diff --git a/esmvaltool/config-references.yml b/esmvaltool/config-references.yml
index 7a181780bb..f48ac9a6ab 100644
--- a/esmvaltool/config-references.yml
+++ b/esmvaltool/config-references.yml
@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@ authors:
     name: Frank, Franziska
     institute: DLR, Germany
     orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2406-4936
+  winterstein_franziska:
+    name: Winterstein, Franziska
+    institute: DLR, Germany
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2406-4936
   fuckar_neven:
     name: Fuckar, Neven
     institute: BSC, Spain
diff --git a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/clouds/clouds_taylor.ncl b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/clouds/clouds_taylor.ncl
index e2de9117cd..794c559b2f 100644
--- a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/clouds/clouds_taylor.ncl
+++ b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/clouds/clouds_taylor.ncl
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 ;     1) perfmetrics_main.ncl
 ;     2) perfmetrics_taylor.ncl
 ;     3) perfmetrics_taylor_collect.ncl
-;   originally written by Franziska Frank (DLR, Germany).
+;   originally written by Franziska Winterstein (DLR, Germany).
 ;   Note: This code requires that all data are provided on the same grid.
 ;
 ; Required diag_script_info attributes (diagnostic specific)
diff --git a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/collect.ncl b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/collect.ncl
index 6381912e12..0fd2efe311 100644
--- a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/collect.ncl
+++ b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/collect.ncl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ; #############################################################################
 ; WRAPPER SCRIPT FOR COLLECTING AND PLOTTING PRECALCULATED METRICS
-; Author: Franziska Frank (DLR, Germany)
+; Author: Franziska Winterstein (DLR, Germany)
 ; ESMVal project
 ; #############################################################################
 ; Description
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 ;    20140620-gottschaldt_klaus-dirk: modified output file naming (variable
 ;                                     plotpath) and added option for explicit
 ;                                     plot title.
-;    20140204-frank_franziska: written.
+;    20140204-winterstein_franziska: written.
 ;
 ; #############################################################################
 
@@ -473,19 +473,19 @@ begin
   if (diag_script_info@metric.eq."RMSD") then
     caption = "RMSD performance metric"
     statistics = (/"rmsd"/)
-    authors = (/"frank_franziska", "righi_mattia", "eyring_veronika"/)
+    authors = (/"winterstein_franziska", "righi_mattia", "eyring_veronika"/)
     plottype = "portrait"
     references = (/"righi15gmd", "gleckler08jgr"/)
   elseif (diag_script_info@metric.eq."BIAS") then
     caption = "Bias performance metric"
     statistics = (/"diff"/)
-    authors = (/"frank_franziska", "righi_mattia", "eyring_veronika"/)
+    authors = (/"winterstein_franziska", "righi_mattia", "eyring_veronika"/)
     plottype = "portrait"
     references = (/"righi15gmd", "gleckler08jgr"/)
   elseif (diag_script_info@metric.eq."taylor") then
     caption = "Taylor diagram"
     statistics = (/"rmsd", "corr"/)
-    authors = (/"frank_franziska", "righi_mattia", "eyring_veronika"/)
+    authors = (/"winterstein_franziska", "righi_mattia", "eyring_veronika"/)
     plottype = "taylor"
     references = (/"righi15gmd", "gleckler08jgr"/)
   elseif (diag_script_info@metric.eq."SMPI") then
diff --git a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/cycle.ncl b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/cycle.ncl
index d18ca3f565..5d6f25e945 100644
--- a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/cycle.ncl
+++ b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/cycle.ncl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ; #############################################################################
 ; PROCEDURE FOR THE ANNUAL CYCLE PLOT OF THE PERFORMANCE METRICS
-; Authors: Mattia Righi (DLR, Germany) and Franziska Frank (DLR, Germany)
+; Authors: Mattia Righi (DLR, Germany) and Franziska Winterstein (DLR, Germany)
 ; ESMVal project
 ; #############################################################################
 
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ begin
                  (/"mean", "stddev"/), \
                  diag_script_info@region, \
                  "seas", \
-                 (/"frank_franziska", "righi_mattia", "eyring_veronika"/), \
+                 (/"winterstein_franziska", "righi_mattia", \
+                   "eyring_veronika"/), \
                  (/"righi15gmd", "gleckler08jgr"/), \
                  metadata_att_as_array(info_items, "filename"))
 
diff --git a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/cycle_latlon.ncl b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/cycle_latlon.ncl
index da420f85c7..e54176b34f 100644
--- a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/cycle_latlon.ncl
+++ b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/cycle_latlon.ncl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ; #############################################################################
 ; PROCEDURE FOR THE CYCLE-LATLON PLOT OF THE PERFORMANCE METRICS
-; Authors: Mattia Righi (DLR, Germany) and Franziska Frank (DLR, Germany)
+; Authors: Mattia Righi (DLR, Germany) and Franziska Winterstein (DLR, Germany)
 ; ESMVal project
 ; #############################################################################
 
