Climate change is one of the most severe threats to global lake ecosystems. Lake surface
conditions, such as ice cover, surface temperature, evaporation and water level, respond …

As a ubiquitous solar-thermal energy conversion process, solar-driven evaporation has
attracted tremendous research attention owing to its high conversion efficiency of solar …

Soil moisture is a key variable of the climate system. It constrains plant transpiration and
photosynthesis in several regions of the world, with consequent impacts on the water …

All currently available climate models predict a near-surface warming trend under the
influence of rising levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. In addition to the direct …

**njiang, China, is a representative arid region in Central Asia that is characterized by a
unique mountain–basin structure and fragile mountain–oasis–desert ecosystems. Climate …

One of the more important questions in hydrology is: if the climate warms in the future, will
there be an intensification of the water cycle and, if so, the nature of that intensification …

Aerosols affect the climate system by changing cloud characteristics in many ways. They act
as cloud condensation and ice nuclei, they may inhibit freezing and they could have an …

A Global Dataset of Palmer Drought Severity Index for 1870–2002: Relationship with Soil
Moisture and Effects of Surface Warming in: Journal of Hydrometeorology Volume 5 Issue 6 …

This review surveys the basic theories, observational methods, satellite algorithms, and land
surface models for terrestrial evapotranspiration, E (or λE, ie, latent heat flux), including a …

Quantifying how climate change drives drought is a priority to inform policy and adaptation
planning. We show that the latest Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6) …