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Brusch GA, Le Galliard J, Viton R, Gavira RSB, Clobert J, Lourdais O. Reproducing in a changing world: combined effects of thermal conditions by day and night and of water constraints during pregnancy in a cold‐adapted ectotherm. OIKOS 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/oik.09536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- George A. Brusch
- Biological Sciences, California State Univ. San Marcos San Marcos CA USA
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- Sorbonne Univ., CNRS, IRD, INRAe, Inst. d'Écologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement (IEES) Paris Cedex 5 France
- Ecole Normale Supérieure, PSL Univ., Dépt de Biologie, CNRS, UMS 3194, Centre de Recherche en Écologie Expérimentale et Prédictive (CEREEP‐Ecotron IleDeFrance) Saint‐Pierre‐lès‐Nemours France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS Villiers en Bois France
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- Station d'Ecologie Théorique et Expérimentale de Moulis, CNRS, UMR 5321 Saint Girons France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS Villiers en Bois France
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State Univ. Tempe AZ USA
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Temporal trends of deuterium excess in global precipitation and their environmental controls under a changing climate. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-022-08414-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Global Spatiotemporal Variability of Integrated Water Vapor Derived from GPS, GOME/SCIAMACHY and ERA-Interim: Annual Cycle, Frequency Distribution and Linear Trends. REMOTE SENSING 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/rs14041050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Atmospheric water vapor plays a prominent role in climate change and atmospheric, meteorological, and hydrological processes. Because of its high spatiotemporal variability, precise quantification of water vapor is challenging. This study investigates Integrated Water Vapor (IWV) variability for the period 1995–2010 at 118 globally distributed Global Positioning System (GPS) sites, using additional UV/VIS satellite retrievals by GOME, SCIAMACHY, and GOME-2 (denoted as GOMESCIA below), plus ERA-Interim reanalysis output. Apart from spatial representativeness differences, particularly at coastal and island sites, all three IWV datasets correlate well with the lowest mean correlation coefficient of 0.878 (averaged over all the sites) between GPS and GOMESCIA. We confirm the dominance of standard lognormal distribution of the IWV time series, which can be explained by the combination of a lower mode (dry season characterized by a standard lognormal distribution with a low median value) and an upper mode (wet season characterized by a reverse lognormal distribution with high median value) in European, Western American, and subtropical sites. Despite the relatively short length of the time series, we found a good consistency in the sign of the continental IWV trends, not only between the different datasets, but also compared to temperature and precipitation trends.
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Critical Thermal Capacities of Hyla chrysoscelis in Relation to Season. J HERPETOL 2020. [DOI: 10.1670/19-124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Water Vapor from Western Eurasia Promotes Precipitation during the Snow Season in Northern Xinjiang, a Typical Arid Region in Central Asia. WATER 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/w12010141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Atmospheric water vapor plays an important role in the water cycle, especially in arid Central Asia, where precipitation is invaluable to water resources. Understanding and quantifying the relationship between water vapor source regions and precipitation is a key problem in water resource research in typical arid Central Asia, Northern Xinjiang. However, the relationship between precipitation and water vapor sources is still unclear of snow season. This paper aimed at studying the role of water vapor source supply in the Northern Xinjiang precipitation trend, which was investigated using the Hybrid Single Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory (HYSPLIT) model. The results showed that the total water vapor contributed from Western Eurasia and the North Polar area presented upward trends similar to the precipitation change trend, which indicated that the water vapor contribution from the two previous water vapor source regions supplied abundant water vapor and maintained the upward precipitation trend from 1980 to 2017 in Northern Xinjiang. From the climatology of water vapor transport, the region was controlled by midlatitude westerlies and major water vapor input from the western boundary, and the net water vapor flux of this region also showed an annual increasing trend. Western Eurasia had the largest moisture percentage contribution to Northern Xinjiang (48.11%) over the past 38 years. Northern Xinjiang precipitation was correlated with water vapor from Western Eurasia, the North Polar area, and Siberia, and the correlation coefficients were 0.66, 0.45, and 0.57, respectively. These results could aid in better understanding the water cycle process and climate change in this typical arid region of Central Asia.
