Publications

Zheng, H., Tetzlaff, D., Birkel, C., Wu, S., Sauter, T., & Soulsby, C. (2025). Using large-scale tracer-aided models to constrain ecohydrological partitioning in complex, heavily managed lowland catchments. Copernicus GmbH. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-2166
Alizadeh, O., Ahmadi, R., & Sauter, T. (2025). Climatology and Trends of Dust Emission in the Kavir Desert, Iran. International Journal of Climatology, e8863. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.8863
Alencar, P. H. L., Arndt, S., Namba, K., Somogyvári, M., Bart, F., Brill, F., Dueñas, J., Feindt, P., Johnson, D., Mahmoodi, N., Merz, C., Mukherjee, S., Nissen, K., Paton, E. N., Sauter, T., Tetzlaff, D., Tügel, F., Vogelpohl, T., Vulova, S. V., … Zhang, H. H. (2025). Brief communication: What do we need to know? Ten questions about climate and water challenges in Berlin-Brandenburg. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-428
Sauter, T., Brock, B. W., Collier, E., Georgi, A., Goger, B., Groos, A. R., Haualand, K. F., Haugeneder, M., Mandal, A., Mott, R., Nicholson, L., Prinz, R., Reynolds, D., Saigger, M., Shaw, T. E., Sicart, J. E., Stiperski, I., & Voordendag, A. (2025). Glacier-Atmosphere Interactions and Feedbacks in High-Mountain Regions - A Review. https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.174164160.03475851/v1
Furian, W., & Sauter, T. (2025). Assessing economic impacts of future GLOFs in Nepal’s Everest region under different SSP scenarios using three-dimensional simulations. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-50
Najafi, M. S., Alizadeh, O., & Sauter, T. (2025). Evaluation of gridded precipitation datasets over Iran. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 58, 102234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2025.102234
Zhang, H., Loaiciga, H. A., Okujeni, A., Liu, J., Tan, M., & Sauter, T. (2025). Assessing the impact of extreme climate events on European gross primary production. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 362, 110374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110374
Zhang, H., Loaiciga, H. A., Su, J., Liu, L., Hu, Y., Wu, X., Ying, Z., & Sauter, T. (2025). Extreme Climate Risks to Major Crops: Implications for Food Security under Future Climate Scenarios. Submitted to Field Crops Research.
Wu, S., Tetzlaff, D., Yang, X., Sauter, T., & Soulsby, C. (2025). Hydrological connectivity dominates NO3-N cycling in complex landscapes – insights from integration of isotopes and water quality modelling. Submitted to Water Research.
Haualand, K. F., Sauter, T., Abermann, J., Villiers, S. D. D., Georgi, A., Goger, B., Dawson, I., Nerhus, S. D., Robson, B., Sjursen, K. H., Thomas, D., Thomaser, M., & Yde, J. C. (2024). Micro-Meteorological Impact of Glacier Retreat and Proglacial Lake Temperature in Western Norway. https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.172926901.19613096/v1
Venkatraman Jagatha, J., Schneider, C., & Sauter, T. (2024). Parsimonious Random-Forest-Based Land-Use Regression Model Using Particulate Matter Sensors in Berlin, Germany. Sensors, 24(13), 4193. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24134193
Wallek, S., Langner, M., Schubert, S., Franke, R., & Sauter, T. (2024). Hourly Particulate Matter (PM10) Concentration Forecast in Germany Using Extreme Gradient Boosting. Atmosphere, 15(5), 525. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15050525
Zhang, H., Loaiciga, H. A., & Sauter, T. (2024). A Novel Fusion-Based Methodology for Drought Forecasting. Remote Sensing, 16(5), 828. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16050828
Voordendag, A., Goger, B., Prinz, R., Sauter, T., Mölg, T., Saigger, M., & Kaser, G. (2024). A novel framework to investigate wind-driven snow redistribution over an Alpine glacier: combination of high-resolution terrestrial laser scans and large-eddy simulations. The Cryosphere, 18(2), 849–868. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-849-2024
Langhamer, L., Sauter, T., Temme, F., Werner, N., Heinze, F., Arigony-Neto, J., Gonzalez, I., Jaña, R., & Schneider, C. (2024). Response of lacustrine glacier dynamics to atmospheric forcing in the Cordillera Darwin. Journal of Glaciology, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2024.14
Saigger, M., Sauter, T., Schmid, C., Collier, E., Goger, B., Kaser, G., Prinz, R., Voordendag, A., & Mölg, T. (2024). A Drifting and Blowing Snow Scheme in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 16(6), e2023MS004007. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023MS004007
Temme, F., Farías-Barahona, D., Seehaus, T., Jaña, R., Arigony-Neto, J., Gonzalez, I., Arndt, A., Sauter, T., Schneider, C., & Fürst, J. J. (2023). Strategies for regional modeling of surface mass balance at the Monte Sarmiento Massif, Tierra del Fuego. The Cryosphere, 17(6), 2343–2365. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2343-2023
Voordendag, A., Goger, B., Klug, C., Prinz, R., Rutzinger, M., Sauter, T., & Kaser, G. (2023). Uncertainty assessment of a permanent long-range terrestrial laser scanning system for the quantification of snow dynamics on Hintereisferner (Austria). Frontiers in Earth Science, 11, 1085416. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1085416
Aguirre, F., Bozkurt, D., Sauter, T., Carrasco, J., Schneider, C., Jaña, R., & Casassa, G. (2023). Snow Cover Reconstruction in the Brunswick Peninsula, Patagonia, Derived from a Combination of the Spectral Fusion, Mixture Analysis, and Temporal Interpolation of MODIS Data. Remote Sensing, 15(22), 5430.
