Spatial and temporal characteristics of heat waves over Central Europe in an ensemble of regional climate model simulations

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F15%3A10311966" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/15:10311966 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/68378289:_____/15:00440271
Result on the web
<a href="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00382-015-2475-7" target="_blank" >http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00382-015-2475-7</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-015-2475-7" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00382-015-2475-7</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Spatial and temporal characteristics of heat waves over Central Europe in an ensemble of regional climate model simulations
Original language description
The study examines the capability of regional climate models (RCMs) to reproduce spatial and temporal characteristics of severe Central European heat waves. We analysed an ensemble of seven RCM simulations driven by the ERA-40 reanalysis over the 1961-2000 period, in comparison to observed data from the E-OBS gridded dataset. Heat waves were defined based on regionally significant excesses above the model-specific 95 % quantile of summer daily maximum air temperature distribution and their severity wasdescribed using the extremity index. The multi-model mean reflected the observed characteristics of heat waves quite well, but considerable differences were found among the individual RCMs. The RCMs had a tendency to simulate too many heat waves that were shorter but their temperature peak was more pronounced on average compared to E-OBS. Deficiencies were found also in reproducing interannual and interdecadal variability of heat waves. Using as an example the most severe Central Europea
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
DG - Atmospheric sciences, meteorology
OECD FORD branch
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Project
<a href="/en/project/GAP209%2F10%2F2265" target="_blank" >GAP209/10/2265: Reproduction of links between atmospheric circulation and surface air temperature and precipitation distributions in climate models</a><br>
Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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