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Global trends in wind speed and wave height over the past 25 years
Ian R. Young,Stefan Zieger,Alexander V. Babanin +2 more
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A 23-year database of calibrated and validated satellite altimeter measurements is used to investigate global changes in oceanic wind speed and wave height over this period and finds a general global trend of increasing values of windspeed and, to a lesser degree, wave height.Abstract:
Wind speeds over the world’s oceans have increased over the past two decades, as have wave heights. Studies of climate change typically consider measurements or predictions of temperature over extended periods of time. Climate, however, is much more than temperature. Over the oceans, changes in wind speed and the surface gravity waves generated by such winds play an important role. We used a 23-year database of calibrated and validated satellite altimeter measurements to investigate global changes in oceanic wind speed and wave height over this period. We find a general global trend of increasing values of wind speed and, to a lesser degree, wave height, over this period. The rate of increase is greater for extreme events as compared to the mean condition.read more
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The role of coastal plant communities for climate change mitigation and adaptation
Carlos M. Duarte,Carlos M. Duarte,Carlos M. Duarte,Inigo J. Losada,Iris E. Hendriks,Inés Mazarrasa,Núria Marbà +6 more
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Antarctic ice-sheet loss driven by basal melting of ice shelves
Hamish D. Pritchard,Stefan R. M. Ligtenberg,Helen A. Fricker,David G. Vaughan,M. R. van den Broeke,Laurie Padman +5 more
TL;DR: Satellite laser altimetry and modelling of the surface firn layer are used to reveal the circum-Antarctic pattern of ice-shelf thinning through increased basal melt, which implies that climate forcing through changing winds influences Antarctic ice-sheet mass balance, and hence global sea level, on annual to decadal timescales.
Journal ArticleDOI
Global review and synthesis of trends in observed terrestrial near-surface wind speeds; implications for evaporation
Tim R. McVicar,Michael L. Roderick,Randall J. Donohue,Ling Tao Li,Tom Van Niel,Axel Thomas,Jürgen Grieser,Deepak Jhajharia,Y. Himri,Natalie M. Mahowald,Anna V. Mescherskaya,Andries Kruger,Shafiqur Rehman,Yagob Dinpashoh +13 more
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