Article Dans Une Revue Climate Dynamics Année : 2023

Evolution of high-temperature extremes over the main Euro-Mediterranean airports

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Abstract The increasing intensity and frequency of high-temperature events in response to climate change can potentially impact the aviation industry, since aircraft takeoff and landing performances depend on near-surface air temperature. Previous studies have combined climate data with aircraft technical data to estimate the future impact of rising high temperatures on aircraft takeoff. They found a decrease of maximum takeoff weights and the lengthening of takeoff distances. The Mediterranean region is a climate change “hot spot” area, specially concerned by extreme high-temperatures increase. In this study, the magnitude and trends of the daily maximum near-surface temperature extremes in summer were analysed over major airports in Southwestern Europe. Trends in the period 1961–2014 were analysed from observations and reanalysis. Future changes by 2021–2050 and 2071–2100, with respect to 1961–2005, were analysed from simulations performed with Regional and Global Climate Models (RCMs and GCMs). Before assessing future climate projections, climate models were evaluated in present climate, and the RCM and GCM ensembles were compared to each other. No clear added value was found for RCMs over GCMs in present climate at the airport scale in these terms. GCMs project larger temperature changes than RCMs over the same locations. Multi-model ensemble mean projected changes under the RCP8.5 scenario range between + 1.7 and + 3.2 °C by the near term, and between + 4.9 and + 8.5 °C by the long term, across the airports and the RCM and GCM ensembles. This increase of high-temperature extremes would impact airport operations. Adaptation or mitigation policies would become necessary.

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hal-04136848 , version 1 (21-06-2023)

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Victoria Gallardo Fernández, Emilia Sanchez-Gomez, Eleonore Riber, Julien Boé, Laurent Terray. Evolution of high-temperature extremes over the main Euro-Mediterranean airports. Climate Dynamics, In press, ⟨10.1007/s00382-022-06652-z⟩. ⟨hal-04136848⟩

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