Werner Schmutz
Director & senior scientist
Physics
Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos World Radiation Center
Switzerland
Biography
Present he is a director, senior scientist & professor in Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos World Radiation Center. He done his Ph.D. student at the Institute of Astronomy, ETH Zürich, Ph.D. in astrophysics, Professor Adjunct at ETH Zürich.
Research Interest
Sun as a star; Sun-Earth relation; Space weather and climate; Space-based solar irradiance measurements; Massive stars, Stellar evolution, mass loss, and abundances; Star bursts and supernovae
Publications
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1. Shapiro A.V., Rozanov E.V., Shapiro A.I., Egorova T.A., Harder J., Weber M., Smith A.K., Schmutz W., Peter T., 2013, J. Geophys. Res. Atmosph. 118, 3781–3793, doi: 10.1002/jgrd.50208, The role of the solar irradiance variability in the evolution of the middle atmosphere during 2004-2009. 2. Anet J.G., Rozanov E.V., Muthers S., Peter T., Brönnimann S., Arfeuille F., Beer J., Shapiro A.I., Raible C.C., Steinhilber F., Schmutz W.K., 2013, Geophys. Res. Let. 40, 4420–4425, doi: 10.1002/grl.50806, Impact of a potential 21st century “grand solar minimum†on surface temperatures and stratospheric ozone. 3. Ball W.T., Haigh J.D., Rozanov E.V., Kuchar A., Sukhodolov T., Tummon F., Shapiro A.V., Schmutz W., 2016, Nature Geoscience 9, 206–209, doi: 10.1038/ngeo2640, High solar cycle spectral variations inconsistent with stratospheric ozone observations.
