How robust are observed and simulated precipitation responses to tropical ocean warming?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2009, Pages

  John, Viju O ^b   Allan, Richard P ^a   Soden, Brian J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE MODEL; DATA PRODUCTS; DATA SETS; DRY REGION; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; PRECIPITATION TRENDS; RADIATIVE COOLING; SATELLITE DATA; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGERS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TROPICAL OCEAN; WATER CYCLE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COOLING; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SSM-I; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 70349600857     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038276     Document Type: Article

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