Table 1 Amplification of CAPE and extreme column-maximum updraft velocity at 3 km resolution in the GSRM experiments from 20°S to 20°N.

From: Kilometer-scale global warming simulations and active sensors reveal changes in tropical deep convection

% K−1

global warming

+4K

CAPE

9.9

8.4

extreme column-max. updraft

5.4

4.5

  1. CAPE is averaged over the tropics and column-maximum updraft velocity in extreme convective updrafts is computed by averaging over all events above the 99.99th percentile of precipitation.
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