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Climate change increases inter-annual variability of crop yield globally
WATER SCARCITY AND WATER SECURITY IN A CHANGING WORLD I ORAL
global environmental change | 13 december 2023
Jonathan Proctor, Lucas Vargas Zeppetello, Duo Cha...
The year-to-year variability of agricultural productivity is a key determinant of food security. It is thought that climate change could alter the var...
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The Physics of Heat Waves
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES 2023 ASCENT AND HOLTON AWARD WINNERS
atmospheric sciences | 13 december 2023
Lucas Vargas Zeppetello, David S. Battisti, Marcia...
Simple models of heat waves have become a topic of scientific concern given the increase in record-breaking and, in some cases, -shattering, events of...
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Hydrometeorological Drivers of Summertime Temperature Variability Over Western US Land Surfaces
SUBSEASONAL, SEASONAL, AND LONGER-TIMESCALE PREDICTABILITY OF DROUGHTS/FLOODS AND LAND-INDUCED FORCING I ORAL
hydrology | 12 december 2023
Lily Zhang, Lucas Vargas Zeppetello, David S. Batt...
Interannual variations in Western United States summertime temperatures are captured by a leading EOF that explains over 50% of the total variance in ...
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Soil Moisture or Temperature: Which is More Important for the Yield Response to Climate Change?
IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, EXTREME EVENTS, AND ADAPTATION POTENTIALS FOR GLOBAL AGRICULTURE II ORAL
global environmental change | 11 december 2023
Lucas Vargas Zeppetello, Peter J. Huybers, Jonatha...
Based on the divergent relations between annual yield and temperature found in historical observations of irrigated and non-irrigated fields, we hypot...
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Soil Moisture Modulates Temperature Extremes
BRIDGING THE GAP FROM CLIMATE TO EXTREME WEATHER: OBSERVATIONS, THEORY, AND MODELING IV POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 15 december 2022
Adam Bauer, Lucas Vargas Zeppetello, Cristian Proi...
Heat waves cause immense damage to society, and are expected to grow more frequent and intense under climate change. Both atmospheric variability and ...
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Climate change will affect water availability and agriculture production in Southern Madagascar
THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE ON LAND, WATER, AND VEGETATION IN THE FOOD SYSTEM: NEXT SEASON TO NEXT CENTURY I ORAL
global environmental change | 14 december 2022
Angela J. Rigden, Chris Golden, Victor Ongoma, Duo...
Food production in Southern Madagascar is particularly vulnerable to variations in water availability, as exemplified by the regions recent drought an...
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Soil Moisture Drives Observed Variations In Surface Conductance
ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING WATER-ENERGY-CARBON INTERACTIONS IV ORAL
biogeosciences | 12 december 2022
Jeremiah A. Bernau, Brenda B. Bowen, Peter J. Huyb...
An ecosystem's surface conductance quantifies how much evapotranspiration an ecosystem will generate in response to particular atmospheric conditions....
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Warmer and More Volatile: Summertime Temperature Variance Increases Under Climate Change
IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, EXTREME EVENTS, AND ADAPTATION POTENTIALS FOR GLOBAL AGRICULTURE II POSTERS
global environmental change | 11 december 2020
Lucas Vargas Zeppetello, David S. Battisti
The CMIP6 global climate models project that under higher atmospheric CO2 concentrations, variance in monthly-averaged summertime temperatures will in...
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