2012
DOI: 10.1126/science.1212222
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Abstract: humidity, we expect a 7% increase in atmospheric moisture content for every degree of 30 warming of the Earth's lower troposphere (2). Of greatest importance to society, and the focus 31 of this work, is the strength of the regional pattern of evaporation and precipitation (E--P), 32 which in climate models scales approximately with CC, while global precipitation changes more 33 slowly at a rate of 2--3% °C --1 (2, 4). 34An intensification of existing patterns of global mean surface evaporation and precipitati… Show more

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“…The changing characteristics of precipitation under global warming has attracted the interest of many climate scientists (Trenberth et al 2003;Dai 2006;Sun et al 2007;Evans 2010;Durack et al 2012;Huang et al 2013;Kharin et al 2013). Among all the aspects it involves, the relationship between the distribution of annual precipitation and extreme precipitation events is an important one.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The changing characteristics of precipitation under global warming has attracted the interest of many climate scientists (Trenberth et al 2003;Dai 2006;Sun et al 2007;Evans 2010;Durack et al 2012;Huang et al 2013;Kharin et al 2013). Among all the aspects it involves, the relationship between the distribution of annual precipitation and extreme precipitation events is an important one.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As neither SST trends nor projections are supplied in the work of Marullo, we can neither accurately assess if the warming trend found in our study completely falls in such decadal oscillation nor if some decrease should have been detected in the last years of our satellite SST series. In addition to natural variability, Millán (2014) defines, from meteorological field campaigns, an accumulation process of water vapour and air pollutants stacked in layers up to 4000 m over the Western Mediterranean basin that could produce a greenhouse effect which would provoke additional SST warming not linked with natural variability and summing to the ''rich get richer'' mechanism proposed by Durack et al (2012). Moreover, spatial distribution of warming trends is not uniform through the year nor spatially across the basin.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Another aspect that has also been investigated recently is the role of SST in the global water cycle. At a global level, Durack et al (2012) described the intensification of the global water cycle from 1950 to 2000 following the ''rich get richer'' mechanism with fresh sea regions becoming fresher and salty regions becoming saltier in response to observed warming and also showing a close relationship between evaporation/precipitation rate and sea surface salinity. Skliris et al (2016) also stated an intensification of the water cycle for both observational data and climate projections.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…1971-2000). However, this stationary approach ignored the gradual change of hydrological regime in response to climatic changes as predicted by global climate models (GCMs) (Durack et al, 2012). In fact, the dry/wet conditions in the present may become normal in the future and should not be recognized as the droughts/wet spells in the future.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…With climate warming, not only the climatology but also the extreme would change (Arnell, 2003;O'Gorman and Schneider, 2009;Durack et al, 2012;Kumar et al, 2013aKumar et al, , 2013b. For better mitigation and adaptation strategies, decision makers require accessible and accurate information about the potential changes of hydrological extremes as well as the associated uncertainties (IPCC, 2012).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%