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Observed trends in clouds and precipitation (1983–2009): implications for their cause(s)
Xiang Zhong
Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 511486, China
Shaw Chen Liu
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Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 511486, China
Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 511486, China
Xinlu Wang
Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 511486, China
Hangzhou AiMa Technologies, Hangzhou, 311121, China
Jiajia Mo
Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 511486, China
Yanzi Li
Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 511486, China
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Short summary
The distributions of linear trends in total cloud cover and precipitation in 1983–2009 are both characterized by a broadening of the major ascending zone of Hadley circulation around the Maritime Continent. The broadening is driven primarily by the moisture–convection–latent-heat feedback cycle under global warming conditions. Contribution by other climate oscillations is secondary. The reduction of total cloud cover in China in 1957–2005 is driven by the same mechanism.
The distributions of linear trends in total cloud cover and precipitation in 1983–2009 are both...
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