Shi, Ge and Ribbe, Joachim and Cowan, Tim and Sullivan, Arnold and Cai, Wenju (2010) Do IPCC AR4 models produce the rainfall increase over Northwest Australia? In: 17th National Conference of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society: Atmosphere, Oceans, Environment and Society, 27-29 Jan 2010, Canberra, Australia.
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Abstract
Many parts of Australia have experienced a long-term rainfall reduction, but over Northwest Australia summer rainfall has been increasing (by as much as 50% since 1950). If this increasing rainfall trend continues, it could be an important future water resource for Australia. However, most climate models, used for the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR4), project a future rainfall reduction over the region. This means that a substantial reduction has to commence to reverse the current trend. Is such a result believable? Do models even produce the observed trend and correct teleconnection patterns with known climate drivers?
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | IPCC, Australia, rainfall, climate modelling, climate change |
| Fields of Research (FOR2008): | 04 Earth Sciences > 0401 Atmospheric Sciences > 040104 Climate Change Processes |
| Subjects: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Socio-Economic Objective (SEO2008): | D Environment > 96 Environment > 9603 Climate and Climate Change > 960303 Climate Change Models |
| ID Code: | 7218 |
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| Deposited On: | 13 Apr 2010 15:53 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2011 13:40 |
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