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Potential evapotranspiration and continental drying

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  • P. C. D. Milly

    (US Geological Survey and NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory)

  • K. A. Dunne

    (US Geological Survey and NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory)

Abstract

Tendencies towards climate-change-induced continental drying, as characterized by offline-computed runoff and other potential-evapotranspiration-dependent metrics, may be artefactual. Consequently they may be much weaker and less extensive than previously thought.

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  • P. C. D. Milly & K. A. Dunne, 2016. "Potential evapotranspiration and continental drying," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 6(10), pages 946-949, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:6:y:2016:i:10:d:10.1038_nclimate3046
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3046
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