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Future hot-spots for hydro-hazards in Great Britain: a probabilistic assessment
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Campus, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK
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Shaun Harrigan
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Shinfield Road,
Reading, RG2 9AX, UK
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
Christel Prudhomme
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Shinfield Road,
Reading, RG2 9AX, UK
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
Loughborough University, Epinal Way, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK
Giuseppe Formetta
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
Lindsay Beevers
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Campus, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK
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Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 5449–5472, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-5449-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-5449-2022, 2022
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Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 2939–2968, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-2939-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-2939-2022, 2022
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Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 2057–2072, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2057-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2057-2018, 2018
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Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 3001–3024, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-3001-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-3001-2017, 2017
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Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 2395–2408, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-2395-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-2395-2015, 2015
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Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 2945–2961, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-2945-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-2945-2015, 2015
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T. A. McMahon, M. C. Peel, and D. J. Karoly
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Here we assess GCM performance from a hydrologic perspective. We identify five better performing CMIP3 GCMs that reproduce grid-scale climatological statistics of observed precipitation and temperature over global land regions for future hydrologic simulation. GCM performance in reproducing observed mean and standard deviation of annual precipitation, mean annual temperature and mean monthly precipitation and temperature was assessed and ranked, and five better performing GCMs were identified.
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Short summary
Floods and droughts cause significant damages and pose risks to lives worldwide. In a climate change context this work identifies hotspots across Great Britain, i.e. places expected to be impacted by an increase in floods and droughts. By the 2080s the western coast of England and Wales and northeastern Scotland would experience more floods in winter and droughts in autumn, with a higher increase in drought hazard, showing a need to adapt water management policies in light of climate change.
Floods and droughts cause significant damages and pose risks to lives worldwide. In a climate...
