Articles | Volume 9, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-299-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-299-2018
Research article
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28 Mar 2018
Research article |  | 28 Mar 2018

Changes in extremely hot days under stabilized 1.5 and 2.0 °C global warming scenarios as simulated by the HAPPI multi-model ensemble

Michael Wehner, Dáithí Stone, Dann Mitchell, Hideo Shiogama, Erich Fischer, Lise S. Graff, Viatcheslav V. Kharin, Ludwig Lierhammer, Benjamin Sanderson, and Harinarayan Krishnan

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C20C+ Detection and Attribution Project D. Stone and H. Krishnan http://portal.nersc.gov/c20c

HAPPI Heatwaves 2018 M. Wehner and H. Krishnan https://doi.org/10.25342/HAPPI_HEATWAVE_2018

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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change challenged the scientific community to describe the impacts of stabilizing the global temperature at its 21st Conference of Parties. A specific target of 1.5 °C above preindustrial levels had not been seriously considered by the climate modeling community prior to the Paris Agreement. This paper analyzes heat waves in simulations designed for this target. We find there are reductions in extreme temperature compared to a 2 °C target.
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