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View article: Representation of global mega-cities and their urban heat island in CORDEX-CORE regional climate model simulations
Representation of global mega-cities and their urban heat island in CORDEX-CORE regional climate model simulations Open
Cities are highly vulnerable to climate change, yet the interactions between urban and regional climate remain insufficiently understood, especially over climate changes timescales and when comparing cities globally. Therefore, this study …
View article: A global CORDEX-based dataset delineating urban areas and their surroundings to assess climate change in megacities
A global CORDEX-based dataset delineating urban areas and their surroundings to assess climate change in megacities Open
We present a global dataset of urban areas and their rural surroundings, developed within the framework of the CORDEX Flagship Pilot Study on Urban Environments and Regional Climate Change. The dataset is derived from model-specific urban …
View article: Assessing Climate Change Hazards in Urban and Rural Areas for European Cities Using Euro-CORDEX ensemble
Assessing Climate Change Hazards in Urban and Rural Areas for European Cities Using Euro-CORDEX ensemble Open
Climate change is intensifying the frequency and severity of environmental hazards, affecting urban and rural areas in distinct ways. Cities can experience amplified risks due to the urban heat island (UHI) effect, altered precipitation pa…
View article: Introducing the New Urban Climate Layer in the Copernicus Interactive Climate Atlas
Introducing the New Urban Climate Layer in the Copernicus Interactive Climate Atlas Open
The Copernicus Interactive Climate Atlas (https://atlas.climate.copernicus.eu, C3S Atlas in short) evolves from the frozen IPCC Atlas (Gutiérrez et al., 2021; https://interactive-atlas.ipcc.ch/) to potentially address the needs of the IPCC…
View article: Are Diurnal Precipitation and Temperature Cycle affected by Cities in a Changing Climate?
Are Diurnal Precipitation and Temperature Cycle affected by Cities in a Changing Climate? Open
The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, characterized by elevated temperatures in urban areas compared to their rural surroundings, poses significant challenges to human health, energy consumption, and environmental sustainability. But how can…
View article: Impact of cities on the diurnal precipitation and temperature cycle in a changing climate
Impact of cities on the diurnal precipitation and temperature cycle in a changing climate Open
The relationship between urban areas and higher temperatures, commonly referred to as the urban heat island effect, is well-established within the scientific community and holds critical relevance for policymakers, given that a significant…
View article:  January 2025 Wildfires in Southern California are attributable to Anthropogenic Global Warming
 January 2025 Wildfires in Southern California are attributable to Anthropogenic Global Warming Open
Starting January 7, 2025, devastating wildfires have swept through the Los Angeles metropolitan area and nearby regions. By January 10, the fires had caused ten deaths, destroyed thousands of structures, displaced nearly 180,000 residents,…
View article: Assessing the impact of climate change on wildfire development: insights from analogues and regional climate models
Assessing the impact of climate change on wildfire development: insights from analogues and regional climate models Open
Climate change is an ongoing process that is modifying weather patterns and influencing weather phenomena and extreme events such as heatwaves, droughts, and floods. In this study, we investigate whether climate change can also play a role…
View article: Models confirm that recent European wildfires are exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change
Models confirm that recent European wildfires are exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change Open
Climate change is an ongoing process that is modifying weather patterns and influencing weather phenomena and extreme events such as heatwaves, droughts, and floods. This paper investigates whether climate change can also play a role in en…
View article: The Fifth Generation Regional Climate Modeling System, RegCM5: the first Convection-Permitting European wide simulation and validation over the CORDEX-CORE domains
The Fifth Generation Regional Climate Modeling System, RegCM5: the first Convection-Permitting European wide simulation and validation over the CORDEX-CORE domains Open
The Regional Climate Modeling system (RegCM) has undergone a significant evolution over the years, leading for example to the widely used versions RegCM4 and RegCM4-NH. In response to the demand for higher resolution, a new version of the …
View article: Assessing observational constraints on future European climate in an out-of-sample framework
Assessing observational constraints on future European climate in an out-of-sample framework Open
Observations are increasingly used to constrain multi-model projections for future climate assessments. This study assesses the performance of five constraining methods, which have previously been applied to attempt to improve regional cli…
View article: The Fifth Generation Regional Climate Modeling System, RegCM5: the first CP European wide simulation and validation over the CORDEX-CORE domains.
