The change from forest cover to bare ground leads to more heat and drought, he says. (scientificamerican.com)
The mostly bare ground near and around the weather station promotes hotter temperatures on sunny afternoons. (stormbruiser.com)
The Klausmeier model is based on a water redistribution hypothesis, which assumes that rain falling on bare ground infiltrates only slightly; most of it runs downhill in the direction of the next vegetation band. (sciencedaily.com)