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- Title
Atmospheric rivers impacting western North America in a world with climate intervention.
- Authors
Shields, Christine A.; Richter, Jadwiga H.; Pendergrass, Angeline; Tilmes, Simone
- Abstract
Atmospheric rivers (ARs) impacting western North America are analyzed under climate intervention applying stratospheric aerosol injections (SAI) using simulations produced by the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model. Sulfur dioxide injections are strategically placed to maintain present-day global, interhemispheric, and equator-to-pole surface temperatures between 2020 and 2100 using a high forcing climate scenario. Three science questions are addressed: (1) How will western North American ARs change by the end of the century with SAI applied, (2) How is this different from 2020 conditions, and (3) How will the results differ with no future climate intervention. Under SAI, ARs are projected to increase by the end of the 21st century for southern California and decrease in the Pacific Northwest and coastal British Columbia, following changes to the low-level wind. Compared to 2020 conditions, the increase in ARs is not significant. The character of AR precipitation changes under geoengineering results in fewer extreme rainfall events and more moderate ones.
- Subjects
BRITISH Columbia; NORTH America; ATMOSPHERIC rivers; STRATOSPHERIC aerosols; ATMOSPHERIC models; SURFACE temperature; SULFUR dioxide
- Publication
NPJ Climate & Atmospheric Science, 2022, Vol 5, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2397-3722
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41612-022-00260-8