Dr. Gian-Kasper Plattner

I am a Scientist in the office of the Director at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL). I support the Director in the definition of the strategic orientation of the Institute and in the coordination of overarching science projects at WSL..

Before joining WSL in January 2016, I held the position of Director of Science and Head of the IPCC WGI Technical Support Unit (TSU) at the University of Bern, Switzerland, from 2009 to 2015. From 2007 to 2009, I worked as Research Associate in the Environmental Physics group (UP) at the Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics (IBP), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETH Zürich), Switzerland, where I continue to be Affiliated Scientist/Lecturer.

Education

Dipl. Geograph, University of Basel, 1996<br/>Dr. phil. nat., University of Bern, 2001

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Resarch Interests

I'm interested in the global carbon cycle and its links to climate and climate change. While I am no longer actively pursuing my own research, I still continue to be involved in a number of research activities. My research focused on the contemporary and future carbon cycle from regional to global scales, in particular the role of on the ocean component of the Earth System, its role in nutrient and carbon cycling and ultimately climate. As research tools, I used a hierarchy of numerical physical-biogeochemical models.

Publications

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Teaching

I have been involved in teaching the following courses at ETH Zürich:

• Introduction to Physical Oceanography (jointly lead by Dr. Münnich, Dr. Froelicher, and myself) [Bachelor level]
• Aquatic Physics (jointly lead by Prof. Wüest, Dr. Münnich, and myself) [Bachelor level]
• Global Biogeochemical Cycles and Climate (lead by Prof. Gruber) [Master level]
• Term paper in Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics (lead by Prof. Gruber and the Faculty of IBP) [Master level]

Further, I have been involved in teaching courses at the Universities of Bern and Basel, and at the Swiss College of Agriculture (SHL):

• Naturwissenschaftliche Grundlagen der Allgemeinen Ökologie, Interdisciplinary Centre for General Ecology (IKAÖ), University of Bern.
• Graduate Seminar Climate Sciences, Master level course, Graduate School of Climate Sciences, University of Bern.
• Aktuelle Klimaprobleme, Institute of Meteorology, Climatology and Remote Sensing (MCR Lab), University of Basel.
• Agrarökonomie im Spiegel von Klima und Wetter, Swiss College of Agriculture (SHL), Zollikofen.

born 23. November 1970 in Basel, Switzerland.

Education

Professional Experience

Schools and Courses

Fellowships

Society Membership

Advisors

Postdoctoral Advisors: Nicolas Gruber, Fortunat Joos, and Thomas F. Stocker

Ph.D. Thesis Advisors: Fortunat Joos and Thomas F. Stocker

Diploma Thesis Advisors: Dieter Scherer and Eberhard Parlow

Journal articles and book chapters (reviewed)

submitted or in press

• Riahi, K., D. P. van Vuuren, K. Ebi, J. Edmonds, E. Kriegler, K. J. Mach, J. Minx, B. C. O’Neill, J. Rogelj, N. Bauer, M. Bustamente, K. Calvin, T. Carter, R. Dellink, O. Edenhofer, J. Emmerling, V. Eyring, D. Gernaat, S. Hallegatte, P. Havlik, K. Kok, T. Kram, J.-F. Lamarque, H. Lotze-Campen, W. Lutz, R. Mathur, R. Moss, N. Nakicenovic, G.-K. Plattner, A. Popp, B. L. Preston, F. Shinichiro, E. Stehfest, T. F. Stocker, M. Tavoni, C. Tebaldi, J. Weyant, B. van Ruijven, Climate change community scenarios for integrating research in advance of AR6. Submitted to Nature.

2016

• Clark P. U., J. D. Shakun, S. A. Marcott, A. C. Mix, M. Eby, S. Kulp, A. Levermann, G. Milne, P. L. Pfister, B. D. Santer, D. P. Schrag, S. Solomon, T. F. Stocker, B. H. Strauss, A. J. Weaver, R. Winkelmann, D. Archer, E. Bard, A. Goldner, K. Lambeck, R. T. Pierrehumbert, and G.-K. Plattner. Consequences of 21st Century Policy for Multi-Millennial Climate and Sea-Level Change, Nature Climate Change 6, 360-369, 2016.

