Physical and biogeochemical impacts of RCP8.5 scenario in the Peru upwelling system
<p>The northern Humboldt Current system (NHCS or Peru upwelling system) sustains the world's largest small pelagic fishery. While a nearshore surface cooling has been observed off southern Peru in recent decades, there is still considerable debate on the impact of climate change on the re...
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| author | V. Echevin M. Gévaudan M. Gévaudan M. Gévaudan D. Espinoza-Morriberón J. Tam O. Aumont D. Gutierrez D. Gutierrez F. Colas F. Colas |
| author_facet | V. Echevin M. Gévaudan M. Gévaudan M. Gévaudan D. Espinoza-Morriberón J. Tam O. Aumont D. Gutierrez D. Gutierrez F. Colas F. Colas |
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| description | <p>The northern Humboldt Current system (NHCS or Peru upwelling system)
sustains the world's largest small pelagic fishery. While a nearshore
surface cooling has been observed off southern Peru in recent decades, there
is still considerable debate on the impact of climate change on the regional
ecosystem. This calls for more accurate regional climate projections of the
21st century, using adapted tools such as regional eddy-resolving
coupled biophysical models. In this study three coarse-grid Earth system
models (ESMs) from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) are
selected based on their biogeochemical biases upstream of the NHCS, and
simulations for the RCP8.5 climate scenario are dynamically downscaled at
<span class="inline-formula">∼12</span> km resolution in the NHCS. The impact of regional climate
change on temperature, coastal upwelling, nutrient content, deoxygenation,
and the planktonic ecosystem is documented. We find that the downscaling
approach allows us to correct major physical and biogeochemical biases of the
ESMs. All regional simulations display a surface warming regardless of the
coastal upwelling trends. Contrasted evolutions of the NHCS oxygen minimum
zone and enhanced stratification of phytoplankton are found in the coastal
region. Whereas trends of downscaled physical parameters are consistent with
ESM trends, downscaled biogeochemical trends differ markedly. These results
suggest that more realism of the ESM circulation, nutrient, and dissolved
oxygen fields is needed in the eastern equatorial Pacific to gain robustness
in the projection of regional trends in the NHCS.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1d9b8244c5734dfcab69ba40dd01aab22022-12-21T19:34:38ZengCopernicus PublicationsBiogeosciences1726-41701726-41892020-07-01173317334110.5194/bg-17-3317-2020Physical and biogeochemical impacts of RCP8.5 scenario in the Peru upwelling systemV. Echevin0M. Gévaudan1M. Gévaudan2M. Gévaudan3D. Espinoza-Morriberón4J. Tam5O. Aumont6D. Gutierrez7D. Gutierrez8F. Colas9F. Colas10Sorbonne Université, LOCEAN-IPSL, CNRS/IRD/MNHN, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris, FranceSorbonne Université, LOCEAN-IPSL, CNRS/IRD/MNHN, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris, FranceInstituto del Mar del Peru (IMARPE), Esquina General Gamarra y Valle, Callao, PeruLaboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales, 14 av. E.Belin, 31400 Toulouse, FranceInstituto del Mar del Peru (IMARPE), Esquina General Gamarra y Valle, Callao, PeruInstituto del Mar del Peru (IMARPE), Esquina General Gamarra y Valle, Callao, PeruSorbonne Université, LOCEAN-IPSL, CNRS/IRD/MNHN, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris, FranceInstituto del Mar del Peru (IMARPE), Esquina General Gamarra y Valle, Callao, PeruLaboratorio de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, PeruSorbonne Université, LOCEAN-IPSL, CNRS/IRD/MNHN, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris, FranceInstituto del Mar del Peru (IMARPE), Esquina General Gamarra y Valle, Callao, Peru<p>The northern Humboldt Current system (NHCS or Peru upwelling system) sustains the world's largest small pelagic fishery. While a nearshore surface cooling has been observed off southern Peru in recent decades, there is still considerable debate on the impact of climate change on the regional ecosystem. This calls for more accurate regional climate projections of the 21st century, using adapted tools such as regional eddy-resolving coupled biophysical models. In this study three coarse-grid Earth system models (ESMs) from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) are selected based on their biogeochemical biases upstream of the NHCS, and simulations for the RCP8.5 climate scenario are dynamically downscaled at <span class="inline-formula">∼12</span> km resolution in the NHCS. The impact of regional climate change on temperature, coastal upwelling, nutrient content, deoxygenation, and the planktonic ecosystem is documented. We find that the downscaling approach allows us to correct major physical and biogeochemical biases of the ESMs. All regional simulations display a surface warming regardless of the coastal upwelling trends. Contrasted evolutions of the NHCS oxygen minimum zone and enhanced stratification of phytoplankton are found in the coastal region. Whereas trends of downscaled physical parameters are consistent with ESM trends, downscaled biogeochemical trends differ markedly. These results suggest that more realism of the ESM circulation, nutrient, and dissolved oxygen fields is needed in the eastern equatorial Pacific to gain robustness in the projection of regional trends in the NHCS.</p>https://www.biogeosciences.net/17/3317/2020/bg-17-3317-2020.pdf |
| spellingShingle | V. Echevin M. Gévaudan M. Gévaudan M. Gévaudan D. Espinoza-Morriberón J. Tam O. Aumont D. Gutierrez D. Gutierrez F. Colas F. Colas Physical and biogeochemical impacts of RCP8.5 scenario in the Peru upwelling system Biogeosciences |
| title | Physical and biogeochemical impacts of RCP8.5 scenario in the Peru upwelling system |
| title_full | Physical and biogeochemical impacts of RCP8.5 scenario in the Peru upwelling system |
| title_fullStr | Physical and biogeochemical impacts of RCP8.5 scenario in the Peru upwelling system |
| title_full_unstemmed | Physical and biogeochemical impacts of RCP8.5 scenario in the Peru upwelling system |
| title_short | Physical and biogeochemical impacts of RCP8.5 scenario in the Peru upwelling system |
| title_sort | physical and biogeochemical impacts of rcp8 5 scenario in the peru upwelling system |
| url | https://www.biogeosciences.net/17/3317/2020/bg-17-3317-2020.pdf |
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