The team found that the increased atmospheric moisture in a warmer climate plays the major role in driving the increases of atmospheric rivers. (pnnl.gov)
If the glacier surface is very cold, it may also receive some energy by latent heat transfer, through frosting of atmospheric moisture onto the glacier. (geosci.uchicago.edu)
He and his team are analyzing how much of the state's projected rainfall increases will result from either changing atmospheric moisture levels or longer - lasting events. (earther.com)