Publications
(status August 2012)
Peer-reviewed papers
2012
Baumgartner, M., Schilt, A., Eicher, O., Schmitt, J., Schwander, J., Spahni, R., Fischer, H., and Stocker, T. F., High-resolution interpolar difference of atmospheric methane around the Last Glacial Maximum, Biogeosciences Discussion, 9, 5471-5508, 2012. (baumgartner12bgs.pdf)
Bereiter, B., Lüthi, D., Siegrist, M., Schüpbach. S, Stocker, T.F., Fischer, H., Millennial CO2 variability during the last glacial cycle: mode change in a bipolar marine carbon seesaw, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109, 9755-9760, 2012. (bereiter12pnas.pdf)
Capron, E., Landais, A., Chappellaz, J., Buiron, D., Fischer, H., Johnsen, S. J., Jouzel, J., Masson-Delmotte, V., and Stocker , T. F., The transition from an interglacial to a glacial period: from Greenlandic to global abrupt events, Geophysical Research Letters, 39, doi:10.1029/2012GL052656, 2012. (capron12grl.pdf)
Hörhold, M., Läpple, T., Freitag, J., Bigler, M., Fischer, H., Kipfstuhl, S., On the impact of impurities on the density of polar firn, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 325-326, 93-99, 2012. (hoerhold12epsl.pdf)
Lambert, F., Bigler, M., Steffensen, J.P., Hutterli, M., Fischer, H., Centennial mineral dust variability in high-resolution ice core data from Dome C, Antarctica, Climate of the Past, 8, 609-623, 2012. (lambert12cp.pdf)
Schmitt, J., Schneider, R., Elsig, J., Leuenberger, D., Lourantou, A., Chappellaz, J., Köhler, P., Joos, F., Stocker,T. F., Leuenberger, M., Fischer, H., Quantitative carbon isotope constraints on the deglacial CO2 rise from ice cores, Science, 336, 711-714, 2012. (schmitt12sci.pdf)
Steinhilber, F., Abreu, J., Beer, J., Brunner, I., Christl, M., Fischer, H., Heikkilä, U., Kubik, P., Mann, M., Miller, H., Miyahara, H., McCracken, K.G., Oerter, H., Wilhelms, F., 9400 years of cosmic radiation and solar activity from ice cores and tree rings, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109, 16, 5967-5971, 2012. (steinhilber12pnas.pdf)
Wegner, A., P. Gabrielli, D. Wilhelms-Dick, U. Ruth, M. Kriews, P. De Deckker, C. Barbante, G. Cozzi, B. Delmonte, H. Fischer, "Change in dust variability in the Atlantic sector of Antarctica at the end of the last deglaciation", Climate of the Past, 8, 135-147, 2012. (wegner12cp.pdf)
Zürcher, S., Spahni, R., Joos, F., Steinacher, M., Fischer, H., Impact of an 8.2-kyr-like event on methane emissions in northern peatlands, Biogeosciences Discussion, 2012 (submitted).
2011
Sapart, C.J., van der Veen, C., Vigano, I., Brass, M., van de Wal, R.S.M., Bock, M., Fischer, H., Sowers, T., Buizert, C., Sperlich, P., Blunier, T., Behrens, M., Schmitt, J., Seth, B. and Röckmann, T., Simultaneous stable isotope analysis of methane and nitrous oxide on ice core samples, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 4, 2607-2618, 2011. (sapart11amt.pdf)
Schmitt, J., Schneider, R. and Fischer, H., A sublimation technique for high-precisiond δ13C on CO2 and CO2 mixing ratio from air trapped in deep ice cores, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 4, 1445–1461, 2011. (schmitt11amt.pdf)
Schüpbach, S., Federer, U., Bigler, M, Fischer, H., Stocker, T.F., A refined TALDICE-1a age scale from 55 to 112 ka before present for the Talos Dome ice core based on high-resolution methane measurements, Climate of the Past, 7, 1001-1009, 2011. (schuepbach11cp.pdf, schuepbach11cpsuppl.zip)
