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The response of tropical precipitation to Earth's precession: the role of energy fluxes and vertical stability
Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Joyce Helena Catharina Bosmans
Department of Environmental Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
formerly at: Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
formerly at: Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, the Netherlands
Jayaraman Srinivasan
Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Arindam Chakraborty
Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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Short summary
Insolation is thought to drive monsoons on orbital timescales. We find that insolation can be a trigger for changes in precipitation, but surface energy and vertical stability play an important role too. These feedbacks are found to be dominant over oceans and can even counter the insolation forcing, thus leading to a land–sea differential response in precipitation.
Insolation is thought to drive monsoons on orbital timescales. We find that insolation can be a...
