Tag Archive: tropical rainfall

Research brief: Tropical rainfall modelling errors decrease slowly, but storm resolving models may be the future

October 23, 2020 10:24 am Published by Comments Off on Research brief: Tropical rainfall modelling errors decrease slowly, but storm resolving models may be the future

An international team including CLEX researchers examined models used by the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) over three model phases linked to IPCC reports – CMIP3, CMIP5, and the most recent, CMIP6, to see if they improved representation of tropical rainfall.

MON1: Is tropical rainfall becoming more clustered?

August 14, 2018 3:04 pm Published by Comments Off on MON1: Is tropical rainfall becoming more clustered?

In this project, we will investigate the clustering of thunderstorms using satellite observations of rainfall in the tropics. In particular, we will examine the question of whether rainfall in the tropics is becoming more clustered, and what effect this may have on heavy precipitation now and into the future.