[PDF][PDF] Variations and changes of annual precipitation in Central Asia over the last century

Z Hu, Q Zhou, X Chen, C Qian, S Wang… - International Journal of …, 2017 - researchgate.net
This study examines the temporal variations and spatial distributions of annual precipitation
over Central Asia during the periods of 1901–2013, 1951–2013, and 1979–2013 using the …

Climatic and anthropogenic factors affecting river discharge to the global ocean, 1951–2000

JD Milliman, KL Farnsworth, PD Jones, KH Xu… - Global and planetary …, 2008 - Elsevier
During the last half of the 20th century, cumulative annual discharge from 137 representative
rivers (watershed areas ranging from 0.3 to 6300× 103 km2) to the global ocean remained …

[PDF][PDF] An update of high-resolution monthly climate surfaces for Mexico

AP Cuervo-Robayo, O Téllez-Valdés… - International journal of …, 2014 - core.ac.uk
Climate surfaces are digital representations of climatic variables from a region in the planet
estimated via geographical interpolation techniques. Climate surfaces have multiple …

The fate of nitrogen in grain cropping systems: a meta‐analysis of 15N field experiments

JB Gardner, LE Drinkwater - Ecological applications, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Intensively managed grain farms are saturated with large inputs of nitrogen (N) fertilizer,
leading to N losses and environmental degradation. Despite decades of research directed …

Global variations in droughts and wet spells: 1900–1995

A Dai, KE Trenberth, TR Karl - Geophysical Research Letters, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
The Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) was calculated globally using gridded monthly air
temperature and precipitation. From 1900 to 1995, there are large multi‐year to decadal …

Observed and model‐simulated diurnal cycles of precipitation over the contiguous United States

A Dai, F Giorgi, KE Trenberth - Journal of Geophysical …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
We analyzed diurnal variations in precipitation, surface pressure, and atmospheric static
energy over the United States from observations and NCAR regional climate model …

[PDF][PDF] The recent Sahel drought is real

A Dai, PJ Lamb, KE Trenberth, M Hulme… - International Journal of …, 2004 - academia.edu
Using station rainfall data extracted from two comprehensive data sets, we show that large
decreasing rainfall trends were widespread in the Sahel (10–20 N and 18 W–20 E) from the …

The influence of the inter-decadal Pacific oscillation on US precipitation during 1923–2010

A Dai - Climate dynamics, 2013 - Springer
Precipitation over the contiguous United States exhibits large multi-decadal oscillations
since the early twentieth century, and they often lead to dry (eg, 1946–1976 and 1999 …

Mountain erosion over 10 yr, 10 ky, and 10 my time scales

JW Kirchner, RC Finkel, CS Riebe, DE Granger… - …, 2001 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We used cosmogenic 10Be to measure erosion rates over 10 ky time scales at 32 Idaho
mountain catchments, ranging from small experimental watersheds (0.2 km2) to large river …

Impacts of present and future climate variability on agriculture and forestry in the temperate regions: Europe

G Maracchi, O Sirotenko, M Bindi - Climatic change, 2005 - Springer
Agriculture and forestry will be particularly sensitive to changes in mean climate and climate
variability in the northern and southern regions of Europe. Agriculture may be positively …