Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles

  1. Guo, H., Pang, H., Wu, S., Xu, T., Mutz, S. G. , Zhan, Z., Lin, W., Zhang, W. and Hou, S. (2024) Global abnormal precipitation 18O depletion during late/post monsoon season. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 641, 118815. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118815

  2. Boateng, D., Aryee, J. N.A., Baidu, M., Arthur, F. and Mutz, S. G. (2024) West African Monsoon dynamics and its control on the stable oxygen isotopic composition of precipitation in the Late Cenozoic. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129(10), e2024JD040. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD040748

  3. Boateng, D. and Mutz, S. G. (2023). pyESD: An open-source Python framework for empirical-statistical downscaling of climate information. Geoscientific Model Development. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-6479-2023

  4. Boateng, D., Mutz, S. G., Ballian, A., Meijers, M. J. M., Methner, K., Botsyun, S., Mulch, A., and Ehlers, T. A. (2023). The effects of diachronous surface uplift of the European Alps on regional climate and the oxygen isotopic composition of precipitation. Earth System Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-14-1183-2023

  5. Sacek V., Mutz S.G., Ehlers T.A., Bicudo T.C., de Almeida R.P. (2023). Amazonian paleoenvironments resulted from coupled geodynamic, paleoclimate and sea-level interactions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118033

  6. Mutz S.G. and Aschauer J. (2022). Empirical Glacier Mass-Balance Models for South America. Journal of Glaciology. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.6

  7. Ring, S. J., Mutz, S. G., Ehlers, T. A. (2022). Cenozoic proxy constraints on Earth system sensitivity to greenhouse gases. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 37, e2021PA004364. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021PA004364

  8. Sharma H., Mutz S.G., Ehlers T.A. (2022). The effects of global Cenozoic climate change on frost cracking. Earth Surface Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-997-2022

  9. Botsyun S., Ehlers T.A., Koptev A., Böhme M., Methner K., Risi C., Stepanek C., Mutz S.G., Werner M., Boateng D., Mulch A. (2022). Middle Miocene climate and stable oxygen isotopes in Europe based on numerical modeling. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 37, e2022PA004442. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022PA004442

  10. Botsyun S., Mutz S.G., Ehlers T.A., Scherrer D., Xun W., Schmidt B. (2022). Influence of large-scale atmospheric dynamics on Late Cenozoic precipitation seasonality of the Tibetan Plateau and Central Asia. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD035810

  11. Mutz S.G., Scherrer S., Muceniece I., Ehlers T.A., (2021). Twenty-first Century Regional Temperature Response in Chile Based on Dynamical Empirical-Statistical Downscaling . Climate Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-020-05620-9

  12. Wang X., Schmidt B., Otto M., Ehlers T.A., Mutz S.G., Botsyun S., Scherer D. (2021). Sensitivity of Water Balance in the Qaidam Basin to the Mid-Pliocene Climate. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD033965

  13. Mohadjer S., Mutz S.G., Kemp M, Gill S., Ischuk A., Ehlers T.A. (2021). Using paired teaching for earthquake education in schools. Geoscience Communication. https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-281-2021

  14. Krsnik E., Methner K., Campani M., Botsyun S., Mutz S.G., Ehlers T.A., Kempf O., Fiebig J., Schlunegger F., Mulch A. (2021). Miocene high elevation in the Central Alps. Solid Earth. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-2615-2021

  15. Botsyun S., Ehlers T.A., Mutz S.G., Methner K., Krsnik E., Mulch A, (2020). Opportunities and Challenges for Paleoaltimetry in Small Orogens. Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086046

  16. Mutz S.G. and Ehlers T.A., (2019). Detection and Explanation of Spatiotemporal Patterns in Late Cenozoic Palaeoclimate Change Relevant to Earth Surface Processes. Earth Surface Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-7-663-2019

  17. Paeth H., Steger C., Li J., Pollinger F., Mutz S.G., Ehlers, T.A., (2019). Comparison of Climate Change from Cenozoic surface uplift and glacial-interglacial episodes in the Himalaya-Tibet region: Insights from a regional climate model and proxy data. Global and Planetary Change. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.03.005

  18. Mutz S.G., Ehlers T.A., Werner M., Lohmann G., Stepanek C., Li J., (2018). Estimates of Late Cenozoic climate change relevant to Earth surface processes in tectonically active orogens. Earth Surface Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-271-2018

  19. Mohadjer S., Ehlers T.A., Bendick R., Mutz S.G., (2017). Review of GPS and Quaternary fault slip rates in the Himalaya-Tibet orogen, Earth Science Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.09.005

  20. Li J., Ehlers T.A., Werner M., Mutz S.G., Steger C., Paeth H. (2017). Late quaternary climate, precipitation δ 18O, and Indian monsoon variations over the Tibetan Plateau. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.09.031

  21. Mutz S.G., Ehlers T.A., Li J., Steger C., Paeth H., Werner M., Pouslen C. (2016). Precipitation δ18O over the Himalaya-Tibet Orogen from ECHAM5-wiso Simulations: Statistical Analysis of Temperature, Topography and Precipitation. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JD024856

