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Prof. Jürg Luterbacher, PhD

Luterbacher

Climatology, Climate Dynamics and Climate Change

Prof. Jürg Luterbacher, PhD


Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
Department of Geography
Climatology, Climate Dynamics and Climate Change
Senckenbergstrasse 1
35390 Giessen
Germany
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  • Coordinator of the Horizon EU project MedEWSa (Mediterranean and pan-European forecast and Early Warning System against natural hazards; www.medewsa.eu)
  • Member of the Nature Commission on environment, brain and mental health (Earth Brain Health Commission), responsible for WP Environment/Climate
  • Scientific Advisory Board Member of the Horizon Europe infrastructure project Digital Twin of Earth system for Cryosphere, Land surface and related interactions (TerraDT)
  • Scientific Advisory Board Member of the Centre for Climate change Research, Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, Poland 
  • Board of Directors Member of the Climate and Water Initiative (Non-Profit Organisation, www.climate-water.org)
  • Co-Chair of ATES (Association for Trans-Eurasia Exchange and Silk Road Civilization Development; http://ates.ac.cn/EN/)
  • Task Team member of the European Central Bank (ECB) concerning physical risks of a changing climate
  • Co-Chair of the Working group on proof-of-concept in the frame of the ITU Global Initiative RESOLUTION (Resilience to natural hazards through AI solutions)
  • Member of the Climate Change and History Research Initiative, Princeton University, USA; https://climatechangeandhistory.princeton.edu/)
  • Former Scientific Advisory Board member appointed by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres
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New publications  
  • Kempf, M., Depaermentier, M.L.C., Spengler III, R.N., Frachetti, M.D., Chen, F., Luterbacher, J., Xoplaki, E., and Büntgen, U. 2025: Hydroclimatic instability accelerated the socio-political decline of the Tang Dynasty in northern China. Njp Commun. Earth Environ. 6:1003, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-03038-x
  • Xoplaki, E., et al. Including Luterbacher, J., 2025: Compound events in Germany in 2018: drivers and case studies. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 25, 541–564, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-541-2025
  • Stathakopoulos, D. et al. including Luterbacher, J. 2025: The First Plague Pandemic in the Byzantine Empire – Towards a New Dynamic Consensus. Human Ecol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-025-00612-x
  • Chen, F., Luterbacher, J., Meadows, M., Ai, L., and Hou, J., 2025: Global Platform ATES: Interdisciplinary Insights into Past Human-Environment Dynamics along the Silk Road. Sci. Bulletin, 20: S2095-9273(25)00861-8. doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2025.08.030.
  • Lappalainen, H.K., et al., including Luterbacher, J., 2025: Towards a Global Ground-Based Earth Observatory (GGBEO): Leveraging Existing Systems and Networks. Big Earth Data. Big Earth Data, DOI: 10.1080/20964471.2025.2574174
  • Hartmann, E., Zhang, M., Wagner, S., Adakudlu, M., Luterbacher, J., and Xoplaki, E., 2025: Implementing External Climate Forcings into the COSMO-CLM 5.0 - A Sensitivity Study around the Samalas Volcanic Eruption in the Eastern Mediterranean / Middle East. Clim. Past, 21, 1699–1724.
  • Perez-Aracil, J., et al. including Luterbacher, J. 2025: Identifying Key Drivers of Heatwaves: A Novel Spatio-Temporal Framework for Extreme Event Detection. Wea. and Clim. Extremes, 49, 100792.
  • Behr, L., Xoplaki, E., Luther, N., Josey, S., and Luterbacher, J., 2025: Atmospheric patterns drive marine heatwaves in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea during summer 2023. Env. Res. Lett., 20, 104020, DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/ae0055
  • Nan, Q., Chen, S., Liu, X., Ma, S., Sun, Y, Huang, L., Chen, J., Luterbacher, J., Meadows, M.E., and Chen, F., 2025: The 4.2 ka Event in the Northern Hemisphere: Spatial Heterogeneity and Driving Mechanisms of Hydroclimatic Change. Earth Sci. Rev., 265, 105128.
  • Marina, C.M., Perez-Aracil, J., Lorente-Ramos, E., Xoplaki, E., Zorita, E., McAdam, R., Scoccimarro, E., Luterbacher, J., and Salcedo-Sanz, S., 2026: Detection and attribution of Heat Waves with the Multivariate Autoencoder Flow-Analogue Method (MvAE-AM). Atmos. Res, 328, 108409, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2025.108409

Area of Expertise
Regional Focus
  • Climate Dynamics
  • Climate Change
  • Paleoclimatology
  • Synoptics
  • Weather and Climate Extremes
  • Impacts on society and economy
  • North Atlantic
  • Europe
  • Mediterranean
  • Alps
  • South America
  • Middle East
  • China
  • North Afrika
Secretary  

Anna Hofmann
Senckenbergstrasse 1
D-35390 Giessen
Phone: +49 (0) 641 - 99 36211, 36201
Fax: +49 (0) 641 - 99 36219, 36209
Email: klimageographie
Office Hours: Mon - Fri 10.00-14.00