Future climate change scenarios in Central America at high spatial resolution

The objective of this work is to assess the downscaling projections of climate change over Central America at 8-km resolution using the Eta Regional Climate Model, driven by the HadGEM2-ES simulations of RCP4.5 emission scenario. The narrow characteristic of continent supports the use of numerical s...

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Main Authors: Imbach, Pablo, Chou, Sin Chan, Lyra, André, Rodrigues, Daniela, Rodríguez, Daniel, Latinovic, Dragan, Siqueira, Gracielle, Silva, Adan, Garofolo, Lucas, Georgiou, Selena
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Language:Inglés
Published: Public Library of Science 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92503
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author Imbach, Pablo
Chou, Sin Chan
Lyra, André
Rodrigues, Daniela
Rodríguez, Daniel
Latinovic, Dragan
Siqueira, Gracielle
Silva, Adan
Garofolo, Lucas
Georgiou, Selena
author_browse Chou, Sin Chan
Garofolo, Lucas
Georgiou, Selena
Imbach, Pablo
Latinovic, Dragan
Lyra, André
Rodrigues, Daniela
Rodríguez, Daniel
Silva, Adan
Siqueira, Gracielle
author_facet Imbach, Pablo
Chou, Sin Chan
Lyra, André
Rodrigues, Daniela
Rodríguez, Daniel
Latinovic, Dragan
Siqueira, Gracielle
Silva, Adan
Garofolo, Lucas
Georgiou, Selena
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description The objective of this work is to assess the downscaling projections of climate change over Central America at 8-km resolution using the Eta Regional Climate Model, driven by the HadGEM2-ES simulations of RCP4.5 emission scenario. The narrow characteristic of continent supports the use of numerical simulations at very high-horizontal resolution. Prior to assessing climate change, the 30-year baseline period 1961–1990 is evaluated against different sources of observations of precipitation and temperature. The mean seasonal precipitation and temperature distribution show reasonable agreement with observations. Spatial correlation of the Eta, 8-km resolution, simulations against observations show clear advantage over the driver coarse global model simulations. Seasonal cycle of precipitation confirms the added value of the Eta at 8-km over coarser resolution simulations. The Eta simulations show a systematic cold bias in the region. Climate features of the Mid-Summer Drought and the Caribbean Low-Level Jet are well simulated by the Eta model at 8-km resolution. The assessment of the future climate change is based on the 30-year period 2021–2050, under RCP4.5 scenario. Precipitation is generally reduced, in particular during the JJA and SON, the rainy season. Warming is expected over the region, but stronger in the northern portion of the continent. The Mid-Summer Drought may develop in regions that do not occur during the baseline period, and where it occurs the strength may increase in the future scenario. The Caribbean Low-Level Jet shows little change in the future. Extreme temperatures have positive trend within the period 2021–2050, whereas extreme precipitation, measured by R50mm and R90p, shows positive trend in the eastern coast, around Costa Rica, and negative trends in the northern part of the continent. Negative trend in the duration of dry spell, which is an estimate based on evapotranspiration, is projected in most part of the continent. Annual mean water excess has negative trends in most part of the continent, which suggests decreasing water availability in the future scenario.
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spelling CGSpace925032025-03-13T09:45:18Z Future climate change scenarios in Central America at high spatial resolution Imbach, Pablo Chou, Sin Chan Lyra, André Rodrigues, Daniela Rodríguez, Daniel Latinovic, Dragan Siqueira, Gracielle Silva, Adan Garofolo, Lucas Georgiou, Selena climate change cambio climático rain simulation models modelos de simulación seasons estaciones del año drought The objective of this work is to assess the downscaling projections of climate change over Central America at 8-km resolution using the Eta Regional Climate Model, driven by the HadGEM2-ES simulations of RCP4.5 emission scenario. The narrow characteristic of continent supports the use of numerical simulations at very high-horizontal resolution. Prior to assessing climate change, the 30-year baseline period 1961–1990 is evaluated against different sources of observations of precipitation and temperature. The mean seasonal precipitation and temperature distribution show reasonable agreement with observations. Spatial correlation of the Eta, 8-km resolution, simulations against observations show clear advantage over the driver coarse global model simulations. Seasonal cycle of precipitation confirms the added value of the Eta at 8-km over coarser resolution simulations. The Eta simulations show a systematic cold bias in the region. Climate features of the Mid-Summer Drought and the Caribbean Low-Level Jet are well simulated by the Eta model at 8-km resolution. The assessment of the future climate change is based on the 30-year period 2021–2050, under RCP4.5 scenario. Precipitation is generally reduced, in particular during the JJA and SON, the rainy season. Warming is expected over the region, but stronger in the northern portion of the continent. The Mid-Summer Drought may develop in regions that do not occur during the baseline period, and where it occurs the strength may increase in the future scenario. The Caribbean Low-Level Jet shows little change in the future. Extreme temperatures have positive trend within the period 2021–2050, whereas extreme precipitation, measured by R50mm and R90p, shows positive trend in the eastern coast, around Costa Rica, and negative trends in the northern part of the continent. Negative trend in the duration of dry spell, which is an estimate based on evapotranspiration, is projected in most part of the continent. Annual mean water excess has negative trends in most part of the continent, which suggests decreasing water availability in the future scenario. 2018 2018-05-10T16:00:15Z 2018-05-10T16:00:15Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92503 en Open Access Public Library of Science Imbach, Pablo, Chou, Sin Chan, Lyra, André, Rodrigues, Daniela, Rodriguez, Daniel, Latinovic, Dragan, Siqueira, Gracielle, Silva, Adan, Garofolo, Lucas, Georgiou, Selena (2018). Future climate change scenarios in Central America at high spatial resolution. PLoS One, 13(4), e0193570.
spellingShingle climate change
cambio climático
rain
simulation models
modelos de simulación
seasons
estaciones del año
drought
Imbach, Pablo
Chou, Sin Chan
Lyra, André
Rodrigues, Daniela
Rodríguez, Daniel
Latinovic, Dragan
Siqueira, Gracielle
Silva, Adan
Garofolo, Lucas
Georgiou, Selena
Future climate change scenarios in Central America at high spatial resolution
title Future climate change scenarios in Central America at high spatial resolution
title_full Future climate change scenarios in Central America at high spatial resolution
title_fullStr Future climate change scenarios in Central America at high spatial resolution
title_full_unstemmed Future climate change scenarios in Central America at high spatial resolution
title_short Future climate change scenarios in Central America at high spatial resolution
title_sort future climate change scenarios in central america at high spatial resolution
topic climate change
cambio climático
rain
simulation models
modelos de simulación
seasons
estaciones del año
drought
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92503
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