Analyses of possible changes in intense and extreme wind speeds over northern Europe under climate change scenarios
Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article – Annual report year: 2011
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Analyses of possible changes in intense and extreme wind speeds over northern Europe under climate change scenarios. / Pryor, Sara; Barthelmie, Rebecca Jane; Clausen, Niels-Erik; Drews, Martin; MacKellar, N.; Kjellström, E.
In: Climate Dynamics, Vol. 38, No. 1-2, 2012, p. 189-208.Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article – Annual report year: 2011
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T1 - Analyses of possible changes in intense and extreme wind speeds over northern Europe under climate change scenarios
AU - Pryor,Sara
AU - Barthelmie,Rebecca Jane
AU - Clausen,Niels-Erik
AU - Drews,Martin
AU - MacKellar,N.
AU - Kjellström,E.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Dynamical downscaling of ECHAM5 using HIRHAM5 and RCA3 for a northern European domain focused on Scandinavia indicates sustained extreme wind speeds with long recurrence intervals (50 years) and intense winds are not likely to evolve out of the historical envelope of variability until the end of C21st. Even then, significant changes are indicated only in the SW of the domain and across the central Baltic Sea where there is some evidence for relatively small magnitude increases in the 50 year return period wind speed (of up to 15%). There are marked differences in results based on the two Regional Climate Models. Additionally, internal (inherent) variability and initial conditions exert a strong impact on projected wind climates throughout the twenty-first century. Simulations of wind gusts by one of the RCMs (RCA3) indicate some evidence for increased magnitudes (of up to +10%) in the southwest of the domain and across the central Baltic Sea by the end of the current century. As in prior downscaling of ECHAM4, dynamical downscaling of ECHAM5 indicates a tendency towards increased energy density and thus wind power generation potential over the course of the C21st. However, caution should be used in interpreting this inference given the high degree of wind climate projection spread that derives from the specific AOGCM and RCM used in the downscaling.
AB - Dynamical downscaling of ECHAM5 using HIRHAM5 and RCA3 for a northern European domain focused on Scandinavia indicates sustained extreme wind speeds with long recurrence intervals (50 years) and intense winds are not likely to evolve out of the historical envelope of variability until the end of C21st. Even then, significant changes are indicated only in the SW of the domain and across the central Baltic Sea where there is some evidence for relatively small magnitude increases in the 50 year return period wind speed (of up to 15%). There are marked differences in results based on the two Regional Climate Models. Additionally, internal (inherent) variability and initial conditions exert a strong impact on projected wind climates throughout the twenty-first century. Simulations of wind gusts by one of the RCMs (RCA3) indicate some evidence for increased magnitudes (of up to +10%) in the southwest of the domain and across the central Baltic Sea by the end of the current century. As in prior downscaling of ECHAM4, dynamical downscaling of ECHAM5 indicates a tendency towards increased energy density and thus wind power generation potential over the course of the C21st. However, caution should be used in interpreting this inference given the high degree of wind climate projection spread that derives from the specific AOGCM and RCM used in the downscaling.
KW - Scandinavia
KW - Dynamic downscaling
KW - Energy density
KW - Wind climates
U2 - 10.1007/s00382-010-0955-3
DO - 10.1007/s00382-010-0955-3
M3 - Journal article
VL - 38
SP - 189
EP - 208
JO - Climate Dynamics
T2 - Climate Dynamics
JF - Climate Dynamics
SN - 0930-7575
IS - 1-2
ER -