Publications

In the Rio Santa

  • Potter, E.R., Fyffe, C.L., Orr, A., Quincey, D.J., Ross, A.N., Rangecroft, S., Medina, K., Burns, H., Llacza, A., Jacome, G., Hellström, R.Å., Castro, J., Cochachin, A., Loarte, E. and Pellicciotti, F.: A future of extreme precipitation and drought in the Peruvian Andes, NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science, in review
  • Klein C, Potter ER, Zauner C, Gurgiser W, Encarnación RC, Rapre AC, Maussion F: Farmers’ first rain: investigating pushpa characteristics in the Peruvian Andes, Environmental Research Comms., in review
  • Klein, C., Hänchen, L., Potter, E. R., Junquas, C., Harris, B. L. and Maussion, F.: Untangling the importance of dynamic and thermodynamic drivers for wet and dry spells across the Tropical Andes, Environ. Res. Lett., 18(3), 034002, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/acb72b, 2023.
  • Hänchen, L., Klein, C., Maussion, F., Gurgiser, W., Calanca, P., and Wohlfahrt, G.: Widespread greening suggests increased dry-season plant water availability in the Rio Santa valley, Peruvian Andes, Earth Syst. Dynam., 13, 595–611, doi:10.5194/esd-13-595-2022, 2022.
  • Gurgiser, W., Juen, I., Singer, K., Neuburger, M., Schauwecker, S., Hofer, M., and Kaser, G.: Comparing peasants’ perceptions of precipitation change with precipitation records in the tropical Callejón de Huaylas, Peru, Earth Syst. Dynam., 7, 499-515, doi:10.5194/esd-7-499-2016, 2016.

Rainfall variability in the sub-tropics and tropics

  • Semeena V. S., Klein C., Taylor C.M., Webster S. (2023): Impact of Land Surface processes on convection over West Africa in convection-permitting ensemble forecasts: A Case study using the MOGREPS ensemble, ASL, accepted
  • Crook, J., Klein, C., Folwell, S., Taylor, C. M., Parker, D. J., Bamba, A., and Kouadio, K. (2023): Effects on Early Monsoon Rainfall in West Africa due to Recent Deforestation in a Convection-permitting Ensemble, Weather Clim. Dynam., https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2022-49
  • Fletcher, J. K., Diop, C. A., Adefisan, E., Ahiataku, M., [..] Klein C..[..] (2022): Tropical Africa ’ s first testbed for high -impact weather forecasting and nowcasting, 1–27, BAMS, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0156.1
  • Talib, J., Taylor, C. M., Klein, C., Harris, B. L., Anderson, S. R. and Semeena, V. S. (2022): The sensitivity of the West African monsoon circulation to intraseasonal soil moisture feedbacks, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 148(745), 1709–1730, doi:10.1002/qj.4274
  • Taylor, C. M., Klein, C., Dione C., Parker DJ., Marsham J, Diop CA., Fletcher J., Chaibou AAS., Dignon BN., Shamsudheen SV. (2022): Nowcasting tracks of severe convective storms in West Africa from observations of land surface state, Environ. Res. Lett. 17 034016, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac536d
  • Taylor, C. M., Klein, C., Parker, D. J., Gerard, F., Semeena, V. S., Barton, E. J. and Harris, B. L. (2022): “Late-stage” deforestation enhances storm trends in coastal West Africa, PNAS, 119(2), https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2109285119
  • Klein, C., Jackson, L. S., Parker, D. J., Marsham, J. H., Taylor, C. M., Rowell, D. P., Guichard, F., Vischel, T., Famien, A. M. and Diedhiou, A. (2021): Combining CMIP data with a regional convection-permitting model and observations to project extreme rainfall under climate change, Environ. Res. Lett., 16(10), https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac26f1
  • Klein, C., Nkrumah, F., Taylor, C. M., & Adefisan, E. A. (2021). Seasonality and Trends of Drivers of Mesoscale Convective Systems in Southern West Africa, Journal of Climate, 34(1), 71-87, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0194.1
  • Barton EJ, Taylor CM, Klein C, Harris PP, Meng X (2021): Observed Soil Moisture Impact on Strong Convection over Mountaineous Tibetan Plateau, J. Hydrometeorol., 22(3), 561–572, https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-20-0129.1
  • Senior, C. A., Marsham, J. H., Berthou, S., Burgin, L. E., Folwell, S. S., Kendon, E. J., Klein, C. M., […] (2021).: Convection permitting regional climate change simulations for understanding future climate and informing decision making in Africa, BAMS, 1–46, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0020.1
  • Quagraine KA , Nkrumah F , Klein C , Klutse NAB, Quagraine KT (2020): West African Precipitation Variability as Represented by Reanalysis Datasets, Climate, 8(10), 111; https://doi.org/10.3390/cli8100111
  • Klein C, Taylor CM (2020): Dry soils can intensify mesoscale convective systems, PNAS, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2007998117

