A model for the relationship between tropical precipitation and column water vapor

Several observational studies have shown a tight relationship between tropical precipitation and column-integrated water vapor. We show that the observed relationship in the tropics between column-integrated water vapor, precipitation, and its variance can be qualitatively reproduced by a simple and...

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Main Authors: Muller, Caroline (Contributor), Back, Larissa E. (Contributor), O'Gorman, Paul Ambrose (Contributor), Emanuel, Kerry Andrew (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Geophysical Union, 2011-01-07T14:23:08Z.
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