The robust dynamical contribution to precipitation extremes in idealized warming simulations across model resolutions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2971-2978

  Lu, Jian ^a   Ruby Leung, L ^a   Yang, Qing ^a   Chen, Gang ^b   Collins, William D ^c   Li, Fuyu ^c   Jason Hou, Z ^a   Feng, Xuelei ^d  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

circulation shift; global warming; precipitation extreme

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; GLOBAL WARMING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

CLAUSIUS CLAPEYRON RELATION; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; MID-LATITUDE STORMS; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; PRECIPITATION PROCESS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CLIMATE MODELING; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM TRACK; WARMING;

EID: 84899034390     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL059532     Document Type: Article

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