Sentences with phrase «where precipitation decreases»

The total area (land and ocean) where precipitation decreases is also larger in the high - end models than in the non-high-end models, by 14 per cent in DJF and 7 per cent in JJA.

Yellow colour indicates areas where precipitation decreases, and at least 66 % of the models agree on the sign of the change.

The yellow areas in figure 4 indicate those regions where precipitation decreases by 10 per cent or more, at least 66 per cent of the models agree on the sign of the change and all models project a temperature rise of 6 °C or more.

Where precipitation decreases were projected, the results were more complex due largely to interactions between plant biomass, runoff, and erosion, and either increases or decreases in overall erosion could occur.

Not exact matches

In western states where snowpack is critical, we found decreases in the percent of winter precipitation falling as snow at elevations between sea level and 5,000 feet.

North and northwest China, where the average annual precipitation has decreased by one third between the 1950s and the 1980s, 2 has been experiencing just such a desiccation process.

This is projected to occur even in regions where total precipitation is projected to decrease, such as the Southwest.1, 7,2

Even in areas where precipitation does not decrease, these increases in surface evaporation and loss of water from plants lead to more rapid drying of soils if the effects of higher temperatures are not offset by other changes (such as reduced wind speed or increased humidity).5 As soil dries out, a larger proportion of the incoming heat from the sun goes into heating the soil and adjacent air rather than evaporating its moisture, resulting in hotter summers under drier climatic conditions.6

Efforts to offset declining surface water availability due to increasing precipitation variability will be hampered by the fact that groundwater recharge will decrease considerably in some already water - stressed regions (high confidence)[3.2, 3.4.2], where vulnerability is often exacerbated by the rapid increase in population and water demand (very high confidence)[3.5.1].

The larger decrease seen when ERA - Interim has complete coverage must be viewed with some caution, as the drying comes from areas for which HadISDH does not find suitable station data and for a region where ERA - Interim precipitation has a questionable decrease over time.

Another aspect of these projected changes is that wet extremes are projected to become more severe in many areas where mean precipitation is expected to increase, and dry extremes are projected to become more severe in areas where mean precipitation is projected to decrease.

Widespread increases in heavy precipitation events have been observed, even in places where total amounts have decreased.

Over Europe and the adjacent parts of central western Asia, the areas with enhanced warming in the high - end models are similar to the areas where the precipitation has decreased.