Dr. Pascal Horton

Seniro Scientist

Mobiliar Lab for Natural Risks and Hydrology

Phone
+41 31 684 89 81
E-Mail
pascal.horton@unibe.ch
Office
512
Postal Address
University of Bern
Institute of Geography
Climate Impact Research
Hallerstrasse 12
CH-3012 Bern
  • Debris flow susceptibility mapping at a reginal scale
  • Hydrological processes and modelling
  • Precipitatoin downscaling and analysis of meteorological processes
  • Model and software development
  • GIS analyses and modelling
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2024

Horton, Pascal; Lombardo, Luigi; Mergili, Martin; Wichmann, Volker; Dahal, Ashok; van den Bout, Bastian; Guthrie, Richard; Scheikl, Manfred; Han, Zheng; Sturzenegger, Matthieu (2024). Regional Debris-Flow Hazard Assessments. In: Jakob, Matthias; McDougall, Scott; Santi, Paul (eds.) Advances in Debris-flow Science and Practice (pp. 383-432). Cham: Springer 10.1007/978-3-031-48691-3_13

Horton, P.; Martius, O.; Grimm, S. L. (2024). Automated Input Variable Selection for Analog Methods Using Genetic Algorithms. Water resources research, 60(4) American Geophysical Union 10.1029/2023WR035715

2023

Otero, Noelia; Horton, Pascal (2023). Intercomparison of Deep Learning Architectures for the Prediction of Precipitation Fields With a Focus on Extremes. Water resources research, 59(11), pp. 1-18. American Geophysical Union 10.1029/2023WR035088

Otero, Noelia; Horton, Pascal; Martius, Olivia; Allen, Sam; Zappa, Massimiliano; Wechsler, Tobias; Schaefli, Bettina (2023). Impacts of hot-dry conditions on hydropower production in Switzerland. Environmental Research Letters, 18(6), 064038. IOP Publishing 10.1088/1748-9326/acd8d7

Horton, Pascal; Otero, Noelia (2023). Predicting spatial precipitation extremes with deep learning models. A comparison of existing model architectures. In: EGU General Assembly 2023. 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-7862

Shokory, Jamal; Horton, Pascal; Schaefli, Bettina; Lane, Stuart (2023). Assessing the impact of climate change on Hydrological regime of Afghan catchments. In: EGU General Assembly 2023. 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-15317

Höge, Marvin; Kauzlaric, Martina; Siber, Rosi; Schönenberger, Ursula; Horton, Pascal; Schwanbeck, Jan; Floriancic, Marius Günter; Viviroli, Daniel; Wilhelm, Sibylle; Sikorska-Senoner, Anna E.; Addor, Nans; Brunner, Manuela; Pool, Sandra; Zappa, Massimiliano; Fenicia, Fabrizio (2023). CAMELS-CH: hydro-meteorological time series and landscape attributes for 331 catchments in hydrologic Switzerland. Earth System Science Data, 15(12), pp. 5755-5784. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/essd-15-5755-2023

2022

Kincey, Mark E.; Rosser, Nick J.; Densmore, Alexander L.; Robinson, Tom R.; Shrestha, Ram; Singh Pujara, Dammar; Horton, Pascal; Swirad, Zuzanna M.; Oven, Katie J.; Arrell, Katherine (2022). Modelling post-earthquake cascading hazards: Changing patterns of landslide runout following the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal. Earth surface processes and landforms, 48(3), pp. 537-554. Wiley 10.1002/esp.5501

Siber, Rosi; Höge, Marvin; Kauzlaric, Martina; Schönenberger, Ursula; Horton, Pascal; Schwanbeck, Jan; Viviroli, Daniel; Zappa, Massimiliano; Sikorska-Senoner, Anna E.; Pool, Sandra; Floriancic, Marius Günter; Reichert, Peter; Seibert, Jan; Addor, Nans; Schaefli, Bettina; Fenicia, Fabrizio (May 2022). CAMELS-CH - Building a Common Open Database for Catchments in Switzerland. In: EGU General Assembly 2022. Vienna, Austria. 23–27 May 2022. 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-9859

Horton, Pascal; Schaefli, Bettina; Kauzlaric, Martina Catharina (2022). Why do we have so many different hydrological models? A review based on the case of Switzerland. WIREs Water, 9(1) Wiley 10.1002/wat2.1574

