PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles and Book Chapters (reviewed):

submitted:

• Barry, J., T. Tyrell, L. Hansson, J.-P. Gattuso, and G.-K. Plattner, 2009. Atmospheric CO₂ targets for ocean acidification perturpation experiments. In: Riebesell, U., V. J. Fabry, and J.-P. Gattuso (eds.), Guide to best practices in ocean acidification research and data reporting, submitted, 2009. Online Report.
• Gruber, N., Z. Lachkar, H. Frenzel, P. Marchesiello, M. Münnich, J. C. McWilliams, T. Nagai, and G.-K. Plattner. Mesoscale eddy-induced reduction of biological production in coastal upwelling systems, Nature, submitted, 2009.
• Solomon, S., K. Rosenlof, R. Portmann, J. Daniel, S. Davis, T. Sanford, and G.-K. Plattner. Contributions of stratospheric water vapor changes to decadal variations in the rate of global warming, Science, submitted, 2009.

in press:

• Tomassini, L., R. Knutti, G.-K. Plattner, D. P. van Vuuren, T. F. Stocker, R. B. Howarth, and M. E. Borsuk. Uncertainty and risk in climate projections for the 21^st century: comparing mitigation to non-intervention scenarios, Climatic Change, in press, DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9763-3, 2010. (Published online 09. January, 2010, PDF file (0.6 MB))
• van Vuuren, D., J. Lowe, E. Stehfest, L. Gohar, A. Hof, C. Hope, R. Warren, M. Meinshausen, and G.-K. Plattner. How well do Integrated Assessment Models simulate climate change?, Climatic Change, in press, DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9764-2, 2009. (Published online 11. December, 2009, PDF file (0.9 MB))

2009:

• Cao, L., M. Eby, A. Ridgwell, K. Caldeira, D. Archer, A. Ishida, F. Joos, K. Matsumoto, U. Mikolajewicz, A. Mouchet, J. C. Orr, G.-K. Plattner, R. Schlitzer, K. Tokos, I. Totterdell, T. Tschumi, Y. Yamanaka, and A. Yool. The role of ocean transport in the uptake of anthropogenic CO₂, Biogeosciences, 6, 375-390, 2009. PDF file (1.5 MB), Supplemental PDF (0.2 MB), Interactive public discussion at Biogeosciences.
• Fischlin, A., M. Ayres, D. Karnosky, S. Kellomäki, B. Louman, C. Ong, G.-K. Plattner, H. Santoso, and I. Thompson, 2009. Future environmental impacts and vulnerabilities. In: Seppälä, R., A. Buck, and P. Katila (eds.), Adaptation of forests and people to climate change - A global assessment report. International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), Prepared by the Global Forest Expert Panel on Adaptation of Forests to Climate Change, Helsinki, Finland, pp. 53-100, 2009. PDF file (18 MB), Full Report, related Nature News Article.
• Frölicher, T. L., F. Joos, G.-K. Plattner, M. Steinacher, and S. C. Doney. Natural variability and anthropogenic trends in oceanic oxygen in a coupled carbon cycle - climate model ensemble, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 23, GB1003, doi:10.1029/2008GB003316, 2009. PDF file (4.3 MB), Supplemental Text PDF (0.1 MB), Supplemental Figure S1 postscript (3 MB).
• Hauri, C., N. Gruber, G.-K. Plattner, S. Alin, R. A. Feely, B. Hales, and P. A. Wheeler. Ocean acidification in the California Current System. Oceanography, 4(22), 60-71, 2009. PDF file (5.9 MB).
• Plattner, G.-K.. Terrestrial ecosystem inertia. Nature Geoscience, 2, 467-468, 2009. PDF file (0.2 MB). News & Views to paper by Jones, C., J. Lowe, S. Liddicoat, and R. Betts. Committed terrestrial ecosystem changes due to climate change. Nature Geoscience, 2, 484-487, 2009. Original article at Nature Geoscience.
• Solomon, S., G.-K. Plattner, R. Knutti, and P. Friedlingstein. Irreversible climate change due to carbon dioxide emissions, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(6), doi: 10.1073/pnas.0812721106, 2009. PDF file (1 MB), Supplemental PDF (1 MB).
• Steinacher, M., F. Joos, T. L. Frölicher, G.-K. Plattner, and S. C. Doney. Imminent ocean acidification in the Arctic projected with the NCAR global coupled carbon cycle-climate model. Biogeosciences, 6, 515-533, 2009. PDF file (5.8 MB), Interactive public discussion at Biogeosciences.
• Strassmann, K. M., G.-K. Plattner, and F. Joos. CO₂ and non-CO₂ radiative forcings in climate projections for 21^st century mitigation scenarios. Climate Dynamics, 33(6), 737-749, DOI 10.1007/s00382-008-0505-4, 2009. (Published online 20. December, 2008). PDF file (0.6 MB))

