Peer reviewed publications

  • Johns, T. C., J.-F. Royer, I. Höschel, H. Huebener, E. Roeckner, E. Manzini, W. May, J.-L. Dufresne, O. H. Ottera, D. P. van Vuuren, D. Salas y Melia, M. A. Giorgetta, S. Denvil, S. Yang, P. G. Fogli, J. Körper, J. F. Tjiputra, E. Stehfest, C. D. Hewitt, Climate change under aggressive mitigation: the ENSEMBLES multi-model experiment, Clim. Dyn., DOI 10.1007/s00382-011-1005-5, 2011.

  • Jungclaus, J. H., S. J. Lorenz, C. Timmreck, C. H. Reick, V. Brovkin, K. Six, J. Segschneider, M. A. Giorgetta, T. J. Crowley, J. Pongratz, N. A. Krivova, L. E. Vieira, S. K. Solanki, D. Klocke, M. Botzet, M. Esch, V. Gayler, H. Haak, T. J. Raddatz, E. Roeckner, R. Schnur, H. Widmann, M. Claussen, B. Stevens, and J. Marotzke: Climate and carbon‐cycle variability over the last millennium. Clim. Past, 6, 723–737, 2010; doi: 10.5194/cp‐6‐723‐2010
  • Morgenstern, O., M. A. Giorgetta, K. Shibata, et al., Review of the formulation of present-generation stratospheric chemistry-climate models and associated external forcings, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00M02, doi:10.1029/2009JD013728, 2010.
  • Roeckner, E., M. A. Giorgetta, T. Crueger, M. Esch, and J. Pongratz, Historical and future anthropogenic emission pathways derived from coupled climate-carbon cycle simulations, Climatic Change, DOI 10.1007/s10584-010-9886-6, 2010.
  • Rípodas, P., A. Gassmann, J. Förstner, D. Majewski, M. Giorgetta, P. Korn, L. Kornblueh, H. Wan, G. Zängl, L. Bonaventura, and T. Heinze, Icosahedral Shallow Water Model (ICOSWM): results of shallow water test cases and sensitivity to model parameters, Geosci. Model Dev., 2, 231-251, 2009.
  • Schmidt, H., G. P. Brasseur, and M. A. Giorgetta, The solar cycle signal in a general circulation and chemistry model with internally generated QBO, J. Geophys. Res., 2009, accepted.
  • Cagnazzo, C., Manzini, E., Calvo, N., Douglass, A., Akiyoshi, H., Bekki, S., Chipperfield, M., Dameris, M., Deushi, M., Fischer, A. M., Garny, H., Gettelman, A., Giorgetta, M. A., Plummer, D., Rozanov, E., Shepherd, T. G., Shibata, K., Stenke, A., Struthers, H., and Tian, W.: Northern winter stratospheric temperature and ozone responses to ENSO inferred from an ensemble of Chemistry Climate Models, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 8935-8948, 2009.
  • Meehl, G. A.,  L. Goddard,  J. Murphy,  R. J. Stouffer,  G. Boer,  G. Danabasoglu,  Keith Dixon,  M. A. Giorgetta,  A. M. Greene,  Ed Hawkins,  G. Hegerl,  D. Karoly,  N. Keenlyside,  M. Kimoto,  B. Kirtman,  A. Navarra,  R. Pulwarty,  D. Smith,  D. Stammer, and T. Stockdale, Decadal prediction, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 1467-1485, 90, 2009.
  • Struthers, H., G. E. Bodeker, J. Austin, S. Bekki, I. Cionni, M. Dameris, M. A. Giorgetta, V. Grewe, F. Lefèvre, F. Lott, E. Manzini, T. Peter, E. Rozanov, and M. Schraner, The simulation of the Antarctic ozone hole by chemistry-climate models, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 6363-6376, 2009.
  • Thomas, M. A., M. A. Giorgetta, C. Timmreck, H.-F. Graf, and G. Stenchikov, Simulation of the climate impact of Mt. Pinatubo eruption using ECHAM5. Part-II: Sensitivity to the phase of the QBO and ENSO, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 3001-3009, 2009.
  • Calvo, N., M. A. Giorgetta, R. Garcia-Herrera and E. Manzini, Non-linearity of the combined warm ENSO and QBO effects on the northern hemisphere polar vortex  in MAECHAM5 simulations, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D13109, doi:10.1029/2008JD011445, 2009.
  • Tourpali, K., A. F. Bais, A. Kazantzidis, C. S. Zerefos, H. Akiyoshi, J. Austin, C. Brühl, N. Butchart, M. P. Chipperfield, M. Dameris, M. Deushi, V. Eyring, M. A. Giorgetta, D. E. Kinnison, E. Mancini, D. R. Marsh, T. Nagashima, G. Pitari, D. A. Plummer, E. Rozanov, K. Shibata, and W. Tian, Clear sky UV simulations for the 21st century based on ozone and temperature projections from chemistry-climate models, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 1165-1172, 2009.
  • Thomas, M. A. , C. Timmreck, M. A. Giorgetta, H.-F. Graf, and G. Stenchikov, Simulation of the climate impact of Mt. Pinatubo eruption using ECHAM5 – Part 1: Sensitivity to the modes of atmospheric circulation and boundary conditions, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 757-769, 2009.
  • Punge, H. J., P. Konopka, M. A. Giorgetta, R. Müller, Effects of the quasi-biennial oscillation on low-latitude transport in the stratosphere derived from trajectory calculations, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D03102, doi:10.1029/2008JD010518, 2009.

