TY - JOUR

T1 - Spatial extent of precipitation events

T2 - when big is getting bigger

AU - Matte, Dominic

AU - Christensen, Jens H.

AU - Ozturk, Tugba

PY - 2021/10/21

Y1 - 2021/10/21

N2 - Using a sub-selection of regional climate models at 0.11 degrees (approximate to 12 km) grid resolution from the EURO-CORDEX ensemble, we investigate how the spatial extent of areas associated with the most intensive daily precipitation events changes as a consequence of global warming. We address this by analysing three different warming levels: 1 degrees C, 2 degrees C and 3 degrees C. We find that not only does the intensity of such events increase, but their size will also change as a function of the warming: larger systems becomes more frequent and larger, while systems of lesser extent are reduced in numbers.

AB - Using a sub-selection of regional climate models at 0.11 degrees (approximate to 12 km) grid resolution from the EURO-CORDEX ensemble, we investigate how the spatial extent of areas associated with the most intensive daily precipitation events changes as a consequence of global warming. We address this by analysing three different warming levels: 1 degrees C, 2 degrees C and 3 degrees C. We find that not only does the intensity of such events increase, but their size will also change as a function of the warming: larger systems becomes more frequent and larger, while systems of lesser extent are reduced in numbers.

KW - Extreme precipitation

KW - Regional climate model

KW - EURO-CORDEX

KW - Spatial extent of precipitation

KW - EXTREME PRECIPITATION

KW - FUTURE CHANGES

KW - CLIMATE

KW - PROJECTIONS

KW - STORMS

U2 - 10.1007/s00382-021-05998-0

DO - 10.1007/s00382-021-05998-0

M3 - Journal article

VL - 58

SP - 1861

EP - 1875

JO - Climate Dynamics

JF - Climate Dynamics

SN - 0930-7575

ER -