Observational Constraints on Atmospheric and Oceanic Cross-Equatorial Heat Transports: Revisiting the Precipitation Asymmetry Problem in Climate Models

Norman G Loeb1, Hailan Wang2, Anning Cheng3, Seiji Kato4, John Fasullo5, Kuan-Man Xu1 and Richard P Allan6, (1)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, (2)Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, Hampton, VA, United States, (3)IMSG at NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD, United States, (4)NASA Langley Research Ctr, Hampton, United States, (5)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (6)University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom