On the use of indices to study changes in climate extremes
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On the use of indices to study changes in climate extremes
EGS-AGU-EUG Joint AssemblyNice, France, 10 April 2003
Albert Klein TankKNMI, the Netherlands
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Guide
1. How do we define extreme events?
2. Extremes in daily precipitation and temperature series
from weather stations
3. Observed trends in Europe, 1946-now
“amplified” response of very wet days
“asymmetric” warming of cold & warm tail
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WMO status of global climate in 2002
www.wmo.ch
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www.dwd.de/research/gpcc/
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Day-count indices of extremes
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Day-count indices of extremes
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Relation between relative trend bq/X required for 80% detection probability (5% level) and series length Nfor extreme events with average return period Tret
Klein Tank and Können, J. Climate (accepted)
21365~ retTXbq
6x
23~ NXbq
3x
Day-count indices of extremes
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Easterling et al. (BAMS, 2000) in IPCC-TAR
Linear trends in rainy season, last ~50 years
“Amplified” response of very wet days
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Precipitation fraction due to very wet days “R95%tot”
1) Identify very wet days using a site specific threshold = 95th percentile at wet days in the 1961-90 period
2) Determine fraction of total precipitation in each year that is due to these days
3) Trend analysis in series of fractions
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www.knmi.nl/samenw/eca/
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Frich et al. (Clim. Res., 2002) in IPCC-TAR
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APN 2002 (Della-Marta, Haylock et al.) www.bom.gov.au/bmrc/csr/apn/
Trends 1961-2001
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Caribbean workshop, Jamaica 2001 (Peterson et al., 2002, JGR)
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Trends in 5-day rainfall total 1961-1990
Africa workshop, Casablanca 2001
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European precipitation trends
Averaged over Europe, all indices of wet extremes saw increases between 1946-1999, although spatial trend coherence is low and many station trends are not significant
The index that represents the fraction of the annual amount due to very wet days gives a signal of disproportionate large changes in the extremes
IPCC-TAR: “2 to 4% increase in frequency of heavy events in
mid- and high latitudes of the NH” “in regions where total precipitation has
increased ... even more pronounced increases in heavy precipitation events”
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IPCC-TAR, Ch.2, Folland and Karl
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upper 10-ptile 1961-1990
the year 1996
lower 10-ptile1961-1990
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upper 10-ptile 1961-1990
the year 1996
lower 10-ptile1961-1990
“cold nights”
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upper 10-ptile 1961-1990
the year 1996
lower 10-ptile1961-1990
“cold nights”
“warm nights”
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European temperature trends
Recent trends (1946-1999) in temperature extremes reflect the general warming: fewer cold extremes, more warm extremes
Averaged over all stations, the first decades of slight cooling saw narrowing of temperature distributions, whereas the last decades of strong warming saw widening of temperature distributions
IPCC-TAR: “lengthening of the freeze-free season in most
mid- and high latitude regions” “reduction in frequency of extreme low monthly
and seasonal average temperatures and smaller increase in frequency of extreme high average temperatures”
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ECA&D website: www.knmi.nl/samenw/eca
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questions…?