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DOI	10.5194/hess-23-191-2019
	Impact of climate model resolution on soil moisture projections in central-western Europe
	Van Der Linden E.C.; Haarsma R.J.; Van Der Schrier G.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	1027-5606
起始页码	191
结束页码	206
卷号	23 期号:1
英文摘要	Global climate models project widespread decreases in soil moisture over large parts of Europe. This paper investigates the impact of model resolution on the magnitude and seasonality of future soil drying in central-western Europe. We use the general circulation model EC-Earth to study two 30-year periods representative of the start and end of the 21st century under low-to-moderate greenhouse gas forcing (RCP4.5). In our study area, central-western Europe, at high spatial resolution (∼25 km) soil drying is more severe and starts earlier in the season than at standard resolution (∼112 km). Here, changes in the large-scale atmospheric circulation and local soil moisture feedbacks lead to enhanced evapotranspiration in spring and reduced precipitation in summer. A more realistic position of the storm track at high model resolution leads to reduced biases in precipitation and temperature in the present-day climatology, which act to amplify future changes in evapotranspiration in spring. Furthermore, in the high-resolution model a stronger anticyclonic anomaly over the British Isles extends over central-western Europe and supports soil drying. The resulting drier future land induces stronger soil moisture feedbacks that amplify drying conditions in summer. In addition, soil-moisture-limited evapotranspiration in summer promotes sensible heating of the boundary layer, which leads to a lower relative humidity with less cloudy conditions, an increase in dry summer days, and more incoming solar radiation. As a result a series of consecutive hot and dry summers appears in the future high-resolution climate. The enhanced drying at high spatial resolution suggests that future projections of central-western European soil drying by CMIP5 models have been potentially underestimated. Whether these results are robust has to be tested with other global climate models with similar high spatial resolutions. © Author(s) 2019.
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Atmospheric humidity; Boundary layers; Climatology; Drying; Evapotranspiration; Greenhouse gases; Image resolution; Soil moisture; Anticyclonic anomalies; Atmospheric circulation; Future projections; General circulation model; Global climate model; Greenhouse-gas forcing; High spatial resolution; High-resolution models; Climate models; atmospheric circulation; boundary layer; climate modeling; evapotranspiration; general circulation model; global climate; greenhouse gas; precipitation (climatology); prediction; relative humidity; resolution; seasonality; soil moisture; solar radiation; spatial resolution; temperature; United Kingdom; Western Europe
来源期刊	Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/159795
作者单位	Van Der Linden, E.C., Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, Netherlands; Haarsma, R.J., Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, Netherlands; Van Der Schrier, G., Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, Netherlands
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Van Der Linden E.C.,Haarsma R.J.,Van Der Schrier G.. Impact of climate model resolution on soil moisture projections in central-western Europe[J],2019,23(1).
APA	Van Der Linden E.C.,Haarsma R.J.,&Van Der Schrier G..(2019).Impact of climate model resolution on soil moisture projections in central-western Europe.Hydrology and Earth System Sciences,23(1).
MLA	Van Der Linden E.C.,et al."Impact of climate model resolution on soil moisture projections in central-western Europe".Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 23.1(2019).