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Investigation of Precipitation Variations over Wet and Dry Areas from Observation and Model
Joint Authors
Trammell, James H.
Jiang, Xun
Li, Liming
Liang, Maochang
Li, Mao
Zhou, Jing
Fetzer, Eric
Yung, Yuk
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-09-27
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Our observational study revealed that the precipitation increased over the wet area and decreased over the dry area during the past two decades.
Here, we further investigate whether the current atmospheric models can quantitatively capture the characteristics of precipitation from the observation.
The NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) model is used to examine the historic simulation of the precipitation, in which the historic greenhouse gases and aerosols are included in the radiative forcing.
The consistency between the historic GISS simulation and the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) precipitation suggests that the model can qualitatively capture the temporal trends of precipitation over the wet and dry areas.
However, the precipitation trends are weaker in the model than in the observation.
The observed trends of precipitation do not appear in the control simulation with the fixed concentrations of greenhouse gases and aerosols, which suggests that the global warming due to anthropogenic forcing can influence the temporal variations of precipitation over the wet and dry areas.
Diagnostic studies of other variables from the model further suggest that enhanced rising air can increase the precipitation over the wet area.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Trammell, James H.& Jiang, Xun& Li, Liming& Liang, Maochang& Li, Mao& Zhou, Jing…[et al.]. 2015. Investigation of Precipitation Variations over Wet and Dry Areas from Observation and Model. Advances in Meteorology،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1052868
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Trammell, James H.…[et al.]. Investigation of Precipitation Variations over Wet and Dry Areas from Observation and Model. Advances in Meteorology No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1052868
American Medical Association (AMA)
Trammell, James H.& Jiang, Xun& Li, Liming& Liang, Maochang& Li, Mao& Zhou, Jing…[et al.]. Investigation of Precipitation Variations over Wet and Dry Areas from Observation and Model. Advances in Meteorology. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1052868
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1052868