Robust spring drying in the southwestern US and seasonal migration of wet/dry patterns in a warmer climate

Y Gao, LR Leung, J Lu, Y Liu… - Geophysical Research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This study compares climate simulations over North America produced by a regional climate
model with the driving global climate simulations as well as a multimodel ensemble of global …

Near‐term acceleration of hydroclimatic change in the western US

M Ashfaq, S Ghosh, SC Kao, LC Bowling… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Given its large population, vigorous and water‐intensive agricultural industry, and important
ecological resources, the western United States presents a valuable case study for …

Warm‐season rainfall variability over the US Great Plains and its correlation with evapotranspiration in a climate simulation

W Wu, RE Dickinson - Geophysical Research Letters, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The warm‐season rainfall variability over the US Great Plains is examined in a climate
simulation and compared with observations to explore the role of land‐atmosphere …

Atmospheric circulation constraints on 21st century seasonal precipitation storylines for the southwestern United States

KM Grise - Geophysical Research Letters, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Precipitation is vital for the water‐limited region of the southwestern United States. Coupled
Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 global climate models project 21st century …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanism of future spring drying in the southwestern United States in CMIP5 models

M Ting, R Seager, C Li, H Liu… - Journal of Climate, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
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Neglecting irrigation contributes to the simulated summertime warm-and-dry bias in the central United States

Y Qian, Z Yang, Z Feng, Y Liu, WI Gustafson… - Npj Climate and …, 2020 - nature.com
A vast number of weather forecast and climate models have a common warm-and-dry bias,
accompanied by the underestimation of evapotranspiration and overestimation of surface …

Simulating the convective precipitation diurnal cycle in North America's current and future climate

L Scaff, AF Prein, Y Li, C Liu, R Rasmussen, K Ikeda - Climate Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
Convection-permitting models (CPM) with at least 4 km horizontal grid spacing enable the
cumulus parameterization to be switched off and thus simulate convective processes more …

Shifting seasonality and increasing frequency of precipitation in wet and dry seasons across the US

I Pal, BT Anderson, GD Salvucci… - Geophysical Research …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Water management, agriculture, and ecological systems are sensitive to the frequency and
timing of precipitation. Here we document historical trends in these characteristics for station …

Terrestrial evaporation and moisture drainage in a warmer climate

DJ Short Gianotti, R Akbar, AF Feldman… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
To determine hydrologic changes in a warmer climate, we impose precipitation and potential
evaporation (Eo) perturbations on hydrologic response functions constructed from …

CMIP5 projected changes in spring and summer drought and wet conditions over North America

S Swain, K Hayhoe - Climate Dynamics, 2015 - Springer
Climate change is expected to alter the mean and variability of future spring and summer
drought and wet conditions during the twenty-first century across North America, as …