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dc.citation.endPage 944 -
dc.citation.number 11 -
dc.citation.startPage 940 -
dc.citation.title NATURE GEOSCIENCE -
dc.citation.volume 6 -
dc.contributor.author Frierson, Dargan M.W. -
dc.contributor.author Hwang, Yen-Ting -
dc.contributor.author Fuckar, Neven S. -
dc.contributor.author Seager, Richard -
dc.contributor.author Kang, Sarah M. -
dc.contributor.author Donohoe, Aaron -
dc.contributor.author Maroon, Elizabeth A. -
dc.contributor.author Liu, Xiaojuan -
dc.contributor.author Battisti, David S. -
dc.date.accessioned 2023-12-22T03:14:58Z -
dc.date.available 2023-12-22T03:14:58Z -
dc.date.created 2013-11-19 -
dc.date.issued 2013-11 -
dc.description.abstract Rainfall in the tropics is largely focused in a narrow zonal band near the Equator, known as the intertropical convergence zone. On average, substantially more rain falls just north of the Equator. This hemispheric asymmetry in tropical rainfall has been attributed to hemispheric asymmetries in ocean temperature induced by tropical landmasses. However, the ocean meridional overturning circulation also redistributes energy, by carrying heat northwards across the Equator. Here, we use satellite observations of the Earth's energy budget, atmospheric reanalyses and global climate model simulations to study tropical rainfall using a global energetic framework. We show that the meridional overturning circulation contributes significantly to the hemispheric asymmetry in tropical rainfall by transporting heat from the Southern Hemisphere to the Northern Hemisphere, and thereby pushing the tropical rain band north. This northward shift in tropical precipitation is seen in global climate model simulations when ocean heat transport is included, regardless of whether continents are present or not. If the strength of the meridional overturning circulation is reduced in the future as a result of global warming, as has been suggested, precipitation patterns in the tropics could change, with potential societal consequences. -
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation NATURE GEOSCIENCE, v.6, no.11, pp.940 - 944 -
dc.identifier.doi 10.1038/ngeo1987 -
dc.identifier.issn 1752-0894 -
dc.identifier.scopusid 2-s2.0-84887053995 -
dc.identifier.uri https://scholarworks.unist.ac.kr/handle/201301/3996 -
dc.identifier.url https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo1987 -
dc.identifier.wosid 000326505800016 -
dc.language 영어 -
dc.publisher NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP -
dc.title Contribution of ocean overturning circulation to tropical rainfall peak in the Northern Hemisphere -
dc.type Article -
dc.relation.journalWebOfScienceCategory Geosciences, Multidisciplinary -
dc.relation.journalResearchArea Geology -
dc.description.journalRegisteredClass scie -
dc.description.journalRegisteredClass scopus -

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