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Dynamical downscaling and data assimilation for a cold-air outbreak in the European Alps during the Year Without a Summer of 1816
Peter Stucki
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Yuri Brugnara
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
now at: Empa, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
Renate Varga
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
now at: REWE International AG, 2355 Wiener Neudorf, Austria
Chantal Hari
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Physics Institute, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Wyss Academy for Nature, University of Bern, 3011 Bern, Switzerland
Stefan Brönnimann
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Daniel Steinfeld, Adrian Peter, Olivia Martius, and Stefan Brönnimann
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Duncan Pappert, Yuri Brugnara, Sylvie Jourdain, Aleksandra Pospieszyńska, Rajmund Przybylak, Christian Rohr, and Stefan Brönnimann
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Moritz Buchmann, Michael Begert, Stefan Brönnimann, and Christoph Marty
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Noemi Imfeld, Leopold Haimberger, Alexander Sterin, Yuri Brugnara, and Stefan Brönnimann
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Short summary
In our work, we reconstruct the weather of the extremely cold and wet summer in 1816 using a weather forecasting model to obtain high-resolution, three-dimensional weather simulations. We refine our simulations with surface pressure and temperature observations, representing a novel approach for this period. Our results show that this approach yields detailed and accurate weather reconstructions, opening the door to analyzing past weather events and their impacts in detail.
In our work, we reconstruct the weather of the extremely cold and wet summer in 1816 using a...
