Jan Esper

Jan Esper (born 1968) [cite web| title=Homepage of Jan Esper| url=http://www.wsl.ch/staff/jan.esper/ |accessdate=2007-02-24] is the head of the dendro sciences division at the WSL (Wald Snee und Landschafft - en:Forest, Snow and Landscape) division of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH). His research interests are Global Climate Change, Palaeoclimatology and Vegetation Dynamics.

His research has been part of the Hockey stick controversy with his temperature reconstructions, that have been cited as being evidence for both sides of the controversy.

Academic career

* 1995 Diplom in Geography at University of Bonn
* 1999 Ph.D. in Geography at the University of Bonn
* 2000 Postdoc at Columbia University
* 2001 Research scientist at ETH, Birmensdorf
* 2005 Habilitation at the University of Bern
* 2006 Head Dendro Sciences Division, WSL (Wald Snee und Landschafft)

Selected Publications

* citation
first1=M.N. | last=Juckes
first2=M.R. | last2=Allen
first3=Keith R. | last3=Briffa
first4=Jan | last4=Esper
first5=G.C. | last5=Hegerl
first6=Anders | last6=Moberg
first7=Timothy J. | last7=Osborn
first8=S.L. | last8=Weber
first9=Eduardo | last9=Zorita
author4-link=Jan Esper
title=Millennial temperature reconstruction intercomparison and evaluation
journal=Climate of the Past Discussions
volume=2 | issue=5 | pages=1001-1049
url=http://www.wsl.ch/staff/jan.esper/publications/Juckes_2006_CoP.pdf
* citation
first1=Jan | last1=Esper
first2=Robert J.S. | last2=Wilson
first3=David C. | last3=Frank
first4=Anders | last4=Moberg
first5=Heinz | last5=Wanner
first6=Jürg | last6=Luterbacher
author1-link=Jan Esper
title=Climate: past ranges and future changes
journal=Quaternary Science Reviews | year=2005
volume=24 | issue=20-21 | pages=2164-2166
url=http://www.wsl.ch/staff/jan.esper/publications/QSR_Esper_2005.pdf
doi=10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.07.001
* citation
first1=Jan | last1=Esper
first2=Edward R. | last2=Cook
first3=Fritz H. | last3=Schweingruber
author1-link=Jan Esper
title=Low-frequency signals in long tree-ring chronologies and the reconstruction of past temperature variability.
journal=Science | year=2002
volume=295 | issue=5563 | pages=2250-2253
url=http://www.wsl.ch/staff/jan.esper/publications/Science_2002.pdf
doi=10.1126/science.1066208
* citation
first1=Jan | last1=Esper
first2=David C.. | last2=Frank
first3=Robert J.S. | last3=Wilson
author1-link=Jan Esper
title=Climate Reconstructions: Low-Frequency Ambition and High-Frequency Ratification
journal=EOS
volume=85 | issue=12 | pages=113-120 | year=2004
doi=10.1029/2004EO120002
url=http://www.wsl.ch/staff/jan.esper/publications/EOS_2004.pdf

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