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Climate change in the south american monsoon system: present climate and CMIP5 projections

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Title Climate change in the south american monsoon system: present climate and CMIP5 projections
 
Creator Jones, C.
Carvalho, Leila M. V.
 
Subject climate
agriculture
monsoon climate
weather forecasting
simulation models
 
Description The South American monsoon system (SAMS) is the most important climatic feature in South America. This study focuses on the large-scale characteristics of the SAMS: seasonal amplitudes, onset and demise dates, and durations. Changes in the SAMS are investigated with the gridded precipitation, Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR), and the fifth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) simulations for two scenarios [“historical” and high-emission representative concentration pathways (rcp8.5)]. Qualitative comparisons with a previous study indicate that some CMIP5 models have significantly improved their representation of the SAMS relative to their CMIP3 versions. Some models exhibit persistent deficiencies in simulating the SAMS. CMIP5 model simulations for the historical experiment show signals of climate change in South America. While the observational data show trends, the period used is too short for final conclusions concerning climate change. Future changes in the SAMS are analyzed with six CMIP5 model simulations of the rcp8.5 high-emission scenario. Most of the simulations show significant increases in seasonal amplitudes, early onsets, late demises, and durations of the SAMS. The simulations for this scenario project a 30% increase in the amplitude from the current level by 2045–50. In addition, the rcp8.5 scenario projects an ensemble mean decrease of 14 days in the onset and 17-day increase in the demise date of the SAMS by 2045–50. The results additionally indicate lack of spatial agreement in model projections of changes in total wet-season precipitation over South America during 2070–2100. The most consistent CMIP5 projections analyzed here are the increase in the total monsoon precipitation over southern Brazil, Uruguay, and northern Argentina.
 
Date 2013-09-01
2014-12-16T06:37:32Z
2014-12-16T06:37:32Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Jones C, Carvalho LMV. 2013. Climate change in the south american monsoon system: present climate and CMIP5 projections. Journal of Climate 26:6660–6678.
1520-0442
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/52096
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00412.1
 
Language en
 
Rights Open Access
 
Format p. 6660-6678
 
Publisher American Meteorological Society
 
Source Journal of Climate