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@ARTICLE{Sippel:1033580,
author = {Sippel, Sebastian and Barnes, Clair and Cadiou, Camille and
Fischer, Erich and Kew, Sarah and Kretschmer, Marlene and
Philip, Sjoukje and Shepherd, Theodore G. and Singh,
Jitendra and Vautard, Robert and Yiou, Pascal},
title = {{C}ould an extremely cold central {E}uropean winter such as
1963 happen again despite climate change?},
journal = {Weather and climate dynamics},
volume = {5},
number = {3},
issn = {2698-4008},
address = {Göttingen},
publisher = {Copernicus Publications},
reportid = {FZJ-2024-06460},
pages = {943 - 957},
year = {2024},
abstract = {Central European winters have warmed markedlysince the
mid-20th century. Yet cold winters are still associatedwith
severe societal impacts on energy systems,
infrastructure,and public health. It is therefore crucial to
anticipatestorylines of worst-case cold winter conditions
andto understand whether an extremely cold winter, such as
thecoldest winter on the historical record of Germany in
1963(-6.3°C or -3.4 sigma seasonal
December–January–February(DJF) temperature anomaly
relative to 1981–2010), is stillpossible in a warming
climate. Here, we first show based onmultiple attribution
methods that a winter of similar circulationconditions to
1963 would still lead to an extreme seasonalcold anomaly of
about -4.9 to -4.7°C (best estimatesacross methods) under
present-day climate. This would rankas the second-coldest
winter in the last 75 years. Second,we conceive storylines
of worst-case cold winter conditionsbased on two independent
rare event sampling methods (climatemodel boosting and
empirical importance sampling): awinter as cold as 1963 is
still physically possible in centralEurope today, albeit
very unlikely. While cold winter hazardsbecome less frequent
and less intense in a warming climateoverall, it remains
crucial to anticipate the possibility of anextremely cold
winter to avoid potential maladaptation andincreased
vulnerability.},
cin = {JSC / ICE-4},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JSC-20090406 / I:(DE-Juel1)ICE-4-20101013},
pnm = {2113 - Future Weather and Extremes (POF4-211) / 5111 -
Domain-Specific Simulation $\&$ Data Life Cycle Labs (SDLs)
and Research Groups (POF4-511) / 2112 - Climate Feedbacks
(POF4-211)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2113 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5111 /
G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2112},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:001274883300001},
doi = {10.5194/wcd-5-943-2024},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1033580},
}