Sentences with phrase «less precipitation over land»

A radical meteorology theory argues that loss of forest, both in temperate and tropical regions, will lead to less precipitation over land.

Not exact matches

The net change over land accounts for 24 % of the global mean increase in precipitation, a little less than the areal proportion of land (29 %).

The absolute humidity will be largely set by the oceans, so water vapor and will increase but relative humidity over land will largely decrease, resulting in less precipitation than one would otherwise expect, given Clausius - Clapeyron and a constant residence time.