International research collaboration computes climate past, present, and future

Eurekalert  February 18, 2019
An international team of researchers (Canada, Germany) is working on ClimEx Project to improve researchers’ understanding of severe flooding dynamics under changing climate conditions. To investigate extreme floods associated with long return periods, there is a relatively short time period to reference, often less than 30 years of accurate, detailed data. To predict flooding, the team further downscales the ClimEx simulations statistically to provide input data for hyper-accurate, high-resolution hydrological modeling. The team’s simulations showed good agreement with historical climate data, leaving them confident in its predictive power and its ability to help improve impact models and regional adaptation strategies…read more. Open Access TECHNICAL ARTICLE

Comparing data from 2000-2019 and 2080-2099, the image on the left shows changes in monthly precipitation over Europe, while the image on the right shows the mean change in monthly surface-air temperature. Credit: Leduc, et al.

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