INGV Mediterranean Sea Level Rise Scenarios from CIRCE S. Dobricic on behalf of the CIRCE project team: M. Adani, S. Gualdi, S. Somot, W. May, S. Castellari, M. Déqué, V. Artale, A, Bellucci, J. S. Breitgand, A. Carillo, R. Cornes, A. Dell’Aquila, C. Dubois, D. Efthymiadis, A. Elizalde, L. Gimeno, C. M. Goodess, A. Harzallah, S.O. Krichak, F.G. Kuglitsch, G.C. Leckebusch, B. L’Heveder, L. Li, P. Lionello, J. Luterbacher, A. Mariotti, R. Nieto, K. M. Nissen, P. Oddo, P. Ruti, A. Sanna, G. Sannino, E. Scoccimarro, M. V. Struglia, A. Toreti, U. Ulbrich, E. Xoplaki, G. Coppini, N. Pinardi, A. Bonaduce, G. Larnicol, I. Poujol, M. Ablain

Main principles of the multimodel forecasting in CIRCE Ongoing changes of the sea level in the Mediterranean Multimodel forecasts of main parameters including sea level Outline: INGV

Provide a basic assessment of the climate change signal A multi-model approach Collaborative and coordinated assessment Evaluate the ability of models to make long term forecasts Main principles of CIRCE forecasting INGV

 Coarse resolution models (e.g., ENSEMBLES, PRUDENCE and CMIP3- IPCC AR4, …) INGV Orography, Land-Sea mask and Mediterranean Sea bathymetry in a CMIP3 (IPCC-AR4) model with horizontal resolution of ~300 Km ~300 Km m 1° m State of the art before CIRCE

INGV High-resolution and coupled atmosphere-ocean in the Mediterranean region CIRCE models

INGV CIRCE models

INGV CIRCE simulations Spin-up: long integration performed with the observed 1950s (permanent) conditions (radiative forcing) Initial conditions: oceanic mean state obtained from Levitus or MedAtlas-II Integration : radiative forcing (GHGs and aerosol) prescribed according to observations (CMIP3) projection : radiative forcing (GHGs and aerosol) prescribed according to the A1B AR4-SRES (CMIP3)

INGV Evolution of the T2m

INGV 10*(°C/decade) T2m trend JJA T2m trend DJF (mm/day)/decade Precip trend DJF Precip trend JJA T2m and Precipitation projected trends

INGV Present Sea Level trends

INGV Ongoing Sea Level Change: Observations and CIRCE reanalyses Satellite SLA observations Steric Height Re-analyses Temperature Height Re-analyses Salinity Height Re-analyses

INGV Steric component of Sea Level Change estimated by CIRCE

INGV Summary of CIRCE forecasts The CIRCE projections for the 21 st century suggest that remarkable changes in the climate of the Mediterranean region might occur already in the next few decades The Mediterranean lands will be about 2 0 C warmer The SST will be C warmer. The precipitation will decrease (5% -10%)

INGV Summary of CIRCE forecasts: Ongoing sea level change and future projections Satellite observations show that the Mediterranean sea level rise trend is lower than the global. The CIRCE reanalyses suggest that the expansion of water due to the sea temperature rise is suppressed by the contraction due to the rise of the salinity. The total steric height trend is negative and it balances the global sea level rise due to the ice melting. The CIRCE forecasts indicate that this trend will be inverted already in the next decade and the steric sea level will rise by 15cm in the first half of the 21 st century

INGV Averaged value (± std) over the periods and of the outflow, inflow, and net water transport. Observations are from the period (Soto-Navarro et al. 2010) OUTFLOWINFLOWNET TRANSPORT Water transport:Strait of Gibraltar