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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-133-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-133-2023
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Research article
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24 Jan 2023
Research article |
| 24 Jan 2023
| 24 Jan 2023
Warm conveyor belts in present-day and future climate simulations – Part 1: Climatology and impacts
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Michael Sprenger
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Hanin Binder
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Urs Beyerle
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Heini Wernli
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Latest update: 31 Mar 2025
Short summary
Warm conveyor belts (WCBs) are strongly ascending, cloud- and precipitation-forming airstreams in extratropical cyclones. In this study we assess their representation in a climate simulation and their changes under global warming. They become moister, become more intense, and reach higher altitudes in a future climate, implying that they potentially have an increased impact on the mid-latitude flow.
Warm conveyor belts (WCBs) are strongly ascending, cloud- and precipitation-forming airstreams...
