Regions of Strong Coupling Between Soil Moisture and Precipitation
NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research · Met Office · +11 more institutions
Abstract
Previous estimates of land-atmosphere interaction (the impact of soil moisture on precipitation) have been limited by a lack of observational data and by the model dependence of computational estimates. To counter the second limitation, a dozen climate-modeling groups have recently performed the same highly controlled numerical experiment as part of a coordinated comparison project. This allows a multimodel estimation of the regions on Earth where precipitation is affected by soil moisture anomalies during Northern Hemisphere summer. Potential benefits of this estimation may include improved seasonal rainfall forecasts.
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 43.89
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 19
Authors
25- RDRandal D. KosterCorresponding
NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Met Office, Goddard Space Flight Center, Institute of Global Environment and Society, Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
- PAPaul A. Dirmeyer
NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Met Office, Goddard Space Flight Center, Institute of Global Environment and Society, Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
- ZGZhichang Guo
NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Met Office, Goddard Space Flight Center, Institute of Global Environment and Society, Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
- GBGordon B. Bonan
NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Met Office, Goddard Space Flight Center, Institute of Global Environment and Society, Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
- ECEd Chan
NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Met Office, Goddard Space Flight Center, Institute of Global Environment and Society, Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
Topics & keywords
- Precipitation
- Environmental science
- Moisture
- Dozen
- Water content
- Northern Hemisphere
- Climatology
- Atmospheric sciences
- Climate action