Pacific trade winds accelerated by aerosol forcing over the past two decades

Chiharu Takahashi and Masahiro Watanabe ()
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Chiharu Takahashi: Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Masahiro Watanabe: Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo

Nature Climate Change, 2016, vol. 6, issue 8, 768-772

Abstract: The Pacific trade winds have been strengthening over the past two decades, but until now the cause of this has not been known. Now research shows that sulfate aerosols caused the western North Pacific Ocean to warm, leading to the trade-wind intensification.

Date: 2016
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