Robust Hadley circulation changes and increasing global dryness due to CO2 warming from CMIP5 model projections

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3630-3635

  Laua, William K M ^a   Kim, Kyu Myong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Global dryness; Global warming; Hadley circulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HADLEY CIRCULATION; HUMIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER CYCLE;

EID: 84925422904     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1418682112     Document Type: Article

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