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UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE VIÇOSA & UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. Greenhouse Gas Induced Changes in the Seasonal Cycle of the Amazon Basin in a Coupled Climate-Vegetation Regional Model. Flávio Justino Kerry Cook, Edward Vizy, Jefferson Prietsch, José M. N. Costa. OUTLINE.
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UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE VIÇOSA & UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Greenhouse Gas Induced Changes in the Seasonal Cycle of the Amazon Basin in a Coupled Climate-Vegetation Regional Model Flávio Justino Kerry Cook, Edward Vizy, Jefferson Prietsch, José M. N. Costa
OUTLINE Modelling Aproach Seasonal Climate Changes 2m temperature Precipitation Climate Induced Vegetation Changes Wildfire Susceptibility
MODELLING APROACH - Regional Atmospheric Model – MM5 60Km (from 55°S to 12°N, and 28°W to 92°W), 24 vertical levels resolution - Potential Vegetation Model (PVM, Oyama and Nobre, 2004) PD and GHG Simulations NCEP Boundary Conditions (1980-2000) CCCma IPCC-AR4 A1B (2080-2100)
RESULTS Present Day (PD) x Greenhouse Warming (GW) Simulations
GW-PD Anomalies t2m Prec ETp q2
SEASONAL CHANGES , Harmonic Analysis Phase Variance Amplitude
Variance of the Annual Harmonic GW Present Day t2m Prec
Phase Angle Present Day GW t2m Prec
Amplitude Present Day GW t2m Prec
WHAT ABOUT VEGETATION CHANGES?
2081-2100 1980-2000 70%REDUCTION BY 2070 Vegetation Changes Regional Climate Simulation (Cook and Vizy 2008 JCLI) MM5 coupled to PVM
Atmospheric Susceptibility to Wildfire Activity
Haines Index Present day and Greenhouse Warming
Wildfire and Greenhouse Gases Anomalies 2080-2100 Climatology Temp. 7-10
Wildfire and Greenhouse Gases Climatology Prec. 7-10 Anomalies 2080-2100
Modelling Wildfire Susceptibility Haines Index If A+B >= 12 Moderate fire risk If A+B >= 24 High fire risk
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