人类对蒸发的贡献减轻了干到湿年过渡的波动
Zoe Amie Pierrat1, Rebecca N Gustine1,2, Anna Boser3
1NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
概括
加利福尼亚州加利福尼亚州加利福尼亚州.
科学领域:
- 水文和气候科学 水文和气候科学
- 农业和环境科学 农业和环境科学
背景情况:
- 加利福尼亚州的水安全对于粮食和经济稳定至关重要,面临极端气候事件带来的挑战.
- 蒸发转化 (ET) 是水平衡的一个关键因素,受到自然过程和灌等人类活动的影响.
研究的目的:
- 分析对极端气候变化的蒸发转化 (ET) 反应,特别是从加利福尼亚州的干旱年 (2022) 到潮湿年 (2023).
- 量化自然与人类因素对加利福尼亚在不同气候条件下的ET的贡献.
主要方法:
- 在从极端干旱到异常降雨的过渡期间,对全州蒸发透气数据的分析.
- 在经营的景观中,将自然的ET成分与人类影响的贡献 (例如灌) 分离.
主要成果:
- 尽管2022年至2023年期间降水量有显著变化,但全州总蒸发转化 (ET) 的变化不到10%.
- 人类活动在2022年占全州ET的30%,在2023年占管理区的近50%,尽管雨季自然ET增加.
- 自然ET在2023年增加,但在管理区域的人类对ET的贡献仅下降了30%.
结论:
- 人类活动显著影响加利福尼亚州的水文和蒸发转化 (ET),即使在潮湿的年份.
- 制定了一个框架,以区分对ET的自然和人为控制,强调人类干预的持续影响.
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