Afternoon rain more likely over drier soils

Christopher M. Taylor (), Richard A. M. de Jeu, Françoise Guichard, Phil P. Harris and Wouter A. Dorigo
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Christopher M. Taylor: NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK
Richard A. M. de Jeu: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Françoise Guichard: CNRM-GAME (CNRS and Météo-France), 42 avenue Coriolis, 31057 Toulouse Cedex, France
Phil P. Harris: NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK
Wouter A. Dorigo: Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (I.P.F.), Vienna University of Technology, Gusshausstraße 27-29, 1040 Vienna, Austria

Nature, 2012, vol. 489, issue 7416, 423-426

Abstract: Analysis of observations on six continents reveals a global preference for afternoon rain to fall on locally drier soils—contrary to the predictions of large-scale climate models, and suggesting that such models may exaggerate the occurrence of droughts.

Date: 2012
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