2010
Bigler, M., Röthlisberger, R., Lambert, F., Stocker, T.F., Fischer, H., Wolff, E.W., Castellano, E., Udisti, R., Atmospheric decadal variability from high-resolution Dome C ice core records of aerosol constituents beyond the Last Interglacial, Quaternary Science Reviews, 29, 324-337, 2010. (bigler10qsr.pdf)
Bock, M., Schmitt, J., Behrens, M., Möller, L., Schneider, R., Sapart, C., Fischer, H., A gas chromatography/pyrolysis/isotope ratio mass spectrometry system for high precision δD measurements of atmospheric methane extracted from ice cores, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 24, 621-633, 2010. (bock10rcm.pdf)
Bock, M., Schmitt, J., Möller, L., Spahni, R., Blunier, T., Fischer, H., Hydrogen isotopes preclude chlathrate CH4 emissions at the onset of Dansgaard-Oeschger events. Science, 328, 1686-1689, 2010. (bock10sci.pdf)
Fischer, H., Schmitt, J., Lüthi, D., Tschumi, T., Parekh, P., Joos, F., Stocker, T., Köhler, P., Völker, C., Gersonde, R., Barbante, C., LeFloch, M., Raynaud, D., Barnola, J.-M., Chappellaz, J., Wolff, E., The role of Southern Ocean processes on orbital and millennial CO2 variations – a synthesis, Quaternary Science Reviews, 29, 193-205, 2010. (fischer10qsr.pdf)
Gabrielli, P., Wegner, A., Petit, J.R., Delmonte, B., De Dekker, P., Gaspari, V., Fischer, H., Ruth, U., Kriews, M., Boutron, C., Cescon, P., Barbante, C., A major glacial-interglacial change in aeolian dust composition inferred from Rare Earth Elements in Antarctic ice, Quaternary Science Reviews, 29, 265-273, 2010. (gabrielli10qsr.pdf)
Kaufmann, P., Fundel, F., Fischer, H., Bigler, M., Ruth, U., Udisti, R., Hansson, M., de Angelis, M., Barbante, C., Wolff, E. W., Hutterli, M., and Wagenbach, D., Ammonium and non-sea-salt sulfate in the EPICA ice cores as indicator of biological activity in the Southern Ocean Quaternary Science Reviews, 29, 313-323, 2010. (kaufmann10qsr.pdf)
Köhler, P., Bintanja, R., Fischer, H., Joos, F., Lohmann, G., Masson-Delmotte, V., What caused Earth’s temperature variations during the last 800,000 years?, Quaternary Science Reviews, 29, 129-145, 2010. (koehler10qsr.pdf)
Köhler, P., Fischer, H., Schmitt, J., Atmospheric δ13CO2 and its relation to pCO2 and deep ocean δ13C during the late Pleistocene, Paleoceanography, 25, PA1213, doi:10.1029/2008PA001703, 2010. (koehler10po.pdf)
Lüthi, D., Bereiter, B., Stauffer, B., Winkler, R., Schwander, J., Kindler, P., Leuenberger, M., Kipfstuhl, S., Capron, E., Landais, A., Fischer, H., Stocker, T.F., CO2 and O2/N2 variations in and just below the bubble-clathrate transformation zone of Antarctic ice cores, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 297, 226-233, 2010. (luethi10epsl.pdf)
Schilt, A., Baumgartner, M., Blunier, T., Schwander, J., Spahni, R., Fischer, H., Stocker, T.F., Glacial-interglacial and millennial-scale variations in the atmospheric nitrous oxide concentration during the last 800,000 years, Quaternary Science Reviews, 29, 182-192, 2010. (schilt10qsr.pdf)
Schilt, A., Baumgartner, M., Schwander, J., Buiron, D., Capron, E., Chappellaz, J., Loulergue, L., Schüpbach, S., Spahni, R., Fischer, H., Stocker, T.F., Atmospheric nitrous oxide during the last 140,000 years, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 300, 33-43, 2010 (schilt10epsl.pdf).
