Nature Communications (Mar 2019)

Regulation of atmospheric circulation controlling the tropical Pacific precipitation change in response to CO2 increases

  • Byung-Ju Sohn,
  • Sang-Wook Yeh,
  • Ahreum Lee,
  • William K. M. Lau

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08913-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The response of tropical precipitation to warming is key for understanding global weather and climate variability. Here the authors use model simulations to show that regional scale circulation shapes the spatial pattern of the tropical Pacific precipitation response to CO2.