When will trends in European mean and heavy daily precipitation emerge?.

Maraun, Douglas (2013) When will trends in European mean and heavy daily precipitation emerge?. Open Access Environmental Research Letters, 8 (1). 014004. DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/014004.

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Abstract

A multi-model ensemble of regional climate projections for Europe is employed to investigate how the time of emergence (TOE) for seasonal sums and maxima of daily precipitation depends on spatial scale. The TOE is redefined for emergence from internal variability only; the spread of the TOE due to imperfect climate model formulation is used as a measure of uncertainty in the TOE itself. Thereby, the TOE becomes a fundamentally limiting timescale and translates into a minimum spatial scale on which robust conclusions can be drawn about precipitation trends. Thus, minimum temporal and spatial scales for adaptation planning are also given. In northern Europe, positive winter trends in mean and heavy precipitation, and in southwestern and southeastern Europe, summer trends in mean precipitation already emerge within the next few decades. However, across wide areas, especially for heavy summer precipitation, the local trend emerges only late in the 21st century or later. For precipitation averaged to larger scales, the trend, in general, emerges earlier.

Document Type: Article
Additional Information: WOS:000316998300012
Keywords: time of emergence; precipitation; extreme events; regional climate change; adaptation; CLIMATE-CHANGE; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; MODEL PROJECTIONS; PREDICTION
Research affiliation: OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB1 Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics > FB1-ME Maritime Meteorology
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: Yes
Publisher: IOP Publishing
Date Deposited: 16 May 2013 12:32
Last Modified: 22 Jan 2019 09:12
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/21271

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