A summary of the PRUDENCE model projections of changes in European climate by the end of this century

TY - JOUR

T1 - A summary of the PRUDENCE model projections of changes in European climate by the end of this century

AU - Christensen, Jens Hesselbjerg

AU - Christensen, Ole Bøssing

PY - 2007

Y1 - 2007

N2 - An overview of the PRUDENCE fine resolution climate model experiments for Europe is presented in terms of their climate change signals, in particular 2-meter temperature and precipitation. A comparison is made with regard to the seasonal variation in climate change response of the different models participating in the project. In particular, it will be possible to check how representative a particular PRUDENCE regional experiment is of the overall set in terms of seasonal values of temperature and precipitation. This is of relevance for such further studies and impact models that for practical reasons cannot use all the PRUDENCE regional experiments. This paper also provides some guidelines for how to select subsets of the PRUDENCE regional experiments according to such main sources of uncertainty in regional climate simulations as the choice of the emission scenario and of the driving global climate model.

AB - An overview of the PRUDENCE fine resolution climate model experiments for Europe is presented in terms of their climate change signals, in particular 2-meter temperature and precipitation. A comparison is made with regard to the seasonal variation in climate change response of the different models participating in the project. In particular, it will be possible to check how representative a particular PRUDENCE regional experiment is of the overall set in terms of seasonal values of temperature and precipitation. This is of relevance for such further studies and impact models that for practical reasons cannot use all the PRUDENCE regional experiments. This paper also provides some guidelines for how to select subsets of the PRUDENCE regional experiments according to such main sources of uncertainty in regional climate simulations as the choice of the emission scenario and of the driving global climate model.

U2 - 10.1007/s10584-006-9210-7

DO - 10.1007/s10584-006-9210-7

M3 - Review

AN - SCOPUS:34248168039

SN - 0165-0009

VL - 81

SP - 7

EP - 30

JO - Climatic Change

JF - Climatic Change

IS - Suppl. 1

ER -