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IPCC overview: reliability of regional projections

IPCC overview: reliability of regional projections. Richard Jones Met Office Hadley Centre. IPCC regional predictions. Significant temperature changes are very likely and patterns of change are becoming clear

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IPCC overview: reliability of regional projections

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  1. IPCC overview: reliability of regional projections Richard Jones Met Office Hadley Centre

  2. IPCC regional predictions • Significant temperature changes are very likely and patterns of change are becoming clear • Many statements are made relative to the global average warming which is still uncertain • Patterns of precipitation change are becoming clear for many areas but little confidence in the magnitude of the changes • Level of confidence/uncertainty is regionally dependent – key regions have high uncertainty • Information on extremes and local changes is very patchy

  3. IPCC AR4 summary seasonal precipitation change figure • Model consensus implies a level of reliability • - but need mechanisms as well • Lack of consensus implies no information – • - but assessed at grid-scale thus maybe misleading • No information on fine temporal or spatial scales

  4. Response of All India rainfall (A1B, 2080s) • Most models give positive change • Change often large thus policy relevant • Support from physical insight

  5. Lack of consensus from model patterns • Combination of some pattern and sign differences lead to lack of consensus • How relevant is this if monsoon processes are captured in the models?

  6. Winter temperature change summary

  7. Summer temperature change summary

  8. NARCCAP models in an IPCC context

  9. Winter temperature change: NARCCAP models CCCMA CCSM GFDL HadCM3

  10. Summer temperature change: NARCCAP models CCCMA CCSM GFDL HadCM3

  11. Winter precipitation change summary

  12. Summer precipitation change summary

  13. Winter precipitation change: NARCCAP models CCCMA CCSM GFDL HadCM3

  14. Summer precipitation change: NARCCAP models CCCMA CCSM GFDL HadCM3

  15. Precipitation validation - CCCMA

  16. Precipitation validation - CCSM

  17. Precipitation validation - GFDL

  18. Precipitation validation – HadCM3

  19. CCM3 winter responses (1961-90) (2041-70) - (1961-90) 2m T Precip.

  20. CCM3 summer responses (1961-90) (2041-70) - (1961-90) 2m T Precip.

  21. CCCMA winter biases (1961-90) CGCM3-CRU2 2m T Precip.

  22. CCCMA summer responses (1961-90) CGCM3 - CRU2 2m T Precip.

  23. CCSM response summary: 2050s – 1980sTemperature and precipitation

  24. HadCM3 temperature : model, obs, bias

  25. HadCM3 precipitation: model, obs, bias

  26. GFDL model response (low/high resolution) winter and summer surface air temperature

  27. GFDL model response (low/high resolution) winter and summer precipitation

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