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SUBMITTER: Pendergrass AG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5740108 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pendergrass Angeline G AG Knutti Reto R Lehner Flavio F Deser Clara C Sanderson Benjamin M BM
Scientific reports 20171221 1
Understanding changes in precipitation variability is essential for a complete explanation of the hydrologic cycle's response to warming and its impacts. While changes in mean and extreme precipitation have been studied intensively, precipitation variability has received less attention, despite its theoretical and practical importance. Here, we show that precipitation variability in most climate models increases over a majority of global land area in response to warming (66% of land has a robust ...[more]