapotranspiration (ET) is crucial for the global water balance, plant growth, and freshwater availability. It connects the surface water balance w...

October 27, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Climate model Selection by Independence, Performance, and Spread (ClimSIPS) for regional applications
ONLINE POSTER SESSION FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: MODEL IMPROVEMENTS XII
global environmental change | 25 january 2024
Anna Merrifield, Lukas Brunner, Ruth Lorenz, Vince...
As the number of models in Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) archives increase from generation to generation, there is a pressing need for ...
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Developing Low-likelihood Climate Storylines for Extreme Precipitation
LARGE ENSEMBLE CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS AS TOOLS FOR EXPLORING NATURAL VARIABILITY, CHANGE SIGNALS, AND IMPACTS I ONLINE POSTER DISCUSSION
atmospheric sciences | 16 december 2022
Claudia Gessner, Erich M. Fischer, Urs Beyerle, Re...
Unprecedented heavy precipitation events have been occurring around the world, causing wide-spread flooding and soil erosion. Due to the lack of long ...
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Probing the Unfathomable: Ensemble Boosting for Physical Climate Storylines of Unseen Heat Extremes Such as the 2021 Pacific Northwest Heatwave
BRIDGING THE GAP FROM CLIMATE TO EXTREME WEATHER: OBSERVATIONS, THEORY, AND MODELING I ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 15 december 2022
Erich M. Fischer, Urs Beyerle, Luna Bloin-Wibe, Cl...
The 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave is one of a series of record-shattering heat extremes that, based on the previous observational record, may have ...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
Member
Climate Communication Prize Committee
2023 - 2023
Member
Climate Communication Prize Committee
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