Ph.D. thesis

Simulated and Observed Change of Precipitation and Temperature in Europe with Focus on the Greater Baltic Area.
Defended 7 sep 2012, opponent: Dr. Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen, Danish Meteorological Institute.
supported by: Swedish Research Council (VR), Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), Gothenburg Atmospheric Science Centre (GAC)

Main interests

• Climate variability in the Greater Baltic Area
• Diurnal characteristics of precipitation based on hourly observations
• Thermal growing season
• Temperature and precipitation observations on daily and hourly basis
• Climate extremes indices
• Relationship between large scale atmospheric circulation and regional climate variability
• High resolution Regional Climate Model simulations
• Comparison of modeled and observed mean and non-mean climate properties
• use of GIS

Participation in research projects:

• Modelling Climate Effects on Global-Scale Water Balance. Together with Uppsala and Oslo Universities, supported by Formas.se .
• Extreme rainfall and its significance for municipal planning. Research project supported by the Swedish Rescue Services Agency. project homepage. Finished 2008.
• European Research Project EMULATE. Mainly working for workpackage 4: Relate variations and trends in atmospheric circulation patterns to prominent extremes in temperature and precipitation. Finished 2005.