• Hallegatte, S., J. Rogelj, M. Allen, L. Clarke, O. Edenhofer, C. B. Field, P. Friedlingstein, L. van Kesteren, R. Knutti, K. J. Mach, M. Mastrandrea, A. Michel, J. Minx, M. Oppenheimer, G.-K. Plattner, K. Riahi, M. Schaeffer, T. F. Stocker, D. P. van Vuuren, Mapping the climate change challenge. Nature Climate Change 6, 663-668, 2016.

• Plattner, G.-K., A. Fischer, and T. F. Stocker, Kapitel 1.6 Temperatur, In: Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz (2016), Brennpunkt Klima Schweiz. Grundlagen, Folgen und Perspektiven. Teil 1: Physikalische Grundlagen, Swiss Academies Reports 11 (5), 40-45, 2016.

• Plattner, G.-K., T. F. Stocker, C. Marty, J. Nötzli, F. Paul. and C. Huggel, Kapitel 1.9 Ozean und Kryosphäre, In: Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz (2016),Brennpunkt Klima Schweiz. Grundlagen, Folgen und Perspektiven. Teil 1: Physikalische Grundlagen, Swiss Academies Reports 11 (5), 60-67, 2016.

• Stocker, T. F.and G.-K. Plattner, 2016, Making use of the IPCC's powerful communication tool. Nature Climate Change 6, 637-638, 2016. Comment on "Linguistic analysis of IPCC summaries for policymakers and associated coverage” by Barkemeyer et al. 2015 [Barkemeyer R., S. Dessai, B. Monge-Sanz, B. G. Renz, and G. Napolitano, 2015: Linguistic analysis of IPCC summaries for policymakers and associated coverage. Nature Climate Change, 25, Published Online: 12 October 2015, doi: 10.1038/NCLIMATE2824]

2015

• Nagai, T., N. Gruber, H. Frenzel, J. C. McWilliams, and G.-K. Plattner, Dominant role of eddies and filaments in the offshore transport of carbon and nutrients in the California Current System, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 120, 5318–5341, doi:10.1002/2015JC010889, 2015.

2013

• Hauri, C., N. Gruber, M. Vogt, S. C. Doney, R. A. Feely, Z. Lachkar, A. Leinweber, A. M. P. McDonnell, M. Munnich, and G.-K. Plattner. Spatiotemporal variability and long-term trends of ocean acidification in the California Current System, Biogeosciences, 10, 193-216, doi:10.5194/bg-10-193-2013, 2013. PDF file (4.2 MB).

• Joos, F., R. Roth, J. S. Fuglestvedt, G. P. Peters, I. G. Enting, W. von Bloh, V. Brovkin, E. J. Burke, M. Eby, N. R. Edwards, T. Friedrich, T. L. Frölicher, P. R. Halloran, P. B. Holden, C. Jones, T. Kleinen, F. Mackenzie, K. Matsumoto, M. Meinshausen, G.-K. Plattner, A. Reisinger, J. Segschneider, G. Shaffer, M. Steinacher, K. Strassmann, K. Tanaka, A. Timmermann, and A. J. Weaver. Carbon dioxide and climate impulse response functions for the computation of greenhouse gas metrics: a multi-model analysis, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13/5, 2793-2825, 2013. PDF file (5.5 MB), Supplemental PDF (0.9 MB).

2012

• Gruber, N., C. Hauri, Z. Lachkar, D. Loher, T. L. Frölicher, and G.-K. Plattner. Rapid progression of ocean acidification in the California Current System, Science, 220-223, doi:10.1126/science.1216773, 2012. PDF file (0.8 MB), Supplemental PDF (1 MB).

