The following four animated visualizations show the annual cycle of “today’s” (1995-2014) simulated climatological mean monthly precipitation as 3D bars, and simultaneously as color coding the projected percentage change in mean precipitation for the end of the century (2071-2100) as simulated with AWI-CM. Regions where the bars are short to begin with usually receive little rainfall – here a further decrease in precipitation would be especially detrimental with regard to natural vegetation and potential land use by humans. Contrary to this, regions with plenty of rainfall (high bars) may be threatened by flooding in case of a strong increase in precipitation.
SSP126: Annual cycle of "today's" precipitation and future precipitation changes
Video: Mean annual cycle of simulated mean monthly precipitation (bar height) as well as their projected percentage change for scenario SSP126 and 2071-2100 relative to the period 1995-2014. The simulation was performed with the model AWI-CM.
SSP245, Annual cycle of "today's" precipitation and future precipitation changes
Video: Mean annual cycle of simulated mean monthly precipitation (bar height) as well as their projected percentage change for scenario SSP245 and 2071-2100 relative to the period 1995-2014. The simulation was performed with the model AWI-CM.
SSP370, Annual cycle of "today's" precipitation and future precipitation changes
Video: Mean annual cycle of simulated mean monthly precipitation (bar height) as well as their projected percentage change for scenario SSP370 and 2071-2100 relative to the period 1995-2014. The simulation was performed with the model AWI-CM.
SSP585, Annual cycle of "today's" precipitation and future precipitation changes
Video: Mean annual cycle of simulated mean monthly precipitation (bar height) as well as their projected percentage change for scenario SSP585 and 2071-2100 relative to the period 1995-2014. The simulation was performed with the model configuration AWI-CM.