DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.07.008
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85049727953
论文题名: Selection of climate models for projection of spatiotemporal changes in temperature of Iraq with uncertainties
作者: Salman S.A. ; Shahid S. ; Ismail T. ; Ahmed K. ; Wang X.-J.
刊名: Atmospheric Research
ISSN: 1698095
出版年: 2018
卷: 213 起始页码: 509
结束页码: 522
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Global circulation models
; Iraq
; Quantile regression
; Representative concentration pathways
; Systematic uncertainty
; Temperature
Scopus关键词: Climate change
; Decision trees
; Regression analysis
; Temperature
; Global circulation model
; Iraq
; Quantile regression
; Representative concentration pathways
; Systematic uncertainties
; Climate models
; air temperature
; climate modeling
; CMIP
; downscaling
; general circulation model
; regression analysis
; seasonal variation
; spatiotemporal analysis
; uncertainty analysis
; Iraq
英文摘要: A hybrid approach by combining the past performance and the envelope methods has been proposed for the selection of an ensemble of general circulation models (GCMs) of Couple Model Intercomparison phase 5 (CMIP5) for the projection of spatiotemporal changes in annual and seasonal temperatures of Iraq for four representative concentration pathways (RCP) scenarios. A filter known as Symmetrical Uncertainty (SU) was used to rank the GCMs considering their ability to simulate monthly average of daily maximum and minimum temperature for the historical period (1961–2005). The highest rank GCMs that represents the widest range of projection was then selected for the projection of temperature through statistical downscaling. A linear bias correction approach was used for the downscaling of temperature, a random forest regression was used to generate multi-model ensemble (MME) mean of projections and a quantile regression (QR) was used to assess the trends in projections at 95% level of confidence. Four GCMs namely, HadGEM2-AO, HadGEM2-ES, MIROC5 and MIROC-ESM were found most suitable for projection of temperature of Iraq. Ensemble mean of the selected GCMs revealed increases in minimum temperatures in the range of 1.5–2.4 °C, 1.6–3.6 °C, 1.2–4.2 °C, and 1.3–6.2 °C and maximum temperatures in the range of 1.7–2.9 °C, 1.8–4.4 °C, 1.5–4.9 °C, and 1.7–6.8 °C under RCP2.6, RCP4.5, RCP6.0 and RCP8.5 scenarios, respectively during 2070–2099. Higher increases in temperatures were projected in the north and northeast of Iraq where the average temperature is usually low, which indicates that spatial distribution of temperature would be more homogeneous in future compared to base years. The maximum temperature was found to increase more in winter while the minimum in summer. The quantile regression revealed that average summer maximum temperature may reach almost 50 °C, while the sub-zero temperature will gradually become rare during winter. © 2018 Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/108780
Appears in Collections: 影响、适应和脆弱性 气候变化事实与影响
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作者单位: Department of Hydraulics & Hydrology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, 81310, Malaysia; State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute, Nanjing, China
Recommended Citation:
Salman S.A.,Shahid S.,Ismail T.,et al. Selection of climate models for projection of spatiotemporal changes in temperature of Iraq with uncertainties[J]. Atmospheric Research,2018-01-01,213