A review of global precipitation data sets: Data sources, estimation, and intercomparisons

Q Sun, C Miao, Q Duan, H Ashouri… - Reviews of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we present a comprehensive review of the data sources and estimation
methods of 30 currently available global precipitation data sets, including gauge‐based …

Measuring, modelling and managing gully erosion at large scales: A state of the art

M Vanmaercke, P Panagos, T Vanwalleghem… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil erosion is generally recognized as the dominant process of land degradation. The
formation and expansion of gullies is often a highly significant process of soil erosion …

[HTML][HTML] Global distribution, trends, and drivers of flash drought occurrence

JI Christian, JB Basara, ED Hunt, JA Otkin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Flash drought is characterized by a period of rapid drought intensification with impacts on
agriculture, water resources, ecosystems, and the human environment. Addressing these …

The GFDL Earth System Model version 4.1 (GFDL‐ESM 4.1): Overall coupled model description and simulation characteristics

JP Dunne, LW Horowitz, AJ Adcroft… - Journal of Advances …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We describe the baseline coupled model configuration and simulation characteristics of
GFDL's Earth System Model Version 4.1 (ESM4. 1), which builds on component and coupled …

The community earth system model version 2 (CESM2)

G Danabasoglu, JF Lamarque… - Journal of Advances …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
An overview of the Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2) is provided,
including a discussion of the challenges encountered during its development and how they …

[HTML][HTML] The first high-resolution meteorological forcing dataset for land process studies over China

J He, K Yang, W Tang, H Lu, J Qin, Y Chen, X Li - Scientific data, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The China Meteorological Forcing Dataset (CMFD) is the first high spatial-temporal
resolution gridded near-surface meteorological dataset developed specifically for studies of …

Importance and vulnerability of the world's water towers

WW Immerzeel, AF Lutz, M Andrade, A Bahl… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Mountains are the water towers of the world, supplying a substantial part of both natural and
anthropogenic water demands,. They are highly sensitive and prone to climate change,, yet …

[HTML][HTML] Mortality risk attributable to wildfire-related PM2· 5 pollution: a global time series study in 749 locations

G Chen, Y Guo, X Yue, S Tong, A Gasparrini… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Many regions of the world are now facing more frequent and unprecedentedly
large wildfires. However, the association between wildfire-related PM 2· 5 and mortality has …

[HTML][HTML] Accelerating flash droughts induced by the joint influence of soil moisture depletion and atmospheric aridity

Y Qing, S Wang, BC Ancell, ZL Yang - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
The emergence of flash drought has attracted widespread attention due to its rapid onset.
However, little is known about the recent evolution of flash droughts in terms of the speed of …

[HTML][HTML] Current status of Landsat program, science, and applications

MA Wulder, TR Loveland, DP Roy, CJ Crawford… - Remote sensing of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Formal planning and development of what became the first Landsat satellite commenced
over 50 years ago in 1967. Now, having collected earth observation data for well over four …