Observed Tightening of Tropical Ascent in Recent Decades and Linkage to Regional Precipitation Changes

Abstract Climate models predict that the tropical ascending region should tighten under global warming, but observational quantification of the tightening rate is limited. Here we show that the observed spatial extent of the relatively moist, rainy and cloudy regions in the tropics associated with l...

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Main Authors: Hui Su, Longtao Wu, Chengxing Zhai, Jonathan H. Jiang, J. David Neelin, Yuk L. Yung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-02-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL085809
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