Climate projections of future extreme events in Malaysia

In Malaysia, extreme rainfall events are often linked to a number of environmental disasters such as landslides, monsoonal and flash floods. In response to the negative impacts of such disaster, studies assessing the changes and projections of extreme rainfall are vital in order to gather climate ch...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Halim, Syafrina, Mohd Daud, Zalina, Abas, Norzaida
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Science Publications 2017
Subjects:	GE Environmental Sciences HA Statistics
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spelling	iium-562292017-11-05T17:56:09Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/56229/ Climate projections of future extreme events in Malaysia Abdul Halim, Syafrina Mohd Daud, Zalina Abas, Norzaida GE Environmental Sciences HA Statistics In Malaysia, extreme rainfall events are often linked to a number of environmental disasters such as landslides, monsoonal and flash floods. In response to the negative impacts of such disaster, studies assessing the changes and projections of extreme rainfall are vital in order to gather climate change information for better management of hydrological processes. This study investigates the changes and projections of extreme rainfall over Peninsular Malaysia for the period 2081-2100 based on the RCP 6.0 scenario. In particular, this study adopted the statistical downscaling method which enables high resolution, such as hourly data, to be used for the input. Short duration and high intensity convective rainfall is a normal feature of tropical rainfall especially in the western part of the peninsular. The proposed method, the Advanced Weather Generator model is constructed based on thirty years of hourly rainfall data from forty stations. To account for uncertainties, an ensemble multi-model of five General Circulation Model realizations is chosen to generate projections of extreme rainfall for the period 2081-2100. Results of the study indicate a possible increase in future extreme events for both the hourly and 24 h extreme rainfall with the latter showing a wider spatial distribution of increase. Science Publications 2017-03-21 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/56229/1/ajassp.2017.392.405.pdf Abdul Halim, Syafrina and Mohd Daud, Zalina and Abas, Norzaida (2017) Climate projections of future extreme events in Malaysia. American Journal of Applied Sciences, 14 (3). pp. 392-405. ISSN 1546-9239 E-ISSN 1554-3641 http://thescipub.com/PDF/ajassp.2017.392.405.pdf 10.3844/ajassp.2017.392.405
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description	In Malaysia, extreme rainfall events are often linked to a number of environmental disasters such as landslides, monsoonal and flash floods. In response to the negative impacts of such disaster, studies assessing the changes and projections of extreme rainfall are vital in order to gather climate change information for better management of hydrological processes. This study investigates the changes and projections of extreme rainfall over Peninsular Malaysia for the period 2081-2100 based on the RCP 6.0 scenario. In particular, this study adopted the statistical downscaling method which enables high resolution, such as hourly data, to be used for the input. Short duration and high intensity convective rainfall is a normal feature of tropical rainfall especially in the western part of the peninsular. The proposed method, the Advanced Weather Generator model is constructed based on thirty years of hourly rainfall data from forty stations. To account for uncertainties, an ensemble multi-model of five General Circulation Model realizations is chosen to generate projections of extreme rainfall for the period 2081-2100. Results of the study indicate a possible increase in future extreme events for both the hourly and 24 h extreme rainfall with the latter showing a wider spatial distribution of increase.
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author	Abdul Halim, Syafrina Mohd Daud, Zalina Abas, Norzaida
author_facet	Abdul Halim, Syafrina Mohd Daud, Zalina Abas, Norzaida
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title	Climate projections of future extreme events in Malaysia
title_short	Climate projections of future extreme events in Malaysia
title_full	Climate projections of future extreme events in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Climate projections of future extreme events in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Climate projections of future extreme events in Malaysia
title_sort	climate projections of future extreme events in malaysia
publisher	Science Publications
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