Annual Mean Rainfall and Extremes in Rainfall (IMAGE)

University of Bristol

Annual Mean Rainfall and Extremes in Rainfall

Caption

Top panel shows modelled change in annual mean rainfall (as a percent) given a global warming at the PETM, ~56 million years ago. Bottom panel shows the same thing but for EXTREMES in rainfall. The key thing is that in some regions, the rainfall decreases (top panel is red) but the extremes in rainfall increase (bottom panel is blue), such as in southern Africa, the Amazon, or northern Australia. This is what we mean by a "decoupling".

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BRIDGE - University of Bristol

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