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100 1 a| Nissenbaum, Mark,e| author.?| UNAUTHORIZED;

245 10 a| Climate change effects on precipitation organization :b| a summertime case study in the southeast United States /c| by Mark Nissenbaum.;

264 1 a| [Greenville, N.C.] :b| [East Carolina University],c| 2016.;

300 a| 101 pages :b| illustrations (chiefly color), maps;

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502 b| M.S.c| East Carolina Universityd| 2016.;

500 a| Presented to the faculty of the Department of Geography, Planning, and Environment.;

500 a| Advisor: Rosana Nieto-Ferreira.;

500 a| Title from PDF t.p. (viewed January 23, 2017).;

520 3 a| The delivery of precipitation through large and small scale precipitation features plays a key role in the hydrological cycle. Therefore, it is important to understand how the organization of precipitation will change as the earth warms. The organization of precipitation can be characterized into either widespread, mesoscale precipitation features (MPF) or short-lived, isolated precipitation features (IPF). The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model was used to simulate precipitation features at a 3 km resolution during the 17-22 June 2010 period in the Southeast US under present and future climate conditions. In this methodology, the model is first run in present climate mode and then rerun with an adjusted initial state that adds projected temperature anomalies for the 2090s based on Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) 4.5 and 8.5 from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). In the future climate simulations, small changes in precipitation occurred under RCP4.5 warming, but many significant changes were noted under RCP8.5 warming. Domain-averaged precipitation increased in the future climate simulations, with the largest changes over the ocean relative to the continent. In the future climates, IPF grew larger in length and eventually coalesced into MPF, reducing the total number of IPF and increasing the number of MPF. IPF and MPF also extended deeper into the troposphere and produced more precipitation overall.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

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651 0 a| Southern Statesx| Climatev| Observations.=| ^A11443;

650 0 a| Global warming.=| ^A251441;

650 0 a| Hydrologic cycle.=| ^A24674;

653 a| climate change;

700 1 a| Nieto-Ferreira, Rosana,e| degree supervisor.?| UNAUTHORIZED;

710 2 a| East Carolina University.b| Department of Geography, Planning, and Environment.?| UNAUTHORIZED;

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Climate change effects on precipitation organization : a summertime case study in the southeast United States / by Mark Nissenbaum.

Author/creator	Nissenbaum, Mark author.
Other author	Nieto-Ferreira, Rosana, degree supervisor.
Other author	East Carolina University. Department of Geography, Planning, and Environment.
Format	Theses and dissertations
Publication	[Greenville, N.C.] : [East Carolina University], 2016.
Description	101 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps
Supplemental Content	Access via ScholarShip
Subjects	Precipitation forecasting. Global warming. Hydrologic cycle. Southern States--Climate. --Observations.

Summary	The delivery of precipitation through large and small scale precipitation features plays a key role in the hydrological cycle. Therefore, it is important to understand how the organization of precipitation will change as the earth warms. The organization of precipitation can be characterized into either widespread, mesoscale precipitation features (MPF) or short-lived, isolated precipitation features (IPF). The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model was used to simulate precipitation features at a 3 km resolution during the 17-22 June 2010 period in the Southeast US under present and future climate conditions. In this methodology, the model is first run in present climate mode and then rerun with an adjusted initial state that adds projected temperature anomalies for the 2090s based on Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) 4.5 and 8.5 from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). In the future climate simulations, small changes in precipitation occurred under RCP4.5 warming, but many significant changes were noted under RCP8.5 warming. Domain-averaged precipitation increased in the future climate simulations, with the largest changes over the ocean relative to the continent. In the future climates, IPF grew larger in length and eventually coalesced into MPF, reducing the total number of IPF and increasing the number of MPF. IPF and MPF also extended deeper into the troposphere and produced more precipitation overall.
General note	Presented to the faculty of the Department of Geography, Planning, and Environment.
General note	Advisor: Rosana Nieto-Ferreira.
General note	Title from PDF t.p. (viewed January 23, 2017).
Dissertation note	M.S. East Carolina University 2016.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Technical details	System requirements: Adobe Reader.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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