NDLI: 21st Century changes in snow climate in Northern Europe: a high-resolution view from ENSEMBLES regional climate models

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Author	Räisänen, Jouni Eklund, Joonas
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Changes in snow amount in northern Europe are analysed from 11 regional model simulations of 21st century climate under the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios A1B scenario. These high-resolution models collectively indicate a future decrease in the water equivalent of the snow pack (SWE). Although winter precipitation increases, this is insufficient to compensate for the increased fraction of liquid precipitation and increased snowmelt caused by higher temperatures. The multi-model mean results suggest a slight increase in March mean SWE only locally in mountains of northern Sweden, and even there, snow is reduced earlier in winter and later in spring. The nature of the changes remains the same throughout the 21st century, but their magnitude increases with time as the greenhouse gas forcing grows larger. The geographical patterns of the change support the physically intuitive view that snow is most vulnerable to warming in areas with relatively mild winter climate. A similar relationship emerges when comparing the 11 simulations with each other: the ratio between the relative SWE decrease and winter mean temperature change is larger (smaller) for simulations with higher (lower) late 20th century winter temperatures. Despite the decrease in long-term mean SWE, individual snow-rich winters do occur in the simulations, but they become increasingly uncommon towards the end of the 21st century.
Starting Page	2575
Ending Page	2591
Page Count	17
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09307575
Journal	Climate Dynamics
Volume Number	38
Issue Number	11-12
e-ISSN	14320894
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2011-04-23
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Climate change Climate projection Snow Snow water equivalent Snowfall Regional climate model ENSEMBLES Northern Europe Geophysics/Geodesy Oceanography Meteorology/Climatology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Atmospheric Science

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