Search Results - "van Lipzig, Nicole"
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The role of atmospheric rivers in anomalous snow accumulation in East Antarctica
Published in Geophysical research letters (16-09-2014)“…Recent, heavy snow accumulation events over Dronning Maud Land (DML), East Antarctica, contributed significantly to the Antarctic ice sheet surface mass…”
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A review on regional convection-permitting climate modeling: Demonstrations, prospects, and challenges
Published in Reviews of geophysics (1985) (01-06-2015)“…Regional climate modeling using convection‐permitting models (CPMs; horizontal grid spacing <4 km) emerges as a promising framework to provide more reliable…”
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Heat stress increase under climate change twice as large in cities as in rural areas: A study for a densely populated midlatitude maritime region
Published in Geophysical research letters (16-09-2017)“…Urban areas are usually warmer than their surrounding natural areas, an effect known as the urban heat island effect. As such, they are particularly vulnerable…”
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How well can a convection-permitting climate model reproduce decadal statistics of precipitation, temperature and cloud characteristics?
Published in Climate dynamics (01-11-2016)“…Convection-permitting climate model are promising tools for improved representation of extremes, but the number of regions for which these models have been…”
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The Regional Climate Impact of a Realistic Future Deforestation Scenario in the Congo Basin
Published in Journal of climate (01-04-2014)“…The demand for agricultural land in the Congo basin is expected to yield substantial deforestation over the coming decades. Although several studies exist on…”
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Future heating and cooling degree days for Belgium under a high-end climate change scenario
Published in Energy and buildings (01-06-2020)“…The local outdoor climate and building characteristics influence the energy use of a building to an important extent. To design energy efficient and climate…”
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What is the surface mass balance of Antarctica? An intercomparison of regional climate model estimates
Published in The cryosphere (17-08-2021)“…We compare the performance of five different regional climate models (RCMs) (COSMO-CLM2, HIRHAM5, MAR3.10, MetUM, and RACMO2.3p2), forced by ERA-Interim…”
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Global hunger and climate change adaptation through international trade
Published in Nature climate change (20-07-2020)“…International trade enables us to exploit regional differences in climate change impacts and is increasingly regarded as a potential adaptation mechanism…”
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Should future wind speed changes be taken into account in wind farm development?
Published in Environmental research letters (01-06-2018)“…Accurate wind resource assessments are crucial in the development of wind farm projects. However, it is common practice to estimate the wind yield over the…”
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The influence of convection-permitting regional climate modeling on future projections of extreme precipitation: dependency on topography and timescale
Published in Climate dynamics (01-05-2019)“…Owing to computational advances, an ever growing percentage of regional climate simulations are being performed at convection-permitting scale (CPS, or a…”
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Modelling the water balance of Lake Victoria (East Africa) – Part 1: Observational analysis
Published in Hydrology and earth system sciences (25-10-2018)“…Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa and one of the two major sources of the Nile river. The water level of Lake Victoria is determined by its water…”
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Hazardous thunderstorm intensification over Lake Victoria
Published in Nature communications (23-09-2016)“…Weather extremes have harmful impacts on communities around Lake Victoria, where thousands of fishermen die every year because of intense night-time…”
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The Impact of the African Great Lakes on the Regional Climate
Published in Journal of climate (15-05-2015)“…Although the African Great Lakes are important regulators for the East African climate, their influence on atmospheric dynamics and the regional hydrological…”
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A convection-permitting model for the Lake Victoria Basin: evaluation and insight into the mesoscale versus synoptic atmospheric dynamics
Published in Climate dynamics (01-02-2020)“…Aiming for an improved understanding of the different factors that determine the regional climate of the Lake Victoria Basin, the COSMO-CLM regional climate…”
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The efficient urban canopy dependency parametrization (SURY) v1.0 for atmospheric modelling: description and application with the COSMO-CLM model for a Belgian summer
Published in Geoscientific Model Development (02-09-2016)“…This paper presents the Semi-empirical URban canopY parametrization (SURY) v1.0, which bridges the gap between bulk urban land-surface schemes and…”
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Modelling the water balance of Lake Victoria (East Africa) – Part 2: Future projections
Published in Hydrology and earth system sciences (25-10-2018)“…Lake Victoria, the second largest freshwater lake in the world, is one of the major sources of the Nile river. The outlet to the Nile is controlled by two…”
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A new approach for assessing synergies of solar and wind power: implications for West Africa
Published in Environmental research letters (03-09-2018)“…West African countries' energy and climate policies show a pronounced focus on decarbonising power supply through renewable electricity (RE) generation. In…”
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Consistent scale-dependency of future increases in hourly extreme precipitation in two convection-permitting climate models
Published in Climate dynamics (01-02-2020)“…Convection-permitting models (CPMs) have been proven successful in simulating extreme precipitation statistics. However, when such models are used to study…”
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Smart renewable electricity portfolios in West Africa
Published in Nature sustainability (01-09-2020)“…The worldwide growth of variable renewable power sources necessitates power system flexibility to safeguard the reliability of electricity supply. Yet today,…”
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COSMO-CLM regional climate simulations in the Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) framework: a review
Published in Geoscientific Model Development (17-08-2021)“…In the last decade, the Climate Limited-area Modeling Community (CLM-Community) has contributed to the Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment…”
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