Zhang, H., Loaiciga, H. A., Du, Q., & Sauter, T. (2023). Comprehensive evaluation of global precipitation products and their accuracy in drought detection in mainland China. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 24(11), 1907–1937.
Anders, J., Schubert, S., Sauter, T., Tunn, S., Schneider, C., & Salim, M. (2023). Modelling the impact of an urban development project on microclimate and outdoor thermal comfort in a mid-latitude city. Energy and Buildings, 296, 113324.
Goger, B., Stiperski, I., Nicholson, L., & Sauter, T. (2022). Large‐eddy simulations of the atmospheric boundary layer over an Alpine glacier: Impact of synoptic flow direction and governing processes. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 148(744), 1319–1343. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4263
Fritz, S., Aust, S., & Sauter, T. (2022). Impact of the closure of Berlin-Tegel Airport on ultrafine particle number concentrations on the airfield. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10, 1061584.
Blau, M. T., Turton, J. V., Sauter, T., & Mölg, T. (2021). Surface mass balance and energy balance of the 79N Glacier (Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden, NE Greenland) modeled by linking COSIPY and Polar WRF. Journal of Glaciology, 67(266), 1093–1107. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.56
Sugiyama, S., Minowa, M., Fukamachi, Y., Hata, S., Yamamoto, Y., Sauter, T., Schneider, C., & Schaefer, M. (2021). Subglacial discharge controls seasonal variations in the thermal structure of a glacial lake in Patagonia. Nature Communications, 12(1), 6301.
Sauter, T., Arndt, A., & Schneider, C. (2020). COSIPY v1.3 – an open-source coupled snowpack and ice surface energy and mass balance model. Geoscientific Model Development, 13(11), 5645–5662. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5645-2020
Temme, F., Turton, J. V., Mölg, T., & Sauter, T. (2020). Flow Regimes and Föhn Types Characterize the Local Climate of Southern Patagonia. Atmosphere, 11(9), 899. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11090899
Sauter, T. (2020). Revisiting extreme precipitation amounts over southern South America and implications for the Patagonian Icefields. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 24(4), 2003–2016. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-2003-2020
Farías-Barahona, D., Sommer, C., Sauter, T., Bannister, D., Seehaus, T. C., Malz, P., Casassa, G., Mayewski, P. A., Turton, J. V., & Braun, M. H. (2020). Detailed quantification of glacier elevation and mass changes in South Georgia. Environmental Research Letters, 15(3), 034036.
Collier, E., Sauter, T., Mölg, T., & Hardy, D. (2019). The Influence of Tropical Cyclones on Circulation, Moisture Transport, and Snow Accumulation at Kilimanjaro During the 2006–2007 Season. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(13), 6919–6928. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030682
Braun, M. H., Malz, P., Sommer, C., Farías-Barahona, D., Sauter, T., Casassa, G., Soruco, A., Skvarca, P., & Seehaus, T. C. (2019). Constraining glacier elevation and mass changes in South America. Nature Climate Change, 9(2), 130–136. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0375-7
Langhamer, L., Sauter, T., & Mayr, G. J. (2018). Lagrangian Detection of Moisture Sources for the Southern Patagonia Icefield (1979–2017). Frontiers in Earth Science, 6, 219. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00219
Collier, E., Mölg, T., & Sauter, T. (2018). Recent Atmospheric Variability at Kibo Summit, Kilimanjaro, and Its Relation to Climate Mode Activity. Journal of Climate, 31(10), 3875–3891. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0551.1
Weidemann, S. S., Sauter, T., Malz, P., Jaña, R., Arigony-Neto, J., Casassa, G., & Schneider, C. (2018). Glacier mass changes of lake-terminating grey and tyndall glaciers at the southern patagonia icefield derived from geodetic observations and energy and mass balance modeling. Frontiers in Earth Science, 6, 81. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00081
Mayr, C., Langhamer, L., Wissel, H., Meier, W., Sauter, T., Laprida, C., Massaferro, J., Försterra, G., & Lücke, A. (2018). Atmospheric controls on hydrogen and oxygen isotope composition of meteoric and surface waters in Patagonia. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 1–22.
