Peer-reviewed Research

ClimaMeter graces the public eye pre-peer review, ensuring timely release of post-event results. Many of our studies find a lasting home in top-level peer-reviewed journals. 📝 

ClimaMeter protocol is fully peer reviewed,  you can find the paper explaining the methodology here:

• Faranda, D., Messori, G., Coppola, E., Alberti, T., Vrac, M., Pons, F., Yiou, P., Saint Lu, M., Hisi, A. N. S., Brockmann, P., Dafis, S., Mengaldo, G., and Vautard, R.: ClimaMeter: contextualizing extreme weather in a changing climate, Weather Clim. Dynam., 5, 959–983, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-959-2024, 2024.

Please note that the data used after December 6, 2024, are ERA5 reanalysis completed with GFS forecasts (for the very recent dates) instead of MSWX data. Furthermore, the gauge indicators in the reports' figures are updated to enhance clarity.

We've also delved into methodological papers, not tethered to any singular event but contributing to a richer understanding of climate extremes. 🌐

• Chen Lu, Rita Nogherotto, Tommaso Alberti, Gabriele Messori, Erika Coppola, et al.. Models Confirm that Recent European Wildfires Are Exacerbated by Anthropogenic Climate Change. 2025. ⟨hal-04909436⟩

• Yiou, P., Cadiou, C., Faranda, D., Jézéquel, A., Malhomme, N., Miloshevich, G., ... & Vrac, M. (2023). Ensembles of climate simulations to anticipate worst case heatwaves during the Paris 2024 Olympics. npj climate and atmospheric science, 6(1), 188.

• Faranda, D., Messori, G., Jezequel, A., Vrac, M., & Yiou, P. (2023). Atmospheric circulation compounds anthropogenic warming and impacts of climate extremes in Europe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(13), e2214525120.

• Faranda, D., Ginesta, M., Alberti, T., Coppola, E., & Anzidei, M. (2023). Attributing Venice Acqua Alta events to a changing climate and evaluating the efficacy of MoSE adaptation strategy. npj climate and atmospheric science, 6(1), 181.

• Faranda, D., Pascale, S., & Bulut, B. (2023). Persistent anticyclonic conditions and climate change exacerbated the exceptional 2022 European-Mediterranean drought. Environmental Research Letters.

• Ginesta, M., Yiou, P., Messori, G., & Faranda, D. (2023). A methodology for attributing severe extratropical cyclones to climate change based on reanalysis data: the case study of storm Alex 2020. Climate Dynamics, 61(1-2), 229-253.

• Cadiou, C., Noyelle, R., Malhomme, N., & Faranda, D. (2023). Challenges in Attributing the 2022 Australian Rain Bomb to Climate Change. Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 59(1), 83-94.

• Faranda, D., Bourdin, S., Ginesta, M., Krouma, M., Noyelle, R., Pons, F., ... & Messori, G. (2022). A climate-change attribution retrospective of some impactful weather extremes of 2021. Weather and Climate Dynamics, 3(4), 1311-1340.