Increasing cloud water resource in a warming world
Abstract Under global warming, terrestrial water resources regulated by precipitation may become more unevenly distributed across space, and some regions are likely to be highly water-stressed. From the perspective of the hydrological cycle, we propose a method to quantify the water resources with p...
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crioppubl:10.1088/1748-9326/ac3db0 2024-09-15T18:02:19+00:00 Increasing cloud water resource in a warming world Cheng, Jingya You, Qinglong Zhou, Yuquan Cai, Miao Pepin, Nick Chen, Deliang AghaKouchak, Amir Kang, Shichang Li, Mingcai Key R&D Program of China 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac3db0 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac3db0 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac3db0/pdf unknown IOP Publishing http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://iopscience.iop.org/info/page/text-and-data-mining Environmental Research Letters volume 16, issue 12, page 124067 ISSN 1748-9326 journal-article 2021 crioppubl https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac3db0 2024-08-12T04:14:28Z Abstract Under global warming, terrestrial water resources regulated by precipitation may become more unevenly distributed across space, and some regions are likely to be highly water-stressed. From the perspective of the hydrological cycle, we propose a method to quantify the water resources with potential precipitation capacity in the atmosphere, or hydrometeors that remain suspended in the atmosphere without contributing to precipitation, namely cloud water resource (CWR). During 2000–2017, CWR mainly concentrates in the middle-high latitudes which is the cold zone of the Köppen classification. In a warming world, CWR shows a significant increase, especially in the cold zone. Climate change with Arctic amplification and enhanced meridional circulation both contribute to the change of CWR through influencing hydrometeor inflow. By studying the characteristics of CWR and its influencing mechanisms, we demonstrate a potential for human intervention to take advantage of CWR in the atmosphere to alleviate terrestrial water resource shortages in the future. Article in Journal/Newspaper Climate change Global warming IOP Publishing Environmental Research Letters 16 12 124067 |
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Abstract Under global warming, terrestrial water resources regulated by precipitation may become more unevenly distributed across space, and some regions are likely to be highly water-stressed. From the perspective of the hydrological cycle, we propose a method to quantify the water resources with potential precipitation capacity in the atmosphere, or hydrometeors that remain suspended in the atmosphere without contributing to precipitation, namely cloud water resource (CWR). During 2000–2017, CWR mainly concentrates in the middle-high latitudes which is the cold zone of the Köppen classification. In a warming world, CWR shows a significant increase, especially in the cold zone. Climate change with Arctic amplification and enhanced meridional circulation both contribute to the change of CWR through influencing hydrometeor inflow. By studying the characteristics of CWR and its influencing mechanisms, we demonstrate a potential for human intervention to take advantage of CWR in the atmosphere to alleviate terrestrial water resource shortages in the future. |
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Cheng, Jingya You, Qinglong Zhou, Yuquan Cai, Miao Pepin, Nick Chen, Deliang AghaKouchak, Amir Kang, Shichang Li, Mingcai Increasing cloud water resource in a warming world |
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Cheng, Jingya You, Qinglong Zhou, Yuquan Cai, Miao Pepin, Nick Chen, Deliang AghaKouchak, Amir Kang, Shichang Li, Mingcai |
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Increasing cloud water resource in a warming world |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac3db0 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac3db0 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac3db0/pdf |
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Climate change Global warming |
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Environmental Research Letters volume 16, issue 12, page 124067 ISSN 1748-9326 |
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