Abstract: limate model simulations of daily precipitation statistics from the third phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP3) were evaluated against precipitation observations from North America over the period ...

Abstract: AbstractFlash droughts?uncharacteristically rapid dryings of the land system?are naturally associated with extreme precipitation deficits. Such precipitation deficits, however, do not tell the whole story, for land surface ...

Abstract: AbstractThe long-standing expectation that poleward shifts of the midlatitude jet under global warming will lead to poleward shifts of clouds and a positive radiative feedback on the climate system has been shown to be ...

Abstract: AbstractDifferences among climate models in equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS; the equilibrium surface temperature response to a doubling of atmospheric CO2) remain a significant barrier to the accurate assessment of ...