Stenni, B., Masson-Delmotte, V., Selmo, E., Oerter, H., Meyer, H., Röthlisberger, R., Jouzel, J., Cattani, O., Falourd, S., Fischer, H., Hoffmann, G., Iacumin, P., Johnsen, S.J., Minster, B. and Udisti, R., The deuterium excess records of EPICA Dome C and Dronning Maud Land ice cores (East Antarctica), Quaternary Science Reviews, 29, 146-159, 2010. (stenni10qsr.pdf)
Wolff, E.W., Barbante, C., Becagli, S., Bigler, M., Boutron, C.F., Castellano, E., de Angelis, M., Federer, U., Fischer, H., Fundel, F., Hansson, M., Hutterli, M., Jonsell, U., Karlin, T., Kaufmann, P., Lambert, F., Littot, G.C., Mulvaney, R., Röthlisberger, R., Ruth, U., Severi, M., Siggaard-Andersen, M.-L., Sime, L.C., Steffensen, J.P., Stocker, T.F., Traversi, R., Twarloh, B., Udisti, R., Wagenbach, D., Wegner, A., Changes in environment over the last 800 000 years from chemical analysis of the EPICA Dome C ice core, Quaternary Science Reviews, 29, 285-295, 2010. (wolff10qsr.pdf)
2009
Anschütz, H, Müller, K., Isaksson, E., McConnell, J.R., Fischer, H., Miller, H., Albert, M. Winther, J.-G., Revisiting sites of the South Pole Queen Maud Land Traverses in East Antarctica: Accumulation data from shallow firn cores, Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, D24106, 2009. (anschuetz09jgr.pdf)
Elsig, J., Schmitt, J., Leuenberger, D., Schneider, R., Eyer, M., Leuenberger, M., Joos, F., Fischer, H., Stocker, T.F., Stable isotope constraints on Holocene carbon cycle changes from an Antarctic ice core, Nature, 461, 507-510, 2009. (elsig09nat.pdf, elsig09natsuppl.pdf)
Opel, T., Fritzsche, D., Meyer, H., Schütt, R., Weiler, K., Ruth, U., Wilhelms, F., Fischer, H., 115-year ice core data from Akademii Nauk ice cap (Severnaya Zemlya) – high resolution record of Eurasian Arctic climate change, Journal of Glaciology, 55, 189, 21-31, 2009. (opel2009jog.pdf)
Schüpbach, S., Federer, U., Kaufmann, P.R., Hutterli, M., Buiron, D., Blunier, T., Fischer, H., Stocker, T., A new method for high-resolution methane measurements on polar ice cores using Continuous Flow Analysis, Environmental Science & Technology, 43, 14, 5371-5376, 2009. (schuepbach09est.pdf)
Traversi, R., Becagli, S., Castellano, E., Marino, F., Rugi, F., Severi, M., de Angelis, M., Fischer, H., Hansson, M., Stauffer, B., Steffensen, J.P., Bigler, M., Udisti, R., Sulfate spikes in the deep layers of EPICA-Dome C ice core: Evidence of glaciological artifacts. Environmental Science & Technology, 43, 23, 8737-8743, 2009. (traversi09est.pdf, traversi09estsuppl.pdf)
Wolff, E.W., Fischer, H. and Röthlisberger, R., Glacial terminations as southern warmings without northern control, Nature Geoscience, 2, 206-209, 2009. (wolff09natg.pdf)
2008
Behrens, M., Schmitt, J., Richter, K.U., Bock, M., Richter, U., Levin, I. and Fischer, H., A GC/C/irmMS system for high-precision δ13C measurements of atmospheric methane extracted from ice core samples, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 22, 3261–3269 2008. (behrens08rcm.pdf)
Fischer, H, Behrens,, M., Bock, M., Salzer, U., Schmitt, J., Loulergue, L., Chappellaz, J., Spahni, R., Blunier, T., Leuenberger, M., Stocker, T., Changing boreal methane sources and constant biomass burning during the last termination, Nature, 452, 864-867, 2008. (fischer08nat.pdf, fischer08natsuppl.pdf)
Lüthi, D., Le Floch, M., Bereiter, B., Blunier, T., Barnola, J.-M., Siegenthaler, U., Raynaud, D., Jouzel, J., Fischer, H., Kawamura, K., Stocker, T.F., High-resolution carbon dioxide concentration record 650,000–800,000 years before present, Nature, 453, 379-382, 2008. (luethi08.pdf, luethi08suppl.pdf)
Röthlisberger, R., Mudelsee, M., Bigler, M., de Angelis, M., Fischer, H., Hansson, M., Lambert, F., Masson-Delmotte, V., Sime, L.,
Udisti, R., Wolff E.W., The southern hemisphere at glacial terminations: Insights from the Dome C ice core, Climate of the Past, 4, 345–356, 2008. (roethlisberger08cp.pdf)
