A general framework for understanding the response of the water cycle to global warming over land and ocean

Climate models project increases in globally averaged atmospheric specific humidity that are close to the Clausius–Clapeyron (CC) value of around 7% K<sup>−1</sup> whilst projections for mean annual global precipitation (<i>P</i>) and evaporation (<i>E</i>) are so...

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Main Authors: M. L. Roderick, F. Sun, W. H. Lim, G. D. Farquhar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-05-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/18/1575/2014/hess-18-1575-2014.pdf