  • Punge, H. J., and M. A. Giorgetta, Net effect of the QBO in a chemistry climate model, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 6505-6525, 2008.
  • Austin, J., K. Tourpali, E. Rozanov, H. Akiyoshi, S. Bekki, G. Bodeker, C. Brühl, N. Butchart, M. Chipperfield, M. Deushi, V. I. Fomichev, M. A. Giorgetta, L. Gray, K. Kodera, F. Lott, E. Manzini, D. Marsh, K. Matthes, T. Nagashima, K. Shibata, R. S. Stolarski, H. Struthers, and W. Tian, Coupled chemistry climate model simulations of the solar cycle in ozone and temperature, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D11306, doi:10.1029/2007JD009391, 2008.
  • Braesicke, P., C. Brühl, M. Dameris, R. Deckert, V. Eyring, M. A. Giorgetta, E. Mancini, E. Manzini, G. Pitari, J. A. Pyle, and B. Steil, A model intercomparison analysing the link between ozone and geopotential height anomalies in January, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 2519-2535, 2008.
  • Peña-Ortiz, C., P. Ribera, R. García-Herrera, M.A. Giorgetta, and R.R. García, Forcing mechanism of the seasonally asymmetric QBO secondary circulation in ERA-40 and MAECHAM5, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D16103, doi:10.1029/2007JD009288, 2008.
  • Wan, H., M. A. Giorgetta, and L. Bonaventura, Ensemble Held-Suarez test with a spectral trensform model: variability, sensitivity and convergence, Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 1075-1092, 2008.

  • Räisänen, P., S. Järvenoja, H. Järvinen, M. Giorgetta, E. Roeckner, K. Jylhä, and K. Ruosteenoja, Tests of Monte Carlo independent column approximation in the ECHAM5 atmospheric GCM, J. Climate, 20, 4995-5011,  2007.
  • Eyring, V., D. W. Waugh, G. E. Bodeker, E. Cordero, H. Akiyoshi, J. Austin, S. R. Beagley, B. A. Boville, P. Braesicke, C. Brühl, N. Butchart, M. P. Chipperfield, M. Dameris, R. Deckert, M. Deushi, S. M. Frith, R. R. Garcia, A. Gettelman, M. A. Giorgetta, D. E. Kinnison, E. Mancini, E. Manzini, D. R. Marsh, S. Matthes, T. Nagashima, P. A. Newman, J. E. Nielsen, S. Pawson, G. Pitari, D. A. Plummer, E. Rozanov, M. Schraner, J. F. Scinocca, K. Semeniuk, T. G. Shepherd, K. Shibata, B. Steil, R. S. Stolarski, W. Tian and M. Yoshiki, Multi-model projections of stratospheric ozone in the 21st century, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D16303, doi:10.1029/2006JD008332, 2007.
  • Graf, H.-F., Q. Li, and M. A. Giorgetta, Volcanic effects on climate: revisiting the mechanisms, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 4503-4511, 2007.
  • Calvo, N., M. A. Giorgetta, and C. Pena-Ortiz, Sensitivity of the boreal winter circulation in the middle atmosphere to the quasi-biennial oscillation in MAECHAM5 simulations, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D10124, doi:10.1029/2006JD007844, 2007.
  • Cagnazzo, C., E. Manzini, M. A. Giorgetta, P. M. De F. Forster, and J. J. Morcrette, Impact of an improved shortwave radiation scheme in the MAECHAM5 general circulation model, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 2503–2515, 2007.
  • Lelieveld, J., C. Brühl, P. Jöckel, B. Steil, P. J. Crutzen, H. Fischer, M. A. Giorgetta, P. Hoor, M. G. Lawrence, R. Sausen, and H. Tost, Stratospheric dryness: model simulations and satellite observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 1313-1332, 2007.
  • Punge, H. J., and M. A. Giorgetta,  Differences between the QBO in the first and in the second half of the ERA-40 reanalysis, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 599-608, 2007.
  • Li, Q., H.-F. Graf, and M. A. Giorgetta, Stationary planetary wave propagation in Northern Hemisphere winter – climatological analysis of the refractive index, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 183-200, 2007.

