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Large rainfall changes consistently projected over substantial areas of tropical land

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  • Robin Chadwick

    (Met Office Hadley Centre, FitzRoy Road, Exeter EX1 3PB, UK)

  • Peter Good

    (Met Office Hadley Centre, FitzRoy Road, Exeter EX1 3PB, UK)

  • Gill Martin

    (Met Office Hadley Centre, FitzRoy Road, Exeter EX1 3PB, UK)

  • David P. Rowell

    (Met Office Hadley Centre, FitzRoy Road, Exeter EX1 3PB, UK)

Abstract

This study quantifies a direct link between global greenhouse gas emissions and rainfall changes over tropical land, and identifies regions most at risk of large changes, such as southern and east Africa.

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  • Robin Chadwick & Peter Good & Gill Martin & David P. Rowell, 2016. "Large rainfall changes consistently projected over substantial areas of tropical land," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 6(2), pages 177-181, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:6:y:2016:i:2:d:10.1038_nclimate2805
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2805
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