South Pacific Convergence Zone dynamics, variability and impacts in a changing climate

JR Brown, M Lengaigne, BR Lintner… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ) is a diagonal band of intense rainfall
and deep atmospheric convection extending from the equator to the subtropical South …

More extreme swings of the South Pacific convergence zone due to greenhouse warming

W Cai, M Lengaigne, S Borlace, M Collins, T Cowan… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Abstract The South Pacific convergence zone (SPCZ) is the Southern Hemisphere's most
expansive and persistent rain band, extending from the equatorial western Pacific Ocean …

Understanding climate literacy research using scientometrics analysis

MH Ismail, A Rauf, MF Abdullah, MIM Noor… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Climate literacy, critical for understanding both the individual's impact on climate and the
consequential effects on society and the biosphere, is comprehensively examined in this …

How does a regional climate model modify the projected climate change signal of the driving GCM: a study over different CORDEX regions using REMO

C Teichmann, B Eggert, A Elizalde, A Haensler… - Atmosphere, 2013 - mdpi.com
Global and regional climate model simulations are frequently used for regional climate
change assessments and in climate impact modeling studies. To reflect the inherent and …

Nonlinear precipitation response to El Niño and global warming in the Indo-Pacific

CTY Chung, SB Power, JM Arblaster, HA Rashid… - Climate Dynamics, 2014 - Springer
Precipitation changes over the Indo-Pacific during El Niño events are studied using an
Atmospheric General Circulation Model forced with sea-surface temperature (SST) …

The South Pacific Convergence Zone in CMIP5 simulations of historical and future climate

JR Brown, AF Moise, RA Colman - Climate dynamics, 2013 - Springer
Abstract The South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ) is evaluated in historical simulations
from 26 Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) models, and compared …

Storylines of South Pacific Convergence Zone changes in a warmer world

S Narsey, JR Brown, F Delage, G Boschat… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The South Pacific convergence zone (SPCZ) is evaluated in simulations of
historical climate from phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) and …

Changes in South Pacific rainfall bands in a warming climate

MJ Widlansky, A Timmermann, K Stein… - Nature climate …, 2013 - nature.com
Abstract The South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ) is the largest rainband in the
Southern Hemisphere and provides most of the rainfall to southwest Pacific island nations …

Implications of CMIP3 model biases and uncertainties for climate projections in the western tropical Pacific

JN Brown, A Sen Gupta, JR Brown, LC Muir, JS Risbey… - Climatic Change, 2013 - Springer
Regional climate projections in the Pacific region are potentially sensitive to a range of
existing model biases. This study examines the implications of coupled model biases on …

Why the South Pacific convergence zone is diagonal

K van der Wiel, AJ Matthews, MM Joshi, DP Stevens - Climate Dynamics, 2016 - Springer
During austral summer, the majority of precipitation over the Pacific Ocean is concentrated in
the South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ). The surface boundary conditions required to …