Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Boming Liu, Xin Ma, Yingying Ma, Hui Li, Shikuan Jin, Ruonan Fan, Wei Gong
Summary: The study investigated the relationship between the atmospheric boundary layer and the temperature inversion layer, and examined their correlation with aerosol capture capabilities. The results indicated that temperature inversion intensity is a key factor in determining the aerosol capture ability.
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xiangjin Shen, Yiwen Liu, Jiaqi Zhang, Yanji Wang, Rong Ma, Binhui Liu, Xianguo Lu, Ming Jiang
Summary: The NPP of marshes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has significantly increased from 2000 to 2020, with spatial variations across different regions. The minimum temperature has a larger impact on marsh NPP, with warming temperatures in winter and spring contributing to the increased annual NPP. Higher maximum and minimum temperatures in summer, as well as increased spring precipitation, have also promoted vegetation growth in marshes.
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Benjamin Rabe, Celine Heuze, Julia Regnery, Yevgeny Aksenov, Jacob Allerholt, Marylou Athanase, Youcheng Bai, Chris Basque, Dorothea Bauch, Till M. Baumann, Dake Chen, Sylvia T. Cole, Lisa Craw, Andrew Davies, Ellen Damm, Klaus Dethloff, Dmitry Divine, Francesca Doglioni, Falk Ebert, Ying-Chih Fang, Ilker Fer, Allison A. Fong, Rolf Gradinger, Mats A. Granskog, Rainer Graupner, Christian Haas, Hailun He, Yan He, Mario Hoppmann, Markus Janout, David Kadko, Torsten Kanzow, Salar Karam, Yusuke Kawaguchi, Zoe Koenig, Bin Kong, Richard A. Krishfield, Thomas Krumpen, David Kuhlmey, Ivan Kuznetsov, Musheng Lan, Georgi Laukert, Ruibo Lei, Tao Li, Lina Lin, Long Lin, Hailong Liu, Na Liu, Brice Loose, Xiaobing Ma, Rosalie McKay, Maria Mallet, Robbie D. C. Mallett, Wieslaw Maslowski, Christian Mertens, Volker Mohrholz, Morven Muilwijk, Marcel Nicolaus, Jeffrey K. O'Brien, Donald Perovich, Jian Ren, Markus Rex, Natalia Ribeiro, Annette Rinke, Janin Schaffer, Ingo Schuffenhauer, Kirstin Schulz, Matthew D. Shupe, William Shaw, Vladimir Sokolov, Anja Sommerfeld, Gunnar Spreen, Timothy Stanton, Mark Stephens, Jie Su, Natalia Sukhikh, Arild Sundfjord, Karolin Thomisch, Sandra Tippenhauer, John M. Toole, Myriel Vredenborg, Maren Walter, Hangzhou Wang, Lei Wang, Yuntao Wang, Manfred Wendisch, Jinping Zhao, Meng Zhou, Jialiang Zhu
Summary: This paper introduces the significance and observations of the physical oceanography program in the MOSAiC project, aiming to study the Arctic Ocean system in detail. The team conducted measurements in various forms and presented the changes in the water column along the drift, contributing to a better understanding of the seasonal evolution of the Arctic Ocean. This project is the most comprehensive program ever conducted over the ice-covered Arctic Ocean.
ELEMENTA-SCIENCE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jasper M. C. Denissen, Adriaan J. Teuling, Andy J. Pitman, Sujan Koirala, Mirco Migliavacca, Wantong Li, Markus Reichstein, Alexander J. Winkler, Chunhui Zhan, Rene Orth
Summary: Climate change is projected to shift the balance between energy and water limitations in terrestrial ecosystems, with important implications for food production and carbon uptake. Using Earth system model simulations, the study demonstrates a widespread regime shift from energy to water limitation between 1980 and 2100, driven by changes in net radiation and soil moisture.
