Recently added articles from Journal of Climate:
Modulation of Australian Precipitation by Meridional Gradients in East Indian Ocean Sea Surface Temperature
Nov 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT This study explores the impact of meridional sea surface temperature (SST) gradients across the eastern Indian Ocean on interannual variations in Australian precipitation. Atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) experiments are conducted in which the sign and magnitude of ...
Significant Influence of the Boreal Summer Monsoon Flow on the Indian Ocean Response during Dipole Events
Nov 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT A majority of positive Indian Ocean dipole (IOD) events in the last 50 years were accompanied by enhanced summer monsoon circulation and above-normal precipitation over central-north India. Given that IODs peak during boreal autumn following the summer monsoon season, this study ...
Diurnally Asymmetric Trends of Temperature, Humidity, and Precipitation in Taiwan
Nov 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT In this work, 45 years (1961-2005) of hourly meteorological data in Taiwan, including temperature, humidity, and precipitation, have been analyzed with emphasis on their diurnal asymmetries. A long-term decreasing trend for relative humidity (RH) is found, and the trend is ...
Cross-Frequency Coupling, Skewness, and Blocking in the Northern Hemisphere Winter Circulation
Nov 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Variability in daily wintertime [December-February (DJF)] 500-hPa heights on low [L: <(30 day)^sup -1^], intermediate [M: (6-30 day)^sup -1^], and high [H: >(6 day)^sup -1^] frequencies is examined using 40-yr ECMWF ReAnalysis (ERA-40) data. Leading EOFs of L correspond to ...
The Global Hydrological Cycle and Atmospheric Shortwave Absorption in Climate Models under CO2 Forcing
Nov 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT The spread among the predictions by climate models for the strengthening of the global hydrological cycle [i.e., the global mean surface latent heat flux (LH), or, equivalently, precipitation] at a given level of CO2-induced global warming is of the same magnitude as the ...