Ruth, U., Barbante, C., Bigler, M., Delmonte, B., Fischer, H., Gabrielli, P., Gaspari, V., Kaufmann, P., Lambert, F., Maggi, V., Marino, F., Petit, J.-R., Steffensen, J.P., Udisti, R., Wagenbach, D., Wegner, A., Wolff, E., Proxies and measurement techniques for mineral dust in Antarctic ice cores, Environmental Science and Technology, 42, 15, 5675-5681 2008. (ruth08est.pdf)
Steffensen, J.P., Andersen, K.K., Bigler, M., Clausen, H.., Dahl-Jensen, D., Fischer, H., Goto-Azuma, K., Hansson, M., Johnsen, S.J., Jouzel, J., Masson-Delmotte, V., Popp, T., Rasmussen, S.O., Röthlisberger, R., Ruth, U., Stauffer, B., Siggaard-Andersen, M.-L., Sveinbjörnsdóttir, A.E., Svensson, A. and White,. J.W.C., High resolution Greenland ice core data show abrupt climate change happens in few years, Science, 321, 680-684, doi: 10.1126/science.1157707, 2008. (steffensen08sci.pdf, steffensen08scisuppl.pdf)
2007
Fischer, H., Siggaard-Andersen, M.-L., Ruth, U., Röthlisberger, R. and Wolff, E. (invited submission), Glacial/interglacial changes in mineral dust and sea salt records in polar ice cores: sources, transport, deposition, Reviews of Geophysics, 45, RG1002, doi:10.1029/2005RG000192, 2007. (fischer07rog.pdf)
Fischer, H., Fundel, F., Ruth, U., Twarloh, B., Wegener, A., Udisti, R., Becagli, S., Castellano, E., Morganti, A., Severi. M., Wolff, E.W., Littot, G., Röthlisberger, R., Mulvaney, R., Hutterli, M., Kaufmann, P., Federer, U., Lambert, F., Bigler, M., Hansson, M., Jonsell, U., de Angelis, M., Boutron, C., Siggaard-Andersen, M.-L., Steffensen, J.P., Barbante, C., Gaspari, V., Gabrielli, P., and Wagenbach, D., Reconstruction of millennial changes in dust transport, emission and regional sea ice coverage using the deep EPICA ice cores from the Atlantic and Indian Ocean sector of Antarctica, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 260, 340-354, 2007. (fischer07epsl.pdf, fischer07epslerratum.pdf)
Hutterli, M.A., Crueger, T., Fischer, H., Andersen, K.K., Raible, C.C., Stocker, T.F., Siggaard-Andersen, M.-L., McConnell, J.R., Bales, R.C., Burkhart, J.F., The influence of regional circulation patterns on wet and dry mineral dust and sea salt deposition over Greenland, Climate Dynamics, 28, 635-647, doi:10.1007/s00382-006-0211-z, 2007. (hutterli07cd.pdf)
Jouzel, J., Masson-Delmotte, V., Cattani, O., Dreyfus, G., Falourd, S., Hoffmann, G., Nouet, J., Barnola, J.M., Chappellaz, J., Fischer, H., Gallet, J.C., Johnsen, S.J., Leuenberger, M., Loulergue, L., Luethi, D., Oerter, H., Parrenin, F., Raisbeck, G., Raynaud, D., Schwander, J., Spahni, R., Souchez, R., Selmo, E., Schilt, A., Steffensen, J.P., Stenni1, B., Stauffer, B., Stocker, T., Tison, J.L., Werner, M. and Wolff, E.W., Orbital and millennial Antarctic climate variability over the last 800,000 years, Science, 317, 793-796, 2007. (jouzel07sci.pdf, jouzel07scisuppl.pdf)
Parrenin, F., Barnola, J.-M., Beer, J., Blunier, T., Castellano, E., Chappellaz, J., Dreyfus, G., Fischer, H., Fujita, S., Jouzel, J., Kawamura, K., Lemieux-Dudon, B., Loulergue, L., Masson-Delmotte, V., Narcisi, B., Petit, J.-R., Raisbeck, G., Raynaud, D., Ruth, U., Schwander, J., Severi, M., Spahni, R., Steffensen, J.P., Svensson, A., Udisti, R., Waelbroeck, C., Wolff, E., The EDC3 agescale for the EPICA Dome C ice core, Climate of the Past, 3, 485-497, 2007. (parrenin07cp2.pdf)
Ruth, U., Barnola, J.-M., Beer, J., Bigler, M., Blunier, T., Castellano, E., Fischer, H., Fundel, F., Huybrechts, P, Kaufmann, P., Kipfstuhl, S., Lambrecht, A., Morganti, A., Oerter, H., Parrenin, F., Rybak, O., Severi, M., Udisti, R., Wilhelms, F., Wolff, E., “EDML1”: A chronology for the EDML ice core, Antarctica, over the last 150 000 years, Climate of the Past, 3, 475-484, 2007. (ruth07cp.pdf)
Severi, M., Becagli, S., Castellano, E., Morganti, A., Traversi, R., Udisti, R., Ruth, U., Fischer, H., Huybrechts, P., Wolff, E., Parrenin, F., Kaufmann, P., Lambert, F., Steffensen, J.P., Synchronisation of the EDML1 and EDC3 timescales for the last 52 kyr by volcanic signature matching, Climate of the Past, 3, 367-374, 2007. (severi07cp.pdf)
