Spatial partitioning of terrestrial precipitation reveals varying dataset agreement across different environments

Communications: Earth and the Environment | Markonis et al. [2024] The study of the water cycle at planetary scale is crucial for our understanding of large-scale climatic processes. However, very little is known about how terrestrial precipitation is distributed across different environments. In this study, we address this gap by employing a 17-dataset ensemble to …

HYADES – A Global Archive of Annual Maxima Daily Precipitation

Scientific Data | Vargas Godoy et al. [2024] Time series of annual maxima daily precipitation are crucial for understanding extreme precipitation behavior and its shifts toward nonstationarity with global warming. Extreme precipitation insight assists hydraulic infrastructure design, water resource management, natural hazard prevention, and climate change adaptation. However, not even a third of the records …

Does ERA5-land capture the changes in the terrestrial hydrological cycle across the globe?

Environmental Research Letters | Dutta and Markonis [2024] Changes in the terrestrial hydrological cycle determine the future water availability across the globe with profound impacts in different facets of society. Precise estimation of such changes is vital for the effective implementation of water management policies. Among the numerous data products that describe the hydrological cycle …

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 …

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, …

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 …