2008:

• Knutti, R., M. R. Allen, P. Friedlingstein, J. M. Gregory, G. C. Hegerl, G. A. Meehl, M. Meinshausen, J. M. Murphy, G.-K. Plattner, S. C. B. Raper, T. F. Stocker, P. A. Stott, H. Teng and T. M. L Wigley. A review of uncertainties in global temperature projections over the twenty-first century, Journal of Climate, 21, 2651-2663, 2008. PDF file (0.9 MB).
• Müller, S. A., F. Joos, G.-K. Plattner, N. R. Edwards, and T. F. Stocker. Modeled natural and excess radiocarbon: Sensitivities to the gas exchange formulation and ocean transport strength. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 22, GB3011, doi:10.1029/2007GB003065, 2008. PDF file (0.5 MB).
• Plattner, G.-K., R. Knutti, F. Joos, T. F. Stocker, W. von Bloh, V. Brovkin, D. Cameron, E. Driesschaert, S. Dutkiewicz, M. Eby, N. R. Edwards, T. Fichefet, J. C. Hargreaves, C. D. Jones, M. F. Loutre, H. D. Matthews, A. Mouchet, S. A. Mueller, S. Nawrath, A. Price, A. Sokolov, K. M. Strassmann, and A. J. Weaver. Long-term climate commitments projected with climate - carbon cycle models. Journal of Climate, 21, 2721-2751, 2008. PDF file (2.4 MB).
• van Vuuren, D. P., M. Meinshausen, G.-K. Plattner, F. Joos, K. M. Strassmann, S. J. Smith, T. M. L. Wigley, S. C. B. Raper, K. Riahi, F. de la Chesnaye, M. G. J. den Elzen, J. Fujino, K. Jiang, N. Nakicenovic, S. Paltsev, and J. M. Reilly. Temperature increase of 21^st century stabilization scenarios. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105, 15258-15262, 2008. PDF file (1 MB), Supplemental PDF (1.6 MB).

2007:

• Najjar, R. G., X. Jin, F. Louanchi, O. Aumont, K. Caldeira, S. C. Doney, J.-C. Dutay, M. Follows, N. Gruber, F. Joos, K. Lindsay, E. Maier-Reimer, R. J. Matear, K. Matsumoto, P. Monfray, A. Mouchet, J. C. Orr, G.-K. Plattner, J. L. Sarmiento, R. Schlitzer, R. D. Slater, M. F. Weirig, Y. Yamanaka and A. Yool. Impact of circulation on export production, dissolved organic matter and dissolved oxygen in the ocean: Results from Phase II of the Ocean Carbon-cycle Intercomparison Project (OCMIP-2). Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 21, GB3007, doi:10.1029/2006GB002857, 2007. PDF file (0.9 MB).

2006:

• Gruber, N., H. Frenzel, S. C. Doney, P. Marchesiello, J. C. McWilliams, J. R. Moisan, J. J. Oram, G.-K. Plattner, and K. D. Stolzenbach, Eddy-resolving simulation of plankton ecosystem dynamics in the California Current System. Deep-Sea Research I, 53, 1483-1516, 2006. Abstract, PDF file (0.3 MB).

