Karin van der Wiel
Biographic Data
| ID | 6821037 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karin van der Wiel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karin |
| FAMILY NAME | van der Wiel |
| SIGNATURE | VAN DER WIEL K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9365-5759 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The climatological renewable energy deviation index (credi)
We propose an index to quantify and analyse the impact of climatological variability on the energy system at different timescales. We define the climatological renewable energy deviation index ( credi ) as the cumulative anomaly of a renewable resource with respect to its climate over a specific time period of interest. For this we introduce the smooth, yet physical, hourly rolling window climatology that captures the expected hourly to yearly be…
Increased wheat price spikes and larger economic inequality with 2°C global warming
Interpreting extreme climate impacts from large ensemble simulations—are they unseen or unrealistic
Large-ensemble climate model simulations can provide deeper understanding of the characteristics and causes of extreme events than historical observations, due to their larger sample size. However, adequate evaluation of simulated ‘unseen’ events that are more extreme than those seen in historical records is complicated by observational uncertainties and natural variability. Consequently, conventional evaluation and correction methods cannot dete…
Regional differentiation in climate change induced drought trends in the Netherlands
The summer of 2018 was characterized by high temperatures and low precipitation values in the Netherlands. The drought negatively impacted different sectors, resulting in an estimated damage of 450 to 2080 million Euros. Strong regional differences were observed in the precipitation shortfall across the country, with highest deficits in the southern and eastern regions. This raised two questions: (i) have increasing global temperatures contribute…
Ensemble climate-impact modelling: Extreme impacts from moderate meteorological conditions
The investigation of risk due to weather and climate events is an example of policy relevant science. Risk is the result of complex interactions between the physical environment (geophysical events or conditions, including but not limited to weather and climate events) and societal factors (vulnerability and exposure). The societal impact of two similar meteorological events at different times or different locations may therefore vary widely. Des…
A seven-fold rise in the probability of exceeding the observed hottest summer in India in a 2 °C warmer world
Heatwaves and extreme temperatures during summer (April–May) in India have profound implications on public health, mortality, water availability, and productivity of labourers. However, how the frequency of the hottest summers in observed record (1951–2015) will change under the warming climate in India is not well explored. Using observations from the India Meteorological Department, we show that mean maximum summer temperature has increased sig…
Disentangling the impacts of human and environmental change on catchment response during Hurricane Harvey
Flooding is a function of hydrologic, climatologic, and land use characteristics. However, the relative contribution of these factors to flood risk over the long-term is uncertain. In response to this knowledge gap, this study quantifies how urbanization and climatological trends influenced flooding in the greater Houston region during Hurricane Harvey. The region—characterized by extreme precipitation events, low topographic relief, and clay-dom…
The influence of weather regimes on European renewable energy production and demand
The growing share of variable renewable energy increases the meteorological sensitivity of power systems. This study investigates if large-scale weather regimes capture the influence of meteorological variability on the European energy sector. For each weather regime, the associated changes to wintertime-mean and extreme-wind and solar power production, temperature-driven energy demand and energy shortfall (residual load) are explored. Days with …
Attribution of extreme rainfall from Hurricane Harvey, August 2017
During August 25-30, 2017, Hurricane Harvey stalled over Texas and caused extreme precipitation, particularly over Houston and the surrounding area on August 26-28. This resulted in extensive flooding with over 80 fatalities and large economic costs. It was an extremely rare event: the return period of the highest observed three-day precipitation amount, 1043.4 mm 3dy -1 at Baytown, is more than 9000 years (97.5% one-sided confidence interval) an…
Climate change increases the probability of heavy rains in Northern England/Southern Scotland like those of storm Desmond—a real-time event attribution revisited
On 4-6 December 2015, the storm ``Desmond'' caused very heavy rainfall in northern England and Scotland, which led to widespread flooding. A week after the event we provided an initial assessment of the influence of anthropogenic climate change on the likelihood of one-day precipitation events averaged over an area encompassing northern England and southern Scotland using data and methods available immediately after the event occurred. The analys…
