Stronger winds and warming of the upper ocean layers in the western tropical Pacific have been linked to increased rain in eastern China. According to new research, upper ocean heating in the equatorial Pacific – a key oceanographic region in Earth’s climate system – is likely to make the East As
heating in the equatorial Pacific is likely to make the East Asian monsoon season wetter, according to a new study.
Recent increases in ocean heat content – where energy is absorbed by the waters – have been implicated in the intensification of tropical storms that draw their energy from the surface of the oceanHowever, the link between ocean heating and rainfall on land is less clear. A study co-authored by a Rutgers researcher provides insight into this link.
The study, which was led by Zhimin Jian of Tongji University in China, found that over the past 360,000 years, increases in monsoonal rain in eastern China correlated with increases in the heat content of the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool–a region where sea surface temperatures remain above ~82°F year-round–likely due to enhanced transport of moisture and latent heat absorbed in the water vapor from the ocean to the continent.
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