  • Eyring, V., N. Butchart, D. W. Waugh, H. Akiyoshi, J. Austin, S. Bekki, G. E. Bodeker, B. A. Boville, C. Brühl, M. P. Chipperfield, E. Cordero, M. Dameris, M. Deushi, V. E. Fioletov, S. M. Frith, R. R. Garcia, A. Gettelman, M. A. Giorgetta, V. Grewe, L. Jourdain, D. E. Kinnison, E. Mancini, E. Manzini, M. Marchand, D. R. Marsh, T. Nagashima, P. A. Newman, J. E. Nielsen, S. Pawson, G. Pitari, D. A. Plummer, E. Rozanov, M. Schraner, T. G. Shepherd, K. Shibata, R. S. Stolarski, H. Struthers, W. Tian, and M. Yoshiki, Assessment of temperature, trace species, and ozone in chemistry-climate model simulations of the recent past, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D22308, doi:10.1029/2006JD007327, 2006.
  • Roeckner, E., R. Brokopf, M. Esch, M. Giorgetta, S. Hagemann, L. Kornblueh, E. Manzini, U. Schlese, and U. Schulzweida, Sensitivity of simulated climate to horizontal and vertical resolution in the ECHAM5 atmosphere model, J. Climate, 19, 3771-3791, 2006.
  • Manzini E., M. A. Giorgetta, M. Esch, L. Kornblueh, and E. Roeckner, The influence of sea surface temperatures on the Northern winter stratosphere: Ensemble simulations with the MAECHAM5 model, J. Climate, 19, 3863-3881, 2006.
  • Giorgetta M. A., Manzini E., Roeckner E., Esch M., and L. Bengtsson, Climatology and forcing of the quasi-biennial oscillation in the MAECHAM5 model, J. Climate, 19, 3882-3901, 2006.
  • Schmidt, H., G. Brasseur, M. Charron, E. Manzini, M. A. Giorgetta, V. Fomichev, D. Kinnison, D. Marsh, and S. Walters, The HAMMONIA Chemistry Climate Model: Sensitivity of the mesopause region to the 11-year solar cycle and CO2 doubling, J. Climate, 19, 3903-3931, 2006.
  • Steinbrecht, W., H. Claude, F. Schönenborn, I.S. McDermid, T. Leblanc, S. Godin, T. Song, D.P.J. Swart, Y.J. Meijer, G.E. Bodeker, B.J. Connor, N. Kämpfer, K. Hocke, Y. Calisesi, N. Schneider, J. de la Noë, A.D. Parrish, I.S. Boyd, C. Brühl, B. Steil, M.A. Giorgetta, E. Manzini, L.W. Thomason, J.M. Zawodny, M.P. McCormick, J.M. Russell III, P.K. Bhartia, R.S. Stolarski, and S.M. Hollandsworth-Frith, Long-term evolution of upper stratospheric ozone at selected stations of the network for the detection of stratospheric change (NDSC) J. Geophys. Res.,  111, D10308, doi:10.1029/2005JD006454, 2006.
  • Garcia-Herrera, R., N. Calvo, R. R. Garcia, and M. A. Giorgetta, Propagation of ENSO temperature signals into the middle atmosphere: A comparison of two general circulation models and ERA-40 reanalysis data, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D06101, doi:10.1029/2005JD006061, 2006.
  • Steinbrecht, W., B. Haßler, C. Brühl, M. Dameris, M.A. Giorgetta,V. Grewe, E. Manzini, S. Matthes, C. Schnadt, B. Steil, and P. Winkler, Interannual variation patterns of total ozone and temperature in observations and modelsimulations,  Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 349-374, 2006.

