Terrestrial Aridity and Its Response to Greenhouse Warming across CMIP5 Climate Models
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Terrestrial Aridity and Its Response to Greenhouse Warming across CMIP5 Climate Models
The aridity of a terrestrial climate is often quantified using the dimensionless ratio P/PET of annual precipitation (P) to annual potential evapotranspiration (PET). In this study, the climatological patterns and greenhouse warming responses of terrestrial P, Penman–Monteith PET, and P/PET are compared among 16 modern global climate models. The large-scale climatological values and implied bio...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Climate
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0894-8755,1520-0442
DOI: 10.1175/jcli-d-14-00480.1