@article{fdi:010079119,
  title = {{I}mpacts of {G}reenland and {A}ntarctic {I}ce {S}heet melt on future {K}oppen climate zone changes simulated by an atmospheric and oceanic general circulation model},
  author = {{D}efrance, {D}imitri and {C}atry, {T}hibault and {R}ajaud, {A}. and {D}essay, {N}adine and {S}ultan, {B}enjamin},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{C}limate change studies in recent decades have been based on {G}lobal {C}limate {M}odels ({GCM}s), and the changes in the distribution of climatic regions over time extracted from these models can be represented using the {K}oppen climatic classification system, which predicts the global distribution of biomes based on monthly precipitation and average temperatures. {I}n this study, the {K}oppen classification is used to evaluate the impacts of the melting of the {G}reenland and {A}ntarctic {I}ce {S}heets on {GCM} simulation results, on regional and global scales. {T}o assess the impacts of accelerated ice sheet melting, an approach is utilized which is based on numerical simulations from the {IPSL}-{CM}5{A}-{LR} {GCM}; here, freshwater is introduced near the ice sheets and is superimposed on the {RCP}8.5 scenario. {T}he changes in the distribution of the {K}oppen climatic regions under various scenarios (a historical run from observations, {RCP}8.5, and various examples of polar ice sheet melting) and comparisons between them reveal that major changes will occur on the global scale during the period 2041-2060. {T}he analysis of group shifts within the {K}oppen classification system reveals that when freshwater from {G}reenland or {A}ntarctica is introduced into the ocean, the inter-tropical belt undergoes greater change than it does under the {RCP}8.5 scenario. {A} focus on sub-group shifts within the {K}oppen classification system shows that changes in precipitation have major impacts on the climate in the {S}outhern {H}emisphere. {F}urther, the changes are more drastic if the freshwater originates from {G}reenland than from {A}ntarctica or from both locations. {H}owever, changes in temperature strongly impact the climate in the {N}orthern {H}emisphere and are significantly affected by the melting of the {G}reenland {I}ce {S}heet. {T}his study highlights the importance of considering ice sheet melting in the modeling of future global climate.},
  keywords = {{C}limate modeling ; {I}ce sheet melting ; {C}limate change ; {K}oppen classification ; {IPSL}-{CM}5{A}-{LR} ; {MONDE} ; {GROENLAND} ; {ANTARCTIQUE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}pplied {G}eography},
  volume = {119},
  numero = {},
  pages = {art. 102216 [13 ]},
  ISSN = {0143-6228},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.apgeog.2020.102216},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010079119},
}