Fig. 4. (a), (b), (c) Probability density function (PDF) of hourly 2 m temperature on land in the SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, and SSP5-8.5 scenarios. (d), (e), (f) PDF of daily maximum 2 m temperature on land in the SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, and SSP5-8.5 scenarios. (g), (h), (i) PDF of daily minimum 2 m temperature on land in the SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, and SSP5-8.5 scenarios.
Fig. 5 is a reconfigured version of Fig. 4 to compare different scenarios in each decade. The shapes of the PDFs of different scenarios appear similar in the 2040s (indicated by similar values of the variance and skewness), and the mean values are similar as well. However, with the accumulation effect of the differences among different scenarios, which include the socioeconomic assumptions, levels of climate mitigation, and air pollution controls, significant variation is observed across different scenarios in the 2090s (IPCC 2021).