English
 
Help Privacy Policy Disclaimer
  Advanced SearchBrowse

Item

ITEM ACTIONSEXPORT
 
 
DownloadE-Mail
  Dynamical and thermodynamical drivers of variability in European summer heat extremes

Suarez-Gutierrez, L., Müller, W. A., Li, C., & Marotzke, J. (2020). Dynamical and thermodynamical drivers of variability in European summer heat extremes. Climate Dynamics, 54, 4351-4366. doi:10.1007/s00382-020-05233-2.

Item is

Files

show Files
hide Files
:
Suarez-Gutierrez2020_Article_DynamicalAndThermodynamicalDri.pdf (Publisher version), 3MB
Name:
Suarez-Gutierrez2020_Article_DynamicalAndThermodynamicalDri.pdf
Description:
-
OA-Status:
Not specified
Visibility:
Public
MIME-Type / Checksum:
application/pdf / [MD5]
Technical Metadata:
Copyright Date:
-
Copyright Info:
-
License:
-
:
382_2020_5233_MOESM1_ESM.pdf (Supplementary material), 7MB
Name:
382_2020_5233_MOESM1_ESM.pdf
Description:
Supplementary material from publisher's website
OA-Status:
Not specified
Visibility:
Public
MIME-Type / Checksum:
application/pdf / [MD5]
Technical Metadata:
Copyright Date:
2020
Copyright Info:
© The Authors
License:
-
:
Drivers-scripts.zip (Supplementary material), 120KB
Name:
Drivers-scripts.zip
Description:
Supplementary Material from institute's repository
OA-Status:
Not specified
Visibility:
Public
MIME-Type / Checksum:
application/zip / [MD5]
Technical Metadata:
Copyright Date:
2021
Copyright Info:
© The Authors
License:
-

Locators

show

Creators

show
hide
 Creators:
Suarez-Gutierrez, Laura1, 2, Author           
Müller, Wolfgang A.3, Author           
Li, Chao1, Author                 
Marotzke, Jochem1, Author                 
Affiliations:
1Director’s Research Group OES, The Ocean in the Earth System, MPI for Meteorology, Max Planck Society, ou_913553              
2IMPRS on Earth System Modelling, MPI for Meteorology, Max Planck Society, Bundesstraße 53, 20146 Hamburg, DE, ou_913547              
3Decadal Climate Predictions - MiKlip, The Ocean in the Earth System, MPI for Meteorology, Max Planck Society, ou_1479671              

Content

show
hide
Free keywords: -
 Abstract: We use the 100-member Max Planck Institute Grand Ensemble (MPI-GE) to disentangle the contributions from colocated dynamic atmospheric conditions and local thermodynamic effects of moisture limitation as drivers of variability in European summer heat extremes. Using a novel extreme event definition, we find that heat extremes with respect to the evolving mean climate increase by 70% under a moderate warming scenario during the twenty-first century. With a multiple regression approach, we find that the dynamical mechanisms representing blocking and anticyclonic conditions are the main driver of variability in extreme European summer temperatures, both in past and future climates. By contrast, local thermodynamic drivers play a secondary role in explaining the total variability in extreme temperatures. We also find that considering both dynamical and thermodynamical sources of variability simultaneously is crucial. Assessing only one type of drivers leads to an overestimation of their effect on extreme temperatures, particularly when considering only thermodynamical drivers. Lastly, we find that although most past and future heat extremes occur under favorable dynamical atmospheric conditions; this occurs 10–40% less frequently over Central Europe in the twenty-first century. By contrast, heat extremes over Central Europe occur 40% more frequently under concurrent extreme moisture limitation in the twenty-first Century. Our findings highlight a new type of neutral-atmosphere, moisture-driven heat extremes, and confirm that the increase in European heat extremes and associated variability increase are dominated by the local thermodynamic effect of moisture limitation.

Details

show
hide
Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2019-102020-04-072020-04-172020-05
 Publication Status: Issued
 Pages: -
 Publishing info: -
 Table of Contents: -
 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1007/s00382-020-05233-2
 Degree: -

Event

show

Legal Case

show

Project information

show

Source 1

show
hide
Title: Climate Dynamics
  Other : Clim. Dyn.
Source Genre: Journal
 Creator(s):
Affiliations:
Publ. Info: Heidelberg : Springer-International
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 54 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 4351 - 4366 Identifier: ISSN: 0930-7575
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/954925568800