A Lagrangian Perspective on the Atlantic and Pacific Precipitation‐Evaporation Asymmetry
P. M. Craig,
D. Ferreira,
J. Methven
Abstract:Total precipitation minus evaporation (P − E) for the Atlantic is negative while it is approximately neutral for the Pacific. This has frequently been attributed to westward Atlantic‐to‐Pacific moisture flux across Central America. However, this Eulerian perspective has limited scope as it does not consider the origins of the water crossing ocean drainage basin boundaries and the possibility that it has remote sources. By using an airmass trajectory model, we take a Lagrangian approach to investigate the origi… Show more
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