impact of ensemble size on significance of climate change, variability, and extremes
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Impact of Ensemble Size on Significance of Climate Change, Variability, and Extremes. Jeff Yin, NCAR 11 th CCSM Workshop 22 June 2006. Examples of the Impact of Ensemble Size. Climate change (2080-2099 – 1980-1999): Stationary waves/zonal means Midlatitude storm tracks - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Impact of Ensemble Size on Significance of Climate Change,
Variability, and Extremes
Jeff Yin, NCAR
11th CCSM Workshop
22 June 2006
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Examples of the Impact of Ensemble Size
• Climate change (2080-2099 – 1980-1999):– Stationary waves/zonal means– Midlatitude storm tracks– Seasonal maximum wind speed
• Climate variability (NAO):– Seasonal maximum wind speed– Percentiles of wind speed
• 95% significance level shown
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2080-2099 minus 1980-1999:Total Z300
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2080-2099 minus 1980-1999:Total Z300
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2080-2099 minus 1980-1999:Total Z300
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2080-2099 minus 1980-1999:Stationary wave Z300
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2080-2099 minus 1980-1999:Stationary wave Z300
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2080-2099 minus 1980-1999:Stationary wave Z300
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2080-2099 minus 1980-1999:Zonal mean Z300
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2080-2099 minus 1980-1999:Zonal mean Z300
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2080-2099 minus 1980-1999:2-8 day EKE200
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2080-2099 minus 1980-1999:2-8 day EKE200
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2080-2099 minus 1980-1999:Seasonal maximum daily WS850
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2080-2099 minus 1980-1999:Seasonal maximum daily WS850
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2080-2099 regression on NAO:Seasonal maximum daily WS850
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2080-2099 regression on NAO:Seasonal maximum daily WS850
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Positive NAO, 2080-2099:99%ile of WS850
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Positive NAO, 1870-1999:99%ile of WS850
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Positive NAO, 1870-1999:99.9%ile of WS850
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Summary
• Ensemble size needs depend on problem
• For differences of 20-year periods:– 1 member not enough (even for zonal mean)– 4+ members for stationary waves– 4+ members for storm tracks, extreme winds
• For relationships with NAO:– 4+ members for seasonal max wind speed– > 300 years for 99%ile of wind speed