Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 26, issue 24
Articles | Volume 26, issue 24
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-6457-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-6457-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 26, issue 24
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22 Dec 2022
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Global evaluation of the “dry gets drier, and wet gets wetter” paradigm from a terrestrial water storage change perspective

Jinghua Xiong, Shenglian Guo, Abhishek, Jie Chen, and Jiabo Yin

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This work addresses the important issue of the "dry gets drier wet gets wetter" paradigm from a new perspective using terrestrial water storage estimates. The paper can be an important contribution to the debate on how climate change will impact the global distribution of aridity.
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Although the "dry gets drier, and wet gets wetter (DDWW)" paradigm is prevalent in summarizing wetting and drying trends, we show that only 11.01 %–40.84 % of the global land confirms and 10.21 %–35.43 % contradicts the paradigm during 1985–2014 from a terrestrial water storage change perspective. Similar proportions that intensify with the increasing emission scenarios persist until the end of the 21st century. Findings benefit understanding of global hydrological responses to climate change.
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