Water cycle changes in Czechia: a multi-source water budget perspective

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences | Vargas Godoy et al. [2023] The water cycle in Czechia has been observed to be changing in recent years, with precipitation and evapotranspiration rates exhibiting a trend of acceleration. However, the spatial patterns of such changes remain poorly understood due to the heterogeneous network of ground observations. This study …

Performance Evaluation of GPM IMERG Precipitation Products over the Tropical Oceans Using Buoys

Journal of Hydrometeorology | Pradhan & Markonis [2023] The majority of global precipitation falls in tropical oceans. Nonetheless, due to the lack of in situ precipitation measurements, the number of studies over the tropical oceans remains limited. Similarly, the performance of IMERG products over the tropical oceans is unknown. In this context, this study quantitatively …

Systematic analysis of the flash drought research: contribution, collaboration, and challenges

Theoretical and Applied Climatology | Rahim et al. [2023] Compound extreme events, such as flash drought, have received wide attention in recent decades due to their far-reaching effects on the ecosystem. Thus, a new concept of flash drought has begun to spread globally in the scientific community, and it is continuously being developed. This study …

pRecipe: A global precipitation climatology toolbox and database

Environmental Modelling & Software | Vargas Godoy & Markonis [2023] Remote sensing data and model simulations of precipitation complemented the traditional surface measurements and offer unprecedented coverage on a global scale. However, the substantial heterogeneity among data products has hindered this unique opportunity to obtain a robust quantification of the climatologic properties of precipitation globally. …

Water cycle changes in reanalyses: a complementary framework

Scientific Reports | Vargas Godoy & Markonis [2023] Climate reanalyses complement traditional surface-based measurements and offer unprecedented coverage over previously inaccessible or unmonitored regions. Even though these have improved the quantification of the global water cycle, their varying performances and uncertainties limit their applicability. Herein, we discuss how a framework encompassing precipitation, evaporation, their difference, …

Mud flows in southwestern Utopia Planitia, Mars

Icarus | Cuřín et al. [2022] Landforms with characteristic flow-like morphology are distributed across the southwestern portion of Utopia Planitia, Mars. Although some of the features have previously been interpreted as mud flows associated with a former presence of partly frozen muddy ocean based on their morphologies and similarities with terrestrial analogues (Ivanov et al., …

The response of the hydrological cycle to temperature changes in recent and distant climatic history

Progress in Earth and Planetary Science | Pratap et al. [2022] The relationship between the hydrological cycle and the temperature is rather complex and of great importance to human socioeconomic activities. The prevailing theory suggests that as temperature increases the hydrological cycle is intensified. Practically, this means more and heavier precipitation. However, the exact magnitude …