Projections of high resolution climate changes for South Korea using multiple-regional climate models based on four RCP scenarios. Part 1: surface air temperature
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- Title
- Projections of high resolution climate changes for South Korea using multiple-regional climate models based on four RCP scenarios. Part 1: surface air temperature
- Authors
- Suh, MS; Oh, SG; Lee, YS; Ahn, JB; Cha, DH; Lee, DK; Hong, SY; Min, SK; Park, SC; Kang, HS; 서명석; 오석근; 이영석; 안중배; 차동현; 이동규; 홍송유; 민승기; 박성찬; 강현석
- Date Issued
- 2016-05
- Publisher
- Korean Meteorological Society
- Abstract
- We projected surface air temperature changes over South Korea during the mid (2026-2050) and late (2076-2100) 21st century against the current climate (1981-2005) using the simulation results from five regional climate models (RCMs) driven by Hadley Centre Global Environmental Model, version 2, coupled with the Atmosphere- Ocean (HadGEM2-AO), and two ensemble methods (equal weighted averaging, weighted averaging based on Taylor’s skill score) under four Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) scenarios. In general, the five RCM ensembles captured the spatial and seasonal variations, and probability distribution of temperature over South Korea reasonably compared to observation. They particularly showed a good performance in simulating annual temperature range compared to HadGEM2-AO. In future simulation, the temperature over South Korea will increase significantly for all scenarios and seasons. Stronger warming trends are projected in the late 21st century than in the mid-21st century, in particular under RCP8.5. The five RCM ensembles projected that temperature changes for the mid/late 21st century relative to the current climate are +1.54oC/+1.92oC for RCP2.6, +1.68oC/+2.91oC for RCP4.5, +1.17oC/+3.11oC for RCP6.0, and +1.75oC/+4.73oC for RCP8.5.
Compared to the temperature projection of HadGEM2-AO, the five RCM ensembles projected smaller increases in temperature for all RCP scenarios and seasons. The inter-RCM spread is proportional to the simulation period (i.e., larger in the late-21st than mid-21st century) and significantly greater (about four times) in winter than summer for all RCP scenarios. Therefore, the modeled predictions of temperature increases during the late 21st century, particularly for winter temperatures, should be used with caution.
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/36605
- DOI
- 10.1007/S13143-016-0017-9
- ISSN
- 1976-7633
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, vol. 52, no. 2, page. 151 - 169, 2016-05
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