Variations in start date, end date, frequency and intensity of yearly temperature extremes across China during the period 1961–2017
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15544913 |
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| Authors | Jingya Han (0000-0001-9329-9504, Beijing Normal University), Chiyuan Miao (0000-0001-6413-7020, Beijing Normal University, corresponding author), Qing Duan (0000-0001-9955-1512, Beijing Normal University), Qingyun Duan, Jingwen Wu (0000-0003-0939-511X, Beijing Normal University), Xiaohui Lei (0000-0001-5533-7389, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research), Weihong Liao (0000-0002-7021-3744, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 045007-045007 |
| Publication date | 2020-02-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/ab7390 |
| OpenAlex | W3005035298 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 76 |
Frequent temperature extremes due to climate change have had serious effects on human society and the natural environment. Using a 0.25° × 0.25° gridded Tmax (daily maximum temperature) and Tmin (daily minimum temperature) data set and 12 global climate models simulations from the sixth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6), we investigated variations in yearly temperature extremes in China during the past five decades with respect to four characteristics, namely, their start date, end date, frequency, and intensity. Results showed that the occurrence of nighttime extremes (the cold nights and warm nights) responded strongly to climate change. For 1961–2017, cold extremes started later (3.25 d/decade) and ended earlier (−4.58 d/decade), with decreased frequency (−6.56 d/decade), especially for cold nights, and weakened intensity (0.14 °C/decade). In the same period, warm extremes started earlier (−3.43 d/decade) and ended later (3.15 d/decade) with increased frequency (6.79 d/decade), especially for warm nights, and enhanced intensity (0.09 °C/decade). The spatial pattern of the variations was complex with anomalous regions. Multimodel ensembles (MMEs) from CMIP6 agreed well with observations regarding the average trends of temperature extremes over China, although detailed changes in spatial pattern were not captured adequately. The hazards of temperature extremes deserve close attention in the future due to the complex changes likely to occur across China for various characteristics of these temperature extremes under conditions of climate change
Atmospheric sciences · China · Climate change · Climate extremes · Climate model · Climatology · Coupled model intercomparison project · Geography · Intensity (physics · Mean radiant temperature · Meteorology · Period (music · Precipitation · Climate variability and models · Environmental Science · Hydrology and Drought Analysis · Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations · Geology
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