Inverse relationship between present-day tropical precipitation and its sensitivity to greenhouse warming

• Published in: Nature climate change Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 64 - 69
• Main Authors: Ham, Yoo-Geun, Kug, Jong-Seong, Choi, Jun-Young, Jin, Fei-Fei, Watanabe, Masahiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.01.2018; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 704/106/35/823; 704/106/694/1108; 704/106/694/2786; 704/242; Adaptation; Anthropogenic factors; Atmospheric boundary layer; Atmospheric models; Atmospheric precipitations; Bias; Boundary layer mixing; Boundary layers; Climate; Climate adaptation; Climate Change; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Climate models; Computer simulation; Earth and Environmental Science; Environment; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice; Equatorial regions; Evaporation; Future precipitation; Greenhouse effect; Human influences; Humidity; Letter; Precipitation; Rain; Rainfall; Relative humidity; Sensitivity; Temperature (air-sea); Tropical climate; Uncertainty; Walker circulation

Future changes in rainfall have serious impacts on human adaptation to climate change, but quantification of these changes is subject to large uncertainties in climate model projections. To narrow these uncertainties, significant efforts have been made to understand the intermodel differences in fut...