Selection of representative general circulation models under climatic uncertainty forWestern North America
JOURNAL OF WATER AND CLIMATE CHANGE(2024)
摘要
Climate change research uses an ensemble of general circulation model runs (GCMs-runs) to predict future climate under uncertainties. To reduce computational costs, this study selects representative GCM-runs (RGCM-runs) for Western North America (WNA) based on their performance in replicating historical climate conditions from 1981 to 2005 and projecting future changes from 1981-2010 to 2071-2100. This evaluation is conducted under two representative concentration pathways (RCPs) scenarios, RCP4.5 and RCP8.5, from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 5. By using an envelope-based selection technique and a multi-objective distance-based approach, we identify four RGCM-runs per RCP representing diverse climatic conditions, including wet-warm, wet-cold, dry-warm, and dry-cold. Compared to the full-set, these selected runs show a decreased mean absolute error (MAE) between the reference and RGCM-runs concerning the monthly average mean air temperature (T) and precipitation (P). For RCP4.5, T MAE is 0.45 (vs. 0.58 in the full-set) and P MAE is 0.31 (vs. 0.42). For RCP8.5, T MAE is 0.51 (vs. 0.75) and P MAE is 0.25 (vs. 0.36). The lower MAE values in the RGCM-run set indicate closer alignment between predicted and reference values, making the RGCM-run suitable for climate impact assessments in the region.
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climate change,climatic uncertainty,general circulation models,model-run reduction,representative model-runs,Western North America
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