Convective Aggregation and the Amplification of Tropical Precipitation Extremes

Abstract It is widely believed that precipitation extremes will increase in response to a warming climate, as inferred from both observations and numerical simulations. In the absence of changes in atmospheric circulations, extreme precipitation is expected to increase in already‐moist regions along...

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Main Authors: Ni Dai, Brian J. Soden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-12-01
Series:AGU Advances
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2020AV000201