Project Info
Climate change in the Atacama Desert profoundly impacts on its land surface evolution and biodiversity. In the 1st phase, A03 found that changes in the atmospheric circulation and the sea-surface temperatures (SST) strongly affect the water vapour supply to the Atacama Desert and the aeolian processes. However, the key drivers of the past climate shifts in the Atacama Desert and the response mechanisms of the regional climate to the forcing remain unclear. Now in the 2nd phase, A03 aims to elucidate the forcing and response mechanisms to advance our process understanding by using a hierarchy of models with different complexities. To this end, we will use contemporary climate model results from the coupled model inter-comparison project phase 6 (CMIP6), create a new super-ensemble of high-resolution model simulations with WRF(-chem), and perform dust-emission measurements with the Portable In-Situ Wind ERosion Lab (PI-SWERL) in the Atacama Desert.
Publications
Project A3 - Publications
Article(s)
Reyers, M., Hamidi, M., Shao, Y., 2019.
Synoptic analysis and simulation of an unusual dust event over the Atacama Desert.
Atmospheric Science Letters. 20 (6), 1 - 9. DOI: 10.1002/asl.899.
Reyers, M., Shao, Y., 2019.
Cutoff Lows over the Southeast Pacific off the Coast of the Atacama Desert under Present Day Conditions and in the Last Glacial Maximum.
Global and Planetary Change. 1 - 12.
Event Paper(s)
Jaeschke, A., Böhm, C., Reyers, M., Merklinger, F., Bernasconi, S., Schefuß, E., Kusch, S., Rethemeyer, J., 2019.
Present and past distribution of fog-dependent Tillandsia vegetation in the hyperarid Atacama Desert.
Geophysical Research Abstracts. Proc. of EGU General Assembly 2019, 21 (EGU2019-9332), April 07 - 12, 2019, Vienna, 1 - 1.
Presentations
Project A3 - Presentations
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Data
Project A3 - Research Data
Reyers, M., 2018.
WRF Output windspeed 3-hourly 10km resolution Atacama.
CRC1211 Database (CRC1211DB).
Reyers, M., 2018.
WRF Output specific humidity 3-hourly 10km resolution Atacama.
CRC1211 Database (CRC1211DB).
Reyers, M., 2018.
WRF Output temperature 3-hourly 10km resolution Atacama.
CRC1211 Database (CRC1211DB).
Reyers, M., 2018.
WRF Output daily accumulated total precipitation 10km resolution Atacama.
CRC1211 Database (CRC1211DB). DOI: 10.5880/CRC1211DB.20.
Reyers, M., 2018.
WRF Output v-wind 3-hourly 10km resolution Atacama.
CRC1211 Database (CRC1211DB).
Reyers, M., 2018.
WRF Output u-wind 3-hourly 10km resolution Atacama.
CRC1211 Database (CRC1211DB).
Walk, J., Stauch, G., Reyers, M., Bartz, M., Brückner, H., Lehmkuhl, F., 2019.
Frequency analysis of WRF extreme precipitation events 10 km resolution Atacama.
CRC1211 Database (CRC1211DB).
