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Kalvová, Jarošlava; Halenka, Tomáš; Bezpalcová, Klára; Nemešová, Ivana

doi:10.1023/a:1022263908716

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“…The changes in the areas of climate zones indicate the expansion or shrinkage of the spatial extent of the Earth's macro-climatic conditions, potentially implying the retreat or spread of biomes as well as threats of species range contraction or opportunities for range expansion. One of the most pronounced changes in the area of climate zones during the past century is the shrinkage of the polar climate zone with the size equivalent to 0.50-0.98% of the Earth's total land area (Beck, Grieser, Kottek, et al, 2005;Belda et al, 2014;Chan & Wu, 2015;Fraedrich et al, 2001;Kalvová et al, 2003;Rohli, Joyner, Reynolds, Shaw, et al, 2015). The other dominating area change since the 1900s is the area expansion of the arid climate zone, which is equivalent to 0.68-1.51% of the Earth's total land area, reported in recent studies that used KGC criteria to define the arid climate zone (Beck, Grieser, Kottek, et al, 2005;Chan & Wu, 2015;Rohli, Joyner, Reynolds, Shaw, et al, 2015).…”

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Observed and projected changes in global climate zones based on Köppen climate classification

Cui

Liang

Wang

2021

WIREs Climate Change

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In recent years, there has been a growing body of literature applying the Köppen classification scheme to investigate the changes in the distribution of bioclimatic conditions. Area changes and latitude and elevation shifts of Köppen climate zones have been examined based on the observed and projected datasets. This review article provides a comprehensive insight into the changes in global Köppen climate zones. First, we summarize the advancements and limitations of different climate zone definitions and assess the available climate classification map products. We then review recent detection and assessment studies on observed and projected climate zone changes. Finally, we summarize the findings of the previous studies. It has been proven that changes in climate zones under global warming can have far‐reaching impacts on ecological systems. Since the 1980s, anthropogenic accelerated global warming has already led to shifts in climatic conditions over a large land area. Hot tropics and arid climates are projected to expand into large areas of middle and high latitudes, an expansion that is potentially linked to the intensification of the global hydrologic cycle. Driven by increased warming in the Arctic, high‐latitude climates will shift poleward and upward, leading to a significant area shrinkage of the polar climate zones. However, due to the large model uncertainties, the detectability of significant climate zone changes through observations and projections, the rate and time of the changes, and their causes remain unclear. In this paper, we identify the research gaps and propose directions for future research. This article is categorized under: Paleoclimates and Current Trends > Modern Climate Change

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Section: Observed Climate Zone Changesmentioning

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Observed and projected changes in global climate zones based on Köppen climate classification

Cui

Liang

Wang

2021

WIREs Climate Change

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“…Climate classifications are frequently applied tools for evaluating the real climate system. One of the oldest and still widely accepted systems of climate types was introduced by Wladimir Köppen [1] and later modified by Geiger [2] and additionally by Trewartha [3][4][5][6][7]. Köppen divided eleven climate types based on annual and monthly changes in temperature and precipitation.…”

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“…For a detailed overview of all K-G classes and their spatial distribution around the world, we refer to [8]. K-G classification can be applied either to the real observed data of the Earth's climate or present or future conditions simulated by climate models [5,7,9,10]. Some studies, e.g., [11,12] have used the Köppen-Trewartha classification [13] to map the extent of climate change in Europe using Table 1.…”

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Influence of Bias Correction Methods on Simulated Köppen−Geiger Climate Zones in Europe

Szabó-Takács

Farda

Skalák

et al. 2019

Climate

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Our goal was to investigate the influence of bias correction methods on climate simulations over the European domain. We calculated the Köppen−Geiger climate classification using five individual regional climate models (RCM) of the ENSEMBLES project in the European domain during the period 1961−1990. The simulated precipitation and temperature data were corrected using the European daily high-resolution gridded dataset (E-OBS) observed data by five methods: (i) the empirical quantile mapping of precipitation and temperature, (ii) the quantile mapping of precipitation and temperature based on gamma and Generalized Pareto Distribution of precipitation, (iii) local intensity scaling, (iv) the power transformation of precipitation and (v) the variance scaling of temperature bias corrections. The individual bias correction methods had a significant effect on the climate classification, but the degree of this effect varied among the RCMs. Our results on the performance of bias correction differ from previous results described in the literature where these corrections were implemented over river catchments. We conclude that the effect of bias correction may depend on the region of model domain. These results suggest that distribution free bias correction approaches are the most suitable for large domain sizes such as the pan-European domain.

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“…Kalvovà et al, using Climate Research Unit (CRU, the University of East Anglia) gridded data for the period 1961-1990, presented a map of the five major Köppen climate types at a resolution of 2.5 • × 2.5 • [15]. Gnanadesikan and Stouffer presented a Köppen map of 14 climate types based on the same CRU data and period, but at a resolution of 0.5 • × 0.5 • [16].…”

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A Database for Climatic Conditions around Europe for Promoting GSHP Solutions

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Abstract:Weather plays an important role for energy uses in buildings. For this reason, it is required to define the proper boundary conditions in terms of the different parameters affecting energy and comfort in buildings. They are also the basis for determining the ground temperature in different locations, as well as for determining the potential for using geothermal energy. This paper presents a database for climates in Europe that has been used in a freeware tool developed as part of the H2020 research project named "Cheap-GSHPs". The standard Köppen-Geiger climate classification has been matched with the weather data provided by the ENERGYPLUS and METEONORM software database. The Test Reference Years of more than 300 locations have been considered. These locations have been labelled according to the degree-days for heating and cooling, as well as by the Köppen-Geiger scale. A comprehensive data set of weather conditions in Europe has been created and used as input for a GSHP sizing software, helping the user in selecting the weather conditions closest to the location of interest. The proposed method is based on lapse rates and has been tested at two locations in Switzerland and Ireland. It has been demonstrated as quite valid for the project purposes, considering the spatial distribution and density of available data and the lower computing load, in particular for locations where altitude is the main factor controlling on the temperature variations.

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Cited by 63 publications

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Observed and projected changes in global climate zones based on Köppen climate classification

Observed and projected changes in global climate zones based on Köppen climate classification

Influence of Bias Correction Methods on Simulated Köppen−Geiger Climate Zones in Europe

A Database for Climatic Conditions around Europe for Promoting GSHP Solutions

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