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Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
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About: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research is a facility organization based out in Potsdam, Germany. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Climate change & Global warming. The organization has 1519 authors who have published 5098 publications receiving 367023 citations.
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TL;DR: Geophysical data and numerical modelling suggest a geothermal anomaly in this region resulting from the earlier passage of Greenland over the Iceland mantle plume as discussed by the authors. But this is not the case in the Greenland ice sheet.
Abstract: Basal melting is widespread in the north-central Greenland ice sheet. Geophysical data and numerical modelling suggest a geothermal anomaly in this region resulting from the earlier passage of Greenland over the Iceland mantle plume.
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TL;DR: In this article, the performance of a set of ten regional climate models along with the ensemble mean of their statistics in simulating daily precipitation characteristics during the West African monsoon (WAM) period (June-July-August-September) was analyzed and compared.
Abstract: We analyze and intercompare the performance of a set of ten regional climate models (RCMs) along with the ensemble mean of their statistics in simulating daily precipitation characteristics during the West African monsoon (WAM) period (June–July–August–September). The experiments are conducted within the framework of the COordinated Regional Downscaling Experiments for the African domain. We find that the RCMs exhibit substantial differences that are associated with a wide range of estimates of higher-order statistics, such as intensity, frequency, and daily extremes mostly driven by the convective scheme employed. For instance, a number of the RCMs simulate a similar number of wet days compared to observations but greater rainfall intensity, especially in oceanic regions adjacent to the Guinea Highlands because of a larger number of heavy precipitation events. Other models exhibit a higher wet-day frequency but much lower rainfall intensity over West Africa due to the occurrence of less frequent heavy rainfall events. This indicates the existence of large uncertainties related to the simulation of daily rainfall characteristics by the RCMs. The ensemble mean of the indices substantially improves the RCMs’ simulated frequency and intensity of precipitation events, moderately outperforms that of the 95th percentile, and provides mixed benefits for the dry and wet spells. Although the ensemble mean improved results cannot be generalized, such an approach produces encouraging results and can help, to some extent, to improve the robustness of the response of the WAM daily precipitation to the anthropogenic greenhouse gas warming.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the spatial and temporal trends of precipitation, flood/drought, runoff, high and low river flow during flood season (May-October) for the Yangtze River Basin were examined.
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TL;DR: In this article, an assessment of climate change consequences for displacement rates of a mudslide in the Dolomites, Italy, is presented based on climate projections of a general circulation model (GCM).
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Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research1, University of Kassel2, Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate3, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute4, World Meteorological Organization5, University of Giessen6, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education7, Vrije Universiteit Brussel8, University of Sydney9, Indian Institutes of Technology10, Leibniz University of Hanover11, University of Ottawa12, Hohai University13, University College London14, Huazhong University of Science and Technology15
TL;DR: In this paper, a comparison of regional-scale hydrological models and climate change impacts for 12 large river basins worldwide is presented, and a synthesis is presented for each basin.
Abstract: Intercomparison of regional-scale hydrological models and climate change impacts projected for 12 large river basins worldwide-a synthesis
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| Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Folke | 133 | 360 | 125990 |
| Adam Drewnowski | 106 | 486 | 41107 |
| Jürgen Kurths | 105 | 1038 | 62179 |
| Markus Reichstein | 103 | 386 | 53385 |
| Stephen Polasky | 99 | 354 | 59148 |
| Sandy P. Harrison | 96 | 329 | 34004 |
| Owen B. Toon | 94 | 424 | 32237 |
| Stephen Sitch | 94 | 262 | 52236 |
| Yong Xu | 88 | 1391 | 39268 |
| Dieter Neher | 85 | 424 | 26225 |
| Johan Rockström | 85 | 236 | 57842 |
| Jonathan A. Foley | 85 | 144 | 70710 |
| Robert J. Scholes | 84 | 253 | 37019 |
| Christoph Müller | 82 | 457 | 27274 |
| Robert J. Nicholls | 79 | 515 | 35729 |