It has long since been known that soil moisture controls the partitioning of energy fluxes at the land surface, and that this partitioning affects the humidity and temperature of the air. A global synthesis of how soil moisture impacts the properties of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL), however, was missing. …
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Soil moisture-temperature coupling behind climate shift in inner East Asia?
Lower soil moisture conditions are known to positively contribute to warmer temperatures, in particular during heatwaves. Inner East Asia is one of the regions where this coupling is likely significant. Writing in Science, Zhang and co-workers found that the recent coincidence of drought and hot temperatures is unprecedented in a …
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