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Heini Wernli

Researcher at ETH Zurich

Publications -  306
Citations -  17718

Heini Wernli is an academic researcher from ETH Zurich. The author has contributed to research in topics: Extratropical cyclone & Precipitation. The author has an hindex of 67, co-authored 257 publications receiving 14867 citations. Previous affiliations of Heini Wernli include École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne & University of Mainz.

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Heavy precipitation on the alpine southside: An upper-level precursor

TL;DR: In this paper, an analysis of four separate autumnal events of very heavy precipitation on the southern slopes of the European Alps indicate that each was accompanied by a strikingly similar anomaly at upper-tropospheric levels.
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The Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (COPS): the scientific strategy, the field phase, and research highlights

Volker Wulfmeyer, +57 more
TL;DR: The COPS field phase was performed from 1 June to 31 August 2007 in a low-mountain area in southwestern Germany/eastern France covering the Vosges mountains, the Rhine valley and the Black Forest mountains.
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The key role of diabatic processes in modifying the upper-tropospheric wave guide: a North Atlantic case-study

TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlight the importance of diabatic processes for the complex interaction of weather systems in the North Atlantic-European sector during the week of 7-14 September 2008.
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Northern Hemisphere Extratropical Cyclones: A Comparison of Detection and Tracking Methods and Different Reanalyses

TL;DR: In this article, the applicability of three different cyclone detection and tracking schemes with reanalysis datasets is investigated with three different approaches, based on the ERA-40 dataset, and the results show that the cyclone intensity is a more robust measure of variability than the number of cyclones.
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Importance of latent heat release in ascending air streams for atmospheric blocking

TL;DR: In this paper, a Lagrangian approach applied to reanalysis data shows that a large fraction of air masses are heated before entering a blocking system, pointing to a role for latent heating.