• Knutti, R. and G.-K. Plattner. Comment on “Why hasn’t Earth warmed as much as expected?” by Schwartz et al. 2010 [Schwartz, S. E., R. J. Charlson, R. A. Kahn, J. A. Ogren, and H. Rodhe, 2010: Why hasn't Earth warmed as much as expected? J. Climate, 23, 2453-2464, doi: 10.1175/2009JCLI3461.1], Journal of Climate, 25, 2192-2199, doi: 10.1175/2011JCLI4038.1, 2012. PDF file (0.8 MB).

2011

• Friedlingstein, P., S. Solomon, G.-K. Plattner, R. Knutti, P. Ciais, and M. R. Raupach, Long-term climate implications of 21^st century options for CO₂ emission mitigation, Nature Climate Change, 1, 457-461, doi: 10.1038/NCLIMATE1302, 2011. PDF file (0.6 MB).

• Gruber, N., Z. Lachkar, H. Frenzel, P. Marchesiello, M. Münnich, J. C. McWilliams, T. Nagai, and G.-K. Plattner. Eddy-induced reduction of biological production in eastern boundary upwelling systems, Nature Geoscience, 4, 787-792, doi: 10.1038/NGEO1273, 2011. PDF file (3.9 MB), Supplemental PDF (24.6 MB), related New&Views PDF (0.2 MB).

• Joos, F., T. L. Frölicher, M. Steinacher, and G.-K. Plattner, Impact of climate change mitigation on ocean acidification projections. In: Gattuso J.-P. and L. Hansson (eds.), Ocean Acidification. Oxford Univ. Press., Oxford, pp 272-290, 2011. Book available from OUP Website.

• Mastrandrea, M. D., K. J. Mach, G.-K. Plattner, O. Edenhofer, T. F. Stocker, C. B. Field, K. L. Ebi, and P. R. Matschoss, The IPCC AR5 guidance note on consistent treatment of uncertainties: a common approach across the working groups, Climatic Change, 108, 4, 675-691, doi: 10.1007/s10584-011-0178-6, 2011. PDF file (0.5 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, 104, 255-285, DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9764-2, 2011. PDF file (0.9 MB).

2010

• Barry, J., T. Tyrell, L. Hansson, G.-K. Plattner, and J.-P. Gattuso. Atmospheric CO₂ targets for ocean acidification perturbation experiments. In: Riebesell, U., V. J. Fabry, L. Hansson, and J.-P. Gattuso (eds.), Guide to best practices for ocean acidification research and data reporting, 260 p. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. 2010. Online Access to Full Report. PDF file Chapter 3 (5.2 MB). PDF file Chapter 3 -- Erratum page 55 (0.5 MB).

• Solomon, S., J. S. Daniel, T. J. Sanford, D. M. Murphy, G.-K. Plattner, R. Knutti, and P. Friedlingstein. Persistence of climate changes due to a range of greenhouse gases, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(43), 18354-18359, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1006282107, 2010. PDF file (0.6 MB), Supplemental PDF (0.6 MB).

• Solomon, S., K. H. Rosenlof, R. W. Portmann, J. S. Daniel, S. M. Davis, T. J. Sanford, and G.-K. Plattner. Contributions of stratospheric water vapor to decadal changes in the rate of global warming, Science, 327, 1219-1223, DOI: 10.1126/science.1182488, 2010. PDF file (0.6 MB).

• 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, 103, 399–422, DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9763-3, 2010. PDF file (0.6 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), 1704-1709, 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. 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 (2.6 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, 437, 681-686, doi:10.1038/nature04095, 2005. Abstract, PDF file (1.1 MB), Supplemental PDF (2.2 MB).

• 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).

• 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 information available from www.ipcc.ch)

IPCC Assessment reports and Special reports (reviewed)

2014

• IPCC, 2014: Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Core Writing Team, R.K. Pachauri and L.A. Meyer (eds.)]. IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland, 151 pp. Synthesis Report (4.1 MB). IPCC Synthesis Report AR5 Website.