Siggaard-Andersen, M.-L., Gabrielli, P., Steffensen, J.P., Stromfeldt, T., Barbante, C., Boutron, C., Fischer, H. and Miller, H., Soluble and insoluble lithium dust in the EPICA DomeC ice core—Implications for changes of the East Antarctic dust provenance during the recent glacial–interglacial transition, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 258, 32-43, 2007. (siggaard-andersen07epsl.pdf)
2006
Bernard, S., Röckmann, T., Kaiser, J., Barnola, J.-M., Fischer, H., Blunier, T. and Chappellaz, J., Constraints on N2O budget changes since pre-industrial time from new firn air and ice core isotope measurements, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 6, 493-503, 2006. (bernard06acp.pdf)
EPICA community members (lead author: H. Fischer) One-to-one coupling of glacial climate variability in Greenland and Antarctica, Nature, 444, 195-198, 2006. (EPICAcommunitymembers06nat.pdf, EPICAcommunitymembers06natsuppl.pdf)
Fundel, F., Fischer, H., Weller, R., Traufetter, F., Oerter, H. and Miller, H., The influence of large scale teleconnection patterns on methane sulfonate ice core records in Dronning Maud Land, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, D04103, doi:10.1029/2005JD005872, 2006. (fundel06jgr.pdf)
Karlöf, L., Øigård, T.A.,Godtliebsen, F., Kaczmarska, M. and Fischer, H., Statistical techniques to select detection thresholds for peak signals in ice core data, Journal of Glaciology, 51,175, 655-662, 2006. (karloef05jg.pdf)
Köhler, P. & Fischer, H., Simulating low frequency changes in atmospheric CO2 during the last 740,000 years, Climate of the Past, 2, 57-78, 2006. (koehler&fischer06cp.pdf)
Köhler, P., Schmitt, J. and Fischer, H., On the application and interpretation of Keeling plots in paleo climatic research – Deciphering δ13C of atmospheric CO2 measured in ice cores, Biogeoscience, 3, 539-556, 2006. (koehler06bgs.pdf)
Köhler, P., Muscheler, R., Fischer, H., A model-based interpretation of low frequency changes in the carbon cycle during the last 120,000 years and its implications for the reconstruction of atmospheric Δ14C, G³, 7, Q11N06, doi:10.1029/2005GC001228, 2006. (koehler06g3.pdf)
Rasmussen, S.O., Andersen, K.K., Svensson, A.M., Steffensen, J.P., Vinther, B.M., Clausen, H.B., Siggaard-Andersen, M.-L., Johnsen, S.J., Larsen, L.B., Bigler, M., Röthlisberger, R., Fischer, H., Goto-Azuma, K., Hansson, M.E. and Ruth, U. A new Greenland ice core chronology for the last glacial termination, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, D06102, doi:10.1029/2005JD006079, 2006. (rasmussen06jgr.pdf)
Winckler, G. & Fischer, H., 30,000 years of cosmic dust in Antarctic ice, Science, 313, 491, 2006. (winckler&fischer06sci.pdf, winckler&fischer06scisuppl.pdf)
Wolff, E.W., Fischer, H., Fundel, F., Ruth, U., Twarloh, B., Littot, G., Mulvaney, R., Röthlisberger, R., de Angelis, M., Boutron, C., Hansson, M., Jonsell, U., Hutterli, M., Bigler, M., Lambert, F., Kaufmann, P., Stauffer, B., Steffensen, J.P., Siggaard-Andersen, M.L., Udisti, R., Becagli, S., Castellano, E., Severi, M., Wagenbach, D., Barbante, C., Gabrielli, P. and Gaspari, V., Southern Ocean sea ice, DMS production and iron flux over the last eight glacial cycles, Nature, 440, 491-496, 2006. (wolff06nat.pdf, wolff06natsuppl.pdf)
2005
Bertler, N., Mayewski, P., Aristarain, A., Barrett, P., Becagli, S., Bernardo, R.T., Bo, S., Cunde, X., Curran, M., Dahe, Q., Dixon, D., Ferron, F.A., Fischer, H., Frey, M., Frezzotti, M., Fundel, F., Genthon, C., Gragani, R., Hamilton, G., Handley, M., Hong, S., Isaksson, E., Jiancheng, K., Jiawen, R., Kamiyama, K., Kanamori, S., Kärkäs, E., Karlöf, L., Kaspari, S., Kreutz, K., Kurbatov, A., Meyerson, E., Ming, Y., Mingjun, Z., Motoyama, H., Mulvaney, R., Oerter, H., Osterberg, E., Proposito, M., Pyne, A., Ruth, U., Simoes, J.C., Smith, B., Sneed, S., Teinilä, K., Traufetter, F., Udisti, R., Virkkula, A., Watanabe, O., Williamson, B., Winther, J.-G., Yuansheng, L., Wolff, E., Zhongqin, L. and Zielinski, A., Snow chemistry across Antarctica, Annals of Glaciology, 41, 167-179 2005. (bertler05ag.pdf)
Fischer, H. and Mieding, B., A 1000 year ice core record of interannual to multidecadal variations in atmospheric circulation over the North Atlantic, Climate Dynamics, 25, 65-74, doi:10.1007/s00382-005-0011-x, 2005. (fischer&mieding05cd.pdf)
