A synthesis of regional climate change simulations - A Scandinavian perspective

J. H. Christensen; J. Räinsänen; T. Iversen; D. Bjørge; O. B. Christensen; M. Rummukainen

doi:10.1029/2000GL012196

A synthesis of regional climate change simulations - A Scandinavian perspective

J. H. Christensen, J. Räinsänen, T. Iversen, D. Bjørge, O. B. Christensen, M. Rummukainen

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Four downscaling experiments of regional climate change for the Nordic countries have been conducted with three different regional climate models (RCMs). A short synthesis of the outcome of the suite of experiments is presented as an ensemble, reflecting the different driving atmosphere-ocean general circulation model (AOGCM) conditions, RCM model resolution and domain size, and choice of emission scenarios. This allows the sources of uncertainties in the projections to be assessed. At the same time analysis of the climate change signal for temperature and precipitation over the period 1990-2050 reveals strong similarities. In particular, all experiments in the suite simulate changes in the precipitation distribution towards a higher frequency of heavy precipitation.

Original language	English
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	28
Issue number	6
Pages (from-to)	1003-1006
Number of pages	4
ISSN	0094-8276
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2000GL012196
Publication status	Published - 15 Mar 2001

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