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Climate change in the High Mountain Asia in CMIP6
Mickaël Lalande
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Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, G-INP, IGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
Martin Ménégoz
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, G-INP, IGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
Gerhard Krinner
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, G-INP, IGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
Kathrin Naegeli
Institute of Geography and Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Stefan Wunderle
Institute of Geography and Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Climate change over High Mountain Asia is investigated with CMIP6 climate models. A general cold bias is found in this area, often related to a snow cover overestimation in the models. Ensemble experiments generally encompass the past observed trends, suggesting that even biased models can reproduce the trends. Depending on the future scenario, a warming from 1.9 to 6.5 °C, associated with a snow cover decrease and precipitation increase, is expected at the end of the 21st century.
Climate change over High Mountain Asia is investigated with CMIP6 climate models. A general cold...
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