Capability of the SMHI-RCA4 RCM driven by the ERA-Interim reanalysis to simulate heat waves in Argentina

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F86652079%3A_____%2F18%3A00476443" target="_blank" >RIV/86652079:_____/18:00476443 - isvavai.cz</a>

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RIV/68378289:_____/18:00476561 RIV/60460709:41330/18:77149

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/joc.5190" target="_blank" >https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/joc.5190</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.5190" target="_blank" >10.1002/joc.5190</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Capability of the SMHI-RCA4 RCM driven by the ERA-Interim reanalysis to simulate heat waves in Argentina

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The aim of the work was to evaluate the capability of the SMHI-RCA4 regional climate model (RCM) driven by the ERA-Interim reanalysis to simulate heat waves in Argentina. Firstly, we evaluated simulations of summer daily maximum temperature (Tmax) against observed data from nine stations. The model showed a warm Tmax bias at six locations and the smallest and/or negative biases were located over regions with complex topography. Heat waves were defined based on exceedances of the daily 90th percentile of Tmax at individual stations. The model overestimated the intensity, duration, and number of heat waves at all locations, but more intense heat waves were underestimated. In particular, we analysed the extreme heat wave that occurred in November 1985 in northeastern Argentina and found out that a possible reason for its underestimation was an inaccurate simulation of the sea level pressure gradient in the region. The weaker pressure gradient in the model caused a reduction of the warm northerly advection. Finally, we studied how the parameters of heat waves varied among different phases of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) for observed and modelled data. At five stations, the strongest heat waves occurred during La Niña years and were probably associated with the decrease in precipitation.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Capability of the SMHI-RCA4 RCM driven by the ERA-Interim reanalysis to simulate heat waves in Argentina

Popis výsledku anglicky

The aim of the work was to evaluate the capability of the SMHI-RCA4 regional climate model (RCM) driven by the ERA-Interim reanalysis to simulate heat waves in Argentina. Firstly, we evaluated simulations of summer daily maximum temperature (Tmax) against observed data from nine stations. The model showed a warm Tmax bias at six locations and the smallest and/or negative biases were located over regions with complex topography. Heat waves were defined based on exceedances of the daily 90th percentile of Tmax at individual stations. The model overestimated the intensity, duration, and number of heat waves at all locations, but more intense heat waves were underestimated. In particular, we analysed the extreme heat wave that occurred in November 1985 in northeastern Argentina and found out that a possible reason for its underestimation was an inaccurate simulation of the sea level pressure gradient in the region. The weaker pressure gradient in the model caused a reduction of the warm northerly advection. Finally, we studied how the parameters of heat waves varied among different phases of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) for observed and modelled data. At five stations, the strongest heat waves occurred during La Niña years and were probably associated with the decrease in precipitation.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

International Journal of Climatology

ISSN

0899-8418

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

38

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

14

Strana od-do

483-496

Kód UT WoS článku

000419093600033

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85023203749