Reconciling spatial and temporal soil moisture effects on afternoon rainfall
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- Benoit P Guillod, Boris Orlowsky, Diego Miralles (UGent) , Adriaan J Teuling and Sonia I Seneviratne
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- Soil moisture impacts on precipitation have been strongly debated. Recent observational evidence of afternoon rain falling preferentially over land parcels that are drier than the surrounding areas (negative spatial effect), contrasts with previous reports of a predominant positive temporal effect. However, whether spatial effects relating to soil moisture heterogeneity translate into similar temporal effects remains unknown. Here we show that afternoon precipitation events tend to occur during wet and heterogeneous soil moisture conditions, while being located over comparatively drier patches. Using remote-sensing data and a common analysis framework, spatial and temporal correlations with opposite signs are shown to coexist within the same region and data set. Positive temporal coupling might enhance precipitation persistence, while negative spatial coupling tends to regionally homogenize land surface conditions. Although the apparent positive temporal coupling does not necessarily imply a causal relationship, these results reconcile the notions of moisture recycling with local, spatially negative feedbacks.
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- VARIABILITY, EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, ATMOSPHERIC CONTROLS, SURFACE IRRADIANCES, LAND, EVAPORATION, SCALE, FEEDBACK, STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION, ENERGY SYSTEM CERES
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-6873897
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- Guillod, Benoit P., et al. “Reconciling Spatial and Temporal Soil Moisture Effects on Afternoon Rainfall.” NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 6, 2015, doi:10.1038/ncomms7443.
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- Guillod, B. P., Orlowsky, B., Miralles, D., Teuling, A. J., & Seneviratne, S. I. (2015). Reconciling spatial and temporal soil moisture effects on afternoon rainfall. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7443
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- Guillod, Benoit P, Boris Orlowsky, Diego Miralles, Adriaan J Teuling, and Sonia I Seneviratne. 2015. “Reconciling Spatial and Temporal Soil Moisture Effects on Afternoon Rainfall.” NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7443.
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- Guillod, Benoit P, Boris Orlowsky, Diego Miralles, Adriaan J Teuling, and Sonia I Seneviratne. 2015. “Reconciling Spatial and Temporal Soil Moisture Effects on Afternoon Rainfall.” NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 6. doi:10.1038/ncomms7443.
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- 1.Guillod BP, Orlowsky B, Miralles D, Teuling AJ, Seneviratne SI. Reconciling spatial and temporal soil moisture effects on afternoon rainfall. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2015;6.
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- [1]B. P. Guillod, B. Orlowsky, D. Miralles, A. J. Teuling, and S. I. Seneviratne, “Reconciling spatial and temporal soil moisture effects on afternoon rainfall,” NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 6, 2015.
@article{6873897, abstract = {{Soil moisture impacts on precipitation have been strongly debated. Recent observational evidence of afternoon rain falling preferentially over land parcels that are drier than the surrounding areas (negative spatial effect), contrasts with previous reports of a predominant positive temporal effect. However, whether spatial effects relating to soil moisture heterogeneity translate into similar temporal effects remains unknown. Here we show that afternoon precipitation events tend to occur during wet and heterogeneous soil moisture conditions, while being located over comparatively drier patches. Using remote-sensing data and a common analysis framework, spatial and temporal correlations with opposite signs are shown to coexist within the same region and data set. Positive temporal coupling might enhance precipitation persistence, while negative spatial coupling tends to regionally homogenize land surface conditions. Although the apparent positive temporal coupling does not necessarily imply a causal relationship, these results reconcile the notions of moisture recycling with local, spatially negative feedbacks.}}, articleno = {{6443}}, author = {{Guillod, Benoit P and Orlowsky, Boris and Miralles, Diego and Teuling, Adriaan J and Seneviratne, Sonia I}}, issn = {{2041-1723}}, journal = {{NATURE COMMUNICATIONS}}, keywords = {{VARIABILITY,EVAPOTRANSPIRATION,ATMOSPHERIC CONTROLS,SURFACE IRRADIANCES,LAND,EVAPORATION,SCALE,FEEDBACK,STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION,ENERGY SYSTEM CERES}}, language = {{eng}}, pages = {{6}}, title = {{Reconciling spatial and temporal soil moisture effects on afternoon rainfall}}, url = {{http://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7443}}, volume = {{6}}, year = {{2015}}, }
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