Horton, Pascal (2022). Analogue Methods and ERA5: Benefits and Pitfalls. International journal of climatology, 42(7), pp. 4078-4096. Wiley 10.1002/joc.7484

Ramirez, Jorge Alberto; Mertin, Mirjam; Peleg, Nadav; Horton, Pascal; Skinner, Chris; Zimmermann, Markus; Keiler, Margreth (2022). Modelling the long-term geomorphic response to check dam failures in an Alpine channel with CAESAR-Lisflood. International journal of sediment research, 37(5), pp. 687-700. Elsevier 10.1016/j.ijsrc.2022.04.005

Otero Felipe, Noelia; Horton, Pascal (2022). Deep-S2SWind: A data-driven approach for improving Sub-seasonal wind predictions (Unpublished). In: Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning: workshop at NeurIPS 2022.

2021

Dunant, Alexandre; Bebbington, Mark; Davies, Tim; Horton, Pascal (2021). Multihazards Scenario Generator: A Network‐Based Simulation of Natural Disasters. Risk analysis, 41(11), pp. 2154-2176. Wiley 10.1111/risa.13723

Horton, Pascal; Martius, Olivia (2021). Automatic input variable selection for analog methods using genetic algorithms. In: EGU 2021. 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-9375

Horton, Pascal (2021). Analog dates for ERA5 at 301 precipitation stations in Switzerland (1981-2010) [Dataset]. 10.17632/9cb9gns63w.1

Horton, Pascal; Schaefli, Bettina; Kauzlaric, Martina (2021). Table listing all applications of hydrological models in Switzerland [Dataset]. 10.17632/b23fzm6ccy.2

2020

Pfister, Lucas; Brönnimann, Stefan; Schwander, Mikhaël; Isotta, Francesco Alessandro; Horton, Pascal; Rohr, Christian (2020). Statistical reconstruction of daily precipitation and temperature fields in Switzerland back to 1864. Climate of the past, 16(2), pp. 663-678. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/cp-16-663-2020

Horton, Pascal (2020). AtmoSwing v2.1.3. [Software & Other Digital Items] 10.5281/zenodo.3942397

Horton, Pascal (2020). AtmoSwing v2.1.4. [Software & Other Digital Items] 10.5281/zenodo.4075537

2019

Pfister, Lucas; Brönnimann, Stefan; Schwander, Mikhaël; Isotta, Francesco Alessandro; Horton, Pascal; Rohr, Christian (2019). Statistical Reconstruction of Daily Precipitation and Temperature Fields in Switzerland back to 1864. Climate of the past discussions Copernicus Publications 10.5194/cp-2019-124

Horton, Pascal (2019). AtmoSwing: Analog Technique Model for Statistical Weather forecastING and downscalING (v2.1.0). Geoscientific model development (GMD), 12(7), pp. 2915-2940. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/gmd-12-2915-2019

Nduwayezu, Emmanuel; Horton, Pascal; Jaboyedoff, Michel; Derron, Marc-Henri; Rwanyinziri, Gaspard; Aye, Zarchi (2019). Urban risks and resilience in the rwandan context. In: EGU General Assembly 2019.

Horton, Pascal; Weingartner, Rolf; Martius, Olivia (2019). Using genetic algorithms to explore new predictor variables for statistical precipitation downscaling with analog methods. In: EGU 2019.

Horton, Pascal (2019). AtmoSwing v2.1.1. [Software & Other Digital Items] 10.5281/zenodo.3339236

Horton, Pascal (2019). AtmoSwing v2.1.2. [Software & Other Digital Items] 10.5281/zenodo.3559787

2018

Horton, Pascal; Brönnimann, Stefan (2018). Impact of global atmospheric reanalyses on statistical precipitation downscaling. Climate dynamics, 52(9-10), pp. 5189-5211. Springer-Verlag 10.1007/s00382-018-4442-6

Horton, Pascal; Jaboyedoff, Michel; Obled, Charles (2018). Using genetic algorithms to optimize the analogue method for precipitation prediction in the Swiss Alps. Journal of hydrology, 556, pp. 1220-1231. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.04.017

Horton, Pascal; Weingartner, Rolf; Jaboyedoff, Michel; Obled, Charles (2018). AtmoSwing, an analog technique model for statistical downscaling and forecasting. Geophysical research abstracts, pp. 14421-1. Copernicus Publications

Horton, Pascal; Brönnimann, Stefan; Weingartner, Rolf (2018). Impact of the choice of a reanalysis dataset on statistical downscaling of precipitation. In: EGU 2018.

