Indo-Pacific Ocean warming is changing global rainfall patterns
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Rainfall declines may affect U.S. West Coast and parts of the East Coast
New research by NOAA and a visiting scientist from India shows that warming of the Indo-Pacific Ocean is altering rainfall patterns from the tropics to the United States, contributing to declines in rainfall on the United States west and east coasts.
Buoys part of the Research Moored Array for African-Asian-Australian Monsoon Analysis and Prediction (RAMA) are designed to study the Indian Ocean’s role in the monsoons.
