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Contact: wolfgang.wicker@unil.ch<\/a>
Office 3239, G\u00e9opolis Building<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Wolfgang Wicker is a PhD Student interested in extratropical dynamics. He works on tropospheric and stratospheric mechanisms for extreme weather events at the earth surface such as heat waves in summer and cold spells in winter.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Northward wind (in m.s-1<\/sup>) at the height of the 200 hPa surface for July 25 – August 07, 2018 from the ERA5 dataset.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Publications<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wicker, W.<\/strong>, Russo, E., & Domeisen, D. I. V. (2025). A poleward storm track shift reduces mid-latitude heatwave frequency: insights from an idealized atmospheric model. Weather and Climate Dynamics, 6(3), 965-979. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/wcd-6-965-2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vries, A. J. D., Wicker, W.<\/strong>, Fragkoulidis, G., Rudeva, I., Rivoire, P., Russo, E., … & Domeisen, D. I. (2025). Extreme weather in the Southern Hemisphere in early 2022. BAMS. <\/em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1175\/BAMS-D-23-0141.1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russo, E., Wicker, W.<\/strong>, Folini, D., & Domeisen, D. I. V. (2025). The role of boundary\u2010layer friction in modulating midlatitude heatwaves. Q J R Meteorol S<\/em>, 151<\/em>(768), e4932. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/qj.4932<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wicker, W.<\/strong>, Harnik, N., Pyrina, M., & Domeisen, D. I. V. (2024). Heatwave location changes in relation to Rossby wave phase speed. Geophys Res Let<\/em>, 51<\/em>(14), e2024GL108159. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2024GL108159<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrews, M. B., Knight, J. R., Scaife, A. A., & Wicker, W.<\/strong> (2024). Influence of the Quasi\u2010Biennial Oscillation on tropical convection and its teleconnection to the midlatitudes in boreal winter. Q J R Meteorol Soc<\/em>, 150<\/em>(761), 2510-2521. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/qj.4721<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wicker, W.<\/strong>, Polichtchouk, I. & Domeisen, D.I.V. (2023) Increased vertical resolution in the stratosphere reveals role of gravity waves after sudden stratospheric warmings. Weather Clim Dynam, 4: 81-93. doi.org\/10.5194\/wcd-4-81-2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wicker, W.<\/strong>, Greatbatch, R.J. & Claus, M. (2022) Sensitivity of a simple atmospheric model to changing surface friction with implications for seasonal prediction. Q J R Meteorol Soc, 148:199-213. doi.org\/10.1002\/qj.4200<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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