دورية أكاديمية

Analysis of Cooling and Heating Degree Days over Mexico in Present and Future Climate

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Analysis of Cooling and Heating Degree Days over Mexico in Present and Future Climate
المؤلفون: Arturo Corrales-Suastegui, Osias Ruiz-Alvarez, José Abraham Torres-Alavez, Edgar G. Pavia
المصدر: Atmosphere; Volume 12; Issue 9; Pages: 1131
بيانات النشر: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: MDPI Open Access Publishing
مصطلحات موضوعية: CDD, HDD, Mexico, Regional Climate Model, climate change, RegCM4, CORDEX-CAM
جغرافية الموضوع: agris
الوصف: One simple way to estimate the relationship between air temperature and the energy needed for heating and cooling is to use the concept of degree day. Cooling degree days (CDD) and heating degree days (HDD) are indicators of the energy required to reach comfort levels and are related directly to energy demands. Therefore, using a novel approach, we examine the current conditions and future projections in degree days over Mexico using observations (Livneh and CPC), ERA5 reanalysis, and simulations from the Regional Climate Model (RegCM4). The RegCM4 experiments were driven by different General Circulation Models for two Representative Concentration Pathways scenarios. We consider three 20-year periods as “present conditions” (1995–2014), “near-future conditions” (2041–2060), and “far-future conditions” (2080–2099). The results suggest that in the future, under the lowest radiative forcing scenario there will be a smaller increase (decrease) in CDD (HDD) for the far-future, as compared to the near-future. This could represent the model’s response to the peak of radiative forcing at mid-century and its subsequent decline. For the highest radiative forcing scenario, we found a greater increase (decrease) in CDD (HDD) for the far-future, which could be explained by the response of the RegCM4 to the warming increase projected for 2100.
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وصف الملف: application/pdf
اللغة: English
العلاقة: Climatology; https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos12091131Test
DOI: 10.3390/atmos12091131
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12091131Test
حقوق: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Test/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.921A8039
قاعدة البيانات: BASE