Publications of the Global Climate Analysis research group

2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017–1997
(Note that all publications until 2024 were published as part of the ARSCliSys Research Group.)

2025

Peer-reviewed publications

Shi, J., M. Li, A. K. Steiner, W. Li, M. Zhang, Y. Fan, W. Gao, K. Zhang 
Stacking machine learning model for precipitable water vapor vertical adjustment using GNSS networks and radio occultation data
Atmospheric Res., 325, 108212, 2025
10.1016/j.atmosres.2025.108212
 

Selected further publications and reports

Ladstädter, F., M. Stocker, S. Scher, and A. K. Steiner
Observed changes in the temperature and height of the globally resolved lapserate tropopause
EGUsphere (preprint, under review for Atmos. Chem. Phys.)
10.5194/egusphere-2025-2100

2024

Peer-reviewed Publications

Dunn, R. J. H., J. Blannin, N. Gobron, J. B. Miller, K. M. Willett, M. Ades,et al. including Andrea K. Steiner
Global Climate
Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 105, S12–S155, 2024
10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0116.1

Stocker, M., A. K. Steiner, F. Ladstädter, U. Foelsche, and W. J. Randel
Strong persistent cooling of the stratosphere after the Hunga eruption
Commun. Earth Environ., 5, 450, 2024
10.1038/s43247-024-01620-3

Yessimbet, K., A. K. Steiner, F. Ladstädter, and A. Ossó
Observational perspective on sudden stratospheric warmings and blocking from Eliassen–Palm fluxes
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 10893–10919, 2024
10.5194/acp-24-10893-2024

Selected Further Publications and Reports

de la Torre, A., Alexander, P., Schmidt, T., Steiner, A. K., Ladstädter, F., Hierro, R., and Llamedo, P.
Signs of climate variability in double tropopause global distribution from radio occultation data, EGUsphere [preprint] 2024
10.5194/egusphere-2024-1654

Unegg, J.
Estimating AMOC’s Variability via In-Situ, Synthetic Remote-Sensing and Model Data
Wegener Center Verlag, University of Graz, Austria, Wegener Center Scientific Report 104–2024, 2024

Yessimbet, K., A. K. Steiner, F. Ladstädter, and A. C. Ossó
Observational perspective on SSWs and blocking from EP fluxes
Dynamics/Remote Sensing/Stratosphere/Physics (physical properties and processes), preprint, 2024
https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2024/egusphere-2023-2916/

2023

Peer-reviewed Publications

Dunn, R. J. H., J. B. Miller, K. M. Willett, N. Gobron, M. Ades, R. Adler, et al.
Global Climate, In: State of the Climate in 2022
Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 104, S11–S145, 2023
10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0090.1

Engdaw, M. M., A. K. Steiner, G. C. Hegerl, and A. P. Ballinger
Attribution of observed changes in extreme temperatures to anthropogenic forcing using CMIP6 models
Weather Clim. Extremes, 39, 100548, 2023
10.1016/j.wace.2023.100548

Foelsche, U., A.K. Steiner, H. Shao, A. Mannucci, K.B. Lauritsen, C. Marquardt, and P. Stammes (Eds.)
Observing atmosphere and climate with occultation techniques - results from the OPAC-IROWG 2022 Workshop,
Atmos. Meas. Tech., Special Issue, 2023   
https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/special_issue1270.html

Ladstädter, F., A. K. Steiner, and H. Gleisner
Resolving the 21st century temperature trends of the upper troposphere–lower stratosphere with satellite observations
Sci. Rep., 13, 1306, 2023
10.1038/s41598-023-28222-x

