COSEE Ocean Systems: News
Large-scale, inter-annual relations among surface temperature, water vapour and precipitation with and without ENSO and volcano forcings
Description: How the global hydrological cycle responds to surface temperature change has been debated for decades. This debate is crucial to correctly assess the global warming-related climate variability in the water cycle. The authors of this study conclude that precipitation variability on the inter-annual time scale, once the net large-scale dynamic effects particularly associated with ENSO become weak or limited, does not follow surface temperature and related water vapour variations. [Source: International Journal of Climatology]
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.2393
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Source: International Journal of Climatology
Publish Date: 10/1/2012
Reading Level: Expert
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