Assessment of CMIP6 Model Performance for Air Temperature in the Arid Region of Northwest China and Subregions

• Published in: Atmosphere Vol. 13; no. 3; p. 454
• Main Authors: Liu, Fang, Xu, Changchun, Long, Yunxia, Yin, Gang, Wang, Hongyu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.03.2022
• Subjects: Air temperature; Annual temperatures; Arid regions; Arid zones; Climate; Climate change; Climate models; CMIP6; Coefficients; Correlation coefficient; Correlation coefficients; Global climate; Global climate models; Global warming; Historic temperatures; Intercomparison; Maximum temperatures; Mean temperatures; Minimum temperatures; Modelling; Performance evaluation; Precipitation; preferred-model ensemble; Simulation; Standard deviation; temperature; the arid region of northwest China; Time series; Topography; Trends; Junggar Basin; Altai Mountains; Tien Shan Mountains; China; Tarim Basin

The arid region of northwest China (ARNC) is one of the most sensitive areas to global warming. However, the performance of new Global Climate Models (GCMs) from phase 6 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6) in simulating climate in this region, especially in the subregions, is not cl...