2005:

• Knutti, R., F. Joos, S. A. Mueller, G.-K. Plattner, and T. F. Stocker, Probabilistic climate change projections for stabilization profiles. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L20707, doi:10.1029/2005GL023294, 2005. Abstract, PDF file (0.3 MB).
• Orr, J. C., V. J. Fabry, O. Aumont, L. Bopp, S. C. Doney, R. M. Feely, A. Gnanadesikan, N. Gruber, A. Ishida, F. Joos, R. M. Key, K. Lindsay, E. Maier-Reimer, R. J. Matear, P. Monfray, A. Mouchet, R. G. Najjar, G.-K. Plattner, K. B. Rodgers, C. L. Sabine J. L. Sarmiento, R. Schlitzer, R. D. Slater, I. J. Totterdell, M.-F. Weirig, Y. Yamanaka, and A. Yool, Anthropogenic ocean acidification over the twenty-first century and its impact on marine calcifying organisms. Nature, Vol 437, doi:10.1038/nature04095, 681-686, 29 Sept. 2005. Abstract, PDF file (1.1 MB), Supplemental PDF (2.2 MB), Special Website by J. C. Orr.
• Plattner, G.-K., N. Gruber, H. Frenzel, and J. C. McWilliams, Decoupling marine export production from new production. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L11612, doi:10.1029/2005GL022660, 2005. Abstract, PDF file (0.9 MB), related Science editors' choice (PDF file, 0.2 MB).

2004:

• Doney, S. C., K. Lindsay, K. Caldeira, J.-M. Campin, H. Drange, J.-C. Dutay, M. Follows, Y. Gao, A. Gnanadesikan, N. Gruber, A. Ishida, F. Joos, G. Madec, E. Maier-Reimer, J. C. Marshall, R. J. Matear, P. Monfray, A. Mouchet, R. Najjar, J. C. Orr, G.-K. Plattner, J. Sarmiento, R. Schlitzer, R. Slater, I. J. Totterdell, M.-F. Weirig, Y. Yamanaka, and A. Yool, Evaluating global ocean carbon models: the importance of realistic physics. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 18, GB3017, doi:10.1029/2003GB002150, 2004. Abstract, PDF file (2.8 MB).
• Matsumoto, K., J. L. Sarmiento, R. M. Key, O. Aumont, J. L. Bullister, K. Caldeira, J.-M. Campin, S. C. Doney, H. Drange, J.-C. Dutay, M. Follows, Y. Gao, A. Gnanadesikan, N. Gruber, A. Ishida, F. Joos, K. Lindsay, E. Maier-Reimer, J. C. Marshall, R. J. Matear, P. Monfray, A. Mouchet, R. Najjar, G.-K. Plattner, R. Schlitzer, R. Slater, P. S. Swathi, I. J. Totterdell, M.-F. Weirig, Y. Yamanaka, A. Yool, J. C. Orr, Evaluation of ocean carbon cycle models with data-based metrics. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L07303, doi:10.1029/2003GL018970, 2004. Abstract, PDF file (0.5 MB), Auxiliary Material: README (6 kB),Auxiliary Material: Table (21 kB), Auxiliary Material: Text (6 kB).

2003:

• Archer, D. E., P. A. Martin, J. Milovich, V. Brovkin, G.-K. Plattner, and C. Ashendel, Model sensitivity in the effect of Antarctic sea ice and stratification on atmospheric pCO₂. Paleoceanography, 18(1), 1012, doi:10.1029/2002PA000760, 2003. Abstract, PDF file (0.4 MB).
• Delaygue, G., T. F. Stocker, F. Joos, and G.-K. Plattner, Simulation of atmospheric radiocarbon during abrupt oceanic circulation changes: trying to reconcile models and reconstructions. Quaternary Science Reviews, 22, 1647-1658, 2003. Abstract, PDF file (0.4 MB).
• Joos, F., G.-K. Plattner, T. F. Stocker, A. Körtzinger, and D. W. R. Wallace, Trends in marine dissolved oxygen: Implications for ocean circulation changes and the carbon budget. EOS, 84(21), 197-204, 2003. Abstract, PDF file (0.1 MB).
• Knutti, R., T. F. Stocker, F. Joos, and G.-K. Plattner, Probabilistic climate change projections using neural networks. Climate Dynamics, 21, 257-272, doi:10.1007/s00382-003-0345-1, 2003. Abstract, PDF file (0.5 MB).
• Watson, A. J., J. C. Orr, O. Aumont, K. G. Caldeira, J.-M. Campin, S. C. Doney, H. Drange, M. J. Follows, Y. Gao, A. Gnanadesikan, N. Gruber, A. Ishida, F. Joos, R. M. Key, K. Lindsay, F. Louanchi, E. Maier-Reimer, R. J. Matear, P. Monfray, A. Mouchet, R. G. Najjar, G.-K. Plattner, C. L. Sabine, J. L. Sarmiento, R. Schlitzer, R. D. Slater, I. Totterdell, M.-F. Weirig, M. E. Wickett, Y. Yamanaka, and A. Yool, Carbon dioxide fluxes in the global ocean. In: Ocean Biogeochemistry: the Role of the Ocean Carbon Cycle in Global Change (a JGOFS Synthesis), eds. M. J. R. Fasham, J. Field, T. Platt, and B. Zeitzschel, Springer, Berlin, pp. 123-141, 2003. PDF file (2.5 MB).

