Increase in the range between wet and dry season precipitation

• Published in: Nature geoscience Vol. 6; no. 4; pp. 263 - 267
• Main Authors: Chou, Chia, Chiang, John C. H., Lan, Chia-Wei, Chung, Chia-Hui, Liao, Yi-Chun, Lee, Chia-Jung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.04.2013; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 704/106/242; 704/106/35; Annual rainfall; Climate models; Driers; Drought; Dry season; Earth Sciences; Earth System Sciences; Floods; Geochemistry; Geology; Geophysics/Geodesy; Global temperatures; Hydrologic cycle; letter; Precipitation; Rainy season; Regional; Seasons; Water vapor; Wet season

The water vapour content of the atmosphere has increased as a result of global warming, strengthening the hydrological cycle. An analysis of observational data suggests that wet seasons have become wetter, and dry seasons drier, in recent decades. Global temperatures have risen over the past few dec...