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Yayın Future projections of temperature and precipitation climatology for CORDEX-MENA domain using RegCM4.4(Elsevier Science Inc, 2018-07-01) Öztürk, Tuğba; Turp, Mustafa Tufan; Türkeş, Murat; Kurnaz, Mehmet LeventIn this study, we investigate changes in seasonal temperature and precipitation climatology of CORDEX Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region for three periods of 2010-2040, 2040-2070 and 2070-2100 with respect to the control period of 1970-2000 by using regional climate model simulations. Projections of future climate conditions are modeled by forcing Regional Climate Model, RegCM4.4 of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) with two different CMIP5 global climate models. HadGEM2-ES global climate model of the Met Office Hadley Centre and MPI-ESM-MR global climate model of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology were used to generate 50 km resolution data for the Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) Region 13. We test the seasonal time-scale performance of RegCM4.4 in simulating the observed climatology over domain of the MENA by using the output of two different global climate models. The projection results show relatively high increase of average temperatures from 3 degrees C up to 9 degrees C over the domain for far future (2070-2100). A strong decrease in precipitation is projected in almost all parts of the domain according to the output of the regional model forced by scenario outputs of two global models. Therefore, warmer and drier than present climate conditions are projected to occur more intensely over the CORDEX-MENA domain.Yayın The Worldwide C3S CORDEX Grand Ensemble A Major Contribution to Assess Regional Climate Change in the IPCC AR6 Atlas(American Meteorological Society, 2022-12) Diez-Sierra, Javier; Iturbide, Maialen; Gutierrez, Jose M.; Fernandez, Jesus; Milovac, Josipa; Cofino, Antonio S.; Cimadevilla, Ezequiel; Nikulin, Grigory; Levavasseur, Guillaume; Kjellstrom, Erik; Bulow, Katharina; Horanyi, Andras; Brookshaw, Anca; Garcia-Diez, Markel; Perez, Antonio; Bano-Medina, Jorge; Ahrens, Bodo; Alias, Antoinette; Ashfaq, Moetasim; Bukovsky, Melissa; Buonomo, Erasmo; Caluwaerts, Steven; Chou, Sin Chan; Christensen, Ole B.; Ciarlo, James M.; Coppola, Erika; Corre, Lola; Demory, Marie-Estelle; Djurdjevic, Vladimir; Evans, Jason P.; Fealy, Rowan; Feldmann, Hendrik; Jacob, Daniela; Jayanarayanan, Sanjay; Katzfey, Jack; Keuler, Klaus; Kittel, Christoph; Kurnaz, Mehmet Levent; Laprise, Rene; Lionello, Piero; McGinnis, Seth; Mercogliano, Paola; Nabat, Pierre; Öztürk, Tuğba; Panitz, Hans-Jurgen; Paquin, Dominique; Pieczka, Ildiko; Raffaele, Francesca; Remedio, Armelle Reca; Scinocca, John; Sevault, Florence; Somot, Samuel; Steger, Christian; Tangang, Fredolin; Teichmann, Claas; Termonia, Piet; Thatcher, Marcus; Torma, Csaba; van Meijgaard, Erik; Vautard, Robert; Warrach-Sagi, Kirsten; Winger, Katja; Zittis, George; Önol, BarışThe collaboration between the Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) and the Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF) provides open access to an unprecedented ensemble of regional climate model (RCM) simulations, across the 14 CORDEX continental-scale domains, with global coverage. These simulations have been used as a new line of evidence to assess regional climate projections in the latest contribution of the Working Group I (WGI) to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), particularly in the regional chapters and the Atlas. Here, we present the work done in the framework of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) to assemble a consistent worldwide CORDEX grand ensemble, aligned with the deadlines and activities of IPCC AR6. This work addressed the uneven and heterogeneous availability of CORDEX ESGF data by supporting publication in CORDEX domains with few archived simulations and performing quality control. It also addressed the lack of comprehensive documentation by compiling information from all contributing regional models, allowing for an informed use of data. In addition to presenting the worldwide CORDEX dataset, we assess here its consistency for precipitation and temperature by comparing climate change signals in regions with overlapping CORDEX domains, obtaining overall coincident regional climate change signals. The C3S CORDEX dataset has been used for the assessment of regional climate change in the IPCC AR6 (and for the interactive Atlas) and is available through the Copernicus Climate Data Store (CDS).Yayın Business-as-usual will lead to super and ultra-extreme heatwaves in the Middle East and North Africa(Nature Research, 2021-03-21) Zittis, George; Hadjinicolaou, Panos; Almazroui, Mansour; Bucchignani, Edoardo; Driouech, Fatima; El Rhaz, Khalid; Kurnaz, Levent; Nikulin, Grigory; Ntoumos, Athanasios; Öztürk, Tuğba; Proestos, Yiannis; Stenchikov, Georgiy; Zaaboul, Rashyd; Lelieveld, JosGlobal climate projections suggest a significant intensification of summer heat extremes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). To assess regional impacts, and underpin mitigation and adaptation measures, robust information is required from climate downscaling studies, which has been lacking for the region. Here, we project future hot spells by using the Heat Wave Magnitude Index and a comprehensive ensemble of regional climate projections for MENA. Our results, for a business-as-usual pathway, indicate that in the second half of this century unprecedented super- and ultra-extreme heatwave conditions will emerge. These events involve excessively high temperatures (up to 56 degrees C and higher) and will be of extended duration (several weeks), being potentially life-threatening for humans. By the end of the century, about half of the MENA population (approximately 600 million) could be exposed to annually recurring super- and ultra-extreme heatwaves. It is expected that the vast majority of the exposed population (>90%) will live in urban centers, who would need to cope with these societally disruptive weather conditions.