Von Schuckmann, K., A. Minière, F. Gues, F. J. Cuesta-Valero, G. Kirchengast, S. Adusumilli, F. Straneo, M. Ablain, R. P. Allan, P. M. Barker, H. Beltrami, A. Blazquez, T. Boyer, L. Cheng, J. Church, D. Desbruyeres, H. Dolman, C. M. Domingues, A. García-García, D. Giglio, J. E. Gilson, M. Gorfer, L. Haimberger, M. Z. Hakuba, S. Hendricks, S. Hosoda, G. C. Johnson, R. Killick, B. King, N. Kolodziejczyk, A. Korosov, G. Krinner, M. Kuusela, F. W. Landerer, M. Langer, T. Lavergne, I. Lawrence, Y. Li, J. Lyman, F. Marti, B. Marzeion, M. Mayer, A. H. MacDougall, T. McDougall, D. P. Monselesan, J. Nitzbon, I. Otosaka, J. Peng, S. Purkey, D. Roemmich, K. Sato, K. Sato, A. Savita, A. Schweiger, A. Shepherd, S. I. Seneviratne, L. Simons, D. A. Slater, T. Slater, A. K. Steiner, T. Suga, T. Szekely, W. Thiery, M.-L. Timmermans, I. Vanderkelen, S. E. Wjiffels, T. Wu, and M. Zemp
Heat stored in the Earth system 1960–2020: where does the energy go?
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 15, 1675–1709, 2023
10.5194/essd-15-1675-2023

Selected Further Publications and Reports

2022

Peer-reviewed Publications

Randel, W. J., C. Covey, L. Polvani, and A. K. Steiner (2022), Stratospheric Temperatures, In: State of the Climate in 2021, Section 2 Global Climate, Dunn et al. (Eds.), Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 103(8), S11–S142
https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0092.1

Yessimbet, K., T. G. Shepherd, A. C. Ossó, and A. K. Steiner
Pathways of Influence between Northern Hemisphere Blocking and Stratospheric Polar Vortex Variability
Geophys. Res. Lett., 49, 2022
10.1029/2022GL100895

Selected Further Publications and Reports

Steiner, A. K., and M. M. Engdaw
Climate change, its impacts, and attribution of causes: Current status and challenges
in Climate Change, Responsibility and Liability, 1st Ed., Climate Change Law and Governance Volume 1, ISBN 978-3-8487-8707-4, E. Schulev-Steindl, et al. (Eds.), Nomos, Baden-Baden, Germany, 21–41, 2022
https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748930990-21

Steiner, A.
Klimaschutz aus naturwissenschaftlicher Sicht – Die Fakten zum Klimawandel
in Klimaschutz im Recht, Jahrbuch des österreichischen und europäischen Umweltrechts 2022, Band 54, ISBN 978-3-214-02606-6, MANZ Verlag, Wien, 87–102, 2022
https://www.isbn.de/buch/9783214026066_jahrbuch-des-oesterreichischen-und-europaeischen-umweltrechts-2022.htm

Steiner, A. K.
Klimaschutz vorantreiben - unwiederbringliche Chance für Österreich
in Österreich 22 - Perspektiven und Herausforderungen, Band 3, Hg. H. Hösele, Initative Österreich 22, Graz, 56–57, 2022

2021

Peer-reviewed Publications

Engdaw, M. M., A. P. Ballinger, G. C. Hegerl, and A. K. Steiner
Changes in temperature and heat waves over Africa using observational and reanalysis data sets
Int. J. Climatol., 1–16, 2021
10.1002/joc.7295

Santer, B. D., S. Po-Chedley, C. Mears, J. C. Fyfe, N. Gillett, Q. Fu, J. F. Painter, S. Solomon, A. K. Steiner, F. J. Wentz, M. D. Zelinka, and C.-Z. Zou
Using climate model simulations to constrain observations
J. Climate, 34(15), 6281–6301, 2021
10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0768.1

Scherllin-Pirscher, B., A. K. Steiner, R. A. Anthes, M. J. Alexander, S. P. Alexander, R. Biondi, T. Birner, J. Kim, W. J. Randel, S.-W. Son, T. Tsuda, and Z. Zeng
Tropical temperature variability in the UTLS: New insights from GPS radio occultation observations
J. Climate, 34, 2813–2838, 2021
10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0385.1

