Publications



2006-2007
Vuille, M., Kaser, G., Juen, I. 2007: Glacier mass balance variability in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru and its relationship with climate and the large-scale circulation. Global Planet. Change, (in press). PDF-file
Vuille, M., Milana, J.P., 2007: High-latitude forcing of regional aridification along the subtropical west coast of South America. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L23703, doi:10.1029/2007GL031899. PDF-file
Garreaud, R.D., Vuille, M., Compagnucci, R., Marengo, J., 2007: Present-day South American climate. Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol., (in press).
Chan, R.Y., Vuille, M., Hardy, D.R., Bradley, R.S., 2007: Intraseasonal precipitation variability on Kilimanjaro and the East African region and its relationship to the large-scale circulation. Theor. Appl. Climatol., doi:10.1007/s00704-007-0338-9. PDF-file
Cruz Jr., F.W., Burns, S.J., Jercinovic, M., Karmann, I., Sharp, W.D., Vuille, M., 2007: Evidence of rainfall variations in southern Brazil from trace element ratios (Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca) in a Late Pleistocene stalagmite. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 71, 2250-2263. PDF-file
Fleitmann, D., Dunbar, R.B., McCulloch, M., Mudelsee, M., Vuille, M., McClanahan, T., Cole, J.E., Eggins,  S., 2007: East African soil erosion recorded in a 300 year old coral colony from Kenya. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L04401, doi:10.1029/2006GL028525. PDF-file
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Cruz Jr., F.W., Burns, S.J., Karmann, I., Sharp, W.D., Vuille, M., Ferrari, J.A., 2006: A stalagmite record of changes in atmospheric circulation and soil processes in the Brazilian subtropics during the Late Pleistocene  Quat. Sci. Rev. 25, 2749-2761. PDF-file
Mölg, T., Renold, M., Vuille, M., Cullen, N.J., Stocker, T.F., Kaser, G., 2006: Indian Ocean Zonal Mode activity in a multicentury-integration of a coupled AOGCM consistent with climate proxy data. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L18710, doi:10.1029/2006GL026384. PDF-file
Cruz Jr., F.W., Burns, S.J., Karmann, I., Sharp, W.D., Vuille, M., 2006: Reconstruction of regional atmospheric circulation features during the Late Pleistocene in subtropical Brazil from oxygen isotope composition of speleothems. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 248, 494-506.  PDF-file
Bradley, R.S., Vuille, M., Diaz, H.F., Vergara, W., 2006: Threats to water supplies in the Tropical Andes. Science, 312, 5781, 1755-1756. PDF-file

Caceres, B., B. Francou, V. Favier, G. Bontron, P. Tachker, R., Bucher, J.D. Taupin, M. Vuille, L. Maisincho, F. Delachaux, J.P. Chazarin, E. Cadier and M. Villacis, 2006: Glacier 15, Antisana, Ecuador: its glaciology and relations to water resources. In: Demuth, S., A. Gustard, E. Planos, F. Scatena and E. Servat (Eds.), Climate Variability and Change—Hydrological Impacts. Proceedings of the Fifth FRIEND World Conference held at Havana, Cuba, November 2006, IAHS Publ. 308, 479–482.


 

2004-2005

Vuille, M., Werner, M., Bradley, R.S., Keimig, F., 2005: Stable isotopes in precipitation in the Asian monsoon region. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D23108, doi:10.1029/2005JD006022. PDF-file
Vuille, M., Werner, M., Bradley, R.S., Chan, R.S. Keimig, F., 2005: Stable isotopes in East African precipitation record Indian Ocean Zonal mode. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32 (21), L21705, doi:10.1029/2005GL023876. PDF-file
Vuille, M., Werner, M., 2005: Stable isotopes in precipitation recording South American summer monsoon and ENSO variability - observations and model results. Climate Dyn., 25, 401-413, doi:10.1007/s00382-005-0049-9. PDF-file

Cruz Jr. F.W., Karmann, I., Viana Jr., O., Burns, S.J., Ferrari, J.A., Vuille, M., Moreira, M.Z., Sial, A.N., 2005: Stable isotope study of cave percolation waters in subtropical Brazil: implications for paleoclimate inferences from speleothems. Chem. Geology, 220, 245-262. PDF-file

Latorre, C.L., Betancourt, J.L., Rech, J.A., Quade, J., Holmgren, C., Placzek, C.P., Maldonado, A., Vuille, M., Rylander, K.A.,  2005:  Late Quaternary history of the Atacama desert. In: Smith, M. and P. Hesse (Eds.): 23. °S: Archaeology and Environmental History of the southern deserts, p. 73-90. National Museum of Australia Press, Canberra, Australia. PDF-file