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Attribution of extreme rainfall from Hurricane Harvey, August 2017
During August 25-30, 2017, Hurricane Harvey stalled over Texas and caused extreme precipitation, particularly over Houston and the surrounding area on August 26-28. This resulted in extensive flooding with over 80 fatalities and large economic costs. It was an extremely rare event: the return period of the highest observed three-day precipitation amount, 1043.4 mm 3dy -1 at Baytown, is more than 9000 years (97.5% one-sided confidence interval) an…
Climate change increases the probability of heavy rains in Northern England/Southern Scotland like those of storm Desmond—a real-time event attribution revisited
On 4-6 December 2015, the storm ``Desmond'' caused very heavy rainfall in northern England and Scotland, which led to widespread flooding. A week after the event we provided an initial assessment of the influence of anthropogenic climate change on the likelihood of one-day precipitation events averaged over an area encompassing northern England and southern Scotland using data and methods available immediately after the event occurred. The analys…
Disentangling the impacts of human and environmental change on catchment response during Hurricane Harvey
Flooding is a function of hydrologic, climatologic, and land use characteristics. However, the relative contribution of these factors to flood risk over the long-term is uncertain. In response to this knowledge gap, this study quantifies how urbanization and climatological trends influenced flooding in the greater Houston region during Hurricane Harvey. The region—characterized by extreme precipitation events, low topographic relief, and clay-dom…
The influence of weather regimes on European renewable energy production and demand
The growing share of variable renewable energy increases the meteorological sensitivity of power systems. This study investigates if large-scale weather regimes capture the influence of meteorological variability on the European energy sector. For each weather regime, the associated changes to wintertime-mean and extreme-wind and solar power production, temperature-driven energy demand and energy shortfall (residual load) are explored. Days with …
Regional differentiation in climate change induced drought trends in the Netherlands
The summer of 2018 was characterized by high temperatures and low precipitation values in the Netherlands. The drought negatively impacted different sectors, resulting in an estimated damage of 450 to 2080 million Euros. Strong regional differences were observed in the precipitation shortfall across the country, with highest deficits in the southern and eastern regions. This raised two questions: (i) have increasing global temperatures contribute…
Ensemble climate-impact modelling: Extreme impacts from moderate meteorological conditions
The investigation of risk due to weather and climate events is an example of policy relevant science. Risk is the result of complex interactions between the physical environment (geophysical events or conditions, including but not limited to weather and climate events) and societal factors (vulnerability and exposure). The societal impact of two similar meteorological events at different times or different locations may therefore vary widely. Des…
A seven-fold rise in the probability of exceeding the observed hottest summer in India in a 2 °C warmer world
Heatwaves and extreme temperatures during summer (April–May) in India have profound implications on public health, mortality, water availability, and productivity of labourers. However, how the frequency of the hottest summers in observed record (1951–2015) will change under the warming climate in India is not well explored. Using observations from the India Meteorological Department, we show that mean maximum summer temperature has increased sig…
Increased wheat price spikes and larger economic inequality with 2°C global warming
Interpreting extreme climate impacts from large ensemble simulations—are they unseen or unrealistic
Large-ensemble climate model simulations can provide deeper understanding of the characteristics and causes of extreme events than historical observations, due to their larger sample size. However, adequate evaluation of simulated ‘unseen’ events that are more extreme than those seen in historical records is complicated by observational uncertainties and natural variability. Consequently, conventional evaluation and correction methods cannot dete…
The climatological renewable energy deviation index (credi)
We propose an index to quantify and analyse the impact of climatological variability on the energy system at different timescales. We define the climatological renewable energy deviation index ( credi ) as the cumulative anomaly of a renewable resource with respect to its climate over a specific time period of interest. For this we introduce the smooth, yet physical, hourly rolling window climatology that captures the expected hourly to yearly be…
Climatology (10 works) · Environmental Science (10 works) · Geology (10 works) · Climate change (9 works) · Geography (9 works) · Meteorology (9 works) · Climate variability and models (8 works) · Oceanography (5 works) · Precipitation (5 works) · Climate model (4 works)