• Drafting author of: IPCC, 2014: Summary for Policymakers. In Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Core Writing Team, R.K. Pachauri and L.A. Meyer (eds.)]. IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland, pp. 1-31. Summary for Policymakers (4.3 MB). IPCC Synthesis Report AR5 Website.

2013

• IPCC, 2013: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Stocker, T.F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S.K. Allen, J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex and P.M. Midgley (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, 1535 pp. Full Report (375 MB). IPCC WGI AR5 Website.

• Drafting author of: IPCC, 2013: Summary for Policymakers. In: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Stocker, T.F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S.K. Allen, J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex and P.M. Midgley (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA. Summary for Policymakers (2.8 MB). Summary for Policymakers Graphics. IPCC WGI AR5 Website.

• Stocker, T.F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, L.V. Alexander, S.K. Allen, N.L. Bindoff, F.-M. Bréon, J.A. Church, U. Cubasch, S. Emori, P. Forster, P. Friedlingstein, N. Gillett, J.M. Gregory, D.L. Hartmann, E. Jansen, B. Kirtman, R. Knutti, K. Krishna Kumar, P. Lemke, J. Marotzke, V. Masson-Delmotte, G.A. Meehl, I.I. Mokhov, S. Piao, V. Ramaswamy, D. Randall, M. Rhein, M. Rojas, C. Sabine, D. Shindell, L.D. Talley, D.G. Vaughan and S.-P. Xie, 2013: Technical Summary. In: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Stocker, T.F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S.K. Allen, J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex and P.M. Midgley (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA. Technical Summary (18.1 MB). Technical Summary Graphics. IPCC WGI AR5 Website.

2012

• IPCC, 2012: Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. A Special Report of Working Groups I and II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Field, C. B., V. Barros, T. F. Stocker, D. Qin, D. J. Dokken, K. L. Ebi, M. D. Mastrandrea, K. J. Mach, G.-K. Plattner, S. K. Allen, M. Tignor, and P. M. Midgley (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, and New York, NY, USA, 582 pp. Full Report (44 MB). IPCC SREX Website.

• Drafting author of: IPCC, 2012: Summary for Policymakers. In: Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. [Field, C. B., V. Barros, T. F. Stocker, D. Qin, D. J. Dokken, K. L. Ebi, M. D. Mastrandrea, K. J. Mach, G.-K. Plattner, S. K. Allen, M. Tignor, and P. M. Midgley (eds.)]. A Special Report of Working Groups I and II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, and New York, NY, USA, pp. 3-21. Summary for Policymakers (11.8 MB). IPCC SREX Website.

2007

• 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).

2001

• 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).

IPCC Supplementary material (non reviewed)

2015

• IPCC, 2015: Workshop Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Regional Climate Projections and their Use in Impacts and Risk Analysis Studies [Stocker, T. F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, and M. Tignor (eds.)]. IPCC Working Group I Technical Support Unit, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, pp. 171. Full Report (24.5 MB).

• IPCC, 2015: Meeting Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Expert Meeting on Climate Change, Food, and Agriculture [Mastrandrea, M.D., K.J. Mach, V.R. Barros, T.E. Bilir, D.J. Dokken, O. Edenhofer, C.B. Field, T. Hiraishi, S. Kadner, T. Krug, J.C. Minx, R. Pichs-Madruga, G.-K. Plattner, D. Qin, Y. Sokona, T.F. Stocker, M. Tignor (eds.)]. World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 68 pp. Full Report (2.3 MB).

2012

• IPCC, 2012: Meeting Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Expert Meeting on Geoengineering [O. Edenhofer, R. Pichs-Madruga, Y. Sokona, C. B. Field, V. Barros, T. F. Stocker, Q. Dahe, J. Minx, K. J. Mach, G.-K. Plattner, S. Schlömer, G. Hansen, M. D. Mastrandrea (eds.)]. IPCC Working Group III Technical Support Unit, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany, pp. 99. Full Report (1.9 MB).

