Publications

2008-2009

Vuille, M., and R.D. Garreaud., 2009: Ocean-atmosphere interactions on interannual to decadal timescales. In Matthews, J.A., P.J. Bartlein, K.R. Briffa, A.G. Dawson, A. De Vernal, T. Denham, S.C. Fritz and F. Oldfield (Eds.), Handbook of Environmental Change. Sage Publications, London, Los Angeles, New Delhi, Singapore, (in press).

Verschuren, D., J.S.  Sinninghe Damsté, J. Moernaut, I. Kristen, M. Blaauw, M. Fagot, G.H. Haug and CHALLACEA project members (B. van Geel, M. De Batist, P. Barker, M. Vuille, D. Conley, D.O. Olago, I. Milne, B. Plessen, H. Eggermont, C. Wolff, E. Hurrell, J. Ossebaar, A. Lyaruu, J. van der Plicht, B.F. Cumming, A. Brauer, S.M. Rucina, J.M. Russell, E. Keppens, J. Hus, R.S. Bradley, M. Leng, J. Mingram, and N.R. Nowaczyk), 2009: Half-precessional dynamics of monsoon rainfall near the East African equator. Nature, (in press).

Eggermont, H., O. Heiri, J. Russell, M. Vuille, L. Audenaert, and D. Verschuren, 2009: Paleotemperature reconstruction in tropical Africa using fossil Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera). J. Paleolimnol., doi:10.1007/s10933-009-9339-2, (in press). PDF-file

Garreaud, R.D., Vuille, M., Compagnucci, R., Marengo, J., 2009: Present-day South American climate. Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol., 281, 180-195, doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.10.032. PDF-file

Vimeux, F., P. Ginot, M. Schwikowski, M. Vuille, G. Hoffmann, L.G. Thompson, and U. Schotterer, 2009: Climate variability during the last 1000 years inferred from Andean ice cores: a review of recent results. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., 281, 229-241, doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.03.054. PDF-file

Cruz Jr., F.W., X. Wang, A. Auler, M. Vuille, S.J. Burns, L.R. Edwards, I. Karmann, and H. Cheng, 2009: Orbital and millennial-scale precipitation changes in Brazil from speleothem records. In: Vimeux, F., F. Sylvestre and M. Khodri (Eds.): Past climate variability in South America and surrounding regions. Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research Series, Vol. 14, Springer Publishing, 29-60. PDF-file

Cruz Jr., F.W., M. Vuille, S.J. Burns, X. Wang, H. Cheng, M. Werner, R.L. Edwards, I. Karmann, A.S. Auler, and H. Nguyen, 2009: Orbitally driven east-west anti-phasing of South American precipitation. Nature Geoscience, 2(3), 210-214, doi:10.1038/NGEO444.  PDF-file   Supplement

Urrutia, R., and M. Vuille, 2009: Climate Change projections for the tropical Andes using a regional climate model: Temperature and precipitation simulations for the end of the 21st century. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D02108, doi:10.1029/2008JD011021.  PDF-file

Vuille, M., B. Francou, P. Wagnon, I. Juen, G. Kaser, B.G. Mark, and R.S. Bradley, 2008: Climate change and tropical Andean glaciers – Past, present and future. Earth Sci. Rev., 89, 79-96. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2008.04.002. PDF-file

Vuille, M., Kaser, G., Juen, I. 2008: Glacier mass balance variability in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru and its relationship with climate and the large-scale circulation. Global Planet. Change, 62(1-2), 14-28. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.11.003. PDF-file

Chan, R.Y., Vuille, M., Hardy, D.R., Bradley, R.S., 2008: Intraseasonal precipitation variability on Kilimanjaro and the East African region and its relationship to the large-scale circulation. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 93, 149-165. doi:10.1007/s00704-007-0338-9. PDF-file



2006-2007

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

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
see also highlight in Science  PDF-file

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., 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. PDF-file




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. PDF-file




1996-1997

Vuille, M., Ammann, C., 1997: Regional snowfall patterns in the high arid Andes. Climatic Change, 36, 413-423  PDF-file

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




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. PDF-file

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. PDF-file

 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. PDF-file

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.