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Afternoon rain more likely over drier soils

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  • Christopher M. Taylor

    (NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK)

  • Richard A. M. de Jeu

    (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

  • Françoise Guichard

    (CNRM-GAME (CNRS and Météo-France), 42 avenue Coriolis, 31057 Toulouse Cedex, France)

  • Phil P. Harris

    (NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK)

  • Wouter A. Dorigo

    (Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (I.P.F.), Vienna University of Technology, Gusshausstraße 27-29, 1040 Vienna, Austria)

Abstract

Analysis of observations on six continents reveals a global preference for afternoon rain to fall on locally drier soils—contrary to the predictions of large-scale climate models, and suggesting that such models may exaggerate the occurrence of droughts.

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  • Christopher M. Taylor & Richard A. M. de Jeu & Françoise Guichard & Phil P. Harris & Wouter A. Dorigo, 2012. "Afternoon rain more likely over drier soils," Nature, Nature, vol. 489(7416), pages 423-426, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:489:y:2012:i:7416:d:10.1038_nature11377
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11377
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    1. Junying Fang & Yu Du, 2022. "A global survey of diurnal offshore propagation of rainfall," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.
    2. Shaoqing Liu & Min Chen & Qianlai Zhuang, 2016. "Direct radiative effects of tropospheric aerosols on changes of global surface soil moisture," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 136(2), pages 175-187, May.
    3. Ayoola O., Oluwadare & Harald, Kunstmann & Esolomo J., Oluwadare & Jan, Bliefernicht, 2022. "Seasonal And Diurnal Variation Of Surface Energy Fluxes And Surface Characteristics Over A Semiarid Grassland In West Africa," International Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Research, Malwa International Journals Publication, vol. 8(1), February.
    4. Xiaodan Zhao & Wenlong Jing & Pengyan Zhang, 2017. "Mapping Fine Spatial Resolution Precipitation from TRMM Precipitation Datasets Using an Ensemble Learning Method and MODIS Optical Products in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(10), pages 1-17, October.
    5. Hsin Hsu & Paul A. Dirmeyer, 2023. "Soil moisture-evaporation coupling shifts into new gears under increasing CO2," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9, December.

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