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Divergent global precipitation changes induced by natural versus anthropogenic forcing

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  • Jian Liu

    (Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environment of Ministry of Education, School of Geography Science, Nanjing Normal University
    State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China)

  • Bin Wang

    (University of Hawaii at Manoa)

  • Mark A. Cane

    (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University)

  • So-Young Yim

    (University of Hawaii at Manoa)

  • June-Yi Lee

    (University of Hawaii at Manoa)

Abstract

Palaeoproxy evidence shows that the sea-surface-temperature gradient across the tropical Pacific Ocean strengthened during the Medieval Warm Period but weakens in model-projected future warming; this is because solar radiation induces greater precipitation for the same temperature change than greenhouse gases.

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  • Jian Liu & Bin Wang & Mark A. Cane & So-Young Yim & June-Yi Lee, 2013. "Divergent global precipitation changes induced by natural versus anthropogenic forcing," Nature, Nature, vol. 493(7434), pages 656-659, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:493:y:2013:i:7434:d:10.1038_nature11784
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11784
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