TY - JOUR
T1 - Divergent Causes of Terrestrial Water Storage Decline Between Drylands and Humid Regions Globally
AU - An, Linli
AU - Wang, Jida
AU - Huang, Jianping
AU - Pokhrel, Yadu
AU - Hugonnet, Romain
AU - Wada, Yoshihide
AU - Cáceres, Denise
AU - Müller Schmied, Hannes
AU - Song, Chunqiao
AU - Berthier, Etienne
AU - Yu, Haipeng
AU - Zhang, Guolong
N1 - Generated from Scopus record by KAUST IRTS on 2023-09-18
PY - 2021/12/16
Y1 - 2021/12/16
N2 - Declines in terrestrial water storage (TWS) exacerbate regional water scarcity and global sea level rise. Increasing evidence has shown that recent TWS declines are substantial in ecologically fragile drylands, but the mechanism remains unclear. Here, by synergizing satellite observations and model simulations, we quantitatively attribute TWS trends during 2002–2016 in major climate zones to three mechanistic drivers: climate variability, climate change, and direct human activities. We reveal that climate variability had transitory and limited impacts (
AB - Declines in terrestrial water storage (TWS) exacerbate regional water scarcity and global sea level rise. Increasing evidence has shown that recent TWS declines are substantial in ecologically fragile drylands, but the mechanism remains unclear. Here, by synergizing satellite observations and model simulations, we quantitatively attribute TWS trends during 2002–2016 in major climate zones to three mechanistic drivers: climate variability, climate change, and direct human activities. We reveal that climate variability had transitory and limited impacts (
UR - https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021GL095035
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85121043467&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1029/2021GL095035
DO - 10.1029/2021GL095035
M3 - Article
SN - 1944-8007
VL - 48
JO - Geophysical Research Letters
JF - Geophysical Research Letters
IS - 23
ER -
