Geophysical Research Letters
Supporting Information for
Projected changes in extreme temperature events based on the NARCCAP model
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Radley M. Horton1, 2, Ethan D. Coffel2, 3, Jonathan M. Winter4, Daniel A. Bader1, 2
1Center
for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10025
2NASA
3Department
4Department
Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY 10025
of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027
of Geography, Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03755
Contents of this file
Figures S1 and S2
Introduction
In both the Northeast and the Southwest United States we analyzed the
vertical temperature gradient in NARR and the NARCCAP ensemble
(crcm/ccsm, crcm/cgcm3, hrm3/gfdl, hrm3/hadcm3, and mm5i/ccsm), for
seasonal mean conditions, and as extreme event composites. The results are
shown in Figure 1 and 2 below.
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Figure S1. (a): NARRCAP (dotted) and NARR (solid) summer temperature profile on
mean (blue) and annual (red) maximum temperature days in the Northeast. (b):
Projected change in NARCCAP summer temperature profile on mean (blue) and
annual (red) maximum temperature days (c): same as (a) but for winter mean and
annual minimum temperature days. (d): same as (b) but for winter mean and annual
minimum temperature days.
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Figure S2. (a): NARRCAP (dotted) and NARR (solid) summer temperature profile on
mean (blue) and annual (red) maximum temperature days in the Southwest. (b):
Projected change in NARCCAP summer temperature profile on mean (blue) and
annual (red) maximum temperature days (c): same as (a) but for winter mean and
annual minimum temperature days. (d): same as (b) but for winter mean and annual
minimum temperature days.
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