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DOI	10.1088/1748-9326/ab4dea
	On the potential impact of a half-degree warming on cold and warm temperature extremes in mid-latitude North America
	Barcikowska M.J.; Muoz Á.G.; Weaver S.J.; Russo S.; Wehner M.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	17489318
卷号	14 期号:12
英文摘要	This study focuses on potential impacts of climate change on the early spring (March-April) temperature and its extremes in the mid-latitudes of North America, discriminated between the 1.5 °C and 2 °C levels of global warming, as projected by a suit of numerical experiments. The results suggest relatively mild seasonal average warming (0.25 °C-1.5 °C), but also an intensification of both warm and cold temperature extremes. The derived changes feature much stronger warming over the West of the United States and weak to no warming to the East, which is congruent with the ventilating effect of the intensified northerly wind over central Canada and the East of the United States. The intensified northerly component of the mid-latitude jet is likely a contributing factor to the derived increased seasonal variability of March-April temperatures over parts of Manitoba and Ontario in Canada, and the Midwest of the United States. The projected changes in temperature extremes agree to some extent with the previous studies: Warm extremes intensify especially over southern mid-latitudes, while cold extremes are weakening over the north mid-to high-latitudes. However, high-resolution simulations with the Community Atmospheric Model 5 (CAM5) indicate much sharper spatial gradients, which translate into higher magnitudes and also more complex patterns of changes. Particularly, cold extremes feature not only reductions north of ∼45°N latitudes, but also a very strong intensification of cold extremes (by-4 °C for 20 year return values) in the band 25°-45°N, centered in the Midwest of the United States. While general warming and intensification of the warm extremes may accelerate the arrival of early spring, the intensifying cold extremes may increase the risk of early spring frost damage, and hence may yield a profound impact on the regional agriculture of North America. Combined with reliable information on expected temperature variability at interannual-to-decadal timescales, the background longer-term projections can help inform decision makers in the food security sector. © 2019 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd.
英文关键词	Arctic amplification; Future climate projections; Spring extremes; Temperature extremes
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Food supply; Global warming; Community atmospheric model; Contributing factor; Future climate projections; High resolution simulations; Numerical experiments; Seasonal variability; Temperature extremes; Temperature variability; Decision making; arctic environment; climate effect; climate modeling; extreme event; global warming; midlatitude environment; timescale; Canada; Manitoba; Midwest; Ontario [Canada]; United States
来源期刊	Environmental Research Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/154289
作者单位	Environmental Defense Fund, New York City, United States; International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Earth Institute at Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States; Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States; Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Rome, Italy; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Barcikowska M.J.,Muoz Á.G.,Weaver S.J.,et al. On the potential impact of a half-degree warming on cold and warm temperature extremes in mid-latitude North America[J],2019,14(12).
APA	Barcikowska M.J.,Muoz Á.G.,Weaver S.J.,Russo S.,&Wehner M..(2019).On the potential impact of a half-degree warming on cold and warm temperature extremes in mid-latitude North America.Environmental Research Letters,14(12).
MLA	Barcikowska M.J.,et al."On the potential impact of a half-degree warming on cold and warm temperature extremes in mid-latitude North America".Environmental Research Letters 14.12(2019).