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How well do climate classification systems efficiently capture similar within-zone hydroclimate dynamics?
(McCurley Pisarello & Jawitz, 2021. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.)
(McCurley Pisarello & Jawitz, 2021. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.)
The Koppen-Geiger (KPG) climate classification system is widely used to categorize regions based on similar seasonal precipitation and energy (i.e., temperature) rates. However, it is spatially complex and requires 24 parameters to construct. Our newly proposed climate classification system, Water-Energy Clustering, is generally as good or better than KPG at bounding zones of similar hydroclimate attributes, is less spatially complex, and only requires two parameters (mean annual precipitation and mean annual potential evapotranspiration).
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What are the hydroclimatic changes experienced by wetlands across the globe?
(Ahlen, I.,...McCurley Pisarello, K.,.., 2021. Scientific Reports.)
(Ahlen, I.,...McCurley Pisarello, K.,.., 2021. Scientific Reports.)
In our paper, we evaluated precipitation, temperature, and runoff changes between 1976-1995 and 1996-2015 in a suite of global wetlands (database constructed from related papers below). The figure to the right displays wetland shifts in Budyko space, where the evaporative index is shown as a function of the aridity index. Many of these global wetland systems are becoming drier (i.e., experiencing a shift to the "right").
Where are all the relevant hydroclimate and land cover data with respect to wetlandscapes, anyway?
(D. Ghajarnia, N.,...McCurley Pisarello, K.,..., 2020. Earth System Science Data.)
(D. Ghajarnia, N.,...McCurley Pisarello, K.,..., 2020. Earth System Science Data.)
Here we supplied a summarizing hydroclimate and land cover database of 27 wetland systems across the globe, which is useful for statistically assessing the atmospheric and terrestrial drivers of wetlandscapes on a large spatial scale.
How do wetlandscapes fit into the UN's 2030 Sustainable Development Goals?
(Jaramillo, F.,...McCurley Pisarello, K.,..., 2019. Water.)
(Jaramillo, F.,...McCurley Pisarello, K.,..., 2019. Water.)
The United Nations formed 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved by 2030, consisting of 169 targets and 232 indicators rendered to improve overall global quality of life. Wetlandscapes provide valuable ecosystem services, and as such were a relevant context for several SDG targets and indicators, based on the described objectives of each. [Read full text.]