Abstract
ABSTRACTThis study presents a detailed analysis of the present and expected future extreme climate conditions over Italy through the use of some extreme indicators. Climate data for this analysis were provided by the regional climate model COSMO‐CLM, using different grid spacing to ascertain the real importance of using higher resolution climate data, especially over such a complex topography as Italy. Four simulations were carried out at spatial resolutions of 0.125° and 0.0715°, driven by ERA‐Interim Reanalysis and the CMCC‐CM global model. We investigated the ability of the model to represent realistically the climatology of a subset of climate indicators defined by the Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices (ETCCDI) for precipitation and temperature. Several high‐resolution observational data sets available over some Italian regions were therefore used in order to offset the limited number of observations available over Italy in the E‐OBS data set and its coarse grid. We found that the increase in resolution could have interesting benefits in representing such extreme indices, especially in the more orographically complex areas. Finally, we investigated future climate changes regarding extreme weather events expected under anthropogenic climate change scenarios, employing the IPCC RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 greenhouse gas concentrations, showing that such events are expected to increase over Italy.
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