Globally, thermodynamics explains an increase in atmospheric water vapor with warming of
around 7%/° C near to the surface. In contrast, global precipitation and evaporation are …

2 Chapter 2 assesses observed large-scale changes in climate system drivers, key climate
indicators and 3 principal modes of variability. Chapter 3 considers model performance and …

Abstract The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) has major climate impacts worldwide, and most
profoundly for nations around the Indian Ocean basin. It has been 20 years since the IOD …

Working Group I (WGI) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assesses
the current evidence on the physical science of climate change, evaluating knowledge …

Abstract The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) affects climate and rainfall across the world, and
most severely in nations surrounding the Indian Ocean,,–. The frequency and intensity of …

Recent paleoclimatic studies suggest that changes in the tropical rainbelt across the Atlantic
Ocean during the past two millennia are linked to a latitudinal shift of the Intertropical …

Tropical rainfall variability is closely linked to meridional shifts of the Intertropical
Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and zonal movements of the Walker circulation. The …

Stable isotope records from speleothems provide information on past climate changes, most
particularly information that can be used to reconstruct past changes in precipitation and …

亚澳季风主要由东亚季风, 印度季风和澳大利亚季风三部分组成. 目前, 该地区石笋和大气降水δ
18 O 气候意义的最大争议在于到底反映的是降水量变化还是水汽源的变化. 针对这一争议 …

Large changes in hydroclimate in the Neotropics implied by proxy evidence, such as during
the Little Ice Age, have been attributed to meridional shifts of the intertropical convergence …