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ begin
                    (/"mean", "stddev"/), \
                    diag_script_info@region, \
                    "other", \
-                   (/"frank_franziska", "righi_mattia", "eyring_veronika"/), \
+                   (/"winterstein_franziska", "righi_mattia", \
+                     "eyring_veronika"/), \
                    (/"righi15gmd", "gleckler08jgr"/), \
                    info_items[imod]@filename)
 
diff --git a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/cycle_zonal.ncl b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/cycle_zonal.ncl
index 62bcff1966..9b86ebf0d5 100644
--- a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/cycle_zonal.ncl
+++ b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/cycle_zonal.ncl
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ begin
                    (/"mean", "rmsd"/), \
                    diag_script_info@region, \
                    "other", \
-                   (/"frank_franziska", "righi_mattia", "eyring_veronika"/), \
+                   (/"winterstein_franziska", "righi_mattia", \
+                     "eyring_veronika"/), \
                    (/"righi15gmd", "gleckler08jgr"/), \
                    info_items[imod]@filename)
 
diff --git a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/latlon.ncl b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/latlon.ncl
index d5b65e8b6e..10bbaa242f 100644
--- a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/latlon.ncl
+++ b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/latlon.ncl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ; #############################################################################
 ; PROCEDURE FOR THE LATLON PLOT OF THE PERFORMANCE METRICS
-; Authors: Mattia Righi (DLR, Germany) and Franziska Frank (DLR, Germany)
+; Authors: Mattia Righi (DLR, Germany) and Franziska Winterstein (DLR, Germany)
 ; ESMVal project
 ; #############################################################################
 
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ begin
                    (/"mean", "rmsd"/), \
                    diag_script_info@region, \
                    "geo", \
-                   (/"frank_franziska", "righi_mattia", "eyring_veronika"/), \
+                   (/"winterstein_franziska", "righi_mattia", \
+                     "eyring_veronika"/), \
                    (/"righi15gmd", "gleckler08jgr"/), \
                    info_items[imod]@filename)
 
@@ -211,7 +212,8 @@ begin
                    (/"mean", "rmsd", "diff"/), \
                    diag_script_info@region, \
                    "zonal", \
-                   (/"frank_franziska", "righi_mattia", "eyring_veronika"/), \
+                   (/"winterstein_franziska", "righi_mattia", \
+                     "eyring_veronika"/), \
                    (/"righi15gmd", "gleckler08jgr"/), \
                    info_items[imod]@filename)
 
diff --git a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/main.ncl b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/main.ncl
index 0d683d6ef7..3789709b79 100644
--- a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/main.ncl
+++ b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/main.ncl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ; #############################################################################
 ; MAIN SCRIPT FOR PERFORMANCE METRICS
-; Authors: Mattia Righi (DLR, Germany) and Franziska Frank (DLR, Germany)
+; Authors: Mattia Righi (DLR, Germany) and Franziska Winterstein (DLR, Germany)
 ; ESMVal project
 ; #############################################################################
 ;
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 ;    20140905-righi_mattia: consistent regridding and missing values mask.
 ;    20140701-gottschaldt_klaus-dirk: Adapted for T1M.
 ;    20140630-gottschaldt_klaus-dirk: Adapted for T0Ms.
-;    20131203-frank_franziska: written.
+;    20131203-winterstein_franziska: written.
 ;
 ; #############################################################################
 
@@ -353,7 +353,8 @@ begin
 
         ; Provenance information
         statistics = (/"rmsd"/)
-        authors = (/"frank_franziska", "righi_mattia", "eyring_veronika"/)
+        authors = (/"winterstein_franziska", "righi_mattia", \
+                    "eyring_veronika"/)
         references = (/"righi15gmd", "gleckler08jgr"/)
 
       elseif (diag_script_info@metric(met).eq."BIAS") then
@@ -379,7 +380,8 @@ begin
 
         ; Provenance information
         statistics = (/"diff"/)
-        authors = (/"frank_franziska", "righi_mattia", "eyring_veronika"/)
+        authors = (/"winterstein_franziska", "righi_mattia", \
+                    "eyring_veronika"/)
         references = (/"righi15gmd", "gleckler08jgr"/)
 