The Fifth Generation Regional Climate Modeling System, RegCM5: the first CP European wide simulation and validation over the CORDEX-CORE domains. Open
The Regional Climate Modeling system (RegCM) has undergone a significant evolution over the years, leading for example to the widely used versions RegCM4 and RegCM4-NH. In response to the demand for higher resolution, a new version of the …
View article: Europe
Europe Open
Our current 1.1°C warmer world is already affecting natural and human systems in Europe (very high confidence1). Since AR5, there has been a substantial increase in detected or attributed impacts of climate change in Europe, including extr…
View article: The Fifth Generation Regional Climate Modeling System, RegCM5: Description and Illustrative Examples at Parameterized Convection and Convection‐Permitting Resolutions
The Fifth Generation Regional Climate Modeling System, RegCM5: Description and Illustrative Examples at Parameterized Convection and Convection‐Permitting Resolutions Open
We introduce the latest version of the RegCM regional climate modeling system, RegCM5. Compared to the previous model version (RegCM4) the main new development is the inclusion of the non‐hydrostatic dynamical core from the weather predict…
View article: Hot spots of Global Temperature of Emergence of several CIDs for the European region
Hot spots of Global Temperature of Emergence of several CIDs for the European region Open
One important type of information for stakeholders is the time of emergence (TOE) of a particular climatic impact-driver (CID) in a specific region as reported also in the latest IPCC AR6. The TOE is the time when a certain signal emerges …
View article: Validation of RegCM5 at convection parametrized resolution over the CORDEX-CORE domain and at convection permitting resolution over the Euro-CORDEX domain
Validation of RegCM5 at convection parametrized resolution over the CORDEX-CORE domain and at convection permitting resolution over the Euro-CORDEX domain Open
New evaluation simulations with the ERA5 boundary conditions have been completed with the new model RegCM5 for all CORDEX-CORE domains at 25 km resolution. Model performances are satisfactory for all evaluation metrics for both the mean cl…
View article: Future projections of the Fire Weather Index (FWI) using CORDEX-CORE and CMIP5 and CMIP6 simulations.
Future projections of the Fire Weather Index (FWI) using CORDEX-CORE and CMIP5 and CMIP6 simulations. Open
<p>The Fire Weather Index (FWI) is a meteorologically based index used worldwide to estimate fire danger. In the framework of the CORDEX-CORE project, we investigate how changes in relative humidity, wind, temperature and precipitati…
View article: Testing methods to constrain future European climate projections in an &#8220;out-of-sample&#8221; framework
Testing methods to constrain future European climate projections in an “out-of-sample” framework Open
<p>A major problem in climate science is providing reliable regional climate projections. Existing model ensembles are imperfect so a number of different methods for constraining future climate projections using the observational rec…
View article: Pre-processed data of atlas in EUCP-WP2
Pre-processed data of atlas in EUCP-WP2 Open
Outputs from the probabilistic projection methods developed or assessed in the European Climate Projection system (EUCP) Horizon2020 project. The data can be previewed through our interactive atlas. For more information, see the atlas abou…
View article: Pre-processed data of atlas in EUCP-WP2
Pre-processed data of atlas in EUCP-WP2 Open
Outputs from the probabilistic projection methods developed or assessed in the European Climate Projection system (EUCP) Horizon2020 project. The data can be previewed through our interactive atlas. For more information, see the atlas abou…
View article: Pre-processed data of atlas in EUCP-WP2
Pre-processed data of atlas in EUCP-WP2 Open
Outputs from the probabilistic projection methods developed or assessed in the European Climate Projection system (EUCP) Horizon2020 project. The data can be previewed through our interactive atlas. For more information, see the atlas abou…
View article: What Is Causing Our Climate To Change So Quickly Now?
What Is Causing Our Climate To Change So Quickly Now? Open
Our planet’s climate has been warming much faster over the past 100 years than it has over the 10,000 years before that. In this article, we will explore how we know that the climate has changed so quickly in the last century, what carbon …
View article: Pre-processed data of atlas in EUCP-WP2
Pre-processed data of atlas in EUCP-WP2 Open
Outputs from the probabilistic projection methods developed or assessed in the European Climate Projection system (EUCP) Horizon2020 project. The data can be previewed through our interactive atlas. For more information, see the atlas abou…
View article: Pre-processed data of atlas in EUCP-WP2
Pre-processed data of atlas in EUCP-WP2 Open
Outputs from the probabilistic projection methods developed or assessed in the European Climate Projection system (EUCP) Horizon2020 project. The data can be previewed through our interactive atlas. For more information, see the atlas abou…
View article: Pre-processed data of atlas in EUCP-WP2
Pre-processed data of atlas in EUCP-WP2 Open
Outputs from the probabilistic projection methods developed or assessed in the European Climate Projection system (EUCP) Horizon2020 project. The data can be previewed through our interactive atlas. For more information, see the atlas abou…
View article: Pre-processed data of atlas in EUCP-WP2
Pre-processed data of atlas in EUCP-WP2 Open
Outputs from the probabilistic projection methods developed or assessed in the European Climate Projection system (EUCP) Horizon2020 project. The data can be previewed through our interactive atlas. For more information, see the atlas abou…
View article: Non-Hydrostatic RegCM4 (RegCM4-NH): model description and case studies over multiple domains
Non-Hydrostatic RegCM4 (RegCM4-NH): model description and case studies over multiple domains Open
We describe the development of a non-hydrostatic version of the regional climate model RegCM4, called RegCM4-NH, for use at convection-permitting resolutions. The non-hydrostatic dynamical core of the Mesoscale Model MM5 is introduced in t…
View article: Pre-processed data of atlas in EUCP-WP2
Pre-processed data of atlas in EUCP-WP2 Open
Outputs from the probabilistic projection methods developed or assessed in the European Climate Projection system (EUCP) Horizon2020 project. The data can be previewed through our interactive atlas. For more information, see the atlas abou…
View article: Pre-processed data of atlas in EUCP-WP2
Pre-processed data of atlas in EUCP-WP2 Open
Outputs from the probabilistic projection methods developed or assessed in the European Climate Projection system (EUCP) Horizon2020 project. The data can be previewed through our interactive atlas. For more information, see the atlas abou…