Patterns of the seasonal response of tropical rainfall to global warming

Huang, Ping; Xie, Shang‐Ping; Hu, Kaiming; Huang, Gang; Huang, Ronghui

doi:10.1038/ngeo1792

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“…These precipitation responses were robustly observed in previous GCM studies (Knutti and Sedláček 2012;Liu et al 2012;Huang et al 2013). These similar precipitation changes may imply the strong constraint of energy and hydrological balance in the low-latitude atmosphere, as also suggested by Liu et al (2012).…”

Section: Increase In Surface Precipitationsupporting

confidence: 66%

Cold and Warm Rain Simulated Using a Global Nonhydrostatic Model without Cumulus Parameterization, and their Responses to Global Warming

Noda

Satoh

Yamada

et al. 2015

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

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A global nonhydrostatic model was used to evaluate the reproduction skill of cold and warm rain over the ocean at low latitudes and investigate their responses to global warming. In response to global warming, surface precipitation at low latitudes (30°S-30°N) in the simulations using mesh sizes of 7 and 14 km (R7 and R14, respectively) increased by 1.9 % and 2.6 %, respectively. It was found that the increase in precipitation in the higher horizontal resolution model R7 was caused by the increase in cold and warm rain and that in R14 was due to the increase in cold rain. In R7, the net increase in cold rain occurred due to the increase in stronger precipitation (> 40 mm hr ). In contrast, warm rain increased in almost all ranges of precipitation intensity. The fractional coverage of warm (cold) rain increased (decreased) robustly for both mesh sizes in the simulations. Analysis of the contribution of dynamic and thermodynamic environmental changes to the changes in cold and warm rain revealed a strong dependency on dynamic regimes in their effects.The lifespans of cold and warm clouds at low latitudes (defined by the ratio of the sum of cloud water and cloud ice paths to the precipitation flux) and possible changes related to global warming were also evaluated. On an average, in all precipitation intensities, there was no significant change in the longevity of cold clouds in response to global warming. In contrast, the lifespan of warm clouds was reduced in most of the sea surface temperature anomaly regimes.

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Section: Increase In Surface Precipitationsupporting

confidence: 66%

Cold and Warm Rain Simulated Using a Global Nonhydrostatic Model without Cumulus Parameterization, and their Responses to Global Warming

Noda

Satoh

Yamada

et al. 2015

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

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“…The changing characteristics of precipitation under global warming has attracted the interest of many climate scientists (Trenberth et al 2003;Dai 2006;Sun et al 2007;Evans 2010;Durack et al 2012;Huang et al 2013;Kharin et al 2013). Among all the aspects it involves, the relationship between the distribution of annual precipitation and extreme precipitation events is an important one.…”

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Characteristics of consecutive dry days variations in China

Duan

Yang

2016

Theor Appl Climatol

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“…Following previous studies (Chou and Lan 2012;Chou et al 2013;Huang et al 2013;Ma and Zhou 2015), the changes of vertical moisture advection − ⟨ p q ⟩ can be further divided as (Eq. 5), where (̄) denotes the climatology from 1980 to 2012.…”

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“…To understand the mechanisms dominating SPR variation over southeastern China, we perform a moisture budget analysis following previous studies (Held and Soden 2006;Seager et al 2010;Chou and Lan 2012;Huang et al 2013;Feng and Zhou 2012;Lin et al 2014;Ma and Zhou 2015). The moisture budget equation is (Eq.…”

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Water vapor transport for spring persistent rains over southeastern China based on five reanalysis datasets

Zhou

Chen

2017

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and the decreasing trend of the SPR is mainly due to the weakening of ascending motion during this period. In an El Niño decaying spring, the anomalous lower-tropospheric anticyclone over the western North Pacific intensifies vertical upward motion and leads to more precipitation. Both the Japanese 55-year reanalysis (JRA55) and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast interim reanalysis (ERAIM) show higher skill in reproducing the climatology and changes of the SPR.

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Patterns of the seasonal response of tropical rainfall to global warming

Cited by 316 publications

References 25 publications

Cold and Warm Rain Simulated Using a Global Nonhydrostatic Model without Cumulus Parameterization, and their Responses to Global Warming

Cold and Warm Rain Simulated Using a Global Nonhydrostatic Model without Cumulus Parameterization, and their Responses to Global Warming

Characteristics of consecutive dry days variations in China

Water vapor transport for spring persistent rains over southeastern China based on five reanalysis datasets

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