2002:

• Dutay, J.-C, J. L. Bullister, S. C. Doney, J. C. Orr, R. G. Najjar, K. Caldeira, J.-M. Campin, H. Drange, M. Follows, Y. Gao, N. Gruber, M. W. Hecht, A. Ishida, F. Joos, K. Lindsay, G. Madec, E. Maier-Reimer, J. C. Marshall, R. J. Matear, P. Monfray, G.-K. Plattner, J. Sarmiento, R. Schlitzer, R. Slater, I. J. Totterdell, M.-F. Weirig, Y. Yamanaka, and A. Yool, Evaluation of ocean model ventilation with CFC-11: comparison of 13 global ocean models. Ocean Modelling, 4(2), 89-120, 2002. Abstract, PDF file (5.8 MB), Animation & Figures CFCs Bern 2.5D Model.
• Knutti, R., T. F. Stocker, F. Joos, and G.-K. Plattner, Constraints on radiative forcing and future climate change from observations and climate model ensembles. Nature, 416, 719-723, 2002. Abstract, PDF file (0.2 MB), related New&Views (PDF file, 0.7 MB).
• Plattner, G.-K., F. Joos, and T. F. Stocker, Revision of the global carbon budget due to changing air-sea oxygen fluxes. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 16(4), 1096, doi:10.1029/2001GB001746, 2002. Abstract, PDF file (0.5 MB).

2001:

• Joos, F., I. C. Prentice, S. Sitch, R. Meyer, G. Hooss, G.-K. Plattner, S. Gerber and K. Hasselmann, Global warming feedbacks on terrestrial carbon uptake under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) emission scenarios, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 15(4), 891-907, 2001. Abstract, PDF file (0.8 MB).
• Plattner, G.-K., F. Joos, T. F. Stocker, and O. Marchal, Feedback mechanisms and sensitivities of ocean carbon uptake under global warming, Tellus, 53B, 564-592, 2001. Abstract, PDF file (1.1 MB).
• Stocker, T. F., R. Knutti, and G.-K. Plattner, The future of the thermohaline circulation - a perspective, in: The Oceans and Rapid Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future, edited by D. Seidov, M. Maslin, and B. J. Haupt, Volume 126 of Geophysical Monograph, 277-293, Am. Geophys. Union, Washington, D.C., 2001. Abstract, PDF File (0.5 MB).

1999:

• Joos, F., G.-K. Plattner, T. F. Stocker, O. Marchal, and A. Schmittner, Global warming and marine carbon cycle feedbacks on future atmospheric CO₂. Science, 284, 464-467, 1999. Abstract, PDF file (0.1 MB).
  

IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(Assessment reports, special reports, and other informations available from www.ipcc.ch)

• IPCC, 2009: Meeting Report of the Expert Meeting on the Science of Alternative Metrics [Plattner, G.-K., T. F. Stocker, P. Midgley and M. Tignor (eds.)]. IPCC Working Group I Technical Support Unit, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, pp. 75. Full Report (4.6 MB), Executive Summary (0.3 MB).
• Contributing author to: Forster, P., V. Ramaswamy, P. Artaxo, T. Berntsen, R. Betts, D.W. Fahey, J. Haywood, J. Lean, D.C. Lowe, G. Myhre, J. Nganga, R. Prinn, G. Raga, M. Schulz and R. Van Dorland, Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M.Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp.
  129-234, 2007. PDF file (8.9 MB).
• Contributing author to: Jansen, E., J. Overpeck, K.R. Briffa, J.-C. Duplessy, F. Joos, V. Masson-Delmotte, D. Olago, B. Otto-Bliesner, W.R. Peltier, S. Rahmstorf, R. Ramesh, D. Raynaud, D. Rind, O. Solomina, R. Villalba and D. Zhang, Palaeoclimate. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M. Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 433-498, 2007. PDF file (8.2 MB).
• Contributing author to: Meehl, G. A., T. F. Stocker, W. D. Collins, P. Friedlingstein, A. T. Gaye, J. M. Gregory, A. Kitoh, R. Knutti, J. M. Murphy, A. Noda, S. C. B. Raper, I. G. Watterson, A. J. Weaver and Z.-C. Zhao, Global Climate Projections. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M.Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 747-846, 2007. PDF file (18.8 MB).
• Contributing author to: Prentice, I. C., G. D. Farquhar, M. J. R. Fasham, M. L. Goulden, M. Heimann, V. J. Jaramillo, H. S. Kheshgi, C. Le Quere, R. J. Scholes, and D. W. R. Wallace, The carbon cycle and atmospheric carbon dioxide, 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., Y. Ding, D. J. Griggs, M. Noguer, P. J. van der Linden, X. Dai, K. Maskell, and C. A. Johnson (eds.)] Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 183-237, 2001. PDF file (1 MB).

Non-reviewed publications

• Gruber, N., C. Hauri, and G.-K. Plattner. High vulnerability of eastern boundary upwelling systems to ocean acidification, Global Change Newsletter, IGBP, No. 73, pp. 25, 2009. PDF file (2.4 MB).
• Orr, J. C., O. Aumont, A. Yool, G.-K. Plattner, F. Joos, E. Maier-Reimer, M.-F. Weirig, R. Schlitzer, K. Caldeira, M. E. Wickett, R. J. Matear, B. Mignone, and J. L. Sarmiento. Narrowing the uncertainty for deep-ocean injection efficiency, in Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, in press, Elsevier Science Ltd., Oxford, UK, 2005. Abstract, PDF File (0.1 MB).
  
• Siefert, R. L. and G.-K. Plattner, The role of coastal zones in global biogeochemical cycles. EOS, 85(45), 470-471, 2004. PDF file (0.1 MB).
• Orr, J. C., O. Aumont, A. Yool, G.-K. Plattner, F. Joos, E. Maier-Reimer, M.-F. Weirig, R. Schlitzer, K. Caldeira, M. E. Wickett, R. J. Matear, B. Mignone, J. L. Sarmiento, and J. Davison. The GOSAC project to predict the efficiency of ocean CO₂ sequestration using 3-D ocean models, in Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, edited by J. Gale and Y. Kaya, Pergamon, 2003. Abstract, PDF File (0.2 MB).
• Orr, J. C., O. Aumont, A. Yool, G.-K. Plattner, F. Joos, E. Maier-Reimer, M.-F. Weirig, R. Schlitzer, K. Caldeira, M. E. Wickett, and R. J. Matear. Ocean CO₂ sequestration efficiency from 3-D ocean model comparison, in Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, edited by D. Williams, R. Durie, P. McMullan, C. Paulson, and A. Smith, CSIRO, Collingwood, Australia, pp. 469-474, 2001. Abstract, PDF File (2.3 MB).

PhD thesis

Plattner, G.-K., Modelling the oceanic uptake of carbon dioxide and anthropogenic tracers: feedbacks and sensitivities to global warming, Ph.D. thesis, Climate and Environmental Physics, University of Bern, Switzerland, 2001. Abstract (PDF file, 49 kB).

Diploma thesis

Plattner, G.-K., Analyse und Abschätzung der verkehrsbedingten Luftbelastung in der Region Basel, Diploma thesis, Meteorology, Climatology and Remote Sensing, University of Basel, Switzerland, 1996.

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