Changes in extremely heavy and light snow-cover winters due to global warming over high mountainous areas in central Japan

Changes in extremely heavy and light snow-cover winters due to global warming over high mountainous areas in central Japan

Abstract To investigate future changes in snow cover and snowfall over mountainous areas in central Japan, we conducted regional climate projections using a high-resolution non-hydrostatic regional climate model (NHRCM) with 5 km and 1 km grid spacings. Boundary conditions are derived from the datab...

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Main Authors: Hiroaki Kawase, Takeshi Yamazaki, Shiori Sugimoto, Takahiro Sasai, Rui Ito, Takashi Hamada, Masatoshi Kuribayashi, Mikiko Fujita, Akihiko Murata, Masaya Nosaka, Hidetaka Sasaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-03-01
Series:Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
Subjects:
Mountainous snow cover
Heavy snowfall
Regional climate modeling
Global warming
Dynamical downscaling
Japan’s Northern Alps
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40645-020-0322-x

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