Improving the representation of hydrologic processes in Earth System Models

MP Clark, Y Fan, DM Lawrence… - Water Resources …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Many of the scientific and societal challenges in understanding and preparing for global
environmental change rest upon our ability to understand and predict the water cycle …

Models meet data: Challenges and opportunities in implementing land management in Earth system models

J Pongratz, H Dolman, A Don, KH Erb… - Global change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
As the applications of Earth system models (ESM s) move from general climate projections
toward questions of mitigation and adaptation, the inclusion of land management practices …

Hillslope hydrology in global change research and earth system modeling

Y Fan, M Clark, DM Lawrence… - Water Resources …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Earth System Models (ESMs) are essential tools for understanding and predicting
global change, but they cannot explicitly resolve hillslope‐scale terrain structures that …

Climate change impacts on meteorological, agricultural and hydrological droughts in China

G Leng, Q Tang, S Rayburg - Global and Planetary Change, 2015 - Elsevier
Bias corrected daily climate projections from five global circulation models (GCMs) under the
RCP8. 5 emission scenarios were fed into a calibrated Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) …

Present‐day irrigation mitigates heat extremes

W Thiery, EL Davin, DM Lawrence… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Irrigation is an essential practice for sustaining global food production and many regional
economies. Emerging scientific evidence indicates that irrigation substantially affects mean …

Incorporation of groundwater pumping in a global L and S urface M odel with the representation of human impacts

YN Pokhrel, S Koirala, PJF Yeh… - Water Resources …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Observations indicate that groundwater levels are declining in many regions around the
world. Simulating such depletion of groundwater at the global scale still remains a challenge …

Evaluating the utility of satellite soil moisture retrievals over irrigated areas and the ability of land data assimilation methods to correct for unmodeled processes

SV Kumar, CD Peters-Lidard… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2015 - hess.copernicus.org
Earth's land surface is characterized by tremendous natural heterogeneity and human-
engineered modifications, both of which are challenging to represent in land surface …

Climate change reduces water availability for agriculture by decreasing non-evaporative irrigation losses

K Malek, JC Adam, CO Stöckle, RT Peters - Journal of Hydrology, 2018 - Elsevier
Irrigation efficiency plays an important role in agricultural productivity; it affects farm-scale
water demand, and the partitioning of irrigation losses into evaporative and non-evaporative …

On inclusion of water resource management in Earth system models–Part 1: Problem definition and representation of water demand

A Nazemi, HS Wheater - Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2015 - hess.copernicus.org
Human activities have caused various changes to the Earth system, and hence the
interconnections between human activities and the Earth system should be recognized and …

Recent progresses in incorporating human land–water management into global land surface models toward their integration into Earth system models

YN Pokhrel, N Hanasaki, Y Wada… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The global water cycle has been profoundly affected by human land–water management. As
the changes in the water cycle on land can affect the functioning of a wide range of …