Köhler, P., Fischer, H., Munhoven, G. and Zeebe, R., Quantitative interpretation of atmospheric carbon records over the last glacial termination, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 19, doi: 10.1029/2004GB002345, 2005. (koehler05gbc.pdf)
Masson-Delmotte, V., Landais, A., Stievenard, M., Cattani, O., Falourd, S., Jouzel, J., Johnsen, S.J., Dahl-Jensen, D., Sveinbjornsdottir, A., White, J.W.C., Popp, T. and Fischer, H., Holocene climatic changes in Greenland: different deuterium excess signals at GRIP and NorthGRIP, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, D14102, doi:10.1029/2004JD005575, 2005. (masson05jgr.pdf)
Siegenthaler, U., Stocker, T.F., Monnin, E., Lüthi, D., Schwander, J., Stauffer, B., Raynaud, D., Barnola, J.-M., Fischer, H., Masson-Delmotte, V. and Jouzel, J., Millenial variations of atmospheric carbon dioxide from 400-650 kyrs before present, Science, 310, 1313-1317, 2005. (siegenthaler05sci.pdf, siegenthaler05scisuppl.pdf)
Siegenthaler, U., Monnin, E., Kawamura, K., Spahni, R., Schwander, J., Stauffer, B., Stocker, T.F., Barnola, J.-M. and Fischer, H., High resolution record over the last 1000 years from the EPICA Dronning Maud Land ice core, Tellus, 57B, 51-57, 2005. (siegenthaler05tel.pdf)
Weiler, K., Fischer, H., Fritzsche, D., Wilhelms, F. and Miller, H., Glaciochemical reconnaissance of a new ice core from Severnaya Zemlya, Journal of Glaciology, 51, 172, 64-74, 2005. (weiler05jg.pdf)
2004
Crüger, T., Fischer, H. and von Storch, H., What do accumulation records of single ice cores in Greenland represent? Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, doi:10.1029/2004JD005014, 2004. (crueger04jgr.pdf)
EPICA community members, Eight glacial cycles from an Antarctic ice core, Nature, 429, 623-628, 2004. (EPICAcommunitymembers04nat.pdf)
Fischer, H., Göktas, F., Weller, R., Oerter, H. and Miller, H., Prevalence of the Antarctic Circumpolar Wave over the last two millennia recorded in Dronning Maud Land ice, Geophysical Research Letters, 31, doi:10.1029/2003GL019186, 2004. (fischer04grl.pdf)
Fischer, H., The environmental and climate record in polar ice cores. In: Fischer, H., Lohmann, G., Kumke, T., Flöser, G., von Storch, H, Miller, H. and Negendank, J. F. W. (eds.), The KIHZ project: Towards a synthesis of Holocene proxy data and climate models, GKSS School of Environmental Research, Springer Verlag, 149-170, 2004.
Köhler, P. & Fischer, H., Simulating changes in the terrestrial biosphere over glacial/interglacial timescales, Global and Planetary Change, 43, 33-55, 2004. (koehler&fischer04gpc.pdf)
Monnin, E., Steig, E. J., Siegenthaler, U., Kawamura, K., Schwander, J., Stauffer, B., Stocker, T. F., Morse, D. L., Barnola, J.-M., Bellier, B., Raynaud, D. and Fischer, H., Evidence for substantial accumulation rate variability in Antarctica during the Holocene through synchronization of CO2 in the Taylor Dome, Dome C and DML ice cores, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 224, 45-54, 2004. (monnin04epsl.pdf)
North Greenland Ice-core Project (NorthGRIP) members, High resolution climate record of the northern hemisphere reaching into the last interglacial period, Nature, 431, 147-151, 2004.
Traufetter, F., Oerter, H., Fischer, H. Weller, R. and Miller, H., Spatio-temporal variability in volcanic sulphate deposition over the past 2 kyr in ice cores from Amundsenisen, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, Journal of Glaciology, 50, 168, 137-146, 2004. (traufetter04jg.pdf)
Weller, R., Traufetter, F., Fischer, H., Oerter, H., Piel, C. and Miller, H., Post depositional losses of methane sulfonate, nitrate and chloride at the EPICA deep drilling site in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, doi:10.1029/2003JD004189, 2004. (weller04jgr.pdf)
2003
Fischer, H., Wahlen, M. and Smith, J., Reconstruction of glacial/interglacial changes in the global carbon cycle from CO2 and δ13CO2 in Antarctic ice cores, Memoirs of the National Institute of Polar Research, 57, 121-138, 2003.
