Decadal changes in radiative fluxes at land and ocean surfaces and their relevance for global warming

M Wild - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic interference with climate occurs primarily through modification of radiative
fluxes in the climate system. Increasing releases of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere …

[PDF][PDF] Spatial trend analysis of Hawaiian rainfall from 1920 to 2012

AG Frazier, TW Giambelluca - International Journal of Climatology, 2017 - researchgate.net
Spatial patterns of rainfall in Hawai 'i are among the most diverse in the world. As the global
climate warms, it is important to understand observed rainfall variations to provide context for …

A 20-year analysis of disturbance-driven rainfall on O 'ahu, Hawai 'i

RJ Longman, OE Timm… - Monthly Weather …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Undisturbed trade-wind conditions compose the most prevalent synoptic weather pattern in
Hawai 'i and produce a distinct pattern of orographic rainfall. Significant total rainfall …

Sustained increases in lower-tropospheric subsidence over the central tropical North Pacific drive a decline in high-elevation rainfall in Hawaii

RJ Longman, HF Diaz, TW Giambelluca - Journal of Climate, 2015 - journals.ametsoc.org
Consistent increases in the strength and frequency of occurrence of the trade wind inversion
(TWI) are identified across a~ 40-yr period (1973–2013) in Hawaii. Changepoint analysis …

Spatial patterns and trends in surface air temperatures and implied changes in atmospheric moisture across the Hawaiian Islands, 1905–2017

AK Kagawa‐Viviani… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract While the Hawaiian Islands are experiencing long‐term warming, spatial and
temporal patterns are poorly characterized. Drawing on daily temperature records from 309 …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of climate change on daily streamflow and its extreme values in pacific island watersheds

OT Leta, AI El-Kadi, H Dulai - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
The integration of hydrology and climate is important for understanding the present and
future impact of climate on streamflow, which may cause frequent flooding, droughts, and …

Future warming rates over the Hawaiian Islands based on elevation‐dependent scaling factors

O Elison Timm - International Journal of Climatology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Regional climate change scenarios are important for understanding their impacts on
environments of oceanic islands. This study presents a statistical method that estimates …

[PDF][PDF] Dimming in Iran since the 2000s and the potential underlying causes

B Jahani, Y Dinpashoh, M Wild - International Journal of …, 2018 - researchgate.net
This study investigates the spatio-temporal variations of global solar radiation and its
relationships with cloud cover (CC) during 1998–2015 in Iran, where no previous …

Slope aspect of a mountainous grassland landscape shapes the structure of an encroaching shrub (Euryops floribundus NE Br): insights from communal grazing sites …

M Gxasheka, P Dlamini - Community Ecology, 2024 - Springer
Mountainous grassland landscapes are severely threatened by the proliferation of shrub
encroachment. So far, it remains unclear though how slope aspect coupled with land …

Characterizing streamflow regimes using a distributed model for sustainable resource management in the humid tropics

AM Strauch, YF Huang, YP Tsang - Journal of Hydrology, 2024 - Elsevier
Estimating streamflow regimes on small tropical islands is challenging due to limited
observational data, poor accuracy of remote sensing, and the limitations of coarse-scale …