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Increasing certainty in projected local extreme precipitation change.

Chao Li^1,2, Jieyu Liu³, Fujun Du^4,5

¹Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science, Ministry of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China. cli@geo.ecnu.edu.cn.

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|January 20, 2025

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Climate models show large uncertainties in future extreme precipitation. This new method improves local projections by over 20%, aiding adaptation planning for most of the world.

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Area of Science:

Climate Science
Extreme Weather Events
Adaptation Planning

Background:

Climate models exhibit significant uncertainty in projecting future extreme precipitation changes, hindering effective adaptation strategies.
Existing observational constraints are often insufficient for local-scale adaptation planning, which requires detailed, localized projections.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate a novel strategy for reducing uncertainty in local-scale extreme precipitation projections.
To improve the accuracy of end-of-century precipitation change predictions under high emissions scenarios.

Main Methods:

Implementation of a temperature-based emergent constraint strategy combined with data aggregation.
Incorporation of both thermodynamic and dynamic components of extreme precipitation change, linked to global warming.
Rigorous cross-validation to assess the reliability of the developed method.

Main Results:

Reduction of error variance in projected annual extreme daily precipitation changes by over 20% globally under a high emissions scenario.
The enhanced projections are applicable to most regions worldwide, potentially benefiting up to 90% of the global population.
Demonstrated reliability of the physically motivated strategy in constraining local projections.

Conclusions:

The proposed temperature-based emergent constraint strategy significantly enhances the reliability of local extreme precipitation projections.
Improved local projections facilitate more accurate impact assessments and better-informed adaptation planning.
This approach offers a pathway to more robust climate change adaptation strategies at local levels worldwide.