Quantifying present and projected future atmospheric moisture transports onto land

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 7266-7277

  Zahn, Matthias ^a,b   Allan, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

climate change; ECHAM5 model; future climate; hydrological cycle; landward moisture transport; water budget

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BOUNDARY SEGMENTS; FUTURE CLIMATE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET;

BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPORATION;

MOISTURE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE CHANGE; FUTURE PROSPECT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MOISTURE TRANSFER; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 84887151021     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2012WR013209     Document Type: Article

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