TY - JOUR
AU - Beniston, Martin
AB - Results are presented from a present-day and a doubled CO 2 experiment over the Alpine region with a nested regional climate model. The simulated temperature change signal shows a substantial elevation dependency, mostly during the winter and spring seasons, resulting in more pronounced warming at high elevations than low elevations. This is caused by a depletion of snowpack in doubled CO 2 conditions and further enhanced by the snow––albedo feedback. This result is consistent with some observed temperature trends for anomalously warm years over the Alpine region and suggests that high elevation temperature changes could be used as an early detection tool for global warming. Changes in precipitation, as well as other components of the surface energy and water budgets, also show an elevation signal, which may have important implications for impact assessments in high elevation regions.
TI - Elevation Dependency of the Surface Climate Change Signal: A Model Study
JF - Journal of Climate
DO - 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<0288:EDOTSC>2.0.CO;2
DA - 1996-03-22
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-meteorological-society/elevation-dependency-of-the-surface-climate-change-signal-a-model-Km0Lpw3wmn
SP - 288
EP - 296
VL - 10
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -