Continental-scale convection-permitting modeling of the current and future climate of North America

C Liu, K Ikeda, R Rasmussen, M Barlage, AJ Newman… - Climate Dynamics, 2017 - Springer
Orographic precipitation and snowpack provide a vital water resource for the western US,
while convective precipitation accounts for a significant part of annual precipitation in the …

[HTML][HTML] Advancing South American Water and Climate Science through Multidecadal Convection-Permitting Modeling

F Dominguez, R Rasmussen, C Liu… - Bulletin of the …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Bettolli, ML, and Coauthors, 2021: The CORDEX Flagship Pilot Study in Southeastern South
America: A comparative study of statistical and dynamical downscaling models in simulating …

Constraints on regional projections of mean and extreme precipitation under warming

P Dai, J Nie, Y Yu, R Wu - Proceedings of the National …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
The projected changes in the hydrological cycle under global warming remain highly
uncertain across current climate models. Here, we demonstrate that the observational past …

Observed and CMIP5 modeled influence of large-scale circulation on summer precipitation and drought in the South-Central United States

JH Ryu, K Hayhoe - Climate Dynamics, 2017 - Springer
Annual precipitation in the largely agricultural South-Central United States is characterized
by a primary wet season in May and June, a mid-summer dry period in July and August, and …

Five decades of observed daily precipitation reveal longer and more variable drought events across much of the western United States

F Zhang, JA Biederman… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple lines of evidence suggest climate change will result in increased precipitation
variability and consequently more frequent extreme events. These hydroclimatic changes …

[HTML][HTML] Cool season precipitation projections for California and the Western United States in NA-CORDEX models

K Mahoney, JD Scott, M Alexander, R McCrary… - Climate Dynamics, 2021 - Springer
Understanding future precipitation changes is critical for water supply and flood risk
applications in the western United States. The North American COordinated Regional …

Atmospheric moisture budget and its regulation of the summer precipitation variability over the Southeastern United States

L Li, W Li, AP Barros - Climate dynamics, 2013 - Springer
Atmospheric moisture budget and its regulation of the summer (June–July–August)
precipitation over the Southeastern United State (SE US) were examined during 1948–2007 …

[HTML][HTML] Relative contributions of mean-state shifts and ENSO-driven variability to precipitation changes in a warming climate

CJW Bonfils, BD Santer, TJ Phillips, K Marvel… - Journal of …, 2015 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is an important driver of regional hydroclimate
variability through far-reaching teleconnections. This study uses simulations performed with …

Influence of the intensification of the major oceanic moisture sources on continental precipitation

L Gimeno, R Nieto, A Drumond… - Geophysical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we address two key issues in the hydrological cycle that have remained
elusive: 1) to what extent can we expect climate change to affect the transport of moisture …

Thermodynamic and dynamic controls on changes in the zonally anomalous hydrological cycle

RC Wills, MP Byrne, T Schneider - Geophysical Research …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The wet gets wetter, dry gets drier paradigm explains the expected moistening of the
extratropics and drying of the subtropics as the atmospheric moisture content increases with …