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. 2015 Feb 23;112(12):3630–3635. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1418682112

Table 1.

Climate sensitivity (ΔX/X) in percentage change per degree global surface temperature rise, R2 value with respect to HC outflow in upper troposphere in the deep tropics, and detectability level (DL) for HC outflow, 250-hPa p-velocity, OLR, and precipitation in the deep tropics, width of the subsidence zone, GDI, Maximum Ψ (subtropical maximum in zonally averaged mass streamfunction), and 500-hPa RH in the subtropics

HC outflow 250-hPa p-velocity OLR Precipitation Width of subtropics GDI Maximum Ψ 500-hPa RH
ΔX/X 13.2 ± 1.34 9.9 ± 1.36 2.4 ± 0.82 3.6 ± 0.30 2.3 ± 0.30 3.6 ± 0.45 −2.4 ± 0.26 −3.1 ± 0.17
R2 1.00 0.98 0.91 0.52 0.83 0.92 0.85 0.95
DL 1.23 1.28 1.23 1.56 1.30 1.23 1.27 1.18

See DTS and Global Dryness for detailed explanation of symbol.