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@INPROCEEDINGS{PoshyvailoStrube:905404,
author = {Poshyvailo-Strube, Liubov and Wagner, Niklas and Görgen,
Klaus and Furusho, Carina and Hartick, Carl and Kollet,
Stefan},
title = {{G}roundwater {E}ffects on {T}errestrial {S}ystems in
{E}urope: {E}volution of {P}ast {H}eatwaves},
reportid = {FZJ-2022-00656},
year = {2021},
abstract = {Due to climate change, hot years in Europe (EU) will likely
happen more often, causing frequent hydroclimatic extreme
events (e.g., heavy precipitation, droughts, heatwaves) with
multiple socio-economic impacts. Consistent climate data is
needed for strategies on climate change mitigation and
adaptation, but high-resolution hydroclimatic data at
EU-scale is still lacking. Moreover, in most climate models,
the groundwater (GW) representation and interaction with the
atmosphere is generally simplified or missing, leading to
biases in simulation of the extreme heat events.We
investigate heat events evolution in EU from 1976 to 2005,
based on an ensemble of regional climate models (RCMs)
forced by global climate models. The ensemble is
complemented with Terrestrial Systems Modelling Platform
(TSMP) simulations, where full 3D soil and GW dynamics are
explicitly represented, closing the terrestrial water cycle
from the GW across the land surface into the atmosphere.
From the comparison of TSMP and other RCMs lacking GW, we
assess the effects of GW on the evolution of EU heatwaves by
analysing their main characteristics such as frequency,
duration and intensity.Our results show that heat events are
differently impacted by GW, depending on the time span and
region. Moreover, GW does not have explicit effects on the
hot (air temperature exceeds the 90th percentile) days
frequency. Hence we found out that GW affects the duration
of heat events by decreasing the mean number of hot day
events with a duration longer than 3 days. The mean number
of long hot events (duration > 6 days) is decreased by a
factor of 1.5-2.3. Also, there is an increase in the mean
number of short hot events (duration < 3 days).
Interestingly, the amplitude (intensity) of heatwaves (heat
events exceeding 6 consecutive days) is affected by GW too
— the frequency of heatwaves with an amplitude larger than
4°C, in comparison to the 90th temperature percentile, is
decreased by a factor of 2 and more, while, the frequency of
heatwaves with low amplitudes is increased. As conclusion,
GW smooths out the heatwaves effect on terrestrial systems
in EU.The results emphasize the importance of GW in RCMs,
and its impact on heatwaves evolution. Further, this study
will be extended to investigate the future evolution of
heatwaves based on different climate change scenarios.},
month = {Dec},
date = {2021-12-13},
organization = {AGU Fall Meeting 2021, New Orleans, LA
(online) (USA), 13 Dec 2021 - 17 Dec
2021},
subtyp = {Other},
cin = {IBG-3},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118},
pnm = {2173 - Agro-biogeosystems: controls, feedbacks and impact
(POF4-217) / 2A2 - HI-CAM (CARF - CCA) (POF4-2A2)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2173 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2A2},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)6},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/905404},
}