Assessment of future changes in water availability and aridity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 5493-5499

  Greve, P ^a,b   Seneviratne, S I ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

aridity; climate change; CMIP5; dry gets drier, wet gets wetter; water availability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; DRIERS (MATERIALS);

ARIDITY; CMIP5; GLOBAL LAND SURFACE; HIGH-LATITUDE REGIONS; HUMID REGIONS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; WATER AVAILABILITY; WETTING CONDITIONS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LAND SURFACE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 84938125223     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL064127     Document Type: Article

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