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Journal / article | 2019
Falkenmark, M., Wang-Erlandsson, L., Rockström, J. 2019. Understanding of Water Resilience in the Anthropocene, J. Hydrol. X 2, 100009.
Water is indispensable for Earth resilience and sustainable development. The capacity of social-ecological systems to deal with shocks, adapting to changing conditions and transforming in situations of crisis are fundamentally dependent on the functions of water to e.g., regulate the Earth’s climate, support biomass production, and supply water resources for human societies. However, massive, inter-connected, human interferenc...
Journal / article | 2018
Wang-Erlandsson, L., I. Fetzer, P.W. Keys, R.J. van der Ent, H.H.G. Savenije, L.J. Gordon. 2018. Remote land use impacts on river flows through atmospheric teleconnections. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions doi:10.5194/hess-2017-494.
The effects of land-use change on river flows have usually been explained by changes within a river basin. However, land-atmosphere feedback such as moisture recycling can link local land-use change to modifications of remote precipitation, with further knock-on effects on distant river flows. Here, we look at river flow changes caused by both land-use change and water use within the basin, as well as modifications of imported...
Keys, P. W., L. Wang-Erlandsson. 2018. On the social dynamics of moisture recycling. Earth System Dynamics Discussions doi:10.5194/esd-2017-120.
The biophysical phenomenon of terrestrial moisture recycling connects distant regions via the atmospheric branch of the water cycle. This process, whereby the land surface mediates evaporation to the atmosphere and the precipitation that falls downwind, is increasingly well-understood. However, recent studies highlight a need to consider an important and often missing dimension – the social. Here, we explore the social dynamic...
Journal / article | 2017
Zemp, D.C., C-F. Schleussner, H.M.J. Barbosa, M. Hirota, V. Montade, G. Sampaio, A. Staal, L. Wang-Erlandsson, A. Rammig. 2017. Self-amplified Amazon forest loss due to vegetation-atmosphere feedbacks. Nature Communications 8: 14681.
Reduced rainfall increases the risk of forest dieback, while in return forest loss might intensify regional droughts. The consequences of this vegetation–atmosphere feedback for the stability of the Amazon forest are still unclear. Here we show that the risk of self-amplified Amazon forest loss increases nonlinearly with dry-season intensification. We apply a novel complex-network approach, in which Amazon forest patches are l...
Keys, P., Wang-Erlandsson, L., Gordon, L.J., Galaz, V., Ebbesson, J. 2017. Approaching moisture recycling governance. Global Environmental Change Volume 45, July 2017, Pages 15–23, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.04.007
The spatial and temporal dynamics of water resources are a continuous challenge for effective and sustainable national and international governance. The watershed is the most common spatial unit in water resources governance, which typically includes only surface and groundwater. However, recent advances in hydrology have revealed ‘atmospheric watersheds’ – otherwise known as precipitationsheds. Water flowing within a precipit...
Zemp, D.C., Schleussner C-F., Barbosa, H. M. J., Hirota M., Montade V., Sampaio G., Staal A., Wang-Erlandsson L., and Rammig A. 2017. Self-amplified Amazon forest loss due to vegetation-atmosphere feedbacks. Nat. Commun. 8, 14681. DOI: 10.1038/NCOMMS14681
Journal / article | 2016
Keys, P.W., L. Wang-Erlandsson, L.J. Gordon. 2016. Revealing invisible water: Moisture recycling as an ecosystem service. PLoS ONE11(3): e0151993.
An ecosystem service is a benefit derived by humanity that can be traced back to an ecological process. Although ecosystem services related to surface water have been thoroughly described, the relationship between atmospheric water and ecosystem services has been mostly neglected, and perhaps misunderstood. Recent advances in land-atmosphere modeling have revealed the importance of terrestrial ecosystems for moisture recycling...
Wang-Erlandsson, L., W.G.M. Bastiaanssen, H. Gao, J. Jägermeyr, G.B. Senay, A.I.J.M. Van Dijk, J.P. Guerschman, P.W. Keys, L.J. Gordon, H.H.G. Savenije. 2016. Global root zone storage capacity from satellite-based evaporation. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 20: 1459 – 1481
This study presents an "Earth observation-based" method for estimating root zone storage capacity – a critical, yet uncertain parameter in hydrological and land surface modelling. By assuming that vegetation optimises its root zone storage capacity to bridge critical dry periods, we were able to use state-of-the-art satellite-based evaporation data computed with independent energy balance equations to derive gridded root zone ...
Newspaper and media input | 2015
Wang-Erlandsson, L. 2015. 6 reasons why we need clean water for all. World Economic Forum. 2015-09-18.
Journal / article | 2014
van der Ent, R. J., L. Wang-Erlandsson, P. W. Keys, H. H. G. Savenije 2014. Contrasting roles of interception and transpiration in the hydrological cycle – Part 2: Moisture recycling. Earth System Dynamics Discussions, 5, 281-326
The contribution of land evaporation to local and remote precipitation (i.e., moisture recycling) is of significant importance to sustain water resources and ecosystems. But how important are different evaporation components in sustaining precipitation? This is the first paper to present moisture recycling metrics for partitioned evaporation. In the companion paper, Part 1, evaporation was partitioned into vegetation intercept...
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