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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Tsai, I‐Chun
• Hsieh, Pei‐Rong
• Cheng, Chao‐Tzuen
• Tung, Yu‐Shiang
• Lin, Lee‐Yaw
• Hsu, Huang‐Hsiung

Titel

Impacts of 2 and 4°C global warmings on extreme temperatures in Taiwan

Ist Teil von

• International journal of climatology, 2023-02, Vol.43 (2), p.702-719

Ort / Verlag

Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

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Quelle

Wiley-Blackwell Full Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Extreme temperatures were considered natural hazards because they could increase morbidity and mortality. Understanding the extreme temperature changes at different warming levels is crucial to climate change mitigation and adoption for human health. This study projected climate change effects on the intensity, occurrence, and duration of extreme temperatures in Taiwan with 2 and 4°C global warming scenarios using the Weather Research and Forecasting model. The future climate simulations were conducted with the pseudo‐global warming approach, and the future climate changes were obtained from the ensemble mean of simulations in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 5. The simulated daily mean temperature increased by 1.40 and 3.09°C under 2 and 4°C global warmings. In a warming world, the daily maximum temperature was projected to increase by 1.35–3.00°C, whereas the daily minimum temperature was even higher, leading to weaker diurnal temperature variation in most regions. The simulation results show that intensified heatwaves with frequent and prolonged durations become par for the course, whereas extremely cold days disappear gradually. The occurrence of heatwaves in the future is projected to be five times that in the current climate. Comparing the global warming impacts over different land‐use types, the heatwave occurrence over urban areas rose more quickly than over other land‐use types; forests are less vulnerable to global warming. On the contrary, the changes in extremely cold days over urban areas were weaker than over other land‐use types. Overall, the effects of global warming on temperature revealed that extreme events were more severe with increased temperature than with the mean state of air temperature. Nonlinear behaviours indicated that global warming should be limited to 2°C, and the additional 2°C warming (from 2 to 4°C) should be addressed carefully. The warming trend with 2 and 4°C scenarios in Taiwan revealed that extreme events were more severe with increased temperature than with the mean state of air temperature. Global warming could lead to weaker diurnal temperature variation due to night‐time warming. The figure represents that intensified heatwaves with frequent occurrences and longer durations become normal, whereas extremely cold days will disappear gradually in Taiwan in a warming world. Heatwave occurrence over urban areas increased more significantly than over other land‐use types.