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Review article: Drought as a continuum – memory effects in interlinked hydrological, ecological, and social systems Open

Anne F. Van Loon, Sarra Kchouk, Alessia Matanó, Faranak Tootoonchi, Camila Álvarez-Garretón , et al. · 2024

Droughts are often long-lasting phenomena, without a distinct start or end and with impacts cascading across sectors and systems, creating long-term legacies. Nevertheless, our current perceptions and management of droughts and their impac…

Review article: Drought as a continuum: memory effects in interlinked hydrological, ecological, and social systems Open

Anne F. Van Loon, Sarra Kchouk, Alessia Matanó, Faranak Tootoonchi, Camila Álvarez-Garretón , et al. · 2024

Droughts are often long lasting phenomena, without a distinct start or end, and with impacts cascading across sectors and systems, creating long-term legacies. Nevertheless, our current perception and management of droughts and their impac…

How Well Do We Understand the Land-Ocean-Atmosphere Carbon Cycle? Open

David Crisp, A. J. Dolman, Toste Tanhua, Galen A. McKinley, Judith Hauck , et al. · 2022

Earth and Space Science Open Archive This preprint has been submitted to and is under consideration at Reviews of Geophysics. ESSOAr is a venue for early communication or feedback before peer review. Data may be preliminary.Learn more abou…

How Well Do We Understand the Land‐Ocean‐Atmosphere Carbon Cycle? Open

David Crisp, A. J. Dolman, Toste Tanhua, Galen A. McKinley, Judith Hauck , et al. · 2022

Fossil fuel combustion, land use change and other human activities have increased the atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) abundance by about 50% since the beginning of the industrial age. The atmospheric CO 2 growth rates would have been mu…

How Well Do We Understand the Land-Ocean-Atmosphere Carbon Cycle? Open

David Crisp, A. J. Dolman, Toste Tanhua, Galen A. McKinley, Judith Hauck , et al. · 2021

Earth and Space Science Open Archive This work has been accepted for publication in Reviews of Geophysics. Version of RecordESSOAr is a venue for early communication or feedback before peer review. Data may be preliminary. Learn more about…

Seasonal ecosystem vulnerability to climatic anomalies in the Mediterranean Open

Johannes Vogel, Eva Nora Paton, Valentin Aich · 2021

Mediterranean ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to climate change and the associated increase in climate anomalies. This study investigates extreme ecosystem responses evoked by climatic drivers in the Mediterranean Basin for the time…

Closing the Water Cycle from Observations across Scales: Where Do We Stand? Open

Wouter Dorigo, Stephan Dietrich, Filipe Aires, Luca Brocca, Sarah Carter , et al. · 2021

Life on Earth vitally depends on the availability of water. Human pressure on freshwater resources is increasing, as is human exposure to weather-related extremes (droughts, storms, floods) caused by climate change. Understanding these cha…

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Johannes Vogel, Eva Nora Paton, Valentin Aich · 2021

Abstract. Mediterranean ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to climate change and the associated increase in climate anomalies. This study investigates extreme ecosystem responses evoked by climatic drivers in the Medit…

Seasonal ecosystem vulnerability to climatic anomalies in theMediterranean Open

Johannes Vogel, Eva Nora Paton, Valentin Aich · 2021

Mediterranean ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to climate change and the associated increase in climate extremes. This study investigates extreme ecosystem responses evoked by climatic drivers in the Mediterranean Basin for the time …

Global Terrestrial Network of Water Resources Observation Infrastructures Open

Stephan Dietrich, Valentin Aich, Wouter Dorigo, Thomas Recknagel, Harald Koethe , et al. · 2021

<p>Life on earth is closely linked to the availability of water and its variability. However, global change means that the demands placed on water resources are constantly increasing. According to the conclusions of the IPCC's 5th As…

How Well Do We Understand the Land-Ocean-Atmosphere Carbon Cycle? Open

David Crisp, A. J. Dolman, Toste Tanhua, Galen A. McKinley, Judith Hauck , et al. · 2021

Earth and Space Science Open Archive This work has been accepted for publication in Reviews of Geophysics. Version of RecordESSOAr is a venue for early communication or feedback before peer review. Data may be preliminary. Learn more about…

Increasing compound warm spells and droughts in the Mediterranean Basin Open

Johannes Vogel, Eva Nora Paton, Valentin Aich, Axel Bronstert · 2021

Impacts of Climate Change on the Water Resources of the Kunduz River Basin, Afghanistan Open

Noor Ahmad Akhundzadah, Salim Soltani, Valentin Aich · 2020

The Kunduz River is one of the main tributaries of the Amu Darya Basin in North Afghanistan. Many communities live in the Kunduz River Basin (KRB), and its water resources have been the basis of their livelihoods for many generations. This…

Heat stored in the Earth system: where does the energy go? Open

Karina von Schuckmann, Lijing Cheng, Matthew D. Palmer, James E. Hansen, Caterina Tassone , et al. · 2020

Human-induced atmospheric composition changes cause a radiative imbalance at the top of the atmosphere which is driving global warming. This Earth energy imbalance (EEI) is the most critical number defining the prospects for continued glob…

