Nature Communications (May 2018)
Sensible heat has significantly affected the global hydrological cycle over the historical period
- G. Myhre,
- B. H. Samset,
- Ø. Hodnebrog,
- T. Andrews,
- O. Boucher,
- G. Faluvegi,
- D. Fläschner,
- P. M. Forster,
- M. Kasoar,
- V. Kharin,
- A. Kirkevåg,
- J.-F. Lamarque,
- D. Olivié,
- T. B. Richardson,
- D. Shawki,
- D. Shindell,
- K. P. Shine,
- C. W. Stjern,
- T. Takemura,
- A. Voulgarakis
Affiliations
- G. Myhre
- CICERO Center for International Climate Research – Oslo
- B. H. Samset
- CICERO Center for International Climate Research – Oslo
- Ø. Hodnebrog
- CICERO Center for International Climate Research – Oslo
- T. Andrews
- Met Office Hadley Centre
- O. Boucher
- Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, CNRS/Sorbonne Université
- G. Faluvegi
- NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
- D. Fläschner
- Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie
- P. M. Forster
- University of Leeds
- M. Kasoar
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London
- V. Kharin
- Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis
- A. Kirkevåg
- Norwegian Meteorological Institute
- J.-F. Lamarque
- NCAR/UCAR
- D. Olivié
- Norwegian Meteorological Institute
- T. B. Richardson
- University of Leeds
- D. Shawki
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London
- D. Shindell
- Duke University
- K. P. Shine
- University of Reading
- C. W. Stjern
- CICERO Center for International Climate Research – Oslo
- T. Takemura
- Kyushu University
- A. Voulgarakis
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04307-4
- Journal volume & issue
-
Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Precipitation changes are strongly linked to the Earth’s energy budget. Here the authors show that changes in sensible heat are the dominant contributor to the present global-mean precipitation change since pre-industrial time.
