Sentences with phrase «soil evaporation»
"Soil evaporation" refers to the process where water from the soil turns into water vapor and rises into the air. Full definition
Notably, definitions of drought based upon rainfall fail to recognize the potential impact of increasing rates of soil evaporation with warming.
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So it seems quite clear that there is a potential connection, in a statistical sense, between human - caused global warming, declining Arctic sea ice, and the anomalous blocking pattern this winter that has added to other factors we know are tied to human - caused climate change (warmer temperatures and increased soil evaporation, and decreased winter snowpack and freshwater runoff) to produce the unprecedented drought this year in California.
The long - term simulated water balance components, including transpiration, runoff, soil evaporation, mulch evaporation, drainage and change in soil water, under dryland and irrigated cotton systems with and without cover crops, were compared over a 15 - year period from 2001 - 2015.
The study accounted for evapotranspiration, which is water released into the air through plant transpiration and soil evaporation, as well as precipitation, and surface water flowing into and out of the Central Valley.
(Evapotranspiration is the process by which water is transferred from soil and groundwater to the atmosphere through plant transpiration — loss of water through foliage — and soil evaporation.)