21st Century Snow Climate Scenarios for Central Asia: Catchments

21st Century Snow Climate Scenarios for Central Asia: Catchments

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This app presents 21st-century snow climate scenarios for Central Asia. It shows anomaly maps for far future aggregated by catchment in HMCA for 3 scenarios SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP5-8.5. Anomalies computed as far future period as (2081-2100) from historical period (1981-2010). Variable shown are ground surface temperature (GST), runoff (ROF), snow water equivalent (SWE), snow height (snd), albedo (alb). The model uses the TopoCLIM model chain (Fiddes et al., 2022) which integrates terrain clustering, high-resolution climate downscaling, and bias-corrected future climate projections (CMIP6 SSP2-4.5 & SSP5-8.5). The FSM snow model then simulates key snow variables—such as snow water equivalent, depth, and runoff—across different time periods (2000-2020, 2040-2060, 2080-2100). This approach captures complex mountain influences to assess climate change impacts on snow conditions in the region.