Future projection of extreme precipitation using a pseudo-global warming method: A case study of the 2013 Alberta flooding event
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Abstract
The June 2013 extreme precipitation event in Alberta resulted in devastating flash floods that caused significant economic losses and societal disruption. In this study, two high-resolution experiments were conducted using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to study the change of the 2013 Alberta extreme precipitation event in a warmer climate. The control experiment was forced with 6-hourly ERA-Interim reanalysis data, while the sensitivity experiment was forced with perturbed ERA-Interim reanalysis data with climate change signals derived from ten global climate models under the Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5 emission scenario. The results indicate that the 2013 Alberta extreme precipitation event is projected to exhibit two significant characteristics in a warming climate. First, precipitation is expected to increase over the Canadian Rocky Mountain region and eastern British Columbia. Second, the precipitation is expected to decrease over the Alberta and Saskatchewan Prairies. Future changes in the extreme precipitation event are associated with changes in the cyclone evolution, moisture transport, and atmospheric stability change caused by climate change. We also found that the increase in atmospheric stability due to the decrease of relative humidity in the lower atmosphere cause less precipitation to form over the plains and later enhance the orographic precipitation in the Canadian Rockies. In addition to the general increase of precipitable water under global warming, this mechanism causes the storm's precipitation to be more concentrated near the Canadian Rockies. The findings from this study could be beneficial for understanding future changes in extreme precipitation events that share similar characteristics. •Extreme precipitation caused by a cyclone approaching the Canadian Rockies will intensify under global warming. •The intensification of storm total precipitation comes from larger water vapor loading of the warmer atmosphere. •The stabler troposphere in warmer climate causes less convective rain in the plains leaving more moisture for orographic precipitation.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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