• Stauffer, B., W. Berner, H. Oeschger, and J. Schwander, Atmospheric CO2 history from ice core studies, Zeitschrift für Gletscherkunde und Glazialgeologie, 17, 1-15, 1981.

  • Neftel, A., H. Oeschger, J. Schwander, B. Stauffer, and R. Zumbrunn, Ice core sample measurements give atmospheric CO2 content during the past 40,000 yr, Nature, 295, 220-223, 1982.

  • Oeschger, H., B. Stauffer, A. Neftel, J. Schwander, and R. Zumbrunn, Atmospheric CO2 content in the past deduced from ice-core analyses, Annals of Glaciology, 3, 227-232, 1982.

  • Neftel, A., H. Oeschger, J. Schwander, and B. Stauffer, Carbon Dioxide concentration in bubbles of natural cold ice, Journal of Physical Chemistry , 87, 4116-4120, 1983.

  • Schwander, J., A. Neftel, H. Oeschger, and B. Stauffer, Measurement of direct current conductivity on ice samples for climatological applications, Journal of Physical Chemistry, 87, 4157-4160, 1983.

  • Schwander, J., B. Stauffer, and H. Oeschger, Leitfähigkeitsmessungen an Eisbohrkernen für klimatische Anwendungen, Helvetica Physica Acta, 56 (4), 921-922, 1983.

  • Schwander, J., and B. Stauffer, Age difference between polar ice and the air trapped in its bubbles, Nature, 311, 45-47, 1984.

  • Stauffer, B., H. Hofer, H. Oeschger, J. Schwander, and U. Siegenthaler, Atmospheric CO2 concentration during the last glaciation, Annals of Glaciology, 5, 160-164, 1984.

  • Stauffer, B., and J. Schwander, Core processing and analyses of ice cores drilled at South Pole, Antarctic Journal, 1983 Review, 18 (5), 114-116, 1984.

  • Neftel, A., M. Andrée, J. Schwander, and B. Stauffer, Measurements of a kind of DC-conductivity on cores from Dye 3, in Greenland Ice Core: Geophysics, Geochemistry and the Environment (AGU Geophysical Monograph 33), edited by C.C. Langway, Jr., H. Oeschger, and  W. Dansgaard, pp. 32-38, Washington 1985.

  • Schwander, J., CO2 and 13C - measurements on ice cores, in Carbon Dioxide Transfer in the Atmosphere-Ocean-Terrestrial System, edited by R.S. Keir, and  W.H. Berger, pp. 127-128, SIO Reference 85-31, Lake Arrowhead, 1985.

  • Schwander, J., and B. Stauffer, Core processing and first analysis of ice cores from Siple Station and from South Pole, Antarctic Journal, 1984 Review, 19 (5), 114-116, 1985.

  • Stauffer, B., A. Neftel, H. Oeschger, and J. Schwander, CO2 concentration in air extracted from Greenland ice samples, in Greenland Ice Core: Geophysics, Geochemistry and the Environment (AGU Geophysical Monograph 33), edited by C.C. Langway, Jr., H. Oeschger, and  W. Dansgaard, pp. 85-89, Washington 1985.

  • Stauffer, B., J. Schwander, and H. Oeschger, Enclosure of air during metamorphosis of dry firn to ice, Annals of Glaciology, 6, 108-112, 1985.

  • Schwander, J., B. Stauffer, and A. Sigg, Air mixing in firn and the age of the air at pore close-off, Annals of Glaciology, 10, 141-145, 1988.

  • Stauffer, B., E. Lochbronner, H. Oeschger, and J. Schwander, Methane concentration in the glacial atmosphere was only half that of the preindustrial Holocene, Nature, 332, 812-814, 1988.

  • Schwander, J., The transformation of snow to ice and the occlusion of gases, in The Environmental Record in Glaciers and Ice Sheets , edited by H. Oeschger, and  C.C. Langway, Jr., pp. 53-67, John Wiley, New York, 1989.

  • Schwander, J., and H. Rufli, Electromechanical drilling in dry holes to medium depths, in Ice Core Drilling, Proceedings of the third international workshop on ice drilling technology, pp. 32-37, Grenoble 10-14 Oct. 1988, 1989.

