Earth Science Frontiers ›› 2023, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (3): 515-528.DOI: 10.13745/j.esf.sf.2022.12.60

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CMIP6 multi-model prediction of future climate change in the Hotan River Basin

HE Chaofei1,2(), LUO Chengyan3, CHEN Fulong1,2,*(), LONG Aihua1,4, TANG Hao1,2   

  1. 1. College of Water Conservancy & Architectural Engineering, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832000, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Cold and Arid Regions, Eco-Hydraulic Engineering of Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps, Shihezi 832000, China
    3. Xinjiang Water Resources and Hydropower Survey and Design Institute Co., Ltd., ürümqi 830000, China
    4. State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100038, China
  • Received:2022-10-18 Revised:2023-01-10 Online:2023-05-25 Published:2023-04-27

Abstract:

Climate system models are the most extensive and effective tool for simulating historical and future climate, but they cannot be used directly to predict future climate change due to certain deficiencies and limitations of the models. In this study, taking 1971-2000 as base period, six climate models were evaluated using quantile-based daily bias correction (DBC), multi-model ensemble (MME) and correlation coefficient-based weighted multi-model ensemble (r-MME) methods to assess their applicability to predicting future climate change in the Hotan River Basin. In addition, r-MME was used to aggregate deviation-correction factors for the six models under three futuristic scenarios, SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5, to predict the near future (2021-2050) and long-term (2061-2090) spatial/temporal trends in daily maximum and minimum temperatures and precipitation. Results show that combining r-MME and DBC can comprehensively utilize each model’s advantages and greatly improve simulation accuracy, as correlation coefficients of 0.918, 0.821 and 0.878 were achieved, respectively, in prediction of maximum/minimum annual average temperatures and annual average precipitation. These three climate indices all showed an upward trend, under the three scenarios, where the low-forcing SSP1-2.6 had the smallest long-term increments of 2.830 ℃, 2.523 ℃ and 46.412 mm, respectively, and the high-forcing SSP5-8.5 had the largest increments of 5.697 ℃, 6.452 ℃ and 93.206 mm, respectively; besides, the decrease of temperature difference between maximum and minimum temperatures in the future will result in more obvious warming and humidification in the basin. The research results can provide an important theoretical basis for the economic and heathy-ecosystem developments in as well as water resources prediction for the Hotan River basin under future climate change.

Key words: Hotan River Basin, CMIP6, model evaluation, deviation correction, climate change

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