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View article: Climatological hazard indicators for a robust and integrated energy infrastructure in Austria
Climatological hazard indicators for a robust and integrated energy infrastructure in Austria Open
The energy sector faces constant challenges due to the anticipated green transition and the underlaying change of climate. To be able to assess potential risks during the transition towards renewable energy sources, we present ROBINE-AT, a…
View article: Climate induced increase in frequency and area affected by critical rainfall conditions triggering debris flows in Austria
Climate induced increase in frequency and area affected by critical rainfall conditions triggering debris flows in Austria Open
Rainfall is the main trigger for debris flows in torrent catchments. A systematic analysis of the critical rainfall for debris-flow initiation in Austria is lacking. This study quantifies and compares rainfall events that historically trig…
View article: Frequency and area affected by critical rainfall conditions triggering debris flows increase in a changing climate
Frequency and area affected by critical rainfall conditions triggering debris flows increase in a changing climate Open
Critical rainfall conditions for the initiation of debris flows are typically investigated in connection with landslides. Here, we approach this issue from the channel perspective. We derive and analyze critical rainfall conditions trigger…
View article: Impact of longer Drought Periods on Climate in Greater Vienna
Impact of longer Drought Periods on Climate in Greater Vienna Open
The Imp_DroP project deals with the effects of climate change-related dry periods on ground temperatures and water requirements for irrigation in Vienna. The focus of the study is to examine the effects of cooling on the climate of the fol…
View article: The Effects of Climate Change on Rock Avalanche Processes, Failure Mechanisms, and Triggering Factors in Alpine Regions
The Effects of Climate Change on Rock Avalanche Processes, Failure Mechanisms, and Triggering Factors in Alpine Regions Open
Rock avalanches can occur in a wide variety of settings. Their high velocities, long runouts, and volumes of several tens of thousands of cubic meters make them a serious hazard to people and infrastructure in alpine regions. Their formati…
View article: Wildfire behaviour modelling in Central Europe – Lessons learnt
Wildfire behaviour modelling in Central Europe – Lessons learnt Open
Wildfires have become an increasingly frequent occurrence in Central Europe due to changing climate patterns, prolonged dry spells, and rising temperatures. Effective wildfire management relies on knowledge of fire behaviour, which enhance…
View article: Simulating Central-European forests in the 21st century – What are the effects of climate change and management?
Simulating Central-European forests in the 21st century – What are the effects of climate change and management? Open
Large-scale scenario analysis to project development of European forest resources and explore the effect of climate change and forest use scenarios is a key requirement for policy making and has attracted much attention recently.In a recen…
View article: Weather‐Associated Variations of Device‐Detected Severe Sleep Apnea in Cardiac Pacemaker Patients
Weather‐Associated Variations of Device‐Detected Severe Sleep Apnea in Cardiac Pacemaker Patients Open
Using continuous thoracic impedance measurements, sleep apnea can be long‐time monitored via an electronic device sensor. In the ACaSA trial, 233 patients implanted with a cardiac pacemaker (MicroPort CRM, Clamart, France) were prospective…
View article: Analysing the future trends of foehn-enabling synoptic patterns over two valleys in the Eastern Alps in CMIP5 EURO-CORDEX models
Analysing the future trends of foehn-enabling synoptic patterns over two valleys in the Eastern Alps in CMIP5 EURO-CORDEX models Open
Foehn has an impact on various climatological variables like temperature and humidity in the highly populated valleys of the Eastern Alps. With increasing global warming, the question arises as to how well climate projections are able to p…
View article: Interactions between land-use change and climate warming drive long-term wild bee declines
Interactions between land-use change and climate warming drive long-term wild bee declines Open
Long-term data on species dynamics are scarce, limiting our understanding of biodiversity changes. We analysed over 17,500 museum records of 342 wild bee species collected between 1910 and 2021 at eight sites. Linking temporal distribution…
View article: Analysing the future trends of foehn-enabling synoptic patterns over two valleys in the Eastern Alps in CMIP5 EURO-CORDEX models
Analysing the future trends of foehn-enabling synoptic patterns over two valleys in the Eastern Alps in CMIP5 EURO-CORDEX models Open
Foehn has an impact on various climatological variables like temperature and humidity in the highly populated valleys of the Eastern Alps. With increasing global warming, the question arises as to how well climate projections are able to p…
View article: Future climate change implications in Bhutan from a downscaled and bias‐adjusted <scp>CMIP6</scp> multimodel ensemble
Future climate change implications in Bhutan from a downscaled and bias‐adjusted <span>CMIP6</span> multimodel ensemble Open
We describe the bias adjustment and downscaling to a resolution of 1 × 1 km of daily temperature, precipitation and solar radiation of a multimodel ensemble of Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) GCMs with the local obser…
View article: European-wide climate indicators for 1961-2020 derived from daily data at 30x30 arc sec resolution
European-wide climate indicators for 1961-2020 derived from daily data at 30x30 arc sec resolution Open
High-resolution climate data provide great benefits for ecological and environmental climate impact studies where data need to represent local climate conditions. Especially in mountainous terrain, high resolution can accurately resolve mo…
View article: High-resolution (250x250m) gridded daily mean wind speed dataset for Austria spanning from 1961 to 2023.