  • Beer, J., A. Blinov, G. Bonani, R.C. Finkel, H.J. Mofmann, B. Lehmann, H. Oeschger, A. Sigg, J. Schwander, T. Staffelbach, B. Stauffer, M. Suter, and W. Wölfli, Use of 10Be in polar ice to trace the 11-year cycle of solar activity, Nature, 347 (6289), 164-166, 1990.

  • Stauffer, B., H. Oeschger, and J. Schwander, Changes of atmospheric methane concentrations parallel to climate changes, Annals of Glaciology , 14, 359, 1990.

  • Beer, J., R.C. Finkel, G. Bonani, H. Gäggeler, U. Görlach, P. Jacob, D. Klockow, J. C.C. Langway, A. Neftel, H. Oeschger, U. Schotterer, J. Schwander, U. Siegenthaler, M. Suter, D. Wagenbach, and W. Wölfli, Seasonal variations in the concentration of 10Be, Cl-, NO3-, SO42-, H2O2, 210Pb, 3H, mineral dust, and d18O in Greenland snow, Atmospheric Environment , 25A, 899-904, 1991.

  • Blunier, T., J.A. Chappellaz, J. Schwander, J.M. Barnola, T. Desperts, B. Stauffer, and D. Raynaud, Atmospheric methane, record from a Greenland ice core over the last 1000 year, Geophysical Research Letters, 20 , 2219-2222, 1993.

  • Chappellaz, J., T. Blunier, M. Ankin, J.M. Barnola, J. Schwander, D. Raynaud, and B. Stauffer, The GRIP records of atmospheric CH4 and CO2 and their link with Greenland climate, EOS, 74 (43), 78, 1993.

  • Chappellaz, J., T. Blunier, D. Raynaud, J.M. Barnola, J. Schwander, and B. Stauffer, Synchronous changes in atmospheric CH4 and Greenland climate between 40 and 8 kyr BP, Nature, 366, 443-445, 1993.

  • Fuchs, A., J. Schwander, and B. Stauffer, A new ice mill allows precise concentration determination of methane and most probably also other trace gases in the bubble air of very small ice samples, Journal of Glaciology , 39, 199-203, 1993.

  • Greenland Ice-core Project (GRIP) Members, Climate instability during the last interglacial period recorded on the GRIP ice core, Nature, 364, 203-207, 1993.

  • Schwander, J., J.-M. Barnola, C. Andrié, M. Leuenberger, A. Ludin, D. Raynaud, and B. Stauffer, The age of the air in the firn and the ice at Summit, Greenland, Journal of Geophysical Research, 98 (D2), 2831-2838, 1993.

  • Gundestrup, N.S., J.P. Steffensen, and J. Schwander, The GRIP deep drilling camp, in Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research, Ice drilling technology; Proc. of the Fourth Internl. Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology, Tokyo, April 20-23, 1993, pp. 358-370, Tokyo, 1994.

  • Johnsen, S.J., N.S. Gundestrup, S.B. Hansen, J. Schwander, and H. Rufli, The new improved version of the ISTUK ice core drill, in Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research. Ice drilling technology; Proc. of the Fourth Internl. Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology, Tokyo, April 20-23, 1993, pp. 9-23, Tokyo, 1994.

  • Schwander, J., and H. Rufli, Electromechanical drilling of a 300-m core in a dry hole at Summit, Greenland, in Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research. Ice drilling technology. Proc. of the Fourth Internl. Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology, Tokyo, April 20-23, 1993, pp. 93-98, Tokyo, 1994.

  • Anklin, M., J.-M. Barnola, J. Schwander, B. Stauffer, and D. Raynaud, Processes affecting the CO2 concentrations measured in Greenalnd ice, Tellus, 47B, 461-470, 1995.

  • Barnola, J.M., M. Anklin, J. Porcheron, D. Raynaud, J. Schwander, and B. Stauffer, CO2 evolution during the last millenium as recorded by Antarctic and Greenland ice, Tellus, 47B, 264-272, 1995.

  • Blunier, T., J. Chappellaz, J. Schwander, B. Stauffer, and D. Raynaud, Variations in atmospheric methane concentration during the Holocene epoch, Nature, 374, 46-49, 1995.