Stocker, M., F. Ladstädter, and A. K. Steiner
Observing the climate impact of large wildfires on stratospheric temperature
Sci. Rep., 11, 22994, 2021
10.1038/s41598-021-02335-7

Yessimbet, K., A. Ossó, R. Kaltenberger, L. Magnusson, and A. K. Steiner
Heavy Alpine snowfall in January 2019 connected to atmospheric blocking
Weather, wea.4020, 2021
10.1002/wea.4020

Selected Further Publications and Reports

Bakić, M.
Impact of heat waves on surface ozone in Austria
Wegener Center Verlag, Graz, Austria, Sci. Rep. No.89–2021, 2021

Ladstädter, F.
Analysis of decadal trends from RO as contributed to IPCC AR6
ROM SAF, ROM SAF CDOP-3 Visiting Scientist Report 40, 2021
https://www.romsaf.org/Publications/reports/romsaf_vs40_rep_v10.pdf

Steiner, A. K.
Current state of atmospheric temperature trends from observations
SPARC Newsletter No. 56, DLR-IPA, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, 2021
sparc-climate.org

Steiner, A. K.
Klimaschutz aus naturwissenschaflicher Sicht - Die Fakten zum Klimawandel
Österreichischer Wasser- und Abfallwirtschaftsverband (ÖWAV) (Hg.), Linz, Austria, Proc. Österreichische Umweltrechtstage - Klimaschutz im Recht, 2021

Stocker, M., and A. K. Steiner
Case Study: Effects of Wildfires on the Vertical Atmospheric Temperature Structure – New Insights with Satellite Data?
Report to the Commission Climate and Air Quality of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria, 2021

2020

Peer-reviewed publications

Cochrane, L., S. C. Lewis, M. M. Engdaw, A. Thornton, and D. J. Welbourne
Using farmer-based metrics to analyze the amount, seasonality, variability and spatial patterns of rainfall amidst climate change in southern Ethiopia
J. Arid. Environ., 175, 104084, 2020
10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.104084

Ho, S.-P., R. A. Anthes, C. O. Ao, S. Healy, A. Horanyi, D. Hunt, A. J. Mannucci, N. Pedatella, W. J. Randel, A. Simmons, A. Steiner, F. Xie, X. Yue, and Z. Zeng
The COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 radio occultation mission after 12 years: Accomplishments, remaining challenges, and potential impacts of COSMIC-2
Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 101, E1107–E1136, 2020
10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0290.1

Lasota, E., A. K. Steiner, G. Kirchengast, and R. Biondi
Tropical cyclones vertical structure from GNSS radio occultation: an archive covering the period 2001–2018
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 12, 2679–2693, 2020
10.5194/essd-12-2679-2020

Peter, P.
Arctic amplification in atmospheric observations – Equator-to-pole gradients and their connection to storm tracks
Wegener Center Verlag, Graz, Austria, Sci. Rep. 82–2019, ISBN  978-3-9504717-1–7, 2020

Steiner, A. K., F. Ladstädter, C. O. Ao, H. Gleisner, S.-P. Ho, D. Hunt, T. Schmidt, U. Foelsche, G. Kirchengast, Y.-H. Kuo, K. B. Lauritsen, A. J. Mannucci, J. K. Nielsen, W. Schreiner, M. Schwärz, S. Sokolovskiy, S. Syndergaard, and J. Wickert
Consistency and structural uncertainty of multi-mission GPS radio occultation records
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 2547–2575, 2020
10.5194/amt-13-2547-2020

Steiner, A. K., F. Ladstädter, W. J. Randel, A. C. Maycock, Q. Fu, C. Claud, H. Gleisner, L. Haimberger, S.-P. Ho, P. Keckhut, T. Leblanc, C. Mears, L. M. Polvani, B. D. Santer, T. Schmidt, V. Sofieva, R. Wing, and C.-Z. Zou
Observed temperature changes in the troposphere and stratosphere from 1979 to 2018
J. Climate, 33, 8165–8194, 2020
10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0998.1