  22. Li J., Ehlers T.A., Mutz S.G., Steger C., Paeth H., Werner M., Poulsen C., Feng R. (2016). Modern precipitation δ18O and trajectory analysis over the Himalaya-Tibet Orogen from ECHAM5-wiso simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JD024818

  23. Mutz S.G., Paeth H., Winkler S. (2015). Modelling of future mass balance changes of Norwegian glaciers by application of a dynamical-statistical model. Climate Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-015-2663-5

Data and Monographs

  1. Mutz S.G. and Ehlers T.A., (2023). Simulated Geomorphically Relevant Palaeoclimate Variables for the Late Cenozoic (from Mutz and Ehlers, 2019). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8018119

  2. Mutz S.G., Ehlers T.A., Werner M., Lohmann G., Stepanek C., Li J., (2023). Palaeoclimate Simulations for the Late Cenozoic (from Mutz et al. 2018). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8018020

  3. Mohadjer S., Mutz S.G., Kemp M. (2017). Journey to the Center of the Earth: Earth’s interior and plate tectonics, episode 1, Earthquake education, TIB. https://doi.org/10.5446/47600

  4. Mohadjer S., Mutz S.G., Drews R., Nettesheim M. (2017). Soft rocks and hard liquids: Properties of Earth materials, episode 3, Earthquake education, TIB. https://doi.org/10.5446/47700

  5. Mohadjer S., Mutz S.G., Amey R. (2017). Do you know your faults? Plate motions and faults, episode 4, Earthquake education, TIB. https://doi.org/10.5446/47701

  6. Mohadjer S., Mutz S.G., Mitchell L. (2017). What causes that Rock’n’Roll? The earthquake machine, episode 5, Earthquake education, TIB. https://doi.org/10.5446/47702

  7. Mohadjer S., Mutz S.G., Starke J. (2017). Rocking, rolling and bouncing: How do earthquakes move the Earth?, episode 6, Earthquake education, TIB. https://doi.org/10.5446/47703

  8. Mohadjer S., Mutz S.G., Nettesheim M., Drews R. (2017). Flow with the sand: Introduction to soil liquefaction, episode 7, Earthquake education, TIB. https://doi.org/10.5446/47704

  9. Mohadjer S., Mutz S.G., Kemp M., Gill S. (2017). On shaky ground: Structural hazards during earthquakes (Part 1), episode 9, Earthquake education, TIB. https://doi.org/10.5446/47706

  10. Mohadjer S., Mutz S.G., Gill S., Kemp M. (2017). On shaky ground: Structural hazards during earthquakes (Part 2), episode 10, Earthquake education, TIB. https://doi.org/10.5446/47707

  11. Mutz S.G. (2015). Dynamic Statistical Modelling of Climate-Related Mass Balance Changes in Norway. Universität Würzburg, Würzburg (Germany).

Conference Presentations/Abstracts (selected)

  1. Mohadjer S, Ergün G, Mutz S.G., Schneider M., Schürmann T., Pelzer M., Dietrich P. (2025) Non-Expert Understanding of Hazard Maps: An Eye-Tracking Study. EGU GA 2025.

  2. Mutz S.G. (2025) The Effect of High-Mountain Asia Topography on Northern Hemisphere Atmospheric Flow. EGU GA 2025.

  3. Boateng D., Mutz S.G. (2024) African monsoon changes in the Late Cenozoic from the climate modelling perspective. EGU GA 2024. Advertised Session Highlight.

  4. Petrie E., Mutz S.G. (2024) Reflecting on the use of Generative AI in Higher Education Teaching & Learning. EGU GA 2024.

  5. Gross E.S., Frick M., Norden B., Mutz S.G., Fuchs S. (2024) Regional effects of paleoclimate history on the subsurface temperature distribution in Germany. EGU GA 2024.

  6. Ballian A., Meijers M.M.J., Cojan I., Huygue D., Methner K., Boateng D., Mutz S.G., Kurz W., Krsnik E., Zwingmann H., Rolland Y., Ehlers T.A., Fiebig J., Mulch A. (2024) Stable isotope paleoaltimetry reveals Early to Middle Miocene along-strike elevation differences of the European Alps. EGU GA 2024.

  7. Mutz S.G., Boateng D. (2023) pyESD: An open-source Python framework for empirical-statistical downscaling of climate information. EGU GA 2023.

  8. Boateng D., Mutz S.G., Ehlers T.A. (2023) The influence of North Atlantic Oscillation on oxygen and hydrogen stable isotopes in precipitation of the Late Cenozoic: implications on paleoenvironment reconstructions. EGU GA 2023.

  9. Sedhu-Madhavan A., Mutz S.G., Boateng D., Ehlers T.A. (2023) A model-based exploration of mid-Holocene anti-phase climate variations in the Central Andes. EGU GA 2023.

