Causes of model dry and warm bias over central U.S. and impact on climate projections

Climate models repeatedly show a warm and dry bias over the central United States, but the origin of this bias remains unclear. Here the authors associate this bias to precipitation deficits in models and after applying a correction, projected precipitation in this region shows no significant change...

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Main Authors: Yanluan Lin, Wenhao Dong, Minghua Zhang, Yuanyu Xie, Wei Xue, Jianbin Huang, Yong Luo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01040-2