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oapen-20.500.12657-338192024-03-12T13:39:49Z An Atlas on Global Water Cycle Lim, Wee Ho Roderick, Michael L. rain water supply rainfall Antarctica Australia Goddard Institute for Space Studies Middle East National Center for Atmospheric Research New Zealand North America South America Southeast Asia bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment What do climate models predict for the rainfall where you live? What about evaporation or runoff? Should your local community consider constructing new dams or do the existing water storages appear adequate? What about the availability of water for irrigation farming? Do the predictions differ between different climate models or do all the models basically predict the same changes in water availability where you live? These are all simple questions but it is surprisingly hard for an individual, whether they be a farmer, water resources engineer, teacher or interested citizen, to answer them. As researchers active in the field we could not answer the questions either. In fact, we had never seen a compilation of the rainfall, evaporation and runoff predictions made by all the different climate models. The Atlas contains maps and tables that document model predictions contributed by international climate modelling groups to the 2007 4th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The predictions are made available here via the wonders of the internet and ongoing cooperation by the international climate modelling community who routinely archive their results. The maps and tables in the Atlas document rainfall, evaporation and runoff estimates for the 20th century along with predictions of the same quantities at the end of the 21st century. Whatever your interest, we hope you find the Atlas as helpful as we do. 2013-11-05 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:57:02Z 2020-04-01T14:57:02Z 2009 book 458809 OCN: 1166557021 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33819 eng application/pdf n/a 458809.pdf http://epress.anu.edu.au/titles/global_water_cycle_citation ANU Press 10.26530/OAPEN_458809 10.26530/OAPEN_458809 ddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71 293 Canberra open access
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What do climate models predict for the rainfall where you live? What about evaporation or runoff? Should your local community consider constructing new dams or do the existing water storages appear adequate? What about the availability of water for irrigation farming? Do the predictions differ between different climate models or do all the models basically predict the same changes in water availability where you live? These are all simple questions but it is surprisingly hard for an individual, whether they be a farmer, water resources engineer, teacher or interested citizen, to answer them. As researchers active in the field we could not answer the questions either. In fact, we had never seen a compilation of the rainfall, evaporation and runoff predictions made by all the different climate models.
The Atlas contains maps and tables that document model predictions contributed by international climate modelling groups to the 2007 4th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The predictions are made available here via the wonders of the internet and ongoing cooperation by the international climate modelling community who routinely archive their results.
The maps and tables in the Atlas document rainfall, evaporation and runoff estimates for the 20th century along with predictions of the same quantities at the end of the 21st century. Whatever your interest, we hope you find the Atlas as helpful as we do.
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