JEMS paper alert – January 2026
The Journal of the European Meteorological Society publishes peer-reviewed scientific papers of widespread interest and significance for the atmospheric science community.
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Recently three interesting papers appeared in our journal
Elevation-dependent warming in Switzerland: Observed signals and dataset limitations
The study lead by Simon Scherrer finds that low elevations exhibit stronger climate warming than higher elevations in autumn and early winter, primarily due to increased sunshine duration due to reduction in fog and low stratus clouds. Second, mid-elevations show slightly enhanced spring warming driven by snow-albedo feedback. Popular climate datasets often fail to capture these patterns.
Shifting winds: How climate change impacts low wind days and wind resources over the Baltic Sea
This paper lead by Irem Isic-Cetin studies the frequency of low wind days and spells over the Baltic Sea under climate change. Regional climate model (RCM) simulations from EURO-CORDEX initiative is used to estimate winds at 100 m height, and the wind resource variability is analyzed under different emission scenarios. The frequency of low winds is calculated for 42 different RCM simulations Results show that the ensemble of simulations does not indicate a significant change in wind speed, LWD, or LWS.
Sharpening: An enhanced view on pre-convective environments using satellite high-resolution near-infrared TCWV retrievals
Cintia Carbajal Henken lead this study that introduces a fast and straightforward “CAPE sharpening” approach that integrates high-resolution total column water vapor observations from Sentinel-3’s Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) with numerical weather prediction (NWP) model outputs. By refining model-derived Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) and Convective Inhibition (CIN) fields with satellite-based TCWV data on a pixel-basis, this method enhances the spatial representation of convective potential in pre-convective environments. Case studies over Germany demonstrates that regions where convective storms developed within 3 h of the satellite overpass align well with areas of elevated sharpened CAPE and reduced CIN values.
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