Tournigand, P.-Y., V. Cigala, E. Lasota, M. Hammouti, L. Clarisse, H. Brenot, F. Prata, G. Kirchengast, A. K. Steiner, and R. Biondi
A multi-sensor satellite-based archive of the largest SO2 volcanic eruptions since 2006
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 12, 3139–3159, 2020
10.5194/essd-12-3139-2020

Tournigand, P.-Y., V. Cigala, A. J. Prata, A. K. Steiner, G. Kirchengast, H. Brenot, L. Clarisse, and R. Biondi
The 2015 Calbuco volcanic cloud detection using GNSS radio occultation and satellite LIDAR
presented at the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2020), online, 2020

von Schuckmann, K., L. Cheng, M. D. Palmer, J. Hansen, C. Tassone, V. Aich, S. Adusumilli, H. Beltrami, T. Boyer, F. J. Cuesta-Valero, D. Desbruyères, C. Domingues, A. García-García, P. Gentine, J. Gilson, M. Gorfer, L. Haimberger, M. Ishii, G. C. Johnson, R. Killick, B. A. King, G. Kirchengast, N. Kolodziejczyk, J. Lyman, B. Marzeion, M. Mayer, M. Monier, D. P. Monselesan, S. Purkey, D. Roemmich, A. Schweiger, S. I. Seneviratne, A. Shepherd, D. A. Slater, A. K. Steiner, F. Straneo, M.-L. Timmermans, and S. E. Wijffels
Heat stored in the Earth system: where does the energy go?
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 12, 2013–2041, 2020
10.5194/essd-12-2013-2020

Wilhelmsen, H., F. Ladstädter, T. Schmidt, and A. K. Steiner
Double tropopauses and the tropical belt connected to ENSO
Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, 2020
10.1029/2020GL089027

Selected Further Publications and Reports

Schwärz, M., V. Proschek, J. Innerkofler, F. Ladstädter, E. Wappis, A. Leuprecht, and G. Kirchengast
Wegener Center Data Record – GNSS Radio Occultation Record (OPSv5.6 2001–2019). Wegener Center, Univ. of Graz, Austria, 2020
https://doi.org/10.25364/WEGC/OPS5.6:2020.1

2019

Peer-reviewed Publications

Cigala, V., R. Biondi, A. J. Prata, A. K. Steiner, G. Kirchengast, and H. Brenot
GNSS Radio Occultation Advances the Monitoring of Volcanic Clouds: The Case of the 2008 Kasatochi Eruption
Remote Sens., 11, 2199, 2019
10.3390/rs11192199

Groß-Vogt, K., T. Hermann, M. W. Jury, A. K. Steiner, and S. Kartadinata
Klima|Anlage—Performing Climate Data
in Addressing the Challenges in Communicating Climate Change Across Various Audiences, ISBN 978-3-319-98293-9 978-3-319-98294-6, W. Leal Filho, B. Lackner, and H. McGhie, Eds. Springer International Publishing, Cham, 339–355, 2019
springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-98294-6_21

Stocker, M., F. Ladstädter, H. Wilhelmsen, and A. K. Steiner
Quantifying Stratospheric Temperature Signals and Climate Imprints From Post‐2000 Volcanic Eruptions
Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 12486–12494, 2019
10.1029/2019GL084396

Selected Further Publications and Reports

Schwärz, M., V. Proschek, J. Innerkofler, F. Ladstädter, E. Wappis, A. Leuprecht, and G. Kirchengast (EOPAC Team 2019)
Wegener Center Data Record – GNSS Radio Occultation Record (OPSv5.6 2001–2018). Wegener Center, Univ. of Graz, Austria, 2019
https://doi.org/10.25364/WEGC/OPS5.6:2020.1

Steiner, A. K., and A. C. Maycock
Report on the 2nd Atmospheric Temperature Changes and their Drivers (ATC) Activity Workshop
In: SPARC 2019: SPARC Newsletter No. 52, 21-23, SPARC, DLR-IPA, Oberpfaffenhofen, 2019
sparc-climate.org