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Recent Northern Hemisphere tropical expansion primarily driven by black carbon and tropospheric ozone

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  • Robert J. Allen

    (University of California, Riverside 92521, USA)

  • Steven C. Sherwood

    (Climate Change Research Centre and ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Systems Science, University of New South Wales)

  • Joel R. Norris

    (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California)

  • Charles S. Zender

    (Earth System Science, University of California)

Abstract

The primary drivers of the Northern Hemisphere expansion of the tropical climate zone over the past several decades are shown to be the recent increases in black carbon aerosols and tropospheric ozone rather than in greenhouse gases, which contribute to a lesser extent.

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  • Robert J. Allen & Steven C. Sherwood & Joel R. Norris & Charles S. Zender, 2012. "Recent Northern Hemisphere tropical expansion primarily driven by black carbon and tropospheric ozone," Nature, Nature, vol. 485(7398), pages 350-354, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:485:y:2012:i:7398:d:10.1038_nature11097
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11097
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    1. Xiangbo Feng & Nicholas P. Klingaman & Kevin I. Hodges, 2021. "Poleward migration of western North Pacific tropical cyclones related to changes in cyclone seasonality," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-11, December.

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