Future increases in Arctic precipitation linked to local evaporation and sea-ice retreat

R. Bintanja () and F. M. Selten
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R. Bintanja: Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Utrechtseweg 297, 3731GA, De Bilt, The Netherlands
F. M. Selten: Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Utrechtseweg 297, 3731GA, De Bilt, The Netherlands

Nature, 2014, vol. 509, issue 7501, 479-482

Abstract: Precipitation is expected to increase far more over the twenty-first century in the Arctic than the global average; climate models show that this is driven mainly by increased local evaporation and sea-ice retreat, rather than by increased moisture transport from lower latitudes.

Date: 2014
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