Horton, Pascal (2018). AtmoSwing R tools. [Software & Other Digital Items] 10.5281/zenodo.1305098

Horton, Pascal (2018). AtmoSwing Python tools. [Software & Other Digital Items] 10.5281/zenodo.1495057

Horton, Pascal (2018). Analog dates for CERA-20C at 301 precipitation stations in Switzerland (1981-2010) [Dataset]. 10.17632/vr6chcpfsf.2

Horton, Pascal (2018). Analog dates for ERA-20C at 301 precipitation stations in Switzerland (1981-2010) [Dataset]. 10.17632/9ny7jp9gxg.2

Horton, Pascal (2018). Analog dates for ERA-interim at 301 precipitation stations in Switzerland (1981-2010) [Dataset]. 10.17632/b3xfgk42h8.2

Horton, Pascal (2018). Analog dates for JRA-55 at 301 precipitation stations in Switzerland (1981-2010) [Dataset]. 10.17632/zxyb7p825m.2

Horton, Pascal (2018). Analog dates for JRA-55C at 301 precipitation stations in Switzerland (1981-2010) [Dataset]. 10.17632/sw8gr593rr.2

Horton, Pascal (2018). Analog dates for MERRA-2 at 301 precipitation stations in Switzerland (1981-2010) [Dataset]. 10.17632/5sbnwcsh6p.2

Horton, Pascal (2018). Analog dates for CFSR at 301 precipitation stations in Switzerland (1981-2010) [Dataset]. 10.17632/w7k5g94khj.2

Horton, Pascal (2018). Analog dates for NCEP-R1 at 301 precipitation stations in Switzerland (1981-2010) [Dataset]. 10.17632/5rcwmfkg3v.1

Horton, Pascal (2018). Analog dates for NCEP-R2 at 301 precipitation stations in Switzerland (1981-2010) [Dataset]. 10.17632/vmdpg7ckpf.1

Horton, Pascal (2018). Analog dates for 20CR-v2c at 301 precipitation stations in Switzerland (1981-2010) [Dataset]. 10.17632/8yw7r57sck.1

2017

Horton, Pascal; Jaboyedoff, Michel; Obled, Charles (2017). Global Optimization of an Analog Method by Means of Genetic Algorithms. Monthly Weather Review, 145(4), pp. 1275-1294. American Meteorological Society 10.1175/MWR-D-16-0093.1

Horton, Pascal; Obled, Charles; Jaboyedoff, Michel (2017). The analogue method for precipitation prediction: finding better analogue situations at a sub-daily time step. Hydrology and earth system sciences, 21(7), pp. 3307-3323. European Geosciences Union EGU 10.5194/hess-21-3307-2017

Horton, Pascal; Jaboyedoff, Michel; Obled, Charles (2017). Introducing a moving time window in the analogue method for precipitation prediction to find better analogue situations at a sub-daily time step. Geophysical research abstracts, 19, pp. 6690-1. Copernicus Publications

Horton, Pascal; Weingartner, Rolf; Brönnimann, Stefan (2017). Comparison of present global reanalysis datasets in the context of a statistical downscaling method for precipitation prediction. Geophysical research abstracts, 19, p. 15630. Copernicus Publications

Horton, Pascal; Weingartner, Rolf; Obled, Charles; Jaboyedoff, Michel (2017). Using genetic algorithms to achieve an automatic and global optimization of analogue methods for statistical downscaling of precipitation. Geophysical research abstracts, 19, pp. 16650-1. Copernicus Publications

2016

Horton, Pascal; Weingartner, Rolf; Obled, Charles; Jaboyedoff, Michel (2016). Automatic and global optimization of the Analogue Method for statistical downscaling of precipitation - Which parameters can be determined by Genetic Algorithms? Geophysical research abstracts, 18, p. 11965. Copernicus Publications

2006

Horton, Pascal; Schaefli, Bettina; Mezghani, Abdelkader; Hingray, Benoît; Musy, André (2006). Assessment of climate-change impacts on alpine discharge regimes with climate model uncertainty. Hydrological processes, 20(10), pp. 2091-2109. Wiley 10.1002/hyp.6197