Tropical Continents Rainier Than Expected From Geometrical Constraints
Abstract Abundant rainfall over tropical land masses sustains rich ecosystems, a crucial source of biodiversity and sink of carbon. Here, we use two characteristics of the observed tropical precipitation distribution, its distinctive zonal arrangement and its partitioning between land and ocean, to...
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| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2022-08-01
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| Series: | AGU Advances |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1029/2021AV000636 |