Cruz Jr., F.W., Burns, S.J., Karmann, I., Sharp, W.D., Vuille, M., Cardoso, A.O., Ferrari, J.A., Silva Dias, P.L. Viana Jr., O., 2005: Insolation-driven changes in atmospheric circulation over the past 116,000 years in subtropical Brazil. Nature, 434, 63-66. PDF-file


Francou, B., Vuille, M., Favier, V., Cáceres, B., 2004: New evidence for an ENSO impact on low latitude glaciers: Antizana 15, Andes of Ecuador, 0°28’S. J. Geophys. Res., 109, D18106, doi:10.1029/2003JD004484. PDF-file

Vuille, M., Keimig, F., 2004: Interannual variability of summertime convective cloudiness and precipitation in the central Andes derived from ISCCP-B3 data. J. Climate, 17, 3334-3348. PDF-file



2002-2003


Hardy, D.R., Vuille, M., Bradley, R.S., 2003: Variability of snow accumulation and isotopic composition on Nevado Sajama, Bolivia. J. Geophys. Res., 108, D22, 4693, doi: 10.1029/2003JD003623. PDF-file


Marwan, N., Trauth, M. H.,Vuille, M., Kurths, J., 2003: Comparing modern and pleistocene ENSO influences in NW Argentina using nonlinear time series analysis methods. Climate Dynamics., 21 (3-4), 317-326, doi:10.1007/s00382-003-0335-3. PDF-file

Vuille, M., Bradley, R.S., Werner, M., Keimig, F., 2003: 20th century climate change in the tropical Andes: observations and model results. Climatic Change, 59 (1-2), 75-99. PDF-file


 
Vuille, M., Bradley, R.S., Werner, M., Healy, R., Keimig, F., 2003: Modeling d18O in precipitation over the tropical Americas: 1. Interannual variability and climatic controls. J. Geophys. Res., 108, D6, 4174, doi:10.1029/2001JD002038. PDF-file


Vuille, M., Bradley, R.S., Healy, R., Werner, M., Hardy D. R., Thompson, L. G.,  Keimig, F., 2003: Modeling d18O in precipitation over the tropical Americas: 2.  Simulation of the stable isotope signal in Andean ice cores. J. Geophys. Res., 108, D6, 4175, doi:10.1029/2001JD002039.PDF-file


 
Abbott, M. B., Wolfe, B. B., Wolfe, A. P, Seltzer, G. O., Aravena, R., Mark, B. G. Polissar, P. J., Rodbell, D. T., Rowe, H. D., Vuille, M., 2003: Holocene paleohydrology and glacial history of the Andes using multiproxy lake sediment studies. Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol., 194, 123-138. PDF-file 

 
Bradley, R. S., Vuille, M., Hardy, D.R., Thompson, L.G., 2003: Low latitude ice cores record Pacific sea surface temperatures. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30 (4), 1174, doi: 10.1029/2002GL016546. PDF-file
 

 
Francou, B., Vuille, M., Wagnon, P., Mendoza J., Sicart, J.E., 2003: Tropical climate change recorded by a glacier in the central Andes during the last decades of the 20th century: Chacaltaya, Bolivia, 16°S. J. Geophys. Res., 108, D5, 4154, doi: 10.1029/2002JD002959. PDF-file

 
Garreaud, R., Vuille, M., Clement, A., 2003: The climate of the Altiplano: Observed current conditions and mechanisms of past changes. Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol., 194, 5-22. PDF-file 




2000-2001
Arnaud, Y., Muller, F., Vuille, M., Ribstein, P., 2001: El Niño - Southern Oscillation (ENSO) influence on a Sajama volcano glacier from 1963 to 1998 as seen from Landsat data and aerial photography. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 17773-17784. PDF-file


Vuille, M., Hardy, D.R., Braun, C., Keimig, F., Bradley, R.S., 2001: Climate variability on intraseasonal to interannual timescales on the Bolivian Altiplano with special emphasis on the Nevado Sajama region. Ecologia en Bolivia, 35, 17-40.
Vuille, M., Bradley, R. S., 2000: Mean annual temperature trends and their vertical structure in the tropical Andes. Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 3885-3888. PDF-file
Vuille, M., Bradley, R. S., Keimig, F., 2000: Interannual climate variability in the Central Andes and its relation to tropical Pacific and Atlantic forcing. J. Geophys. Res., 105,12,447-12,460.  PDF-file
Vuille, M., Bradley, R. S., Keimig, F., 2000: Climate variability in the Andes of Ecuador and its relation to tropical Pacific and Atlantic sea surface temperatures anomalies. J. Climate, 13, 2520-2535. 




