@wanderspieler @dr_jo_mue @rahmstorf
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...In my understanding, the authors even reach a different conclusion:
"Many apparent #Pluvials [epocs of a more humid climate] were due only to the de¬ crease of evaporation with lower temperatures, without marked change of precipitation; 👉evidence of an actual increase of rainfall is rare."👈
Focus seems to have been #CloudSeeding and #PrecipitationScavenging.
*So, from the materials researched,...*
Changing Intensity Of Hydroclimatic Extreme Events Revealed By GRACE And GRACE-FO
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-023-00040-5 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #hydrology #watersecurity #pluvials #flood #flooding #drought #climatechange #events #climate #extremeweather #mitigation #model #modeling #global #remotesensing #gischat #GRACE #GRACEFO #satellite #extremeevents #pluvial #temperature #wet #dry #extremes #intensity #ENSO #surfacetemperatures #climatecrisis #climatezone #spatialanalysis #hydroclimate #spatiotemporal #corrleation #rainfall #precipitation
[some images courtesy of NYT]
The National Weather Service at the Indianapolis Int'l Airport is reporting that 2022 will end with 34.88 inches (886 mm) of precipitation.
That's a dry year for central Indiana, but one dry year will not end this pluvial.
