全球陆地水循环中的非静态性及其在人类世时期的相互联系
Wanshu Nie1,2,3, Sujay V Kumar1, Augusto Getirana1,2
1Hydrological Sciences Lab, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771.
概括
气候变化导致全球水循环发生变化,影响35%的人口和45%的灌土地. 了解这些非静止过程对于水资源管理和气候适应性至关重要.
科学领域:
- 地球系统科学 地球系统科学
- 水文学的水文学
- 遥感 遥感 遥感 遥感
背景情况:
- 全球淡水循环受到气候变化和人类活动的影响.
- 不稳定的过程和水资源分布的变化带来了挑战.
- 对这些水文变化的全面理解仍然是难以捉摸的.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种基于遥感的地面再分析技术.
- 评估全球水循环组件之间的非静止性和相互连接 (2003-2020年).
- 确定影响水资源的关键区域和主要变化类型.
主要方法:
- 开发了一个基于遥感的地面再分析数据集.
- 分析了全球水循环的组成部分,包括陆地储水,降水,蒸发,排水和初级生产总量.
- 识别和描述非静止模式及其主导类型 (长期趋势,季节性变化,极端变化).
主要成果:
- 突出了20个热点地区,陆地储水的不稳定性很强,影响全球35%的人口和45%的灌农业.
- 确定新兴的长期趋势 (48.2%) 是主要的非静止模式,其次是季节性变化 (32.8%) 和极端变化 (19%).
- 在不同的水循环组件中观察到不同的非静止性模式,并在热点区域中观察到独特的表现,特别是在中度地区 (亚洲和北美).
结论:
- 这些发现强调了在评估水循环时考虑非静态性的至关重要.
- 强调需要制定战略,解决可持续的水资源使用和应对极端事件的弹性问题.
- 强调了水循环组件对气候变化和人类水资源管理的复杂反应.
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