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Huang SP, Hung KW, Fan HC, Lin TE, Richard R. Temperature rise curtails activity period predicted for a winter-active forest lizard, Scincella formosensis, from subtropical areas in Taiwan. J Therm Biol 2020; 87:102475. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2019.102475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2019] [Revised: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 11/24/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Jahandideh-Tehrani M, Zhang H, Helfer F, Yu Y. Review of climate change impacts on predicted river streamflow in tropical rivers. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2019; 191:752. [PMID: 31732799 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-019-7841-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Tropical regions are characterized by hydrological extreme events, which are likely to be exacerbated by climate change. Therefore, quantifying the extent to which climate change may damage a hydrological system becomes crucial. This paper aims to evaluate the findings from previous research on projected impacts of climate change on hydrological systems located in regions bounded by the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. It intends to provide an in-depth understanding of the climatic conditions, applied approaches, climate change impacts on future streamflow, and measures to reduce prediction uncertainty in the tropics. The review revealed that there is a significant variation in the magnitude of climate change impacts on streamflow in the tropics. The reason for the inconsistent trend prediction is that projections are heavily dependent on the trajectory of greenhouse gas emissions, climate model structural differences, and uncertainty of downscaling methods and hydrological models. Therefore, to minimize the uncertainty and maximize confidence in streamflow projections, it is essential to apply multi-member model ensembles and to clarify the adaptation strategy (coping, adjusting, or transforming).
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- School of Engineering, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, 4222, Australia
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- School of Engineering, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, 4222, Australia
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Zhang B, Xia Y, Huning LS, Wei J, Wang G, AghaKouchak A. A Framework for Global Multicategory and Multiscalar Drought Characterization Accounting for Snow Processes. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH 2019; 55:9258-9278. [PMID: 32025062 PMCID: PMC6988450 DOI: 10.1029/2019wr025529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Revised: 09/23/2019] [Accepted: 09/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Drought indices do not always provide the most relevant information for water resources management as most of them neglect the role of snow in the land surface water balance. In this study, a physically based drought index, the Standardized Moisture Anomaly Index (SZI), was modified and improved by incorporating the effects of snow dynamics for drought characterization at multiple time scales. The new version of the SZI, called SZIsnow, includes snow in both the water supply and demand in drought characterization by using the water-energy budgets from the Global Land Data Assimilation Systems product. We compared and evaluated the performance of SZIsnow and SZI in drought identification globally across various time scales using observed multicategory drought evidences from several sources. Results show that the SZIsnow agrees better with the observed changes in hydrological and agricultural droughts than the SZI, particularly over basins with high snow accumulation. Furthermore, the SZIsnow is more consistent with the residual water-energy ratio than the SZI over snow-influenced regions. Overall, the SZIsnow can be either a complement or an improvement over the SZI for identifying, monitoring, and characterizing hydrological and agricultural droughts at various scales (e.g., 1-48 months) over high-latitude and high-elevation regions that receive snow.
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- Baoqing Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education)College of Earth and Environmental SciencesLanzhou UniversityLanzhouChina
- State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and EngineeringDepartment of Hydraulic EngineeringTsinghua UniversityBeijingChina
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- I. M. Systems Group at Environmental Modeling CenterNational Centers for Environmental PredictionCollege ParkMDUSA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of CaliforniaIrvineCAUSA
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- State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and EngineeringDepartment of Hydraulic EngineeringTsinghua UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and EngineeringDepartment of Hydraulic EngineeringTsinghua UniversityBeijingChina
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- Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of CaliforniaIrvineCAUSA
- Department of Earth System ScienceUniversity of CaliforniaIrvineCAUSA
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Wu X, Hao Z, Hao F, Zhang X. Variations of compound precipitation and temperature extremes in China during 1961-2014. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 663:731-737. [PMID: 30738255 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2018] [Revised: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 01/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Concurrent precipitation and temperature extremes usually have significant impacts on the society, economy and ecosystem. Changes in precipitation or temperature extremes in China have been extensively studied; however, less attention has been paid to their concurrence (or compound extremes) to date. This study explores the historical variations of compound extremes including dry/warm, dry/cold, wet/warm, and wet/cold combinations based on monthly precipitation and temperature observations during summer and winter from 1961 to 2014 over China. Results show that there is a significant increase in the frequency of compound dry/warm and wet/warm extremes while a decrease in compound dry/cold and wet/cold extremes for the period 1988-2014 relative to 1961-1987. In addition, statistically significant increase in the spatial extent exists in compound dry/warm and wet/warm extremes, while the areas affected by the compound dry/cold and wet/cold extremes present a decrease across China, which is shown to be partly related to the large-scale circulation patterns. The results of this study could improve our understanding of changes of compound precipitation and temperature extremes from a multivariate perspective.
