| タイトル | Detecting Trends in Tropical Rainfall Characteristics, 1979-2003 |
| 本文（外部サイト） | http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20070021534 |
| 著者（英） | Wu, H. T.; Lau, K. M. |
| 著者所属（英） | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| 発行日 | 2006-01-01 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | From analyses of blended space-based and ground-based global rainfall data, we found increasing trends in the occurrence of extreme heavy and light rain events, coupled to a decreasing trend in moderate rain events in the tropics during 1979-2003. The trends are consistent with a shift in the large-scale circulation associated with a) a relatively uniform increase in warm rain over the tropical oceans, b) enhanced ice-phase rain over the near-equatorial oceans, and c) reduced mixed-phase rain over the tropical ocean and land regions. Due to the large compensation among different rain categories, the total tropical rainfall trend remained undetectable. |
| NASA分類 | Meteorology and Climatology |
| 権利 | Copyright, Distribution as joint owner in the copyright |
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