  • Raschke E., M. A. Giorgetta, S. Kinne, and M. Wild, How accurate did GCMs compute the insolation at TOA for AMIP-2?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L23707, doi:10.1029/2005GL024411, 2005.
  • Dameris M., V. Grewe, M. Ponater, R. Deckert, V. Eyring, F. Mager, S. Matthes, C. Schnadt, A. Stenke, B. Steil, C. Bruhl, and M. A. Giorgetta, Long-term changes and variability in a transient simulation with a chemistry-climate model employing realistic forcing, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 2121-2145, 2005.
  • Giorgetta, M. A., and M. C. Doege, Sensitivity of the quasi-biennial oscillation to CO2 doubling, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L08701, doi:10.1029/2004GL021971, 2005.

  • Horinouchi, T, S. Pawson, K. Shibata, U. Langematz, E. Manzini, M. A. Giorgetta, F. Sassi, R. J. Wilson, K. Hamilton, J. de Granpre, A. A. Scaife, Tropical cumulus convection and upward propagating waves in middle atmospheric GCMs, J. Atmos. Sci., 60, 2765-2782, 2003.
  • Manzini E., B. Steil, C. Brühl, M. A. Giorgetta, and K. Krüger, A new interactive chemistry-climate model. 2. Sensitivity of the middle atmosphere to ozone depletion and increase in greenhouse gases: Implications for recent stratospheric cooling, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 10.1029/2002JD002977, 2003.

  • Giorgetta, M. A., E. Manzini, and E. Roeckner, Forcing of the quasi-biennial oscillation from a broad spectrum of atmospheric waves, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 10.1029/2002GL014756, 2002.

  • Giorgetta, M. A., and L. Bengtsson, Potential role of the quasi-biennial oscillation in the stratosphere-troposphere exchange as found in water vapor in general circulation model experiments, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 6003-6019, 1999.
  • Giorgetta, M. A., L. Bengtsson, and K. Arpe, An investigation of QBO signals in the east Asian and Indian monsoon in GCM experiments, Climate Dyn., 15, 435-450, 1999.

  • Wild, M., A. Ohmura, H. Gilgen, E. Roeckner, M. Giorgetta, and J.-J. Morcrette, The disposition of radiative energy in the global climate system: GCM-calculated versus observational estimates, Climate. Dyn., 14, 853-869, 1998.
  • Arpe, K., L. Dumenil, and M. A. Giorgetta, Variability of the Indian monsoon in the ECHAM3 model - Sensitivity to sea surface temperature, soil moisture, and the stratospheric quasi-biennial oscillation, J. Climate, 11, 1837-1858, 1998.

  • Giorgetta, M. A., and J.-J. Morcrette, Voigt line approximation in the ECMWF radiation scheme, Mon. Wea. Rev., 123, 3381-3383, 1995.

Other publications

  • Giorgetta, M., T. Hundertmark, P. Korn, S. Reich, M. Restelli, Conservative space and time regularizations for the ICON model, Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 67, 32 pp., 2009.
  • Kushner, P. J., M. A. Giorgetta, E. Manzini, J. Perlwitz, L. M. Polvani, F. Sassi, SPARC dynamics and variability project (DynVar): Plans and Status, SPARC Newsletter No.32, 13-16, 2009.
  • Manzini, E., S. Corti, V. Erying, M. A. Giorgetta, and T. G. Shepherd, A SPARC perspective on the world modelling summit, SPARC Newsletter No.32, 25-26, 2009.

