Tropical precipitation and convection changes in the Max Planck Institute Earth system model (MPI‐ESM) in response to CO2 forcing. (6th March 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Crueger, Traute; Hohenegger, Cathy; May, Wilhelm
• Is Part Of: Journal of advances in modeling earth systems. Volume 5:Number 1(2013:Mar.)
• Page Start: 85
• Page End: 97
• Publication Date: 2013-03-06
• Subjects: Geological modeling -- Periodicals; Climatology -- Periodicals; Geochemical modeling -- Periodicals; 551.5011
• DOI: 10.1002/jame.20012
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1942-2466

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="short"> <title>Key Points</title> <p> <list list-type="bullet"> <list-item> <p>Convection scheme obeys climate change rules derived from CRM except over land</p> </list-item> <list-item> <p>Link to land surface processes yields different precipitation sensitivity to CO2</p> </list-item> <list-item> <p>Tropical deep convection gets less frequent (‐5.5%/K) and deeper (3.8 %/K)</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </abstract>