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The residence time of water vapour in the atmosphere
dc.creator | Gimeno Presa, Luis | |
dc.creator | Eiras Barca, Jorge | |
dc.creator | Durán Quesada, Ana María | |
dc.creator | Domínguez, Francina | |
dc.creator | van der Ent, Ruud | |
dc.creator | Sodemann, Harald | |
dc.creator | Sánchez Murillo, Ricardo | |
dc.creator | Nieto, Raquel | |
dc.creator | Kirchner, James W. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-23T19:35:20Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-23T19:35:20Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-07-13 | |
dc.identifier.citation | https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-021-00181-9 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2662-138X | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10669/85316 | |
dc.description.abstract | Atmospheric water vapour residence time (WVRT) is an essential indicator of how atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics mediate hydrological cycle responses to climate change. WVRT is also important in estimating moisture sources and sinks, linking evaporation and precipitation across spatial scales. In this Review, we outline how WVRT is shaped by the interaction between evaporation and precipitation, and, thus, reflects anthropogenic changes in the hydrological cycle. Estimates of WVRT differ owing to contrasting definitions, but these differences can be reconciled by framing WVRT as a probability density function with a mean of 8-10 days and a median of 4-5 days. WVRT varies spatially and temporally in response to regional, seasonal and synoptic-scale differences in evaporation, precipitation, long-range moisture transport and atmospheric mixing. Theory predicts, and observations confirm, that in most (but not all) regions, anthropogenic warming is increasing atmospheric humidity faster than it is speeding up rates of evaporation and precipitation. Warming is, thus, projected to increase global WVRT by 3-6% K-1, lengthening the distance travelled between evaporation sources and precipitation sinks. Future efforts should focus on data integration, joint measurement initiatives and intercomparisons, and dynamic simulations to provide a formal resolution of WVRT from both Lagrangian and Eulerian perspectives. | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | Universidad de Costa Rica/[805-B9-519]/UCR/Costa Rica | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | Gobierno de España/[RTI2018-095772-B-I00]/LAGRIMA/España | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades/[]//España | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | European Regional Development Fund/[]/ERDF/España | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | Xunta de Galicia/[ED481B 2018/069]//España | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | Xunta de Galicia/[ED413C 2017/64]//España | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | Fulbright Program/[]//Estados Unidos | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | Centro Universitario de la Defensa/[]/CUD/España | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research/[016.Veni.181.015]/NWO/Países Bajos | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation/[1454089]/NSF/Estados Unidos | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | Research Council of Norway/[262710]/RCN/Noruega | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | European Research Council/[773245]/ERC/Bélgica | es_ES |
dc.language.iso | eng | es_ES |
dc.source | Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, vol.2 (8), pp.558-569. | es_ES |
dc.subject | Atmospheric dynamics | es_ES |
dc.subject | Climate change | es_ES |
dc.subject | Hydrology | es_ES |
dc.title | The residence time of water vapour in the atmosphere | es_ES |
dc.type | artículo original | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/s43017-021-00181-9 | |
dc.description.procedence | UCR::Vicerrectoría de Investigación::Unidades de Investigación::Ciencias Básicas::Centro de Investigaciones Geofísicas (CIGEFI) | es_ES |
dc.description.procedence | UCR::Vicerrectoría de Docencia::Ciencias Básicas::Facultad de Ciencias::Escuela de Física | es_ES |
dc.identifier.codproyecto | 805-B9-519 |
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