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DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.08.005
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85052433994
论文题名:
Changes in the occurrence of extreme precipitation events at the Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum
作者: Carmichael M.J.; Pancost R.D.; Lunt D.J.
刊名: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
ISSN: 0012821X
出版年: 2018
卷: 501
起始页码: 24
结束页码: 36
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Eocene ; extreme precipitation ; General Circulation Model ; paleoclimate ; PETM ; proxy-model comparisons
Scopus关键词: Geologic models ; Global warming ; Greenhouse gases ; Precipitation (meteorology) ; Eocene ; Extreme precipitation ; General circulation model ; Paleoclimates ; PETM ; Proxy model ; Climate models ; atmospheric general circulation model ; comparative study ; extreme event ; global warming ; oceanic general circulation model ; Paleocene-Eocene boundary ; paleoclimate ; precipitation (climatology) ; proxy climate record ; Africa ; South America
英文摘要: Future global warming is widely anticipated to increase the occurrence of extreme precipitation events, but such hydrological changes have received limited attention within paleoclimate studies. Several proxy studies of the hydrological response to the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum hyperthermal, ∼56 Ma, have recently invoked changes in the occurrence of extreme precipitation events to explain observations, but these changes have not been studied for the geologic past using climate models. Here, we use a coupled atmosphere–ocean general circulation model, HadCM3L, to study regional changes in metrics for extreme precipitation across the onset of the PETM by comparing simulations performed with possible PETM and pre-PETM greenhouse gas forcings. Our simulations show a shift in the frequency–intensity relationship of precipitation, with extreme events increasing in importance over tropical regions including equatorial Africa and southern America. The incidence of some extreme events increases by up to 70% across the PETM in some regions. While the most extreme precipitation rates tend to relate to increases in convective precipitation, in some regions dynamic changes in atmospheric circulation are also of importance. Although shortcomings in the ability of general circulation models to represent the daily cycle of precipitation and the full range of extreme events precludes a direct comparison of absolute precipitation rates, our simulations provide a useful spatial framework for interpreting hydrological proxies from this time period. Our results indicate that changes in extreme precipitation behaviour may be decoupled from those in mean annual precipitation, including, for example in east Africa, where the change in mean annual precipitation is small but a large increase in the size and frequency of extreme events occurs. This has important implications for the interpretation of the hydrological proxy record and our understanding of climatic, as well as biogeochemical, responses to global warming events. © 2018 The Author(s)
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/109669
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作者单位: BRIDGE, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, United Kingdom; Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, United Kingdom; The Cabot Institute for the Environment, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

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Carmichael M.J.,Pancost R.D.,Lunt D.J.. Changes in the occurrence of extreme precipitation events at the Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum[J]. Earth and Planetary Science Letters,2018-01-01,501
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