--- res: bibo_abstract: - In this study we investigate the scaling of precipitation extremes with temperature in the Mediterranean region by assessing against observations the present day and future regional climate simulations performed in the frame of the HyMeX and MED-CORDEX programs. Over the 1979–2008 period, despite differences in quantitative precipitation simulation across the various models, the change in precipitation extremes with respect to temperature is robust and consistent. The spatial variability of the temperature–precipitation extremes relationship displays a hook shape across the Mediterranean, with negative slope at high temperatures and a slope following Clausius–Clapeyron (CC)-scaling at low temperatures. The temperature at which the slope of the temperature–precipitation extreme relation sharply changes (or temperature break), ranges from about 20 °C in the western Mediterranean to <10 °C in Greece. In addition, this slope is always negative in the arid regions of the Mediterranean. The scaling of the simulated precipitation extremes is insensitive to ocean–atmosphere coupling, while it depends very weakly on the resolution at high temperatures for short precipitation accumulation times. In future climate scenario simulations covering the 2070–2100 period, the temperature break shifts to higher temperatures by a value which is on average the mean regional temperature change due to global warming. The slope of the simulated future temperature–precipitation extremes relationship is close to CC-scaling at temperatures below the temperature break, while at high temperatures, the negative slope is close, but somewhat flatter or steeper, than in the current climate depending on the model. Overall, models predict more intense precipitation extremes in the future. Adjusting the temperature–precipitation extremes relationship in the present climate using the CC law and the temperature shift in the future allows the recovery of the temperature–precipitation extremes relationship in the future climate. This implies negligible regional changes of relative humidity in the future despite the large warming and drying over the Mediterranean. This suggests that the Mediterranean Sea is the primary source of moisture which counteracts the drying and warming impacts on relative humidity in parts of the Mediterranean region.@eng bibo_authorlist: - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Philippe foaf_name: Drobinski, Philippe foaf_surname: Drobinski - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Nicolas Da foaf_name: Silva, Nicolas Da foaf_surname: Silva - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Gérémy foaf_name: Panthou, Gérémy foaf_surname: Panthou - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Sophie foaf_name: Bastin, Sophie foaf_surname: Bastin - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Caroline J foaf_name: Muller, Caroline J foaf_surname: Muller foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=f978ccb0-3f7f-11eb-b193-b0e2bd13182b orcid: 0000-0001-5836-5350 - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Bodo foaf_name: Ahrens, Bodo foaf_surname: Ahrens - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Marco foaf_name: Borga, Marco foaf_surname: Borga - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Dario foaf_name: Conte, Dario foaf_surname: Conte - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Giorgia foaf_name: Fosser, Giorgia foaf_surname: Fosser - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Filippo foaf_name: Giorgi, Filippo foaf_surname: Giorgi - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Ivan foaf_name: Güttler, Ivan foaf_surname: Güttler - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Vassiliki foaf_name: Kotroni, Vassiliki foaf_surname: Kotroni - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Laurent foaf_name: Li, Laurent foaf_surname: Li - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Efrat foaf_name: Morin, Efrat foaf_surname: Morin - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Bariş foaf_name: Önol, Bariş foaf_surname: Önol - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Pere foaf_name: Quintana-Segui, Pere foaf_surname: Quintana-Segui - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Raquel foaf_name: Romera, Raquel foaf_surname: Romera - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Csaba Zsolt foaf_name: Torma, Csaba Zsolt foaf_surname: Torma bibo_doi: 10.1007/s00382-016-3083-x bibo_issue: '3' bibo_volume: 51 dct_date: 2018^xs_gYear dct_isPartOf: - http://id.crossref.org/issn/0930-7575 - http://id.crossref.org/issn/1432-0894 dct_language: eng dct_publisher: Springer Nature@ dct_subject: - Atmospheric Science dct_title: 'Scaling precipitation extremes with temperature in the Mediterranean: Past climate assessment and projection in anthropogenic scenarios@' ...