Fig. 3.

(A) Fractional changes in variables composited with respect to precipitation levels corresponding to each CDF value for the high-resolution version of MIROC. This figure focuses on ocean grid points in the 30°S–30°N zonal band for all seasons. Variables analyzed are: precipitation (P), precipitation minus evaporation (P - E), convective precipitation, large-scale condensation, precipitable water (W), and vertical motion at 500 hPa (w). Percentage changes are normalized by the temperature increase in the area in question; we have omitted the denominator dT in the legend. (B) As in (A) but for other variables. The coefficient a is the gross moisture stratification divided by precipitable water, and the coefficient b represents the scaling of (9). See the method for detail.