High-resolution (250x250m) gridded daily mean wind speed dataset for Austria spanning from 1961 to 2023. Open
High-resolution gridded climate data derived from in-situ observations play a crucial role in global and regional climatology. The data are a valuable input for further climate impact studies, especially in ecological and energy modeling, …
View article: Linking local climate scenarios to global warming levels: applicability, prospects and uncertainties
Linking local climate scenarios to global warming levels: applicability, prospects and uncertainties Open
Global warming levels (GWLs) are increasingly becoming a central concept in climate change studies. In recent years, their integrative quality for climate change impact analysis has been demonstrated, and methodological advancements have h…
View article: Analysing CMIP5 EURO-CORDEX models in their ability to produce south foehn and the resulting climate change impact on frequency and spatial extent over western Austria
Analysing CMIP5 EURO-CORDEX models in their ability to produce south foehn and the resulting climate change impact on frequency and spatial extent over western Austria Open
Foehn has an impact on various climatological variables like temperature and humidity in the highly populated valleys of western Austria. With increasing global warming, the question arises as to how well climate projections are able to pr…
View article: Effect of climate change on lightning induced forest fires in Austria
Effect of climate change on lightning induced forest fires in Austria Open
Increasing temperatures, due to climate change lead to more evapotranspiration which increases the possibility of severe drought periods. These trends enhance the risk of wildfire hazards even in humid regions like the Alps. Further, possi…
View article: Testing the capability of the WRF model on representing temperature inversions in alpine basins and valleys
Testing the capability of the WRF model on representing temperature inversions in alpine basins and valleys Open
Persistent inversions and associated low wind situations during the winter months often lead to air pollution problems in alpine basins and valleys, regardless of emission levels. The aim of this work is to determine how well high-resoluti…
View article: Climate change in the alps: Comparing different climate models based on estimates of monthly data.
Climate change in the alps: Comparing different climate models based on estimates of monthly data. Open
The new generation of global climate models (GCM) CMIP6 show significantly higher climate sensitivity then their predecessors (Zelinka 2020), introducing faster temperature rise than expected. Especially mountainous regions are sensitive t…
View article: Climate change impact on rock avalanches in metamorphic rock masses in Tyrol, Austria
Climate change impact on rock avalanches in metamorphic rock masses in Tyrol, Austria Open
Rockfalls and rockslides are a common hazard in alpine terrain and are major factor of alpine landscape evolution. They are characterized by a complex combination of geological, hydrological, geomechanical and meteorolocical processes and …
View article: Forests on fire: Effects of input data resolution on forest fire behaviour modelling &#8211; A case study from Lower Austria
Forests on fire: Effects of input data resolution on forest fire behaviour modelling – A case study from Lower Austria Open
Forest fires are becoming an important hazard in the mountain forests of European alpine areas due to changing environmental and socio-economic conditions. Understanding the fire behaviour is critical for all phases within the disaster man…
View article: On the improvement of runoff and glacier mass balance modelling by performing an undercatch correction on gridded precipitation data sets based on independent station data
On the improvement of runoff and glacier mass balance modelling by performing an undercatch correction on gridded precipitation data sets based on independent station data Open
Models like the conceptual hydrological model COSERO and the physically-based mountain surface process model Alpine3D are highly sensitive to meteorological inputs, especially precipitation. Gridded precipitation data sets usually originat…
View article: Linking local climate scenarios to global warming levels: Applicability, prospects and uncertainties
Linking local climate scenarios to global warming levels: Applicability, prospects and uncertainties Open
Global warming levels (GWLs) are increasingly becoming a central concept in climate change studies. In recent years, their integrative quality for climate change impact analysis has been demonstrated, and methodological advancements have h…