Weidemann, S. S., Sauter, T., Kilian, R., Steger, D., Butorovic, N., & Schneider, C. (2018). A 17-year record of meteorological observations across the Gran Campo Nevado ice cap in southern Patagonia, Chile, related to synoptic weather types and climate modes. Frontiers in Earth Science, 6, 53.
Aguirre, F., Carrasco, J., Sauter, T., Schneider, C., Gaete, K., Garín, E., Adaros, R., Butorovic, N., Jaña, R., & Casassa, G. (2018). Snow cover change as a climate indicator in Brunswick Peninsula, Patagonia. Frontiers in Earth Science, 6, 130.
Sauter, T., & Galos, S. P. (2016). Effects of local advection on the spatial sensible heat flux variation on a mountain glacier. The Cryosphere, 10(6), 2887–2905. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2887-2016
Sauter, T., & Obleitner, F. (2015). Assessing the uncertainty of glacier mass-balance simulations in the European Arctic based on variance decomposition. Geoscientific Model Development, 8(12), 3911–3928. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-3911-2015
Huintjes, E., Sauter, T., Schröter, B., Maussion, F., Yang, W., Kropáček, J., Buchroithner, M., Scherer, D., Kang, S., & Schneider, C. (2015). Evaluation of a Coupled Snow and Energy Balance Model for Zhadang Glacier, Tibetan Plateau, Using Glaciological Measurements and Time-Lapse Photography. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 47(3), 573–590. https://doi.org/10.1657/AAAR0014-073
Sauter, T., Möller, M., Finkelnburg, R., Grabiec, M., Scherer, D., & Schneider, C. (2013). Snowdrift modelling for the Vestfonna ice cap, north-eastern Svalbard. The Cryosphere, 7(4), 1287–1301. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-1287-2013
Weidemann, S., Sauter, T., Schneider, L., & Schneider, C. (2013). Impact of two conceptual precipitation downscaling schemes on mass-balance modeling of Gran Campo Nevado ice cap, Patagonia. Journal of Glaciology, 59(218), 1106–1116. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3189/2013JoG13J046
Sauter, T. (2012). Non-parametric modelling in geoscience. Südwestdeutscher Verl.
Brands, S., Taboada, J. J., Cofino, A. S., Sauter, T., & Schneider, C. (2011). Statistical downscaling of daily temperatures in the NW Iberian Peninsula from global climate models: validation and future scenarios. Climate Research, 48(2–3), 163–176.
Sauter, T., & Venema, V. (2011). Natural three-dimensional predictor domains for statistical precipitation downscaling. Journal of Climate, 24(23), 6132–6145.
Maraun, D., Wetterhall, F., Ireson, A. M., Chandler, R. E., Kendon, E. J., Widmann, M., Brienen, S., Rust, H. W., Sauter, T., & Themeßl, M. (2010). Precipitation downscaling under climate change: Recent developments to bridge the gap between dynamical models and the end user. Reviews of Geophysics, 48(3).
Huintjes, E., Li, H., Sauter, T., Li, Z., & Schneider, C. (2010). Degree-day modelling of the surface mass balance of Urumqi Glacier No. 1, Tian Shan, China. The Cryosphere Discussions, 4(1), 207–232.
Sauter, T., Weitzenkamp, B., & Schneider, C. (2010). Spatio‐temporal prediction of snow cover in the Black Forest mountain range using remote sensing and a recurrent neural network. International Journal of Climatology, 30(15), 2330–2341.
Schneider, C., Sauter, T., & Weitzenkamp, B. (2009). Klimawandel und Wintersport in Mittelgebirgen. In Nationalatlas aktuell. Leibniz‐Institut für Länderkunde (IfL).
Roth, R., Krämer, A., Weitzenkamp, B., Sauter, T., Simmer, C., & Schneider, C. (2009). GIS-KliSchee–Anpassung des Wintersporttourismus in den deutschen Mittelgebirgen an Klimawandel und Witterungsvariabilität. In M. Mahammadzadeh, H. Biebeler, & H. Bardt (Eds.), Klimaschutz und Anpassung an die Klimafolgen: Strategien, Maßnahmen und Anwendungsbeispiele (pp. 263–270). Inst. der Dt. Wirtschaft, Medien-GmbH.