Journal
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
Volume 48, Issue 13, Pages -Publisher
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2020GL092361
Keywords
precipitation extremes; climate change; convection-permitting simulations; thunderstorm motion; ingredients-based approach; Arctic Amplification
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Funding
- FUTURE-STORMS project [NE/R01079X/1]
- EU [776613]
- Joint UK BEIS/Defra MOHC Climate Programme [GA01101]
- European Research Council [ERC-2013-CoG-617329]
- Wolfson Foundation
- Royal Society as a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award [WM140025]
- NERC [NE/R01079X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Under climate change, future Europe is expected to experience increases in precipitation extremes due to higher moisture and updraft velocities, as well as slower storm movement. Environments with extreme precipitation potential will be more frequent by 2100, potentially leading to increased event accumulations and flood risk beyond current expectations.
Under climate change, increases in precipitation extremes are expected due to higher atmospheric moisture. However, the total precipitation in an event also depends on the condensation rate, precipitation efficiency, and duration. Here, a new approach following an ingredients-based methodology from severe weather forecasting identifies important aspects of the heavy precipitation response to climate change, relevant from an impacts perspective and hitherto largely neglected. Using 2.2 km climate simulations, we show that a future increase in precipitation extremes across Europe occurs, not only because of higher moisture and updraft velocities, but also due to slower storm movement, increasing local duration. Environments with extreme precipitation potential are 7x more frequent than today by 2100, while the figure for quasi-stationary ones is 11x (14x for land). We find that a future reduction in storm speeds, possibly through Arctic Amplification, could enhance event accumulations and flood risk beyond expectations from studies focusing on precipitation rates.
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