Changes in rainfall seasonality in the tropics

Xue Feng, Amilcare Porporato () and Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe
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Xue Feng: Duke University
Amilcare Porporato: Duke University
Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe: Princeton University

Nature Climate Change, 2013, vol. 3, issue 9, 811-815

Abstract: Climate change is altering the seasonal distribution, interannual variability and overall magnitude of precipitation. A new global measure of precipitation seasonality is proposed, and application of this method to observations from the tropics shows that increases in variability were accompanied by shifts in seasonal magnitude, timing and duration.

Date: 2013
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