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Rapid warming in the Australian Alps from observation and NARCliM simulations
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-21, 17:02 authored by Ji, F, Nishant, N, Evans, JP, Di Luca, A, Di Virgilio, G, Cheung, KKW, Tam, E, Kathleen BeyerKathleen Beyer, Riley, MLThe Australian Alps are the highest mountain range in Australia, which are important for biodiversity, energy generation and winter tourism. Significant increases in temperature in the past decades has had a huge impact on biodiversity and ecosystem in this region. In this study, observed temperature is used to assess how temperature changed over the Australian Alps and surrounding areas. We also use outputs from two generations of NARCliM (NSW and Australian Regional Climate Modelling) to investigate spatial and temporal variation of future changes in temperature and its extremes. The results show temperature increases faster for the Australian Alps than the surrounding areas, with clear spatial and temporal variation. The changes in temperature and its extremes are found to be strongly correlated with changes in albedo, which suggests faster warming in cool season might be dominated by decrease in albedo resulting from future changes in natural snowfall and snowpack. The warming induced reduction in future snow cover in the Australian Alps will have a significant impact on this region.
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Publication title
AtmosphereVolume
13Issue
10Article number
1686Number
1686Pagination
1-17ISSN
2073-4433Department/School
School of Geography, Planning and Spatial SciencesPublisher
MDPI AGPlace of publication
SwitzerlandRights statement
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