Abstract: A number of polar datasets have recently been released involving in situ measurements, satellite retrievals, and reanalysis output that provide new opportunities to evaluate regional climate in the Arctic. These data have ...

Abstract: Water balance calculations are becoming increasingly important for earth-system studies. Precipitation is one of the most critical input variables for such calculations because it is the immediate source of water for the ...

Abstract: The Arctic?s land surface has large areas of wetlands that exchange moisture, energy, and momentum with the atmosphere. The authors use a mesoscale, pan-Arctic model simulating the summer of 1986 to examine links between ...

Abstract: Hydrologic cycle intensification is an expected manifestation of a warming climate. Although positive trends in several global average quantities have been reported, no previous studies have documented broad intensification ...

Abstract: Northern Eurasia, the largest land-mass in the northern extratropics, accounts for ?20% of the global land area. However, little is known about how the biogeochemical cycles, energy and water cycles, and human activities ...