  10. Eizenhöfer P.R., McQuarrie N, Ghoshal S., Mutz S.G., Ehlers T.A. (2023) Drivers of Topography in Fold-thrust Belts: A Perspective from Central Nepal. EGU GA 2023.

  11. Ring S., Mutz S.G., Ehlers T.A. (2022) Earth system sensitivity constrained from Cenozoic global cooling. ICP14 Bergen.

  12. Mutz S.G., Boateng D., Mohadjer S. (2022) INTEGRATE: A higher-education teaching package for climate science. EGU GA 2022. Invited as Solicited Speaker.

  13. Mutz S.G. and Ehlers T.A. (2022). How the co-evolution of major mountain ranges affects global climate. EGU GA 2022. Advertised Session Highlight.

  14. Boateng D., Mutz S.G. and Ehlers T.A. (2022). How would the eastward propagation of surface uplift in the Alps affect regional climate and isotopic composition of precipitation? EGU GA 2022.

  15. Beer A., Krumrein N., Mutz S.G., Rink, G.M. and Ehlers T.A. (2022). Spatial rockfall susceptibility prediction from rockwall surface classification. EGU GA 2022.

  16. Toy V., Abe S., Bons P, Buckley S.J., Deckert H., Fenske S., Kirilova M., Lewis C., Mutz S.G., Owin J., Sachau T., Schuck B., and Seelos P. (2021). A blended learning approach to structural field mapping: combining local geology, virtual geology, and web-based tools. EGU GA 2021.

  17. Mutz S.G. and Ehlers T.A. (2020). On the Synergistic Climatic Effects of Covarying Major Mountain Range Topographies. EGU GA 2020.

  18. Mohadjer S, Mutz S.G., Kemp M., Gill S., Ischuk A., Ehlers T.A. (2020) Paired teaching approach to earthquake education: a cross-country comparison between Dushanbe, Tajikistan and London, United Kingdom. EGU GA 2020.

  19. Schmidt B, Wang X., Mutz S.G., Botsyun S., Ehlers T.A. Scherer D. (2020) Changes in water balance of the Qaidam Basin from Pliocene to present day. EGU GA 2020.

  20. Mutz S.G., Scherrer S., Muceniece I., Ehlers T.A. (2019). Towards a dynamic hybrid of parametric and non-parametric empirical downscaling models for climate in Chile. AK Klima 2019.

  21. Ehlers T.A., Densmore A.L., Schaller M., Adams B.A., Ershadi M., Mutz S.G. (2019). Trends and Aberrations in the Measured Fluvial Erosion Response to Global Paleoclimate Change. EGU GA 2019.

  22. Mutz S.G. and Ehlers T.A. (2018). Detecting and Quantifying the Synergistic Effects of Covarying Major Mountain Range Topographies on Regional Climate. AK Klima 2018.

  23. Mutz S.G. and Ehlers T.A. (2018). A Quantitative Assessment of Differences between Simulated Pre-Industrial and Late Cenozoic Palaeoclimates with Regard to Earth Surface Processes. AK Klima 2018.

  24. Botsyun S., Ehlers T.A., Mutz S.G., Werner M., Stepanek C. (2018) Neogene aridification, precipitation δ18O, and trajectory analysis over Central Asia from paleoclimate simulations. EGU GA 2018.

  25. Mutz S.G. and Ehlers T.A. (2018) Late Cenozoic Climate Change and Potential Impacts on Denudation at Different Orogens. EGU GA 2018 .

  26. Mohadjer S., Mutz S.G., Amey R., Drews R., Kemp M., Kloos P., Mitchell L., Nettesheim M., Gill S., Starke J., Ehlers T.A. (2018) Using Paired Teaching for Earthquake Education in Schools. EGU GA 2018.

  27. Mutz S.G. and Ehlers T.A. (2017). Late Cenozoic Climate Change and its Implications on the Denudation of Orogen Syntaxes. EGU GA 2017. Advertised Session Highlight.

  28. Ehlers, T.A., Schaller M., Mutz S.G. (2017) Climate Controls on European Fluvial Denudation over Glacial-Interglacial Cycles. EGU GA 2017

  29. Mutz S.G., Ehlers T.A., Li J., Werner M., Stepanek C., Lohmann G. (2016) Investigating Cenozoic climate change in tectonically active regions with a high-resolution atmospheric general circulation model (ECHAM5). EGU GA 2016.

  30. Mutz S.G., Paeth H., Winkler S. (2011) Statistical modelling of climate-related future mass balance changes of maritime mountain glaciers in Norway. EGU GA 2011

  31. Mutz S.G., Paeth H., Winkler S. (2010) Impact of large-scale circulation modes, regional temperature and precipitation on the mass balance of South Norwegian glaciers. IGS Nordic Branch Meeting 2010

  32. Mutz S.G., Paeth H., Winkler S. (2009) Dynamisch-Statistische Modellierung der Klimabedingten Gletschermassenveränderungen in den Mittleren Breiten. AK Klima 2009