Borneo Vortices in a warmer climate

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Liang, Ju, Catto, Jennifer L., Hawcroft, Matthew K., Tan, Mou Leong, Hodges, Kevin I. and Haywood, James M.. 2023. "Borneo Vortices in a warmer climate." Npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 6 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-023-00326-1
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Borneo Vortices in a warmer climate

ERA Journal ID213730
Article CategoryArticle
AuthorsLiang, Ju, Catto, Jennifer L., Hawcroft, Matthew K., Tan, Mou Leong, Hodges, Kevin I. and Haywood, James M.
Journal TitleNpj Climate and Atmospheric Science
Journal Citation6 (1)
Number of Pages8
Year2023
PublisherNature Publishing Group
Place of PublicationUnited Kingdom
ISSN2397-3722
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-023-00326-1
Web Address (URL)https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-023-00326-1
AbstractBorneo Vortices (BVs) are weather systems that are responsible for devastating hydro-climatic extremes and significant losses of life and property in Southeast Asia. The typical resolution of most current climate models is insufficient to resolve these high-impact, synoptic-scale weather systems. Here, an ensemble of high-resolution models projects that future BVs may become less frequent and more stationary, driven by the weakening of the Northeast monsoon flow and associated cold surges across North Borneo. However, substantial increases in both the intensity and the total amount of precipitation from BVs are projected. Such changes are driven by the more humid and convectively unstable lower troposphere. As a result, the contribution of BVs to the accumulation of both total precipitation and extreme precipitation is projected to increase considerably in the vicinity of the southern South China Sea, making individual BVs more threatening to the adjacent coastal regions.
KeywordsBorneo Vortices; warmer climate
ANZSRC Field of Research 20204101. Climate change impacts and adaptation
Byline AffiliationsUniversity of Exeter, United Kingdom
University of Southern Queensland
University of Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
University of Reading, United Kingdom
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