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
Article Title | Borneo Vortices in a warmer climate |
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ERA Journal ID | 213730 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Liang, Ju, Catto, Jennifer L., Hawcroft, Matthew K., Tan, Mou Leong, Hodges, Kevin I. and Haywood, James M. |
Journal Title | Npj Climate and Atmospheric Science |
Journal Citation | 6 (1) |
Number of Pages | 8 |
Year | 2023 |
Publisher | Nature Publishing Group |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 2397-3722 |
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 |
Abstract | Borneo 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. |
Keywords | Borneo Vortices; warmer climate |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 4101. Climate change impacts and adaptation |
Byline Affiliations | University of Exeter, United Kingdom |
University of Southern Queensland | |
University of Sains Malaysia, Malaysia | |
University of Reading, United Kingdom |
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