Moisture Sources for Continental Climatic Regions (CCRs)

Items

Identification of the moisture sources

Evaluation of the importance of the source throughout the 10 days of moisture transport

Monthly cycle of the contribution of the moisture sources to the precipitation on the CCR

Interannual/seasonal variability of the contribution of the moisture sources to the precipitation on the CCR

Evaluation of the role of main teleconnection patterns

Identification of hot areas in the region more influenced by future climate changes in evaporation minus precipitation

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Moisture Sources for Continental Climatic Regions (CCRs)

This web provides a catalog of moisture sources for two sets of continental climatic regions (CCRs) based on the Lagrangian particle dispersion model FLEXPART using data from 1980 to 2012 obtained from the ERA-Interim reanalysis of the ECMWF:

• one based on 35 regions with similarities not only in terms of mean climate (1970-1999) but also in terms of projected changes in precipitation (2070-2099) [HOMOGENOUS FUTURE CHANGE] defined by Malstein and Knutti (2010), and herein named MKRs 

• other widely used in IPCC reports which represents 21 different climatic regimes [HOMOGENOUS CURRENT CLIMATE] defined by Giorgi and Francisco (2000), and hereafter refered as GRs 

Map to select the CCRs with HOMOGENOUS FUTURE CHANGES (MKRs)

Map to select the CCRs under HOMOGENOUS CURRENT CLIMATE (GRs)

The catalog contains the characteristics of all the major sources of moisture for each CCRs, and the analysis of their interannual variability and the role of the main climate variability modes, including the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Northern Annular Mode (NAM) / Southern Annular Mode (SAM).

The estimation of the influence of those oceanic regions that will see the greatest increases in evaporation rate in future years is also analyzed.