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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Global water cycle"”.
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The response of ocean salinity patterns to climate change : implications for circulation
Global patterns of ocean salinity arise from the exchange of freshwater between the sea surface and the atmosphere. For a quasi-steady state system, these surface fluxes are balanced by compensating transports of salt in the ocean interior. In a warming climate, the atmosphere holds additional …
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Estimating Reservoir Storage Dynamics Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Hypsometric Information
Reservoirs are crucial components of the global water cycle, accounting for over half of the seasonal variability in global surface water storage. Their operation significantly influences downstream hydrology, ecosystem integrity, and water availability. However, a persistent lack of publicly …
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INVESTIGATION OF THE HYDRAULIC CHARACTERISTICS OF COASTAL REDWOODS THROUGH ANALYSIS OF WATER DYNAMICS
… weather during the climate change disturbs the global water cycle and harms the earth ecosystem. Because trees provide critical ecosystem services, it is important to understand how they respond to the changing environment to gauge the negative impact of the climate change on the ecosystem. …
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The response of ocean salinity patterns to climate change: implications for circulation
Global patterns of ocean salinity arise from the exchange of freshwater between the sea surface and the atmosphere. For a quasi-steady state system, these surface fluxes are balanced by compensating transports of salt in the ocean interior. In a warming climate, the atmosphere holds additional …
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Exploring Innovative Methods to Study Inland Waters Using Remote Sensing
Inland water bodies such as lakes and rivers provide vital freshwater to both human communities and ecosystems. However, these water bodies are increasingly altered by anthropogenic activities. Deforestation, agriculture, and structures such as dams can all have serious impacts on both water …
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Spatial and temporal variation in precipitation pattern
The intensification of hydrological cycle and its nature is an important question in hydrology. The human activities are a major cause of change in hydrological cycle. The fluctuations in hydrological cycle can influence the dynamics of ecosystem. The changes in global water cycle and the …
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Calibration of the global hydrological model WGHM with water mass variations from GRACE gravity data
… Experiment) mission in 2002 time dependent global maps of the Earth's gravity field are available to study geophysical and climatologically-driven mass redistributions on the Earth's surface. In particular, GRACE observations of total water storage changes (TWSV) provide a comprehensive data …
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Predictability and trends of annual pollutant loads in Midwestern watersheds
The effect of multiple stressors on global water resources have been increasing rapidly over the past few decades. Anthropogenic activities such as rapid industrialization, urbanization, deforestation and increased application of agricultural nutrients have led to a decline in overall quality of …
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Cratonic eclogite xenoliths - formation and evolution of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle
… in omphacite at mantle conditions. Calculated water content of omphacite, based on Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (FTIR) analyses, varies from ~930—1410 to ~1100—1680 ppm by weight H2O, according to different absorption coefficients. Primary garnets are typically anhydrous (<7 ppm …
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Analysis of water volume change of the lakes and reservoirs in the Mississippi River basin using Landsat imagery and satellite altimetry
In recent years, the demand for freshwater has been steadily increasing owing to population growth and economic expansion. Surface waters such as lakes and reservoirs function as a dominant factor in mankind's freshwater provision. Analysis of changes in their water storage is consequently vital …
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Carbon dynamics under natural and manipulated meteorological boundary conditions in a forest and a fen ecosystem
… in well-drained soils or a lowering of the water table in water-logged soils. Due to rising temperatures precipitation is more likely to occur as rain rather than snow, resulting in reduced snowpacks in winter. In some regions, this can lead to an increasing frequency of soil frost. In …
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Impacts of model-data uncertainties on biogeophysical-biogeochemical interactions in a land surface model (with an emphasis on the northern high-latitude regions)
… scales ranging from flux tower sites to the global land surface in order to explore how the modeling uncertainties translate from site to regional to global scales. I studied the impacts from three key factors that can largely contribute of modeling uncertainties in terrestrial processes, …