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Mississippi’s moisture sources in present and future climate

Mississippi’s moisture sources in present and future climate

In our new study (led by PhD student Imme Benedict [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Imme_Benedict]), we have assessed the water budget of the Mississippi River Basin under present and future climate conditions. Our main aim was to find out where the precipitation originates from, and in particular whether

Mega-heatwave amplification due to upstream drought

Mega-heatwave amplification due to upstream drought

In a new publication led by Dominik Schumacher [https://www.ugent.be/bw/environment/en/research/lhwm/staff/dominik_schumacher.htm] of Ghent University (DRY-2-DRY [http://www.dry2dry.org] project funded by ERC), we have quantified the impact of upstream drought on mega-heatwaves. With the help of satellite observations and

Better hydrological cycle with high-resolution global models?

Better hydrological cycle with high-resolution global models?

To study the global hydrological cycle and its response to a changing climate, we rely on global climate models (GCMs) and global hydrological models (GHMs). In a new paper in HESS [https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-1779-2019], we have evaluated the benefits of increasing the resolution of a GCM and

Global moisture transport in ERA5

Global moisture transport in ERA5

The new ECMWF ERA5 [https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/datasets/reanalysis-datasets/era5] data shows the global moisture transport at an unprecedented detail level. For my atmospheric dynamics class, I have downloaded a year of data at the 850 hPa level (just above the boundary layer) and composed a movie.