Strong contribution from sensible heat to global precipitation increase in climate models is not supported by observational based data
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: It has previously been shown that trends in sensible heat from climate models have had a substantial contribution to global precipitation changes. We illustrate that this is the case also in the most recent Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6). However, we find that over the period since 1980 reanalyses do not support the reduction in sensible heat from the CMIP6 models and rather estimate a global increase in sensible heat which would contribute to a precipitation reduction. Satellite data over a period of two decades over global ocean generally show an opposite sign of the sensible heat trend to the CMIP6 models, similarly to the reanalyses.
Source: Frontiers in Climate
Authors: Gunnar Myhre, Caroline Jouan, Camilla Weum Stjern, Øivind Hodnebrog
Institution: CICERO Center for International Climate Research
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,125
Funder: Norges Forskningsråd
Awards: G2473730994, G4125892692
OpenAlex ID: W4403202183