2011

• IPCC, 2011: Workshop Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Workshop on Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine Biology and Ecosystems [Field, C. B., V. Barros, T. F. Stocker, D. Qin, K. J. Mach, G.-K. Plattner, M. D. Mastrandrea, M. Tignor and K. L. Ebi (eds.)]. IPCC Working Group II Technical Support Unit, Carnegie Institution, Stanford, California, United States of America, pp. 164. Full Report (7.9 MB).

2010

• Mastrandrea, M. D., C. B. Field, T. F. Stocker, O. Edenhofer, K. L. Ebi, D. J. Frame, H. Held, E. Kriegler, K. J. Mach, P. Matschoss, G.-K. Plattner, G. W. Yohe, and F. W. Zwiers, 2010: Guidance Notes for Lead Authors of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report on Consistent Treatment of Uncertainties. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Guidance Note (3.4 MB), Annexes (0.3 MB).

• IPCC, 2010: Workshop Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Workshop on Sea Level Rise and Ice Sheet Instabilities [Stocker, T. F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, and P. M. Midgley (eds.)]. IPCC Working Group I Technical Support Unit, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, pp. 227. Full Report (5.3 MB).

• IPCC, 2010: Meeting Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Expert Meeting on Assessing and Combining Multi Model Climate Projections [Stocker, T. F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, and P. M. Midgley (eds.)]. IPCC Working Group I Technical Support Unit, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, pp. 117. Full Report (4.8 MB), Good Practice Guidance Paper (0.9 MB).

• IPCC, 2010: Meeting Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Expert Meeting on Detection and Attribution Related to Anthropogenic Climate Change [Stocker, T. F., C. B. Field, D. Qin, V. Barros, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, P. M. Midgley, and K. L. Ebi (eds.)]. IPCC Working Group I Technical Support Unit, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, pp. 55. Full Report (3.4 MB), Good Practice Guidance Paper (0.5 MB).

2009

• 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).

Non-reviewed publications

2016

• Hallegatte, S., K. J. Mach, M. Allen, L. Clarke, O. Edenhofer, C. B. Field, P. Friedlingstein, L. van Kesteren, R. Knutti, M. Mastrandrea, A. Michel, J. Minx, M. Oppenheimer, G.-K. Plattner, K. Riahi, J. Rogelj, M. Schaeffer, T. F. Stocker, D. P. van Vuuren, Making climate-change assessments more relevant. Comment in Nature 534, 613-615, 2016.

2014

• Stocker T.F., G.-K. Plattner, Comment: Rethink IPCC reports. Nature, 513, 163-165, doi: 10.1038/513163a, 2014. PDF File (1.7 MB).

2013

• Plattner, G.-K., S. Allen, P. Midgley, and T. Stocker. Climate Change 2013, The Physical Science Basis. In: IETA GREENHOUSE GAS MARKET 2013, International Emissions Trading Association, IETA Reports on Website. PDF File (0.7 MB).

2011

• Stocker, T. F., Q. Dahe, G.-K. Plattner, P. Midgley, and M. Tignor, Correspondence: Tried and tested. Comment on "Overstretching attribution?" by Parmesan et al. 2011 [Parmesan, C., C. Duarte, E. Ploczanska, A. J. Richardson, and M. C. Singer, 2011: Overstretching attribution? Commentary, Nature Climate Change, 1, pp. 2-4, 2011], Nature Climate Change, 1, p. 71, doi:10.1038/nclimate1106, 2011. PDF file (0.1 MB).

• Plattner, G.-K. and R. Vogt, Regionaler Klimaatlas im Globalen Kontext, Beitrag zur Einleitung zur Internetversion des Klimaatlas Oberrhein Mitte-Süd, Trinationale Arbeitsgemeinschaft REKLIP, 2011.

2009

• 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).

2005

• 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).

2004

• 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).

2003

• 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).

2001

• 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).

Ph.D. 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). Full (PDF file, 12.2 MB).

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.