  • Schwander, J., Eisbohrkerne: Eis als Archiv für Klima- und Umweltvorgänge, in Gletscher im ständigen Wandel, pp. 65-79, vdf Hochschulverlag AG, ETH Zürich, 1995.

  • Gundestrup, N.S., S.J. Johnsen, P. Journé, and J. Schwander, The EPICA deep ice core drill, in The Ocean and the Poles (Grand Challenges for European Cooperation), edited by G. Hempel, pp. 279-287, Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena-Stuttgart-New York, 1996.

  • Schwander, J., Gas diffusion in firn, in Chemical Exchange Between the Atmosphere and Polar Snow, NATO ASI Ser., Vol. I 43, edited by E.W. Wolff, and  R.C. Bales, pp. 527-540, Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 1996.

  • Anklin, M., J. Schwander, B. Stauffer, J. Tschumi, A. Fuchs, J.M. Barnola, and D. Raynaud, CO2 record between 40 and 8 kyr BP from the GRIP ice core, Journal of Geophysical Research, 102 (C12), 26539-26545, 1997.

  • Blunier, T., J. Schwander, B. Stauffer, T. Stocker, A. Dällenbach, J. Indermühle, J. Tschumi, D. Chappellaz, D. Raynaud, and J.-M. Barnola, Timing of the Antarctic Cold Reversal and the atmospheric CO2 increase with respect to the Younger Dryas event., Geophysical Research Letters, 24 (21), 2683-2686, 1997.

  • Chappellaz, J., T. Blunier, S. Kints, A. Dällenbach, J.-M. Barnola, J. Schwander, D. Raynaud, and B. Stauffer, Changes in the atmospheric CH4 gradient between Greenland and Antarctica during the Holocene, Journal of Geophysical Research, 102 (D13), 15987-15999, 1997.

  • Schwander, J., T. Sowers, J.-M. Barnola, T. Blunier, B. Malaizé, and A. Fuchs, Age scale of the air in the summit ice: Implication for glacial-interglacial temperature change, Journal of Geophysical Research, 102 (D16), 19483-19494, 1997.PDF

  • Ammann, B., J. Birks, S. Brooks, U. Eicher, U. von Grafenstein, W. Hofmann, P. van der Knaap, G. Lemdahl, J. Schwander, K. Tobolski, and L. Wick, Wie reagieren aquatische und terrestrische Ökosysteme auf rasche Klimaänderungen? (Schlussbericht NFP 31), vdf Hochschulverlag AG, ETH Zürich, 1998.

  • Appenzeller, C., J. Schwander, S. Sommer, and T.F. Stocker, The North Atlantic Oscillation and its imprint on precipitation and ice accumulation in Greenland, Geophysical Research Letters, 25 (11), 1939 - 1942, 1998.

  • Blunier, T., J. Chappellaz, J. Schwander, A. Dällenbach, B. Stauffer, T. Stocker, D. Raynaud, J. Jouzel, H.B. Clausen, C.U. Hammer, and S.J. Johnsen, Asynchrony of Antarctic and Greenland climate change during the last glacial period, Nature, 394 (6695), 739-743, 1998.

  • Lister, G.S., D.M. Livingstone, B. Ammann, D. Ariztegui, W. Haeberli, A.F. Lotter, C. Ohlendorf, C. Pfister, J. Schwander, F. Schweingruber, B. Stauffer, and M. Sturm, Alpine paleoclimatology, in VIEWS FROM THE ALPS , pp. 73-169, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998.

  • Stauffer, B., T. Blunier, A. Dällenbach, A. Indermühle, J. Schwander, T.F. Stocker, J. Tschumi, J. Chappellaz, D. Raynaud, C.U. Hammer, and H.B. Clausen, Atmospheric CO2 concentration and millennial-scale climate change during the last glacial period, Nature, 392, 59-65, 1998.

  • Johnsen, S.J., H.B. Clausen, J. Jouzel, J. Schwander, A.E. Sveinbjörnsdottir, and J. White, Stable isotope records from Greenland deep ice cores: the climate signal and the role of diffusion, in Ice Physics and the Natural Environment, NATO ASI Series, Vol. I 56, edited by J.S. Wettlaufer, J.G. Dash, and  N. Untersteiner, pp. 89-107, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 1999.