       elseif (diag_script_info@metric(met).eq."taylor") then
@@ -392,7 +394,8 @@ begin
 
         ; Provenance information
         statistics = (/"rmsd", "corr"/)
-        authors = (/"frank_franziska", "righi_mattia", "eyring_veronika"/)
+        authors = (/"winterstein_franziska", "righi_mattia", \
+                    "eyring_veronika"/)
         references = (/"righi15gmd", "gleckler08jgr"/)
 
       elseif (diag_script_info@metric(met).eq."SMPI") then
diff --git a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/zonal.ncl b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/zonal.ncl
index 788c465625..2f8b96f34c 100644
--- a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/zonal.ncl
+++ b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/perfmetrics/zonal.ncl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ; #############################################################################
 ; PROCEDURE FOR THE ZONAL PLOT OF THE PERFORMANCE METRICS
-; Authors: Mattia Righi (DLR, Germany) and Franziska Frank (DLR, Germany)
+; Authors: Mattia Righi (DLR, Germany) and Franziska Winterstein (DLR, Germany)
 ; ESMVal project
 ; #############################################################################
 
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ begin
                    (/"mean", "stddev"/), \
                    diag_script_info@region, \
                    "zonal", \
-                   (/"frank_franziska", "righi_mattia", "eyring_veronika"/), \
+                   (/"winterstein_franziska", "righi_mattia", \
+                     "eyring_veronika"/), \
                    (/"righi15gmd", "gleckler08jgr"/), \
                    info_items[imod]@filename)
 
@@ -209,7 +210,8 @@ begin
                    (/"mean", "stddev", "diff"/), \
                    diag_script_info@region, \
                    "zonal", \
-                   (/"frank_franziska", "righi_mattia", "eyring_veronika"/), \
+                   (/"winterstein_franziska", "righi_mattia", \
+                     "eyring_veronika"/), \
                    (/"righi15gmd", "gleckler08jgr"/), \
                    info_items[imod]@filename)
 
