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21st century climate change in the European Alps--a review.

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A combined numerical and wind-tunnel study of ventilation and air pollution episodes in a rural valley of Switzerland

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A numerical study of atmospheric mesoscale cellular convection

A numerical study of atmospheric pollution over complex terrain in Switzerland

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A three-dimensional study of mesoscale model response to radiative forcing

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Are Swiss birds tracking climate change?

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Assessing climate change impacts on the quantity of water in Alpine regions: Foreword to the adaptation and policy implications of the EU/FP7 “ACQWA” project

scholarly article by Martin Beniston et al published November 2014 in Environmental Science and Policy

Assessing species vulnerability to climate and land use change: the case of the Swiss breeding birds

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Assessing the Dynamics of Organic Aerosols over the North Atlantic Ocean.

scientific article published on 31 March 2017

Assessing the impacts of climatic change on mountain water resources

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Atmospheric flows over Athens: first tests with the DREAMS model

August 2005 intense rainfall event in Switzerland: Not necessarily an analog for strong convective events in a greenhouse climate

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Changes in variability and persistence of climate in Switzerland: Exploring 20th century observations and 21st century simulations

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Climate change and desertification: Where do we stand, where should we go?

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Climate change and its impacts: growing stress factors for human societies

Climate change impacts on glaciers and runoff in Tien Shan (Central Asia)

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Climate modeling at various spatial and temporal scales: where can dendrochronology help?

article by Martin Beniston published January 2002 in Dendrochronologia

Climate response to the Samalas volcanic eruption in 1257 revealed by proxy records

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Climate-based site selection for a Very Large Telescope using GIS techniques

scholarly article by Edward Graham et al published March 2005 in Meteorological Applications

Climatic Change in Mountain Regions: A Review of Possible Impacts

scientific article published in 2003

Climatic change and its possible impacts in the alpine region

Climatic change: possible impacts on human health

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Comparing observed and hypothetical climates as a means of communicating to the public and policymakers: The case of European heatwaves

article published in 2017

Daily wind gust speed probabilities over Switzerland according to three types of synoptic circulation

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Decadal-scale changes in the tails of probability distribution functions of climate variables in Switzerland

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Entering into the “greenhouse century”: Recent record temperatures in Switzerland are comparable to the upper temperature quantiles in a greenhouse climate

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Environmental change in mountains and uplands

book published in 2000

Estimates of volcanic-induced cooling in the Northern Hemisphere over the past 1,500 years

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European isotherms move northwards by up to 15 km year−1: using climate analogues for awareness-raising

Evolution and frequency (1970–2007) of combined temperature–precipitation modes in the Spanish mountains and sensitivity of snow cover

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Exploring future changes in synchrony between grapevine (Vitis vinifera) and its major insect pest, Lobesia botrana

scientific article published on 13 February 2023

Exploring the behaviour of atmospheric temperatures under dry conditions in Europe: evolution since the mid-20th century and projections for the end of the 21st century

article by Martin Beniston published 29 February 2012 in International Journal of Climatology

Extreme climatic events and their evolution under changing climatic conditions

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Extreme climatic events and their impacts: examples from the Swiss Alps

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Future extreme events in European climate: an exploration of regional climate model projections

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Governing and managing water resources under changing hydro-climatic contexts: The case of the upper Rhone basin

Grand challenges in climate research

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Hydrological impacts of climate and land-use changes in a mountain watershed: uncertainty estimation based on model comparison

Icy mountains in a warming world: Revisiting science from the end of the 1990s in the early 2020s

scientific article published on 01 March 2021

Impacts of climatic change on water and associated economic activities in the Swiss Alps

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Impacts of climatic change on water and natural hazards in the Alps: Can current water governance cope with future challenges? Examples from the European “ACQWA” project

scholarly article by Martin Beniston et al published November 2011 in Environmental Science and Policy

Influence of Winter North Atlantic Oscillation Index (NAO) on Climate and Snow Accumulation in the Mediterranean Mountains

scientific article published in 2011

Integration of research advances in modelling and monitoring in support of WFD river basin management planning in the context of climate change

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Interactions Between Biomass Burning and Climate: Conclusions Drawn from the Workshop

scientific article published in 2000

Is snow in the Alps receding or disappearing?

scholarly article by Martin Beniston published 22 June 2012 in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: WIREs Climate Change

Linking extreme climate events and economic impacts: Examples from the Swiss Alps

