Speaker
Tim Trent
(Universiy of Leicester)
Description
Water vapour is a crucial component of the Earth climate system. As the largest natural contributor to the greenhouse effect, it also has the capacity to regulate evaporative and transpiration processes. Therefore, water vapour is closely connected to both the global hydrological cycle and energy budget.
The time water spends in the atmosphere between evaporation and precipitation is directly linked to moisture transport, extreme precipitation and hydrological sensitivity due to climate change. This study investigates the residence time of water vapour from observational and model ensembles to evaluate our current understanding and assess how the hydrological cycle has responded to increasing temperatures over a 26 year period.
Primary authors
Tim Trent
(Universiy of Leicester)
Dr
Daniel Watters
(University of Leicester)
Marc Schroeder
