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DOI	10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0289.1
	Method uncertainty is essential for reliable confidence statements of precipitation projections
	Uhe P.; Mitchell D.; Bates P.D.; Allen M.R.; Betts R.A.; Huntingford C.; King A.D.; Sanderson B.M.; Shiogama H.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	0894-8755
起始页码	1227
结束页码	1240
卷号	34 期号:3
英文摘要	Precipitation events cause disruption around the world and will be altered by climate change. However, different climate modeling approaches can result in different future precipitation projections. The corresponding ''method uncertainty'' is rarely explicitly calculated in climate impact studies and major reports but can substantially change estimated precipitation changes. A comparison across five commonly used modeling activities shows that, for changes in mean precipitation, less than half of the regions analyzed had significant changes between the present climate and 1.58C global warming for the majority of modeling activities. This increases to just over half of the regions for changes between present climate and 28C global warming. There is much higher confidence in changes in maximum 1-day precipitation than in mean precipitation, indicating the robust influence of thermodynamics in the climate change effect on extremes. We also find that none of the modeling activities captures the full range of estimates from the other methods in all regions. Our results serve as an uncertainty map to help interpret which regions require a multimethod approach. Our analysis highlights the risk of overreliance on any single modeling activity and the need for confidence statements in major synthesis reports to reflect this method uncertainty. Considering multiple sources of climate projections should reduce the risks of policymakers being unprepared for impacts of warmer climates relative to using single-method projections to make decisions. © 2021 American Meteorological Society. For information regarding reuse of this content and general copyright information, consult the AMS Copyright Policy (www.ametsoc.org/PUBSReuseLicenses).
英文关键词	Global warming; Risk assessment; Thermodynamics; Climate impacts; Climate projection; Mean precipitation; Multi-method approach; Multiple source; Precipitation change; Precipitation events; Synthesis reports; Uncertainty analysis
语种	英语
来源期刊	Journal of Climate
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/170921
作者单位	School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom; Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, United Kingdom; Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom; Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, United Kingdom; ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; European Center for Research and Advanced Training in Scientific Computing, Toulouse, France; National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Uhe P.,Mitchell D.,Bates P.D.,et al. Method uncertainty is essential for reliable confidence statements of precipitation projections[J],2021,34(3).
APA	Uhe P..,Mitchell D..,Bates P.D..,Allen M.R..,Betts R.A..,...&Shiogama H..(2021).Method uncertainty is essential for reliable confidence statements of precipitation projections.Journal of Climate,34(3).
MLA	Uhe P.,et al."Method uncertainty is essential for reliable confidence statements of precipitation projections".Journal of Climate 34.3(2021).