One simulation, different conclusions—the baseline period makes the difference! Open

Stefan Liersch, Martin Drews, Tobias Pilz, Seyni Salack, Diana Sietz , et al. · 2020

The choice of the baseline period, intentionally chosen or not, as a reference for assessing future changes of any projected variable can play an important role for the resulting statement. In regional climate impact studies, well-establis…

Heat stored in the Earth system: Where does the energy go? The GCOS Earth heat inventory team Open

Karina von Schuckmann, Lijing Cheng, Matthew D. Palmer, Caterina Tassone, Valentin Aich , et al. · 2020

Human-induced atmospheric composition changes cause a radiative imbalance at the top-of-atmosphere which is driving global warming. This Earth Energy Imbalance (EEI) is a fundamental metric of climate change. Understanding the heat gain of…

Heat stored in the Earth system: Where does the energy go? Version 2 Open

Karina von Schuckmann, Lijing Cheng, Matthew D. Palmer, James A. Hansen, Caterina Tassone , et al. · 2020

Project: GCOS Earth Heat Inventory - A study under the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) concerted international effort to update the Earth heat inventory (EHI), and presents an updated international assessment of ocean warming estima…

Multimodel assessment of flood characteristics in four large river basins at global warming of 1.5, 2.0 and 3.0 K above the pre-industrial level Open

Shaochun Huang, Rohini Kumar, Oldřich Rakovec, Valentin Aich, Xiaoyan Wang , et al. · 2018

This study assesses the flood characteristics (timing, magnitude and frequency) in the pre-industrial and historical periods, and analyzes climate change impacts on floods at the warming levels of 1.5, 2.0 and 3.0 K above the pre-industria…

Lightning: A New Essential Climate Variable Open

Valentin Aich, R. H. Holzworth, Steven J. Goodman, Yuriy Kuleshov, Colin Price , et al. · 2018

Lightning is a symptom and a cause of climate change. A recently established task team is working to make lightning data available and useful for climate science and service applications.

Intercomparison of regional-scale hydrological models and climate change impacts projected for 12 large river basins worldwide—a synthesis Open

Valentina Krysanova, Tobias Vetter, Stephanie Eisner, Shaochun Huang, Ilias Pechlivanidis , et al. · 2017

An intercomparison of climate change impacts projected by nine regional-scale hydrological models for 12 large river basins on all continents was performed, and sources of uncertainty were quantified in the framework of the ISIMIP project.…

Climate or land use Open

Valentin Aich, Stefan Liersch, Tobias Vetter, Jafet Andersson, Eva N. Müller , et al. · 2017

This study intends to contribute to the ongoing discussion on whether land use and land cover changes (LULC) or climate trends have the major influence on the observed increase of flood magnitudes in the Sahel. A simulation-based approach …

Climate Change in Afghanistan Deduced from Reanalysis and Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX)—South Asia Simulations Open

Valentin Aich, Noor Ahmad Akhundzadah, Alec Knuerr, Ahmad Khoshbeen, Fred F. Hattermann , et al. · 2017

Past and the projected future climate change in Afghanistan has been analyzed systematically and differentiated with respect to its different climate regions to gain some first quantitative insights into Afghanistan’s vulnerability to ongo…

Climate change impacts in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) region and their implications for vulnerable population groups Open

Katharina Waha, Linda Krummenauer, Sophie Adams, Valentin Aich, Florent Baarsch , et al. · 2017

Climate change impacts in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) region and their implications for vulnerable population groups Open

Katharina Waha, Linda Krummenauer, Sophie Adams, Valentin Aich, Florent Baarsch , et al. · 2017

Climate change impacts in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) region and their implications for vulnerable population groups

Analysis of hydrological extremes at different hydro-climatic regimes under present and future conditions Open

Ilias Pechlivanidis, Berit Arheimer, Chantal Donnelly, Yeshewatesfa Hundecha, Shaochun Huang , et al. · 2016

Time Series Analysis of Floods across the Niger River Basin Open

Valentin Aich, B. Koné, Fred F. Hattermann, Eva Nora Paton · 2016

This study analyses the increasing number of catastrophic floods in the Niger River Basin, focusing on the relation between long term hydro-climatic variability and flood risk over the last 40 to 100 years. Time series for three subregions…

Climate or Land Use?—Attribution of Changes in River Flooding in the Sahel Zone Open

Valentin Aich, Stefan Liersch, Tobias Vetter, Jafet Andersson, Eva N. Müller , et al. · 2015

This study intends to contribute to the ongoing discussion on whether land use and land cover changes (LULC) or climate trends have the major influence on the observed increase of flood magnitudes in the Sahel. A simulation-based approach …

Multi-model climate impact assessment and intercomparison for three large-scale river basins on three continents Open

Tobias Vetter, Shaochun Huang, Valentin Aich, Tao Yang, Xiaohan Wang , et al. · 2015

Climate change impacts on hydrological processes should be simulated for river basins using validated models and multiple climate scenarios in order to provide reliable results for stakeholders. In the last 10–15 years, climate impact asse…

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