1998-1999
Vuille, M., 1999: Atmospheric circulation over the Bolivian Altiplano during dry and wet periods and extreme phases of the Southern Oscillation. Int. J. Climatol., 19, 1579-1600. PDF-file 
Vuille, M., Hardy, D.R., Braun, C., Keimig, F., Bradley, R.S., 1998: Atmospheric circulation anomalies associated with 1996/1997 summer precipitation events on Sajama ice cap, Bolivia. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 11191-11204.  PDF-file
Hardy, D.R., Vuille, M., Braun, C., Keimig, F., Bradley, R.S., 1998: Annual and daily meteorological cycles at high altitude on a tropical mountain. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 79 (9), 1899-1913. PDF-file 
Vuille, M., Baumgartner, M.F.,1998: Monitoring the regional and temporal variability of winter snowfall in the arid Andes using digital NOAA/AVHRR data. Geocarto International, 13 (1), 59-67.


Vuille, M., Hardy, D. R., Bradley, R.S., 1998: The impact of El Niño / La Niña in the region of Nevado Sajama, Bolivia. In: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hídrologia de Bolivia (SENAMHI): El Fenómeno de El Niño en Bolivia - evaluacion, balance y perspectivas, 229-247, La Paz, Bolivia.


Messerli, B., Ammann, C., Geyh, M.A., Grosjean, M., Jenny, B., Kammer, K., Vuille, M., 1998: The problem of the 'Andean Dry Diagonal': Current precipitation, late Pleistocene snow line and lake level changes in the Atacama Altiplano (18°S-28/29°S). Bamberger Geographische Schriften, 15, 17-34.




1996-1997
Vuille, M., Ammann, C., 1997: Regional snowfall patterns in the high arid Andes. Climatic Change, 36, 413-423 
Messerli, B., Grosjean, M., Vuille, M., 1997: Water availability, protected areas, and natural resources in the Andean desert Altiplano. Mountain Research and Development, 17 (3), 229-238.


Messerli, B., Grosjean, M., Vuille, M., 1997: Areas protegidas y recursos naturales en el Altiplano Andino desertico. In: Liberman, M., Baied, C., (Eds.): Desarollo sostenible de Ecosistemas de Montaña: Manejo de areas fragiles en los Andes, UNU-PL-480, 15-24.

Vuille, M., 1996: Zur raumzeitlichen Dynamik von Schneefall und Ausaperung im Bereich des südlichen Altiplano, Südamerika. Geographica Bernensia, G45, 118p.


Grosjean, M., Bonani, G., Bürgi, A., Geyh, M.A., Graf, K., Messerli, B., Ramseyer, K., Romero, H., Schotterer, U., Schreier, H., Vuille, M., 1996: Cambio Climatico y dinamica de los recursos naturales en el norte de Chile durante el Tardiglacial y el Holoceno. Sintesis Preliminar. I Taller Internacional de geoecología de montaña y desarollo sustentable de los Andes del sur. Universidad de Chile and United Nations University, 69-78. 


Grosjean, M., Ammann, C., Egli, W., Geyh, M., Jenny, B., Kammer, K., Kull, C., Schotterer, U., Vuille, M., 1996: Klimaforschung am Llullaillaco (Nordchile) - zwischen Pollenkörnern und globaler Zirkulation. Jahrbuch der Geographischen Gesellschaft Bern, 59, 111-121.




1991-1995


Grosjean, M., Messerli, B., Ammann, C., Geyh, M.A., Graf, K., Jenny, B., Kammer, K., Nuñez, L., Schreier, H., Schotterer, U., Schwalb, A., Valero-Garcés, B., Vuille, M., 1995: Holocene environmental changes in the Atacama Altiplano and paleoclimatic implications. Bull. Inst. fr. études andines, 24 (3), 585-594.
Vuille, M., Baumgartner, M.F., 1993: Hydrologic investigations in the North Chilean Altiplano using Landsat-MSS and -TM data. Geocarto International, 8 (3), 35-45. 
 Messerli, B., Grosjean, B., Bonani, G., Bürgi, A., Geyh, M.A., Graf, K., Ramseyer, K., Romero, H., Schotterer, U., Schreier, H., Vuille, M., 1993: Climate Change and natural resource dynamics of the Atacama Altiplano during the last 18'000 years: a preliminary synthesis. Mountain Research and Development, 13 (2), 117-127. 
Messerli, B., Grosjean, M., Graf, K., Schotterer, U., Schreier, H., Vuille, M., 1992: Die Veränderungen von Klima und Umwelt in der Region Atacama (Nordchile) seit der letzten Kaltzeit. Erdkunde, 46, 257-272.

Vuille, M., and Grosjean, M., 1991: Monitoreo de cambios recientes en el balance del agua en algunos lagos y salares del Altiplano Chileno utilizando datos Landsat/MSS y TM. Selper, 3, 118-132. 

 


 
 

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