The Atmospheric Moisture Budget over the Eastern Mediterranean Based on the Super-High-Resolution Global Model – Effects of Global Warming at the End of the 21st Century

2018 ◽  
pp. 49-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pinhas Alpert ◽  
Fengjun Jin
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Global Model ◽  
Moisture Budget ◽  
Atmospheric Moisture ◽  
Atmospheric Moisture Budget

scholarly journals 21st Century Projections of Extreme Precipitation Indicators for Cyprus

Atmosphere ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 343 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Zittis ◽  
Adriana Bruggeman ◽  
Corrado Camera
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Extreme Precipitation ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Region ◽  
Daily Rainfall ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
The Impact

According to observational and model-based studies, the eastern Mediterranean region is one of the most prominent climate-change hotspots in the world. The combined effect of warming and drying is expected to augment the regional impacts of global warming. In addition to changes in mean climatic conditions, global warming is likely to induce changes in several aspects of extreme rainfall such as duration and magnitude. In this context, we explore the impact of climate change on precipitation with the use of several indicators. We focus on Cyprus, a water-stressed island located in the eastern Mediterranean Basin. Our results are derived from a new high-resolution simulation for the 21st century, which is driven by a “business-as-usual” scenario. In addition to a strong temperature increase (up to 4.1 °C), our analysis highlights that, on average for the island, most extreme precipitation indicators decrease, suggesting a transition to much drier conditions. The absolute daily rainfall maxima exhibit strong local variability, indicating the need for high resolution simulations to understand the potential impacts on future flooding.

scholarly journals Arctic and Antarctic precipitation simulations produced by the NCAR community climate models

1995 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 117-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
David H. Bromwich ◽  
Biao Chen ◽  
Ren-Yow Tzeng
Keyword(s):  
Moisture Transport ◽  
Climate Models ◽  
Climate Model ◽  
Polar Regions ◽  
Moisture Budget ◽  
Atmospheric Moisture ◽  
Atmospheric Moisture Budget ◽  
Antarctic Precipitation ◽  
Climatic Characteristics ◽  
Community Climate

Precipitation predictions from globai-climate models (GCMs) for the ice-covered Arctic Ocean and the ice sheets of Antarctica are among the most important aspects of the inferred response of the polar areas to climate change. It is generally recognized that the atmospheric hydrologic cycle, which includes precipitation as a key part, is one of the components of the climate system that GCMs do not handle particularly well. The present-day atmospheric-moisture budget poleward of 70° latitude in both hemispheres, as represented by two versions of the NCAR (U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research) community climate model (CCM1 and CCM2), is compared with observational analyses. The quantities examined on the seasonal and annual timescales are precipitation, evaporation/sublimation and atmospheric poleward moisture transport. The results are discussed in terms of the physiographic and climatic characteristics of both polar regions and how the particular models handle moisture transport: CCM1 uses the positive-moisture fixer and CCM2 the semi- Lagrangian transport. A particularly important test both for models and for observations is the degree to which the independently determined moisture-budget quantities actually balance. Deficiencies of both observations and models are discussed.

scholarly journals Greenland precipitation estimates from the atmospheric moisture budget

1994 ◽  
Vol 21 (23) ◽  
pp. 2495-2498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank M. Robasky ◽  
David H. Bromwich
Keyword(s):  
Moisture Budget ◽  
Atmospheric Moisture ◽  
Precipitation Estimates ◽  
Atmospheric Moisture Budget

Atmospheric moisture budget and floods in the Yangtze River basin, China

2008 ◽  
Vol 95 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 331-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zengxin Zhang ◽  
Qiang Zhang ◽  
Chongyu Xu ◽  
Chunling Liu ◽  
Tong Jiang
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Yangtze River Basin ◽  
Moisture Budget ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
Atmospheric Moisture ◽  
The Yangtze River Basin ◽  
Atmospheric Moisture Budget
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