  • Lang, C., M. Leuenberger, J. Schwander, and S. Johnsen, 16°C Rapid Temperature Variation in Central Greenland 70'000 Years Ago, Science , 286, 934-937, 1999.

  • Leuenberger, M., C. Lang, and J. Schwander, Delta15N measurements as a calibration tool for the paleothermometer and gas-ice age differences: A case study for the 8200 B.P. event on GRIP ice, Journal of Geophysical Research, 104 (D18), 22163-22170, 1999.

  • Wolff, E., I. Basil, J.-R. Petit, and J. Schwander, Comparison of Holocene electrical records from Dome C and Vostok, Antarctica, Annals of Glaciology, 29, 89-93, 1999.

  • Ammann, B., H.J.B. Birks, S.J. Brooks, U. Eicher, G. Lemdahl, J. Schwander, L. Wick, and H.E. Wright, Biotic responses to rapid climatic changes - an attempt to a synthesis, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 159 (3-4), 313-347, 2000. PDF file

  • Blunier, T., and J. Schwander, Gas enclosure in ice: age difference and fractionation, in Physics of Ice Core Records, edited by T. Hondoh, pp. 307-326, Hokkaido University Press, Sapporo, 2000.

  • Johnsen, S., H. Clausen, K. Cuffey, G. Hoffmann, J. Schwander, and T. Creyts, Diffusion of stable isotopes in polar firn and ice:  the isotope effect in firn diffusion, in Physics of Ice Core Records , edited by T. Hondoh, pp. 121-140, Hokkaido University Press, Sapporo, 2000.

  • Leuenberger, M., P. Nyfeler, H.P. Moret, P. Sturm, A. Indermühle, and J. Schwander, CO2 concentration measurements on air samples by mass spectrometry, Rapid Communication in Mass Spectrometry, 14, 1552-1557, 2000.

  • Leuenberger, M., J. Schwander, R. Mulvaney, and P. Nyfeler, Experimental and theoretical calculation of thermal diffusion factors, in Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geophysical Society, 2000.

  • Lotter, A.F., H.J.B. Birks, U. Eicher, W. Hofmann, J. Schwander, and L. Wick, Younger Dryas and Allerød summer temperatures at Gerzensee (Switzerland) inferred from fossil pollen and cladoceran assemblages, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 159 (3-4), 349-361, 2000. PDF file

  • Mulvaney, R., R. Röthlisberger, E.W. Wolff, S. Sommer, J. Schwander, M.A. Hutterli, and J. Jouzel, The transition from the last glacial period in inland and near-coastal Antarctica, Geophysical Research Letters, 27 (17), 2673-2676, 2000.

  • Schwander, J., U. Eicher, and B. Amman, Stable isotopes of lake marl at Gerzensee and Leysin (Switzerland), covering the Younger Dryas and two minor oscillations, and their correlation to the GRIP ice core, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 159 (3-4), 203-214, 2000. PDF file

  • Udisti, R., S. Becagli, E. Castellano, R. Mulvaney, J. Schwander, S. Torcini, and E. Wolff, Holocene electrical and chemical measurements from the EPICA-Dome C ice core, Annals of Glaciology, 30, 20-26, 2000.

  • von Grafenstein, U., U. Eicher, H. Erlenkeuser, P. Ruch, J. Schwander, and B. Ammann, Isotope signature of the Younger Dryas and two minor oscillations at Gerzensee: Palaeoclimatic and plaeolimnologic interpretation, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 159 (3-4), 215-229, 2000. PDF file

  • Jouzel, J., V. Masson, O. Cattani, S. Falourd, M. Stievenard, B. Stenni, A. Longinelli, S.J. Johnsen, J.P. Steffenssen, J.R. Petit, J. Schwander, R. Souchez, and N.I. Barkov, A new 27 ky high resolution East Antarctic climate record, Geophysical Research Letters, 28, 3199-3202, 2001.

  • Schwander, J., J. Jouzel, C.U. Hammer, J.-R. Petit, R. Udisti, and E. Wolff, A tentative chronology for the EPICA Dome Concordia ice core, Geophysical Research Letters, 28 (22), 4243-4246, 2001. PDF file