Fig. 3: Causes of intensified ENSO-induced latent heat flux variability.
From: Stronger ENSO-induced global SST variability in a warming climate
a Surface wind speed regressed onto December(0)–February(1) (D(0)JF(1)) Niño3.4 SSTA with considering time-lag effect from March–May(0) (MAM(0)) to June–August(1) (JJA(1)) in Present-day (PD) 400 years with CESM1. b Same as a but in 2085–2115 (2100). c Absolute difference between (b) and (a). d Regression coefficient between D(0)JF(1) precipitation and D(0)JF(1) Niño3.4 SST anomaly. Black contour and shading indicate the PD period and the change from PD to 2100, respectively. e, f Climatological air-sea specific humidity difference in the same data of (a) and (b). g Change in climatological air-sea specific humidity difference from PD to 2100. c, g show only statistically significant at the 95% confidence level using the bootstrap test, and hatches in g indicate sea ice region (not calculated).
