Observationally constrained projection of Afro-Asian monsoon precipitation

Ziming Chen; Tianjun Zhou; Xiaolong Chen; Wenxia Zhang; Lixia Zhang; Mingna Wu; Liwei Zou

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30106-z

Nature Communications (May 2022)

Observationally constrained projection of Afro-Asian monsoon precipitation

Ziming Chen,
Tianjun Zhou,
Xiaolong Chen,
Wenxia Zhang,
Lixia Zhang,
Mingna Wu,
Liwei Zou

Affiliations

Ziming Chen: State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tianjun Zhou: State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaolong Chen: State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wenxia Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lixia Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mingna Wu: State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Liwei Zou: State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30106-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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A new study shows the latest climate models tend to overestimate future Afro-Asian monsoon rainfall and runoff due to present-day biases of warming patterns. By constraining biases, the rainfall increase is 70% of the raw projection.

Published in Nature Communications

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