Stabilised frequency of extreme positive Indian Ocean Dipole under 1.5 °C warming

Wenju Cai; Guojian Wang; Bolan Gan; Lixin Wu; Agus Santoso; Xiaopei Lin; Zhaohui Chen; Fan Jia; Toshio Yamagata

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03789-6

Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

Stabilised frequency of extreme positive Indian Ocean Dipole under 1.5 °C warming

Wenju Cai,
Guojian Wang,
Bolan Gan,
Lixin Wu,
Agus Santoso,
Xiaopei Lin,
Zhaohui Chen,
Fan Jia,
Toshio Yamagata

Affiliations

Wenju Cai: Physical Oceanography Laboratory/CIMST, Ocean University of China and Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology
Guojian Wang: Physical Oceanography Laboratory/CIMST, Ocean University of China and Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology
Bolan Gan: Physical Oceanography Laboratory/CIMST, Ocean University of China and Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology
Lixin Wu: Physical Oceanography Laboratory/CIMST, Ocean University of China and Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology
Agus Santoso: Centre for Southern Hemisphere Oceans Research (CSHOR), CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
Xiaopei Lin: Physical Oceanography Laboratory/CIMST, Ocean University of China and Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology
Zhaohui Chen: Physical Oceanography Laboratory/CIMST, Ocean University of China and Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology
Fan Jia: Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Science
Toshio Yamagata: Application Laboratory, JAMSTEC

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03789-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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It is unclear how extreme positive Indian Ocean Dipole will respond to 1.5 °C of warming. Here the authors show that the frequency of these events increases linearly with warming, doubling at 1.5 °C from the pre-industrial level, but plateaus thereafter.

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