Dominik Büeler

Dominik Büeler is an atmospheric scientist at the Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss and partly also at ETH Zurich (Switzerland). At MeteoSwiss, he coordinates and further develops (very) high-resolution climate products and services for the energy and partly also the health sectors of Switzerland. At ETH Zurich, he investigates methods to improve subseasonal predictability of heat and drought in Europe.

Dominik received his PhD degree in atmospheric dynamics from ETH Zurich in 2017 by investigating the role of atmospheric moisture for extratropical cyclone dynamics. As a postdoctoral researcher, he mainly worked on subseasonal predictability, first at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany and then at ETH Zurich. More specifically, he investigated the predictability of Atlantic-European weather regimes, extratropical cyclones, Mediterranean cyclones, heatwaves, and drought within ECMWF’s ensemble prediction systems. He also worked on various projects at the interface of weather/climate and society such as the predictability of heat- and cold-related mortality, the role of heatwaves for alpine permafrost thawing, or the predictability of photovoltaic power and other parameters relevant to the energy sector.

He joined the EMS strategy monitoring group in 2025.