Research areas
The tropics not only host most of Earth’s biodiversity and are home to an increasingly large fraction of the human population, they also play a pivotal role in shaping Earth’s global climate and its change with time. I am interested in understanding key features of tropical climate such as the land-ocean precipitation contrast.
More recently, I started working on temperature extremes. As in the case of precipitation, there is a distinct land-ocean contrast in tropical temperatures with land warming more and exhibiting more pronounced hot extremes compared to the ocean. Near-surface humidity was identified as a key driver of hot days on land, but the factors controlling near-surface humidity itself are highly debated, in parts poorly understood, and overall surrounded by great uncertainty.
In general, perhaps due to my background in physics, I am keen to explore physical relationships that have validity beyond local contexts and can be formulated in terms of simple, quantitative theories.
Selected publications
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Open access
Schmidt, L. & Hohenegger, C., 1 Oct 2024, In: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 150, 765, p. 4737-4749 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Byrne, M. P., Hegerl, G. C., Scheff, J., Adam, O., Berg, A., Biasutti, M., Bordoni, S., Dai, A., Geen, R., Henry, M., Hill, S. A., Hohenegger, C., Humphrey, V., Joshi, M., Konings, A. G., Laguë, M. M., Lambert, F. H., Lehner, F., Mankin, J. S. & McColl, K. A. & 10 others, , 1 Nov 2024, In: Nature Geoscience. 17, 11, p. 1079-1086 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Schmidt, L. & Hohenegger, C., 1 Jun 2023, In: Journal of Hydrometeorology. 24, 6, p. 1103-1117 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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