Mechanisms of summertime precipitation variability in the Bolivian Altiplano: Present and future
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2011
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Reading, United Kingdom: Royal Meteorological Society
Abstract
The Bolivian Altiplano is particular vulnerable to harmful effects of climate change and corresponding disturbances in precipitation patterns. In this study, CMIP3 models were analyzed according to their ability to simulate past rainfall patterns. The most accurate models were then used to make predictions regarding summertime precipitation changes. Reductions in precipitation during the summer, runoff increases,
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Water management, Environmental impacts, Rainfed agriculture, Food security, Climate control, Modeling, Subsistence production, Agricultural ecosystems, Bolivian Altiplano, Precipitation variability, Coupled climate models soil moisture, Enso, Wcrp-cmip3 multi-model dataset, South america, Ecosystem
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International Journal of Climatology