Articles | Volume 22, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-12591-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-12591-2022
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28 Sep 2022
Research article |  | 28 Sep 2022

Evaluation of tropical water vapour from CMIP6 global climate models using the ESA CCI Water Vapour climate data records

Jia He, Helene Brogniez, and Laurence Picon

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A 2003–2017 satellite-based atmospheric water vapour climate data record is used to assess climate models and reanalyses. The focus is on the tropical belt, whose regional variations in the hydrological cycle are related to the tropospheric overturning circulation. While there are similarities in the interannual variability, the major discrepancies can be explained by the presence of clouds, the representation of moisture fluxes at the surface and cloud processes in the models.
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