High-resolution (1 km) Köppen-Geiger maps for 1901–2099 based on constrained CMIP6 projections
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology · Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation · +9 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract We introduce Version 2 of our widely used 1-km Köppen-Geiger climate classification maps for historical and future climate conditions. The historical maps (encompassing 1901–1930, 1931–1960, 1961–1990, and 1991–2020) are based on high-resolution, observation-based climatologies, while the future maps (encompassing 2041–2070 and 2071–2099) are based on downscaled and bias-corrected climate projections for seven shared socio-economic pathways (SSPs). We evaluated 67 climate models from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 6 (CMIP6) and kept a subset of 42 with the most plausible CO 2 -induced warming rates. We estimate that from 1901–1930 to 1991–2020, approximately 5% of the global land…
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Authors
10- HEHylke E. BeckCorresponding
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- TRTim R. McVicar
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australian Research Council
- NVNoemi Vergopolan
NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton University
- ABAlexis Berg
Université de Montréal
- NJNicholas J. Lutsko
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
Topics & keywords
- Climatology
- Geiger counter
- Coupled model intercomparison project
- Climate model
- Environmental science
- Precipitation
- Climate change
- Representative Concentration Pathways
- Climate action