2002
Bigler, M., Sommer, S., Stauffer, B., Wagenbach, D., Fischer, H., Kipfstuhl, J. and Miller, H., Sulphate record from a northeast Greenland ice core over the last 1200 years based on continuous flow analysis, Annals of Glaciology, 35, 250-256, 2002. (bigler02ag.pdf)
Dethloff, K., Schwager, M., Christensen, J.H., Kiilsholm, S., Rinke, A., Dorn, W., Jung-Rothenhäusler, F., Fischer, H., Kipfstuhl, S. and Miller H., Greenland precipitation from ice core estimates and regional climate model simulations, Journal of Climatic Sciences, 15, 2821-2832, 2002. (dethloff02jc.pdf)
Göktas, F., Fischer, H., Oerter, H., Weller, R., Sommer, S. and Miller, H., A glacio-chemical characterisation of the new EPICA deep drilling site on Amundsenisen, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, Annals of Glaciology, 35, 347-354, 2002. (goektas02ag.pdf)
Legrand, M., Preunkert, S., Wagenbach D. and Fischer, H., Seasonally resolved Alpine and Greenland ice core records of anthropogenic HCl Emissions over the 20th century, Journal of Geophysical Research, 107, D12, doi 10.1029/2001JD001165, 2002. (legrand02jgr.pdf)
Röthlisberger, R., Hutterli, M. A., Wolff, E. W., Mulvaney, R., Fischer, H., Bigler, M., Goto-Azuma, K., Hansson, M., Ruth, U., Siggaard-Andersen, M.-L. and Steffensen, J. P.,Nitrate in Greenland and Antarctic ice cores: a detailed description of post-depositional processes, Annals of Glaciology, 35, 209-216, 2002. (roethlisberger02ag.pdf)
Siggaard-Andersen, M.-L., Steffensen, J. P. and Fischer, H., Lithium in ice core samples measured by ion chromatography, Annals of Glaciology, 35, 243-249, 2002. (siggaard-andersen02ag.pdf)
2001
Fischer, H., The imprint of large-scale atmospheric transport patterns on sea salt records in Northern Greenland ice cores, Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, D20, 23977-23984, 2001. (fischer01jgr.pdf)
2000
Sommer, S., Wagenbach, D., Mulvaney, R. and Fischer, H., Glacio-chemical study spanning the past 2 kyr on three ice cores from Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, 2. Seasonally resolved chemical records, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, D24, 29423-29433, 2000. (sommer00jgr.pdf)
1999
Fischer, H., Wahlen, M., Smith, J., Mastroianni, D. and Deck, B., Ice core records of atmospheric CO2 around the last three glacial terminations, Science, 283, 1712-1714, 1999. (fischer99sci.pdf)
Indermühle, A., Stocker, T.F., Joos, F., Fischer, H., Smith, J., Wahlen, M., Deck, B., Mastroianni. D., Tschumi, J., Blunier, T., Meyer, R. and Stauffer, B., Holocene carbon-cycle dynamics based on CO2 trapped in ice at Taylor Dome, Antarctica, Nature, 398, 121-126, 1999. (indermuehle99nat.pdf)
Smith, H.J., Fischer, H., Wahlen, M., Mastroianni, D. and Deck, B., Dual modes of the carbon cycle since the Last Glacial Maximum, Nature, 400, 248-250, 1999. (smith99nat.pdf)
1998
Fischer, H., Werner, M., Wagenbach, D., Schwager, M., Thorsteinsson, T., Wilhelms, F., Kipfstuhl, J. and Sommer, S, “Little Ice Age” clearly recorded in northern Greenland ice cores. Geophysical Research Letters, 25, 1749-1752, 1998. (fischer98grl.pdf)
Fischer, H., Wagenbach, D. and Kipfstuhl, J., Sulfate and nitrate firn concentrations over the Greenland ice sheet: 1. Large scale geographical deposition changes. Journal of Geophysical Research, 107, 21927-21934, 1998. (fischer98jgra.pdf)
Fischer, H., Wagenbach, D and Kipfstuhl, J, Sulfate and nitrate firn concentrations over the Greenland ice sheet: 2. Temporal anthropogenic deposition changes. Journal of Geophysical Research, 107, 21935-21942, 1998. (fischer98jgrb.pdf)
Wagenbach, D,. Legrand, M., Fischer, H., Pichlmayer, F. and Wolff, E. W., Atmospheric near surface nitrate at coastal Antarctic sites. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 11007-11020, 1998. (wagenbach98jgr.pdf)
1996
Fischer, H. & Wagenbach D., Large scale spatial trends in recent firn chemistry along an east-west transect through central Greenland. Atmospheric Environment 30 (19), pp. 3227-3238, 1996. (fischer&wagenbach96ae.pdf)
1995
Fischer, H., Wagenbach D., Laternser, M. and Haeberli W., Glaciometeorological and isotopical studies along the EGIG-line, central Greenland. Journal of Glaciology, 41, 515-527, 1995.
