Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Impact of soil moisture-climate feedbacks on CMIP5 projections: First results from the GLACE-CMIP5 experiment

Seneviratne, Sonia I. ; Wilhelm, Micah ; Stanelle, Tanja ; van den Hurk, Bart ; Hagemann, Stefan ; Berg, Alexis ; Cheruy, Frederique ; Higgins, Matthew E. ; Meier, Arndt LU and Brovkin, Victor , et al. (2013) In Geophysical Research Letters 40(19). p.5212-5217
Abstract
The Global Land-Atmosphere Climate Experiment-Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5 (GLACE-CMIP5) is a multimodel experiment investigating the impact of soil moisture-climate feedbacks in CMIP5 projections. We present here first GLACE-CMIP5 results based on five Earth System Models, focusing on impacts of projected changes in regional soil moisture dryness (mostly increases) on late 21st century climate. Projected soil moisture changes substantially impact climate in several regions in both boreal and austral summer. Strong and consistent effects are found on temperature, especially for extremes (about 1-1.5K for mean temperature and 2-2.5K for extreme daytime temperature). In the Northern Hemisphere, effects on mean and heavy... (More)
The Global Land-Atmosphere Climate Experiment-Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5 (GLACE-CMIP5) is a multimodel experiment investigating the impact of soil moisture-climate feedbacks in CMIP5 projections. We present here first GLACE-CMIP5 results based on five Earth System Models, focusing on impacts of projected changes in regional soil moisture dryness (mostly increases) on late 21st century climate. Projected soil moisture changes substantially impact climate in several regions in both boreal and austral summer. Strong and consistent effects are found on temperature, especially for extremes (about 1-1.5K for mean temperature and 2-2.5K for extreme daytime temperature). In the Northern Hemisphere, effects on mean and heavy precipitation are also found in most models, but the results are less consistent than for temperature. A direct scaling between soil moisture-induced changes in evaporative cooling and resulting changes in temperature mean and extremes is found in the simulations. In the Mediterranean region, the projected soil moisture changes affect about 25% of the projected changes in extreme temperature. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; and , et al. (More)
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; and (Less)
organization
publishing date
type
Contribution to journal
publication status
published
subject
keywords
CMIP5, soil moisture, feedbacks, climate extremes, land-atmosphere, interactions, projections
in
Geophysical Research Letters
volume
40
issue
19
pages
5212 - 5217
publisher
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
external identifiers
  • wos:000326311600043
  • scopus:84884788919
ISSN
1944-8007
DOI
10.1002/grl.50956
language
English
LU publication?
yes
id
fd3bc2a5-be90-4c65-8455-e32d84a3929e (old id 4212797)
date added to LUP
2016-04-01 12:54:32
date last changed
2022-04-21 18:38:44
@article{fd3bc2a5-be90-4c65-8455-e32d84a3929e,
  abstract     = {{The Global Land-Atmosphere Climate Experiment-Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5 (GLACE-CMIP5) is a multimodel experiment investigating the impact of soil moisture-climate feedbacks in CMIP5 projections. We present here first GLACE-CMIP5 results based on five Earth System Models, focusing on impacts of projected changes in regional soil moisture dryness (mostly increases) on late 21st century climate. Projected soil moisture changes substantially impact climate in several regions in both boreal and austral summer. Strong and consistent effects are found on temperature, especially for extremes (about 1-1.5K for mean temperature and 2-2.5K for extreme daytime temperature). In the Northern Hemisphere, effects on mean and heavy precipitation are also found in most models, but the results are less consistent than for temperature. A direct scaling between soil moisture-induced changes in evaporative cooling and resulting changes in temperature mean and extremes is found in the simulations. In the Mediterranean region, the projected soil moisture changes affect about 25% of the projected changes in extreme temperature.}},
  author       = {{Seneviratne, Sonia I. and Wilhelm, Micah and Stanelle, Tanja and van den Hurk, Bart and Hagemann, Stefan and Berg, Alexis and Cheruy, Frederique and Higgins, Matthew E. and Meier, Arndt and Brovkin, Victor and Claussen, Martin and Ducharne, Agnes and Dufresne, Jean-Louis and Findell, Kirsten L. and Ghattas, Josefine and Lawrence, David M. and Malyshev, Sergey and Rummukainen, Markku and Smith, Benjamin}},
  issn         = {{1944-8007}},
  keywords     = {{CMIP5; soil moisture; feedbacks; climate extremes; land-atmosphere; interactions; projections}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{19}},
  pages        = {{5212--5217}},
  publisher    = {{American Geophysical Union (AGU)}},
  series       = {{Geophysical Research Letters}},
  title        = {{Impact of soil moisture-climate feedbacks on CMIP5 projections: First results from the GLACE-CMIP5 experiment}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/grl.50956}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/grl.50956}},
  volume       = {{40}},
  year         = {{2013}},
}