The magnitude of change depends on the drought index employed, but soil moisture provides a good means to separate the effect of
shifting seasonal precipitation and confirms an overall drought intensification.
Data analyses have found an increase of drought intensity at many locations [130]--[131] The magnitude of change depends on the drought index employed [132], but soil moisture provides a good means to separate the effect of
shifting seasonal precipitation and confirms an overall drought intensification [37].
Data analyses have found an increase of drought intensity at many locations [130]--[131] The magnitude of change depends on the drought index employed [132], but soil moisture provides a good means to separate the effect of
shifting seasonal precipitation and confirms an overall drought intensification [37].
Not exact matches
These shape the 4 - dimensional pattern of temperature and other changes — the patterns of circulation, latent heating, and
precipitation will
shift, as can the cycles driven the imposed diurnal and
seasonal cycles in incident solar radiation; the texture of internal variability can also
shift.
Temperate Biomes: Areas in the middle latitudes have biomes adapted to
seasonal shifts in temperature in
precipitation in temperature.
For the entire Northern Hemisphere, there is evidence of an increase in both storm frequency and intensity during the cold season since 1950,1 with storm tracks having
shifted slightly towards the poles.2, 3 Extremely heavy snowstorms increased in number during the last century in northern and eastern parts of the United States, but have been less frequent since 2000.11,15 Total
seasonal snowfall has generally decreased in southern and some western areas, 16 increased in the northern Great Plains and Great Lakes region, 16,17 and not changed in other areas, such as the Sierra Nevada, although snow is melting earlier in the year and more
precipitation is falling as rain versus snow.18 Very snowy winters have generally been decreasing in frequency in most regions over the last 10 to 20 years, although the Northeast has been seeing a normal number of such winters.19 Heavier - than - normal snowfalls recently observed in the Midwest and Northeast U.S. in some years, with little snow in other years, are consistent with indications of increased blocking (a large scale pressure pattern with little or no movement) of the wintertime circulation of the Northern Hemisphere.5 However, conclusions about trends in blocking have been found to depend on the method of analysis, 6 so the assessment and attribution of trends in blocking remains an active research area.
Following the
seasonal evolution of the
precipitation climatology, increased
precipitation extremes
shift from the Central Great Plains in early summer to the Southwest in late summer.
These changes will likely include major
shifts in wind patterns, annual
precipitation and
seasonal temperatures variations.