Mean sea surface temperature changes influence ENSO-related precipitation changes in the mid-latitudes

Young-Min Yang; Jae-Heung Park; Soon-Il An; Bin Wang; Xiao Luo

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21787-z

Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Mean sea surface temperature changes influence ENSO-related precipitation changes in the mid-latitudes

Young-Min Yang,
Jae-Heung Park,
Soon-Il An,
Bin Wang,
Xiao Luo

Affiliations

Young-Min Yang: Earth System Modeling Center, Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education (KLME)/Joint International Research Laboratory of Climate and Environment Change (ILCEC)/ Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD), Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Jae-Heung Park: Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology
Soon-Il An: Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology
Bin Wang: Earth System Modeling Center, Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education (KLME)/Joint International Research Laboratory of Climate and Environment Change (ILCEC)/ Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD), Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Xiao Luo: Department of Atmospheric Sciences and International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21787-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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El Niño-driven precipitation profoundly affects the mid-latitudes, but how this impact changes in the future is uncertain. Here, the authors show that changes in the tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures causes an increase in rainfall linked to El Niño events of about 20% over East Asia and North America.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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