Nature Communications (Jul 2017)

El Niño-like teleconnection increases California precipitation in response to warming

  • Robert J. Allen,
  • Rainer Luptowitz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16055
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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California lies in the transition zone where mid-latitude regions are expected to become wetter and subtropical regions drier, and precipitation projections for the region remain uncertain. Here the authors use a multitude of models to show consistent increases in California precipitation under a business-as-usual scenario.