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Modelling runoff in a Swiss glacierized catchment-Part II: daily discharge and glacier evolution in the Findelen basin in a progressively warmer climate

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Modelling runoff in a Swiss glacierized catchment-part I: methodology and application in the Findelen basin under a long-lasting stable climate

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Modulation of extreme temperatures in Europe under extreme values of the North Atlantic Oscillation Index

scientific article published on 10 March 2018

Mountain Climates and Climatic Change: An Overview of Processes Focusing on the European Alps

article by Martin Beniston published 25 May 2005 in Pure and Applied Geophysics

Mountain Weather and Climate: A General Overview and a Focus on Climatic Change in the Alps

New tools for a global survey of potential sites for the future giant telescopes

Nonlinearities, Feedbacks and Critical Thresholds within the Earth's Climate System

Obstacles to data access for research related to climate and water: Implications for science and EU policy-making

On interpreting hydrological change from regional climate models

article by L. Phil Graham et al published 23 March 2007 in Climatic Change

On the extraordinary winter flood episode over the North Atlantic Basin in 1936

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On the incidence of debris flows from the early Little Ice Age to a future greenhouse climate: A case study from the Swiss Alps

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On the potential use of glacier and permafrost observations for verification of climate models

scholarly article by Martin Beniston et al published 1997 in Annals of Glaciology

Phytoplankton configuration in six deep lakes in the peri-Alpine region: are the key drivers related to eutrophication and climate?

scientific article published on 20 March 2013

Predicting future distributions of mountain plants under climate change: does dispersal capacity matter?

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Rain-on-snow events, floods and climate change in the Alps: Events may increase with warming up to 4°C and decrease thereafter

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Rainfall characteristics for periglacial debris flows in the Swiss Alps: past incidences–potential future evolutions

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Ratios of record high to record low temperatures in Europe exhibit sharp increases since 2000 despite a slowdown in the rise of mean temperatures

Regional assessment of climate change impacts on maize productivity and associated production risk in Switzerland

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Relative effects of solar and infrared radiative forcing in a mesoscale model

scholarly article by Johannes Schmetz & Martin Beniston published January 1986 in Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Reviewing innovative Earth observation solutions for filling science-policy gaps in hydrology

scholarly article by Anthony Lehmann et al published October 2014 in Journal of Hydrology

Sensitivity Analysis of Snow Cover to Climate Change Scenarios and Their Impact on Plant Habitats in Alpine Terrain

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Sensitivity analysis of snow patterns in Swiss ski resorts to shifts in temperature, precipitation and humidity under conditions of climate change

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Sharing Environmental Data through GEOSS

Shifting mountain snow patterns in a changing climate from remote sensing retrieval.

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Site selection for OWL using past, present, and future climate information

Software development strategies for parallel computer architectures

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Spatial Predictions of Extreme Wind Speeds over Switzerland Using Generalized Additive Models

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Spatially enabling the Global Framework for Climate Services: Reviewing geospatial solutions to efficiently share and integrate climate data & information

scientific article published in 2017

Streamflow Modeling in a Highly Managed Mountainous Glacier Watershed Using SWAT: The Upper Rhone River Watershed Case in Switzerland

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Streamflow response to regional climate model output in the mountainous watershed: a case study from the Swiss Alps

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Streamflow timing of mountain rivers in Spain: Recent changes and future projections

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Sustainability of the landscape of a UNESCO World Heritage site in the Lake Geneva region (Switzerland) in a greenhouse climate

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The 2003 heat wave as an example of summers in a greenhouse climate? Observations and climate model simulations for Basel, Switzerland

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The European mountain cryosphere: A review of past, current and future issues

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The European mountain cryosphere: a review of its current state, trends, and future challenges

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The changing roles of temperature and precipitation on snowpack variability in Switzerland as a function of altitude

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The impacts of climatic change on water resources: Foreword to the Special Issue

The influence of a water surface on mesoscale dynamics as a function of atmospheric stability

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Trends in joint quantiles of temperature and precipitation in Europe since 1901 and projected for 2100

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Warm winter spells in the Swiss Alps: Strong heat waves in a cold season? A study focusing on climate observations at the Saentis high mountain site

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Water availability, use and governance in the wine producing region of Mendoza, Argentina

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Will snow-abundant winters still exist in the Swiss Alps in an enhanced greenhouse climate?

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Wind speed measurements and forest damage in Canton Zurich (Central Europe) from 1891 to winter 2007

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