Projected changes in Köppen-Trewartha climate zones under 1.5-4℃global warming targets over mid-high latitudes of Northern Asia using an ensemble of RegCM4 simulations  

作　　者：Jie WU Xue-Jie GAO Xian-Bing TANG Filippo GIORGI 

机构地区：[1]School of Geography and Environmental Engineering,Gannan Normal University,Ganzhou 341000,China [2]Climate Change Research Center,Institute of Atmospheric Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100029,China [3]Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters,Nanjing University of Information Science&Technology,Nanjing 210044,China [4]University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China [5]The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics,Trieste 34100,Italy

出　　处：《Advances in Climate Change Research》2024年第2期185-196,共12页气候变化研究进展（英文版）

基　　金：This research was jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41991284);the Science and Technology Project of Education Department of Jiangxi province(GJJ2201249).

摘　　要：Mid-high latitude Northern Asia is one of the most vulnerable and sensitive areas to global warming,but relatively less studied previously.We used an ensemble of a regional climate model(RegCM4)projections to assess future changes in surface air temperature,precipitation and Köppen-Trewartha(K-T)climate types in Northern Asia under the 1.5-4℃global warming targets.RegCM4 is driven by five CMIP5 global models over an East Asia domain at a grid spacing of 25 km.Validation of the present day(1986-2005)simulations shows that the ensembles of RegCM4(ensR)and driving GCMs(ensG)reproduce the major characters of the observed temperature,precipitation and K-T climate zones reasonably well.Greater and more realistic spatial detail is found in RegCM4 compared to the driving GCMs.A general warming and overall increases in precipitation are projected over the region,with these changes being more pronounced at higher warming levels.The projected warming by ensR shows different spatial patterns,and is in general lower,compared to ensG in most months of the year,while the percentage increases of precipitation are maximum during the cold months.The future changes in K-T climate zones are characterized by a substantial expansion of Dc(temperature oceanic)and retreat of Ec(sub-arctic continental)over the region,reaching∼20%under the 4℃warming level.The most notable change in climate types in ensR is found over Japan(∼60%),followed by Southern Siberia,Mongolia,and the Korean Peninsula(∼40%).The largest change in the K-T climate types is found when increasing from 2 to 3℃.The results will help to better assess the impacts of climate change and in implementation of appropriate adaptation measures over the region.

关 键 词：Mid-high latitudes of Northern Asia Köppen climate zones Global warming targets Regional climate model 

分 类 号：P467[天文地球—大气科学及气象学] P732.3