Research Article

Recent Changes in the Annual Mean Regional Hadley Circulation and Their Impacts on South America

Figure 20

Precipitation anomaly (mm day−1) for HCSA poleward expansion cases in the period 1996–2011 based on the (a) GPCC dataset and (b) RegCM4 simulation. Contour intervals are 0.25 mm day−1 with hatching indicating regions statistically significant above the 95% confidence level as determined by two-tailed Student’s -test.
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