Tropical Pacific SST and ITCZ biases in climate models : double trouble for future rainfall projections?

• Main Authors: Samanta, Dhrubajyoti, Karnauskas, Kristopher B., Goodkin, Nathalie F.
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Double ITCZ; Model Biases; DRNTU::Science::Geology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105903; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48097
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The double Intertropical Convergence Zone bias remains a persistent problem in coupled general circulation model simulations. Due to the strong sea surface temperature (SST)‐convection relationship in the tropics, precipitation biases are sensitive to background SST. Using historical simulations of...