Emergence of seasonal delay of tropical rainfall during 1979–2019

Fengfei Song (), L. Ruby Leung (), Jian Lu, Lu Dong, Wenyu Zhou, Bryce Harrop and Yun Qian
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Fengfei Song: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
L. Ruby Leung: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jian Lu: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Lu Dong: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Wenyu Zhou: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Bryce Harrop: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Yun Qian: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Nature Climate Change, 2021, vol. 11, issue 7, 605-612

Abstract: Abstract Tropical rainfall exhibits a prominent annual cycle, with characteristic amplitude and phase representing the range between wet and dry seasons and their onset timing, respectively. Previous studies note enhanced amplitude over ocean and delayed phase over land in model projections of global warming, underpinned by first-order physical principles. However, it is unclear whether these changes have emerged in observations. Here we use gridded precipitation datasets to report a seasonal delay of 4.1 ± 1.1 and 4.2 ± 0.9 days (P

Date: 2021
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