  • Struthers, H., G. E. Bodeker, J. Austin, S. Bekki, I. Cionni, M. Dameris, M. A. Giorgetta, V. Grewe, F. Lefèvre, F. Lott, E. Manzini, T. Peter, E. Rozanov, and M. Schraner, An evaluation of the simulation of the edge of the Antarctic vortex by chemistry-climate models, Atmos. Phys. Chem., 8, 20155-20192, 2008.
  • Thomas, M. A., M. A. Giorgetta, C. Timmreck, H.-F. Graf, and G. Stenchikov, Simulation of the climate impact of Mt. Pinatubo eruption using ECHAM5 – Part 2: Sensitivity to the phase of the QBO, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 8, 9239-9261, 2008.
  • Eyring, V., M. P. Chipperfield, M. A. Giorgetta, D. E. Kinnison, E. Manzini, K. Matthes, P. A. Newman, S. Pawson, T. G. Shepherd, and D. W. Waugh, Overview of the New CCMVal reference and sensitivity simulations in support of upcoming Ozone and Climate Assessments and the Planned SPARC CCMVal Report, SPARC Newsletter 30, 20-26, 2008.

  • P. J. Kushner, P. J., J. Austin, M. P. Baldwin, N. Butchart, M. A. Giorgetta, P. H. Haynes, E. Manzini, N. A. McFarlane, A. O’Neill, J. Perlwitz, L. M. Polvani, W. A. Robinson, F. Sassi, J. F. Scinocca, and T. G. Shepherd, The SPARC DynVar Project: A SPARC Project on the Dynamics and Variability of the Coupled Stratosphere-Troposphere System, SPARC Newsletter 29, 9-14, 2007.

  • Wan, H., M. A. Giorgetta, and L. Bonaventura, Held-Suarez test with ECHAM5, Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 20, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany, pp. 41, 2006.
  • Roeckner, E., G. P. Brasseur, M. Giorgetta, D. Jacob, J. Jungclaus, C. Reick, and J. Sillmann, Klimaprojektionen für das 21. Jahrhundert, Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, 28 pp, 2006.

  • van Aalst M.K., J. Lelieveld, B. Steil, C. Brühl, P. Jöckel, M. A. Giorgetta, and G.-J. Roelofs, Stratospheric temperatures and tracer transport in a nudged 4-year middle atmosphere GCM simulation Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discus., 5, 961-1006, 2005.

  • Roeckner, E., G. Baeuml, L. Bonaventura, R. Brokopf, M. Esch, M. Giorgetta, S. Hagemann, I. Kirchner, L. Kornblueh, E. Manzini, A. Rhodin, U. Schlese, U. Schulzweida, A. Tompkins, The atmospheric general circulation model ECHAM5 - Part 1, MPI-Report 349, 127 pp, 2003.

  • Manzini, E., and M. A. Giorgetta, Stratosphäre als Wetterfrosch, Physikalische Blätter, 57, 19-20, 2001.

  • Kodera, K., J. McCormack, and M. A. Giorgetta, Influences of the solar cycle on climate through stratospheric processes. In: The stratosphere and its role in the climate system, (Ed.) G.P. Brasseur, NATO-ASI, Springer, Germany, pp. 81-98, 1997

  • Giorgetta, M.A., Der Einfluss der quasi-zweijaehrigen Oszillation auf die allgemeine Zirkulation: Modellrechnungen mit ECHAM4. Examensarbeit Nr. 40, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, 146 pp, 1996.
  • Roeckner, E., K. Arpe, L. Bengtsson, M. Christoph, M. Claussen, L. Dümenil, M. Esch, M. Giorgetta, U. Schlese, and U. Schulzweida, The atmospheric general circulation model ECHAM-4: Model description and simulation of present-day climate, MPI-Report, 218, 90 pp, 1996.
  • Wild, M., A Ohmura, H. Gilgen, E. Roeckner, and M. Giorgetta, Improved representation of surface and atmospheric radiation budgets in the ECHAM4 General Circulation Model, MPI-Report, 200, 32 pp, 1996.

  • Giorgetta, M., and M. Wild, The water vapour continuum and its representation in ECHAM4, MPI-Report, 162, 38 pp, 1995.