diff --git a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/regional_downscaling/regional_function.ncl b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/regional_downscaling/regional_function.ncl
index c2a00ad2fd..ff1fb4303c 100644
--- a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/regional_downscaling/regional_function.ncl
+++ b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/regional_downscaling/regional_function.ncl
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ function select_region1(region:string)
 ;    name as an attribute.
 ;
 ; Modification history
+;
 ;    20141205 -A_gott_kl: adjusted names to Righi et al. (2015).
 ;    20140410 -A_fran_fr: extended to midlat, equatorial and polar regions.
 ;    20140129 -A_fran_fr: written.
diff --git a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/latlon.ncl b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/latlon.ncl
index 6d7e4e1f1d..429e6cee60 100644
--- a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/latlon.ncl
+++ b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/latlon.ncl
@@ -588,8 +588,8 @@ function select_region(region:string)
 ; Modification history
 ;    20190405-righi_mattia: change region names to match provenance.
 ;    20141205-gottschaldt_klaus-dirk: adjusted names to Righi et al. (2015).
-;    20140410-frank_franziska: extended to midlat, equatorial and polar.
-;    20140129-frank_franziska: written.
+;    20140410-winterstein_franziska: extended to midlat, equatorial and polar.
+;    20140129-winterstein_franziska: written.
 ;
 local funcname, scriptname, region
 begin
diff --git a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/plot/aux_plotting.ncl b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/plot/aux_plotting.ncl
index 23fe72b5b0..d4b2358c49 100644
--- a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/plot/aux_plotting.ncl
+++ b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/plot/aux_plotting.ncl
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ procedure create_legend_lines(labels:string, \
 ;    20150508-righi_mattia: added lines/markers option.
 ;    20150120-gottschaldt_klaus-dirk: remove pre-existing file type suffix
 ;    20140305-righi_mattia: modified to plot always as epsi format.
-;    20140219-frank_franziska: written.
+;    20140219-winterstein_franziska: written.
 ;
 local funcname, scriptname, region, temp, outfile, n_suff, wks_legend
 begin
diff --git a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/plot/legends.ncl b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/plot/legends.ncl
index 310b30a733..3dd979bf54 100644
--- a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/plot/legends.ncl
+++ b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/plot/legends.ncl
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ function legend_lines(wks_in[1],
 ;    It will be saved in the outfile directory and returned as a workstation
 ;
 ; Modification history
-;    20140326-gottschaldt_klaus-dirk: written based on code by frank_franziska
+;    20140326-gottschaldt_klaus-dirk: written based on code by
+;                                     winterstein_franziska
 ;
 local data, defaults, var, diag_script, colors, annots, dashes, thicks
 begin
diff --git a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/plot/portrait_plot.ncl b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/plot/portrait_plot.ncl
index 903d4b51a6..8001fdc5df 100644
--- a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/plot/portrait_plot.ncl
+++ b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/plot/portrait_plot.ncl
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function portrait_plot(wks_in[1],
 ;    20211014-bock_lisa: added sorting by project
 ;    20151027-righi_mattia: added option for displaying rankings.
 ;    20140605-righi_mattia: modified with flexible plot shapes.
-;    20140204-frank_franziska: extended.
+;    20140204-winterstein_franziska: extended.
 ;    20140114-righi_mattia: written.
 ;
 local funcname, scriptname, wks, wks_in, data, source, res, atts, \
diff --git a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/plot/xy_line.ncl b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/plot/xy_line.ncl
index 5a6a82e53a..e6dee6be4c 100644
--- a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/plot/xy_line.ncl
+++ b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/plot/xy_line.ncl
@@ -2485,7 +2485,7 @@ function cycle_plot(wks_in[1],
 ; Caveats
 ;
 ; Modification history
-;    20131206-frank_franziska: written.
+;    20131206-winterstein_franziska: written.
 ;
 local funcname, scriptname, wks_out, wks_in, data, source, res, atts, base, \
   varname
diff --git a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/plot/zonalmean_profile.ncl b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/plot/zonalmean_profile.ncl
index d1d6425109..ecfafb5755 100644
--- a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/plot/zonalmean_profile.ncl
+++ b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/plot/zonalmean_profile.ncl
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function zonalmean_profile(wks_in[1],
 ; Caveats
 ;
 ; Modification history
-;    20131210-frank_franziska: written.
+;    20131210-winterstein_franziska: written.
 ;
 local funcname, scriptname, wks, wks_in, data, source, res, atts, base, varname
 begin
diff --git a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/statistics.ncl b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/statistics.ncl
index 93eef57d85..d8c67238f6 100644
--- a/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/statistics.ncl
+++ b/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/shared/statistics.ncl
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ function calculate_metric(var:numeric,
 ;    20190312-A_bock_lisa: added calculation of RMSDxy
 ;    20140313-righi_mattia: implemented weights calculation within the
 ;                           function, depending on dimensionality.
-;    20140120-frank_franziska: written.
+;    20140120-winterstein_franziska: written.
 ;
 local funcname, scriptname, dims_var, dims_ref, ii, dim_names, mdays, sdays, \
   weights, var1d, ref1d, wgt1d, avg_var, avg_ref, p1, p2, p3, var3d, wgt3d, \
@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@ function normalize_metric(var:numeric,
 ;
 ; Modification history
 ;    20140609-righi_mattia: absolute value added to "mean" normalization.
-;    20140120-frank_franziska: written.
+;    20140120-winterstein_franziska: written.
 ;
 local funcname, scriptname, val_var, norm, stdv, p1
 begin
diff --git a/esmvaltool/recipes/recipe_perfmetrics_CMIP5.yml b/esmvaltool/recipes/recipe_perfmetrics_CMIP5.yml
index 8d77eb2da5..ee7c8e96e1 100644
--- a/esmvaltool/recipes/recipe_perfmetrics_CMIP5.yml
+++ b/esmvaltool/recipes/recipe_perfmetrics_CMIP5.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ documentation:
     variables (like ozone, sea-ice, aerosol...)
 
   authors:
-    - frank_franziska
+    - winterstein_franziska
     - righi_mattia
     - eyring_veronika
 
diff --git a/esmvaltool/recipes/recipe_perfmetrics_CMIP5_4cds.yml b/esmvaltool/recipes/recipe_perfmetrics_CMIP5_4cds.yml
index a4bd08b6d8..b9e6b1ad1e 100644
--- a/esmvaltool/recipes/recipe_perfmetrics_CMIP5_4cds.yml
+++ b/esmvaltool/recipes/recipe_perfmetrics_CMIP5_4cds.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ documentation:
     variables (like ozone, sea-ice, aerosol...)
 
   authors:
-    - frank_franziska
+    - winterstein_franziska
     - righi_mattia
     - eyring_veronika
 
diff --git a/esmvaltool/recipes/recipe_perfmetrics_land_CMIP5.yml b/esmvaltool/recipes/recipe_perfmetrics_land_CMIP5.yml
index 792988d229..834b97e158 100644
--- a/esmvaltool/recipes/recipe_perfmetrics_land_CMIP5.yml
+++ b/esmvaltool/recipes/recipe_perfmetrics_land_CMIP5.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ documentation:
 
   authors:
     - gier_bettina
-    - frank_franziska
+    - winterstein_franziska
     - righi_mattia
     - eyring_veronika