Master theses

  • Albrecht, P. (2022): Past climate change in the Rio Santa Basin, Peruvian Andes ( Link)
  • Stockhard, M. (2022): Investigating elevation dependent surface temperature warming and vegetation greening in the Andes using MODIS data
  • Wöckinger, S. (2022): High Resolution Climate Simulations in the Rio Santa Basin, Peru, with COSMO-CLM-GPU ( Link)
  • Schirmeister, Z. (2021): Future climate change in the Peruvian Andes as described by CORDEX data ( Link)
  • Zauner, C. (2021): Meteorological analysis of a Puspa rain event in the Callejón de Huaylas, Peruvian Andes, with the help of atmospheric simulations and observations ( Link)
  • Schlumpberger, M. (2017): Wet and dry spells in the Rio Santa Basin, Peruvian Andes, and connections to the large scale circulation ( Link)
  • Siller, M. (2017): WRF simulation of wet and dry spells in the Rio Santa Basin, Peruvian Andes - A WRF Modeling Case Study ( Link)

Conferences, presentations

  • Outreach
    • Potter, E., Fyffe, C., Orr, A., Quincey, Q., Ross, A., Rangecroft, S., Medina, K., Burns, H., Llacza, A., Jacome, G., Hellström, R., Castro, J., Hosking, J.S., Cochachin, A., Klein, C., Loarte, L., Pellicciotti, F.: “Projected increases in climate extremes and temperature-induced drought over the Peruvian Andes, 1980-2100”. Guest Lecturer in the summer school “Ecosistemas Andinos y Cambio Climático”, 2022 (Ecosystems and climate change in the Andes) to Peruvian and researchers and stakeholders.
  • IMC 2022:
    • Potter, E., Fyffe, C., Orr, A., Quincey, Q., Ross, A., Rangecroft, S., Medina, K., Burns, H., Llacza, A., Jacome, G., Hellström, R., Castro, Cochachin, A., Klein, C., Loarte, L., Pellicciotti, F.: Projected increases in climate extremes and temperature-induced drought over the Peruvian Andes, 1980-2100. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2022, Wien 24.05.2022
    • Stöckhardt, M. Co-AutorInnen: Hänchen, L.; Thomas, C.; Maussion, F.; Wohlfahrt, G.: Elevation-Dependent Surface Temperature Changes In The Andes. International Mountain Conference (IMC2022), Innsbruck, 14.09.2022.
  • EGU 2022:
    • Potter, E., Fyffe, C., Orr, A., Quincey, Q., Ross, A., Rangecroft, S., Medina, K., Burns, H., Llacza, A., Jacome, G., Hellström, R., Castro, J., Hosking, J.S., Cochachin, A., Klein, C., Loarte, L., Pellicciotti, F.: Projected increases in climate extremes and temperature-induced drought over the Peruvian Andes, 1980-2100. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2022, Wien 24.05.2022
    • Stöckhardt, M. Co-AutorInnen: Hänchen, L.; Thomas, C.; Maussion, F.; Wohlfahrt, G.: Elevation-dependent surface temperature changes in the Andes. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2022, Wien, hybrid, 24.05.2022.
    • Potter, E., Fyffe, C., Orr, A., Quincey, Q., Ross, A., Rangecroft, S., Medina, K., Burns, H., Llacza, A., Jacome, G., Hellström, R., Castro, J., Hosking, J.S., Cochachin, A., Klein, C., Loarte, L., Pellicciotti, F.: Projected increases in climate extremes and temperature-induced drought over the Peruvian Andes, 1980-2100. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2022, Wien 24.05.2022
  • AGU 2021:
    • Hänchen, Lorenz Co-AutorInnen: Klein, Cornelia; Maussion, Fabien; Gurgiser, Wolfgang; Calanca, Pierluigi; Wohlfahrt, Georg: Vegetation Indices as Proxies for spatio-temporal Variations in Water Availability in the Rio Santa Valley (Peruvian Andes). American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2021, New Orleans, hybrid, 14.12.2021.
  • EGU 2021:
    • Hänchen, L., Klein, C., Gurgiser, W., Maussion, F., Wohlfahrt, G.: Vegetation indices as a proxy for spatio-temporal variations in water availability in the semi-arid Rio Santa valley ( abstract)
  • Conectate A+ 2020:
    • Maussion, F., Klein, C., Hänchen, L., Wohlfahrt, G., Gurgiser, W., Calanca, P., Cochachín Rapre, A., Cruz Encarnación, R., and Quiñonez Collas, F.: AgroClim Huaraz: water availability and water demand of small-scale farmers in the Rio Santa basin ( slides)
  • EGU 2020:
    • Hänchen, L., Wohlfahrt, G., Gurgiser, W., Maussion, F., Calanca, P., Cochachín Rapre, A., Cruz Encarnación, R., and Quiñonez Collas, F.: Agro-climatic observations in Huaraz, Peru – first insights from water, energy and carbon dioxide flux measurements, ( abstract)
    • Klein, C., Gurgiser, W., and Maussion, F.: Observed local drivers of rainfall variability and changes in the Rio Santa Basin, Tropical Andes of Peru, ( abstract)
  • EGU 2018:
    • Maussion, F., Siller, M., Schlumpberger, M., Hartmann, M., Göbel, M., and Gurgiser, W.: Wet and dry spells in the Rio Santa Basin, Tropical Andes of Peru: processes and teleconnections ( poster)
  • EGU 2017:
    • Neuburger, M., Gurgiser, W., Maussion, F., Singer, K., and Kaser, G.: Tracing society in climate change: Societal negotiations and physical dynamics of water under climate change conditions in the Cordillera Blanca region, Peru ( abstract)