Heat waves: Physical understanding and scientific challenges

D Barriopedro, R García‐Herrera… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Heat waves (HWs) can cause large socioeconomic and environmental impacts. The
observed increases in their frequency, intensity and duration are projected to continue with …

Towards neural Earth system modelling by integrating artificial intelligence in Earth system science

C Irrgang, N Boers, M Sonnewald, EA Barnes… - Nature Machine …, 2021 - nature.com
Earth system models (ESMs) are our main tools for quantifying the physical state of the Earth
and predicting how it might change in the future under ongoing anthropogenic forcing. In …

[HTML][HTML] Widespread increasing vegetation sensitivity to soil moisture

W Li, M Migliavacca, M Forkel, JMC Denissen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Global vegetation and associated ecosystem services critically depend on soil moisture
availability which has decreased in many regions during the last three decades. While …

[HTML][HTML] A roadmap for high-resolution satellite soil moisture applications–confronting product characteristics with user requirements

J Peng, C Albergel, A Balenzano, L Brocca… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil moisture observations are of broad scientific interest and practical value for a wide
range of applications. The scientific community has made significant progress in estimating …

Improving the predictive skill of a distributed hydrological model by calibration on spatial patterns with multiple satellite data sets

M Dembélé, M Hrachowitz… - Water resources …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrological model calibration combining Earth observations and in situ measurements is a
promising solution to overcome the limitations of the traditional streamflow‐only calibration …

Version 4 of the SMAP level‐4 soil moisture algorithm and data product

RH Reichle, Q Liu, RD Koster, WT Crow… - Journal of Advances …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission Level‐4 Soil Moisture (L.
4_SM) product provides global, 3‐hourly, 9‐km resolution estimates of surface (0–5 cm) and …

[HTML][HTML] Satellite remote sensing of precipitation and the terrestrial water cycle in a changing climate

V Levizzani, E Cattani - Remote sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
The water cycle is the most essential supporting physical mechanism ensuring the existence
of life on Earth. Its components encompass the atmosphere, land, and oceans. The cycle is …

Evaluation of reanalysis soil temperature and soil moisture products in permafrost regions on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

S Yang, R Li, T Wu, G Hu, Y Xiao, Y Du, X Zhu, J Ni… - Geoderma, 2020 - Elsevier
Long-term and large-scale reanalysis products of soil temperature and soil moisture are very
important for understanding the hydrothermal regime in permafrost regions. However, it is …

[HTML][HTML] Current and emerging developments in subseasonal to decadal prediction

WJ Merryfield, J Baehr, L Batté… - Bulletin of the …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
Weather and climate variations on subseasonal to decadal time scales can have enormous
social, economic, and environmental impacts, making skillful predictions on these time …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the performance of global hydrological models for capturing peak river flows in the Amazon basin

J Towner, HL Cloke, E Zsoter, Z Flamig… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2019 - hess.copernicus.org
Extreme flooding impacts millions of people that live within the Amazon floodplain. Global
hydrological models (GHMs) are frequently used to assess and inform the management of …