A re-examination of the projected subtropical precipitation decline

Jie He () and Brian J. Soden
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Jie He: Princeton University, and NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Brian J. Soden: Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami

Nature Climate Change, 2017, vol. 7, issue 1, 53-57

Abstract: Projected decreases in subtropical rainfall have previously been attributed to enhanced moisture transport or atmospheric circulation changes. New research shows that neither is the key mechanism, and instead greater land–sea temperature contrast in response to direct radiative forcing dominates.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3157

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