Globally increasing atmospheric aridity over the 21st century

Z Fang, W Zhang, M Brandt, AM Abdi… - Earth's future, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Vapor pressure deficit (VPD) is of great importance to control the land‐atmosphere
exchange of water and CO2. Here we use in situ observations to assess the performance of …

Performance evaluation of CMIP6 GCMs for the projections of precipitation extremes in Pakistan

Z Ali, MM Hamed, MKI Muhammad, Z Iqbal, S Shahid - Climate Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
Extreme weather events are more detrimental to human culture and ecosystems than typical
weather patterns. A multimodel ensemble (MME) of the top-performing global climate …

Impact of climate change induced future rainfall variation on dynamics of arid-humid zone transition in the western province of India

KC Panda, RM Singh, VK Singh, S Singla… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The transition of the Earth's climate from one zone to another is one of the major causes
behind biodiversity loss, rural-urban migration, and increasing food crises. The rising rate of …

A novel approach for evaluation of CMIP6 GCMs in simulating temperature and precipitation extremes of Pakistan

Z Ali, MM Hamed, MKI Muhammad… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The study used a hybrid approach to evaluate the performance of 20 global climate models
(GCMs) from CMIP6 in reproducing 20 extreme temperature and precipitation indices over …

[HTML][HTML] Climatological spatial scales of meteorological droughts in China and associated climate variability

H Zhou, W Zhou, Y Liu, J Huang, Y Yuan, Y Liu - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigates the climatological spatial scales (CSSs) of meteorological droughts
in China and the linkages to climate variability. The Global Precipitation Climatology Centre …

Inter-product biases in extreme precipitation duration and frequency across China

J Lu, K Wang, G Wu, A Ye, Y Mao - Environmental Research …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Accurately delineating the duration and frequency characteristics of extreme precipitation is
vital for assessing climate change risks. This study reassesses the spatiotemporal variations …

Selecting the optimal gridded climate dataset for Nigeria using advanced time series similarity algorithms

B Tanimu, MM Hamed, AAD Bello, SA Abdullahi… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
Choosing a suitable gridded climate dataset is a significant challenge in hydro-climatic
research, particularly in areas lacking long-term, reliable, and dense records. This study …

Effects of elevation and longitude on precipitation and drought on the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, China

H Yu, L Wang, M Yang - Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2023 - Springer
In this study, the effects of elevation and longitude on precipitation and drought on the
Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau (YGP) are investigated, and the performance of four precipitation …

Drought variability in Pakistan: Navigating historical patterns in a changing climate with global teleconnections

M Latif, H Shireen, S Adnan, R Ahmed… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2024 - Springer
This study investigates the spatiotemporal variability of drought patterns in Pakistan on an
annual timescale over 50 years (1971–2020) using six distinct drought indices [viz …

Predictability of the early summer surface air temperature over Western South Asia

IU Rashid, MA Abid, M Osman, F Kucharski, M Ashfaq… - Climate Dynamics, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Variability of the Surface Air Temperature (SAT) over the Western South Asia (WSA)
region leads to frequent heatwaves during the early summer (May-June) season. The …