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Zhu Deng, Philippe Ciais, Zitely A. Tzompa-Sosa, Marielle Saunois, Chunjing Qiu, Chang Tan, Taochun Sun, Piyu Ke, Yanan Cui, Katsumasa Tanaka, Xin Lin, Rona L. Thompson, Hanqin Tian, Yuanzhi Yao, Yuanyuan Huang, Ronny Lauerwald, Atul K. Jain, Xiaoming Xu, Ana Bastos, Stephen Sitch, Paul I. Palmer, Thomas Lauvaux, Alexandre d'Aspremont, Clement Giron, Antoine Benoit, Benjamin Poulter, Jinfeng Chang, Ana Maria Roxana Petrescu, Steven J. Davis, Zhu Liu, Giacomo Grassi, Clement Albergel, Francesco N. Tubiello, Lucia Perugini, Wouter Peters, Frederic Chevallier
Summary: This study presents a comprehensive framework to process the results of an ensemble of atmospheric inversions in order to make their net ecosystem exchange carbon dioxide flux suitable for evaluating national greenhouse gas inventories, finding differences between inversion results and national reports, especially in methane and nitrous oxide emissions.
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE DATA
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jitendra Singh, Moetasim Ashfaq, Christopher B. Skinner, Weston B. Anderson, Vimal Mishra, Deepti Singh
Summary: Spatially compounding extremes pose substantial threats to globally interconnected socio-economic systems. Multiple simulations have shown that compound droughts will increase in frequency and severity in the coming decades, with North America and the Amazon region at higher risk.
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chad W. Thackeray, Alex Hall, Jesse Norris, Di Chen
Summary: Climate change is causing more frequent and intense precipitation extremes. By using climate models, researchers have developed an emergent constraint that suggests a 32% increase in the frequency of precipitation extremes by the end of the century. This relationship between past and future changes in precipitation extremes can help constrain future projections and reduce uncertainties in climate models.
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Jinru Wu, Xiaoling Chen, Jianzhong Lu
Summary: This study proposes a multi-criteria analysis model to assess the long and short-term flood risk in the Poyang Lake basin, which is verified by actual flood events. The results show that population density, maximum three-day rainfall, land use pattern, GDP, and annual average rainstorm frequency play a vital role in flood risk assessment. The study also finds that the northeastern parts of the Poyang Lake basin are more prone to floods, and the flood risk decreases gradually towards the surrounding areas. The validation using Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar data shows that the assessment model has a high accuracy in identifying high and very high risk zones for floods.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2022)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Jos van Geffen, Henk Eskes, Steven Compernolle, Gaia Pinardi, Tijl Verhoelst, Jean-Christopher Lambert, Maarten Sneep, Mark ter Linden, Antje Ludewig, K. Folkert Boersma, J. Pepijn Veefkind
Summary: The improvements in the TROPOMI NO2 retrieval leading to version v2.2 have resulted in more accurate monitoring of nitrogen dioxide emissions from local sources, particularly in areas with low cloud cover and cold climates. Additionally, these enhancements have brought TROPOMI data closer to observations from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI).
ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES
(2022)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Moritz Bandhauer, Francesco Isotta, Monika Lakatos, Cristian Lussana, Line Baserud, Beatrix Izsak, Oliver Szentes, Ole Einar Tveito, Christoph Frei
Summary: Gridded analyses of observed precipitation are crucial for environmental modelling, climate model evaluation, and climate monitoring. In this study, two new pan-European precipitation datasets, E-OBS and ERA5, were evaluated in terms of their ability to capture mesoscale precipitation features. Results show that both datasets qualitatively agree well with reference datasets, but ERA5 tends to overestimate mean precipitation and E-OBS accuracy depends on station density. Additionally, both datasets exhibit overly smooth fields and underestimate high quantiles, while being overconfident in their uncertainty characterization.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ana T. Amorim-Maia, Isabelle Anguelovski, Eric Chu, James Connolly
Summary: Researchers propose an intersectional pivot in climate adaptation research and practice to analyze social-environmental injustices driving vulnerabilities in cities, presenting a new conceptual framework highlighting the need to address racial and gender inequalities, redress differential vulnerabilities, and promote community resilience.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Dahao Zhang, Chunshan Zhou, Bao-Jie He
Summary: This study analyzed the spatiotemporal evolution of urban land and PM2.5 concentrations in China, revealing the spatial relationship between them. The results showed significant spatial clustering in built-up and residential areas, with varying characteristics over time. PM2.5 concentrations exhibited high-high clustering and low-low clustering, with changes over time. The correlation between urban land area and PM2.5 concentration was significant, especially for the built-up area.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ashar Awan, Muhammad Sadiq, Syed Tauseef Hassan, Irfan Khan, Noor Hashim Khan
Summary: This study investigates the combined nonlinear impact of urbanization and economic growth on the environment in Malaysia. The results show a U-shaped relationship between urbanization and the environment. Policy recommendations are provided based on the findings.