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- Xinying Wu
- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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Piantoni C, Navas CA, Ibargüengoytía NR. A real tale of Godzilla: impact of climate warming on the growth of a lizard. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/bly216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Carla Piantoni
- Departamento de Fisiologia, Instituto de Biosciências, Universidade de São Paulo, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia, Instituto de Biosciências, Universidade de São Paulo, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (INIBIOMA-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
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Byrne MP, Pendergrass AG, Rapp AD, Wodzicki KR. Response of the Intertropical Convergence Zone to Climate Change: Location, Width, and Strength. CURRENT CLIMATE CHANGE REPORTS 2018; 4:355-370. [PMID: 30931244 PMCID: PMC6411165 DOI: 10.1007/s40641-018-0110-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) is a planetary-scale band of heavy precipitation close to the equator. Here, we consider the response of the ITCZ structure to climate change using observations, simulations, and theory. We focus on the substantial yet underappreciated projected changes in ITCZ width and strength, and highlight an emerging conceptual framework for understanding these changes. RECENT FINDINGS Satellite observations and reanalysis data show a narrowing and strengthening of precipitation in the ITCZ over recent decades in both the Atlantic and Pacific basins, but little change in ITCZ location. Consistent with observations, coupled climate models predict no robust change in the zonal-mean ITCZ location over the twenty-first century. However, the majority of models project a narrowing of the ITCZ and weakening mean ascent. Interestingly, changes in ITCZ width and strength are strongly anti-correlated across models. SUMMARY The ITCZ has narrowed over recent decades yet its location has remained approximately constant. Climate models project further narrowing and a weakening of the average ascent within the ITCZ as the climate continues to warm. Following intense work over the last ten years, the physical mechanisms controlling the ITCZ location are now well understood. The development of complementary theories for ITCZ width and strength is a current research priority. Outstanding challenges include understanding the ITCZ response to past climate changes and over land versus ocean regions, and better constraining all aspects of the ITCZ structure in model projections. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL The online version of this article (10.1007/s40641-018-0110-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Michael P. Byrne
- Space and Atmospheric Physics Group, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ UK
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Seasonal to Interannual Variability of Satellite-Based Precipitation Estimates in the Pacific Ocean Associated with ENSO from 1998 to 2014. REMOTE SENSING 2016. [DOI: 10.3390/rs8100833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Wang Y, Zeng ZG, Li SR, Bi JH, Du WG. Low precipitation aggravates the impact of extreme high temperatures on lizard reproduction. Oecologia 2016; 182:961-971. [PMID: 27638182 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-016-3727-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2015] [Accepted: 09/07/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Extreme high temperatures are occurring more frequently with ongoing anthropogenic climate warming, but the experimental tests of the effects of high temperatures on terrestrial vertebrates in natural conditions are rare. In this study, we investigated the effects of extreme high temperatures on female reproduction and offspring traits of multi-ocellated racerunners (Eremias multiocellata) kept in field enclosures in the desert steppe of Inner Mongolia. Our studies indicate that high temperatures significantly affect the gestation period and reproductive output of females and the offspring sex ratio, but have little impact on offspring body size and mass. More interestingly, we found that the effect of extreme high temperatures on female reproductive output was not consistent between two consecutive years that differed in precipitation. Low precipitation may aggravate the impact of climate warming on lizards and negatively affect the survival of lizards in the desert steppe. Our results provide evidence that temperature interacts with precipitation to determine the life history of lizards, and they suggest that a drier and hotter environment, such as the future climate in arid mid-latitude areas, will likely impose severe pressure on lizard populations, which are an important component of the food web in desert areas around the world.
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- Yang Wang
- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservational Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, People's Republic of China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservational Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservational Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, People's Republic of China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot, 010022, Inner Mongolia, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservational Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, People's Republic of China.
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Ricko M, Adler RF, Huffman GJ. Climatology and Interannual Variability of Quasi-Global Intense Precipitation Using Satellite Observations. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE 2016; 29:5447-5468. [PMID: 32818008 PMCID: PMC7430205 DOI: 10.1175/jcli-d-15-0662.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Climatology and variations of recent mean and intense precipitation over a near global (50°S-50°N) domain on a monthly and annual time scale are analyzed. Data used to derive daily precipitation to examine the effects of spatial and temporal coverage of intense precipitation are the current Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) 3B42 Version 7 precipitation product, with high spatial and temporal resolution during 1998-2013. Intense precipitation is defined by several different parameters, such as a 95th percentile threshold of daily precipitation, a mean precipitation that exceeds that percentile or a fixed threshold of daily precipitation value (e.g., 25 and 50 mm day-1). All parameters are used to identify the main characteristics of spatial and temporal variation of intense precipitation. High correlations between examined parameters are observed, especially between climatological monthly mean precipitation and intense precipitation, both over tropical land and ocean. Among the various parameters examined, the one best characterizing intense rainfall is a fraction of daily precipitation ≥25 mm day-1, defined as a ratio between the intense precipitation above used threshold and mean precipitation. Regions that experience an increase in mean precipitation likely experience a similar increase in intense precipitation, especially during the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events. Improved knowledge of this intense precipitation regime and its strong connection to mean precipitation given by the fraction parameter can be used for monitoring of intense rainfall and its intensity on a global to regional scale.
