Multidecadal convection permitting climate simulations over Belgium: sensitivity of future precipitation extremes

Abstract We performed five high resolution (2.8 km) decadal convection permitting scale (CPS) climate simulations over Belgium using the COSMO‐CLM regional climate model and examined the future changes in daily precipitation extremes compared to coarser resolution simulations. The CPS model underestimates the higher percentiles during both seasons, however, some improvements in the higher percentile values are noticed during the summer season. Analysis of three future climate simulations indicates that the CPS model modifies the future signals of daily precipitation extremes compared to their... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Saeed, Sajjad
Brisson, Erwan
Demuzere, Matthias
Tabari, Hossein
Willems, Patrick
van Lipzig, Nicole P. M.
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
Reihe/Periodikum: Atmospheric Science Letters ; volume 18, issue 1, page 29-36 ; ISSN 1530-261X 1530-261X
Verlag/Hrsg.: Wiley
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28962700
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Link(s) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asl.720

Abstract We performed five high resolution (2.8 km) decadal convection permitting scale (CPS) climate simulations over Belgium using the COSMO‐CLM regional climate model and examined the future changes in daily precipitation extremes compared to coarser resolution simulations. The CPS model underestimates the higher percentiles during both seasons, however, some improvements in the higher percentile values are noticed during the summer season. Analysis of three future climate simulations indicates that the CPS model modifies the future signals of daily precipitation extremes compared to their forcing non‐CPS simulations during summer. During this season, the increase (decrease) in the daily precipitation extremes is stronger in the CPS compared to the non‐CPS simulations. During winter, no significant changes between CPS and non‐CPS were found.