Friedmann, A., Moore, J.C., Thorsteinsson, T., Kipfstuhl, J. and Fischer, H., A 1200 year record of accumulation from northern Greenland. Annals of Glaciology, 21, 19-25, 1995.
Books
Fischer, H., Lohmann, G., Kumke, T., Flöser, G., von Storch, H, Miller, H. and Negendank, J. F. W., The KIHZ project: Towards a synthesis of Holocene proxy data and climate models, Springer Verlag, 2004.
Contributing author to Penner, J. E. et al., Aerosols, their direct and indirect effects. In: Climate Change 2001, The Scientific basis. Contribution of working group I to the third assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Houghton, J. T., Ding, Y., Griggs, D. J., Noguer, M., van der Linden, P. J., Dai, X., Maskell, K. and Johnson, C. A. (eds.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001.
Theses
Habilitation thesis:
Fischer, H., The paleoaerosol archive in polar ice cores: Sources transport, deposition, Habilitation in Geophysics, Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Universität Bremen, Germany, 2005.
PhD thesis:
Fischer, H., Räumliche Variabilität in Eiskernzeitreihen Nordostgrönlands - Rekonstruktion klimatischer und luftchemischer Langzeittrends seit 1500 A.D., Dissertation, Institut für Umweltphysik, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany, 1997.
Diploma thesis:
Fischer, H., Räumliche und zeitliche Verteilung glaziometeorologischer, isotopischer und chemischer Firnparameter im Ausflußgebiet Zentralgrönlands, Diploma thesis, Institut für Umweltphysik, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany, 1993.
Other publications
Barbante, C., Fischer, H., Masson-Delmotte, V., Waelbroeck, C., Wolff, E.W.,.Climate of the last million years: new insight from EPICA and other records, Quaternary Science Reviews, 29, 1-7, 2010.
Barbante, C & Fischer, H. Mechanisms of Quaternary climate change: Stability of warm phases in the past and in the future, PAGES News, 17, 3, 129-130, 2009
Brook, E.J., Wolff, E., Dahl-Jensen, D., Fischer, H., Steig, E.J., The future of ice coring: International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences (IPICS), PAGES News, 14, 1, 6-10, 2006.
Brook, E.J., Wolff, E., Dahl-Jensen, D., Fischer, H., Steig, E.J., The future of ice coring: International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences (IPICS), IGBP Global Change NewsLetter, 65, 4-7, 2006.
Fischer, H., Joos, F, Eiskalte Forschung in einer Treibhauswelt, UniPress, Universität Bern, 141, 2009.
Fischer, H., Kull, C. and Kiefer, T. (eds.), PAGES News, 14, 1, 2006
Fischer, H., Editorial: Past, present and future ice core research, PAGES News, 14, 1, 2, 2006
Fischer H., Polare Eiskerne – Archive globaler Klima- und Umweltveränderungen. In: Warnsignale aus den Polarregionen, Lozan, J. L., Graßl, H., Hubberten, H.-W., Hupfer, P., Karbe, L., Piepenburg, D. (eds.), Wissenschaftliche Auswertungen, ISBN:3-9809668-1-X, 2006.
Fischer, H. and Kipfstuhl, J., Eine Zeitreise durchs Eis. In: Eiskalte Entdeckungen - Forschungsreisen zwischen Nord- und Südpol, Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld, 2001.
McConnell, J.R., Kipfstuhl, S., Fischer, H., The NGT and PARCA shallow ice core arrays in Greenland: A brief overview, PAGES News, 14, 1, 13-14, 2006
Wolff, E. on behalf of the EPICA community, European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA), PAGES News, 14, 1, 231-33, 2006
Wolff, E., Kull, C., Chappellaz, J., Fischer, H., Miller, H., Stocker, T.F., Watson, A.J., Flower, B., Joos, F., Köhler, P., Matsumoto, K., Monnin, E., Mudelsee, M., Paillard, D. and Shackleton, N., Modeling past atmospheric CO2: results of a challenge, EOS, 86, 38, 341/345, 2005.
Wolff, E. W., Chappellaz, J. A., Fischer, H., Krull, C., Miller, H., Stocker, T. and Watson, A. J., The EPICA challenge to the Earth System Modeling Community, EOS, 85, 363, 2004.