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- Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, Maryland
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Integrating Entropy and Copula Theories for Hydrologic Modeling and Analysis. ENTROPY 2015. [DOI: 10.3390/e17042253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Deng Y, Gao T, Gao H, Yao X, Xie L. Regional precipitation variability in East Asia related to climate and environmental factors during 1979-2012. Sci Rep 2014; 4:5693. [PMID: 25033387 PMCID: PMC4102078 DOI: 10.1038/srep05693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2014] [Accepted: 06/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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This paper studies the inter-annual precipitation variations in different regions of East Asia from oceans to interior areas in China during 1979 – 2012. The results computed by Empirical Orthogonal Functions (EOF) demonstrate that the annual precipitation changes are mainly related to the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, East Asian summer monsoon and aerosols. We also found that the increased Sea surface temperature (SST) could explain the precipitation changes over the Northwest Pacific in the dry season (Oct. – May) and the East China Sea and the South China Sea in the rainy season (Jun. – Sep.). The precipitation changes over the ocean unexplained by SST were likely due to the water vapor transport dominated by dynamic factors. With the increased SST, the moisture transported from oceans to interior land was likely redistributed and caused the complicated regional variability of precipitation. Moreover, the impacts of aerosols on cloud and precipitation varied with different pollution levels and different seasons.
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- Yinyin Deng
- Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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- 1] Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China [2] Department of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Heze University, Heze, 274000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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- 1] Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China [2] Department of Marine, Earth and atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 27695-8208, USA
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Cong RG, Brady M. The interdependence between rainfall and temperature: copula analyses. ScientificWorldJournal 2012; 2012:405675. [PMID: 23213286 PMCID: PMC3504421 DOI: 10.1100/2012/405675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2012] [Accepted: 10/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Rainfall and temperature are important climatic inputs for agricultural production, especially in the context of climate change. However, accurate analysis and simulation of the joint distribution of rainfall and temperature are difficult due to possible interdependence between them. As one possible approach to this problem, five families of copula models are employed to model the interdependence between rainfall and temperature. Scania is a leading agricultural province in Sweden and is affected by a maritime climate. Historical climatic data for Scania is used to demonstrate the modeling process. Heteroscedasticity and autocorrelation of sample data are also considered to eliminate the possibility of observation error. The results indicate that for Scania there are negative correlations between rainfall and temperature for the months from April to July and September. The student copula is found to be most suitable to model the bivariate distribution of rainfall and temperature based on the Akaike information criterion (AIC) and Bayesian information criterion (BIC). Using the student copula, we simulate temperature and rainfall simultaneously. The resulting models can be integrated with research on agricultural production and planning to study the effects of changing climate on crop yields.
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- Rong-Gang Cong
- Centre for Environmental and Climate Research-CEC, Lund University, Lund S-22362, Sweden.
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Liu C, Allan RP. Multisatellite observed responses of precipitation and its extremes to interannual climate variability. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/2011jd016568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Wentz FJ, Ricciardulli L. Comment on "Global trends in wind speed and wave height". Science 2011; 334:905; author reply 905. [PMID: 22096173 DOI: 10.1126/science.1210317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Young et al. (Reports, 22 April 2011, p. 451) reported trends in global mean wind speed much larger than found by other investigators. Their report fails to reference these other investigations and does not discuss the consequences that such large wind trends would have on global evaporation and precipitation. The difference between their altimeter and buoy trends suggests a relatively large trend error.
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- Frank J Wentz
- Remote Sensing Systems, 444 10th Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401, USA.
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Lau KM, Wu HT. Climatology and changes in tropical oceanic rainfall characteristics inferred from Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) data (1998–2009). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1029/2011jd015827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Clusella-Trullas S, Blackburn TM, Chown SL. Climatic Predictors of Temperature Performance Curve Parameters in Ectotherms Imply Complex Responses to Climate Change. Am Nat 2011; 177:738-51. [DOI: 10.1086/660021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 326] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Andrews T. Forcing and response in simulated 20th and 21st century surface energy and precipitation trends. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1029/2009jd011749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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