Projection in snowfall characteristics over the European Alps and its sensitivity to the SST changes: results from a 50 km resolution AGCM: Projection in snowfall and sensitivity to the SST changes
Projection in snowfall characteristics over the European Alps and its sensitivity to the SST changes: results from a 50 km resolution AGCM: Projection in snowfall and sensitivity to the SST changes
The end-of-century projection of the snowfall characteristics over the Alps region is studied using the 50-km resolution atmospheric global climate model, HiRAM (high-resolution atmospheric model). The model is forced by three different patterns of projections in the sea surface temperature (SST) in order to assess the sensitivity of snowfall characteristics to theses patterns. It is found that the mean snowfall intensity and frequency is poorly affected by the differences in SST forcing. However, the projections of heavy snowfall events strongly depend on the SST scenario. The changes in temperature and frequency of precipitation and freezing days over the Alps were investigated. We found that these variables did not exhibit a clear dependence to the SST scenario and could not explain the differences observed in snowfall projections. Changes in the moisture transport from the Atlantic Ocean to Europe were found significantly different between each scenario and are assumed to be the main factor affecting the projections of snowfalls, by providing more or less moisture supply.
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Freychet, N.
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Duchez, A.
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1 June 2017
Freychet, N.
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Hsu, H.-H.
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Duchez, A.
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Tu, C.-Y.
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Freychet, N., Hsu, H.-H., Duchez, A. and Tu, C.-Y.
(2017)
Projection in snowfall characteristics over the European Alps and its sensitivity to the SST changes: results from a 50 km resolution AGCM: Projection in snowfall and sensitivity to the SST changes.
Atmospheric Science Letters, 18 (6), .
(doi:10.1002/asl.751).
Abstract
The end-of-century projection of the snowfall characteristics over the Alps region is studied using the 50-km resolution atmospheric global climate model, HiRAM (high-resolution atmospheric model). The model is forced by three different patterns of projections in the sea surface temperature (SST) in order to assess the sensitivity of snowfall characteristics to theses patterns. It is found that the mean snowfall intensity and frequency is poorly affected by the differences in SST forcing. However, the projections of heavy snowfall events strongly depend on the SST scenario. The changes in temperature and frequency of precipitation and freezing days over the Alps were investigated. We found that these variables did not exhibit a clear dependence to the SST scenario and could not explain the differences observed in snowfall projections. Changes in the moisture transport from the Atlantic Ocean to Europe were found significantly different between each scenario and are assumed to be the main factor affecting the projections of snowfalls, by providing more or less moisture supply.
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Accepted/In Press date: 13 April 2017
Published date: 1 June 2017
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