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Irfan Ullah, Xieyao Ma, Jun Yin, Farhan Saleem, Sidra Syed, Abubaker Omer, Birhanu Asmerom Habtemicheal, Mengyang Liu, Muhammad Arshad
Summary: Long-term drought monitoring and assessment are crucial for meteorological disaster risk management. This study investigated spatiotemporal changes in drought characteristics over Pakistan and explored the role of large-scale circulation and climate variability in drought occurrences. The findings suggest an increase in drought severity in arid regions, with temperature and rainfall playing significant roles in defining drought patterns. Influential factors include Nino4, sea surface temperature, and the multivariate ENSO4.0 Index.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Michael Nowicki, Tim DeVries, David A. Siegel
Summary: The ocean's biological carbon pump transfers carbon from the surface ocean to the deep ocean through various pathways, and quantifying these pathways is crucial for understanding global carbon export and sequestration. The gravitational pump, zooplankton fecal pellets, sinking phytoplankton aggregates, migrating zooplankton, and physical mixing are all important contributors. The North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans have the highest carbon storage capacity, while subtropical gyres have the lowest. As the oceans stratify and subtropical gyres expand due to climate change, ocean carbon storage may weaken.
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
(2022)
Review
Environmental Studies
Rebecca Willis, Nicole Curato, Graham Smith
Summary: This article provides an overview of the importance of a more deliberative democratic system in responding to the climate crisis. It discusses the development and contributions of deliberative mini-publics, such as citizens' assemblies, and explores how deliberation can be embedded in political and social systems worldwide.
WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-CLIMATE CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sotirios A. Argyroudis, Stergios Aristotels Mitoulis, Eleni W. Chatzi, Jack W. Baker, Ioannis Brilakis, Konstantinos Gkoumas, Michalis Vousdoukas, William Hynes, Savina Carluccio, Oceane Keou, Dan M. Frangopol, Igor Linkov
Summary: Building climate-resilient infrastructure is crucial for economic prosperity and social cohesion, and emerging digital technologies have the potential to enhance this resilience. However, there are challenges and gaps that need to be addressed.
CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Fatih Adiguzel, Elif Bozdogan Sert, Yucel Dinc, Mehmet Cetin, Senay Gungor, Pakize Yuka, Ozlem Sertkaya Dogan, Efdal Kaya, Kayhan Karakaya, Ercan Vural
Summary: The study utilized meteorological data to determine the tourism climate index in Izmir Province, evaluating the impact of climate on tourism. A map based on tourism comfort levels was created using GIS technology, categorizing climate into seven classifications. The findings are significant for the development of tourism strategy in Izmir Province and will contribute greatly to the overall tourism strategy of the country.
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Yoshiki B. Kurata, Yogi Tri Prasetyo, Ardvin Kester S. Ong, Reny Nadlifatin, Thanatorn Chuenyindee
Summary: The study analyzed the perceived effectiveness of response towards the 2020 Typhoon Vamco, finding that geographical perspective and typhoon-flood experience and knowledge significantly impact perceived severity and vulnerability, which subsequently influence perceived behavioral control, subjective norms, and attitude. Interestingly, government support was found to have no significant effect on an effective disaster response.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2022)
Review
Agronomy
Yanyan Pei, Jinwei Dong, Yao Zhang, Wenping Yuan, Russell Doughty, Jilin Yang, Decheng Zhou, Liangxia Zhang, Xiangming Xiao
Summary: This study investigates the evolution of light use efficiency (LUE) models and identifies their improvements in various components. It also highlights the uncertainties caused by model structures, parameterizations, input data, and scale mismatch issues.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2022)
