A CMIP5 multimodel projection of future temperature, precipitation, and climatological drought in China

• Published in: International journal of climatology Vol. 34; no. 6; pp. 2059 - 2078
• Main Authors: Wang, Lin, Chen, Wen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.05.2014; Wiley; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: bias correction and spatial disaggregation; China; climate change projection; Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; Meteorology; Palmer Drought Severity Index; Far East; Asia; China; China, People's Rep; Multimodel; Coupled model; Emission scenario; General circulation models; atmospheric precipitation; climate warming; bias correction and spatial disaggregation; Climate models; digital simulation; Climate prediction; greenhouse gas; Atmospheric temperature; drought; global change; China; Severity score; Palmer Drought Severity Index; Error correction; Natural hazards; climate change projection; climate change

ABSTRACT In this study, fine‐resolution multimodel climate projections over China are developed based on 35 climate models and two emissions scenarios (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) from phase five of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) by means of Bias Correction and Spatial Disaggregation. The...