Climate extremes indices in the CMIP5 multimodel ensemble: Part 2. Future climate projections
Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions · Impact · +1 more institution
Abstract
This study provides an overview of projected changes in climate extremes indices defined by the Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices (ETCCDI). The temperature‐ and precipitation‐based indices are computed with a consistent methodology for climate change simulations using different emission scenarios in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 3 (CMIP3) and Phase 5 (CMIP5) multimodel ensembles. We analyze changes in the indices on global and regional scales over the 21st century relative to the reference period 1981–2000. In general, changes in indices based on daily minimum temperatures are found to be more pronounced than in indices based on daily maximum temperatures. Extreme…
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- 58.17
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- 100%
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- 51
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5Topics & keywords
- Coupled model intercomparison project
- Precipitation
- Environmental science
- Climatology
- Climate change
- Mediterranean climate
- Climate extremes
- Climate model
- Climate action