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The role of ecosystem transpiration in creating alternate moisture regimes by influencing atmospheric moisture convergence
Anastassia M. Makarieva, Andrei V. Nefiodov, Antonio Donato Nobre +6
The terrestrial water cycle links the soil and atmosphere moisture reservoirs through four fluxes: precipitation, evaporation, runoff, and atmospheric moisture convergence (net imp…
How transpiration by forests and other vegetation determines alternate moisture regimes
Anastassia M. Makarieva, Andrei V. Nefiodov, Antonio D. Nobre +5
The terrestrial water cycle links the soil and atmosphere moisture reservoirs through four fluxes: precipitation, evaporation, runoff and atmospheric moisture convergence. Each of…
Vegetation Impact on Atmospheric Moisture Transport under Increasing Land-Ocean Temperature Contrasts
Anastassia M. Makarieva, Andrei V. Nefiodov, Antonio Donato Nobre +5
Destabilization of the water cycle threatens human lives and livelihoods. Meanwhile our understanding of whether and how changes in vegetation cover could trigger abrupt transition…
Water lifting and outflow gain of kinetic energy in tropical cyclones
Anastassia M. Makarieva, Victor G. Gorshkov, Andrei V. Nefiodov +6
While water lifting plays a recognized role in the global atmospheric power budget, estimates for this role in tropical cyclones vary from no effect to a major reduction in storm i…
Reply to Jaramillo et al. 2019's comments in the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-19-0025.1
A. M. Makarieva, A. D. Nobre, A. V. Nefiodov +3
Jaramillo et al. (2018) (hereafter JMR1) asserted that our theory, henceforth known as CIAD (condensation-induced atmospheric dynamics), modifies the equation of vertical motion in…
Comments on "An evaluation of hurricane superintensity in axisymmetric numerical models" by Raphaël Rousseau-Rizzi and Kerry Emanuel
Anastassia M. Makarieva, Andrei V. Nefiodov, Douglas Sheil +4
In a recent paper Rousseau-Rizzi and Emanuel (2019) presented a derivation of an upper limit on maximum hurricane velocity at the surface. This derivation was based on a considerat…
Hurricane's maximum potential intensity and surface heat fluxes
Anastassia M. Makarieva, Victor G. Gorshkov, Andrei V. Nefiodov +5
Emanuel's concept of Maximum Potential Intensity (E-PI) relates the maximum velocity of tropical storms, assumed to be in gradient wind balance, to environmental para…
Comments on "Is condensation-induced atmospheric dynamics a new theory of the origin of the winds?" by Jaramillo et al. (2018)
Anastassia M. Makarieva, Victor G. Gorshkov, Antonio Donato Nobre +4
Our comments on paper "Is Condensation-Induced Atmospheric Dynamics a New Theory of the Origin of the Winds?" by A. Jaramillo, O. J. Mesa, and D. J. Raymond published in J. Atmos.…
Hurricane's Maximum Potential Intensity and the Gravitational Power of Precipitation
A. M. Makarieva, V. G. Gorshkov, A. V. Nefiodov +4
The concept of Maximum Potential Intensity (MPI) is widely used in tropical cyclone research to estimate the minimum central pressure and the maximum velocity of tropical storms fr…
The water budget of a hurricane as dependent on its movement
Anastassia M. Makarieva, Victor G. Gorshkov, Andrei V. Nefiodov +4
Despite the dangers associated with tropical cyclones and their rainfall, the origins of storm moisture remains unclear. Existing studies have focused on the region 40-400 km from…
Quantifying the global atmospheric power budget
Anastassia M. Makarieva, Victor G. Gorshkov, Andrei V. Nefiodov +3
The power of atmospheric circulation is a key measure of the Earth's climate system. The mismatch between predictions and observations under a warming climate calls for a reassessm…
Heat engines and heat pumps in a hydrostatic atmosphere: How surface pressure and temperature constrain wind power output and circulation cell size
A. M. Makarieva, V. G. Gorshkov, A. V. Nefiodov +4
The kinetic energy budget of the atmosphere's meridional circulation cells is analytically assessed. In the upper atmosphere kinetic energy generation grows with increasing surface…
Comment on "The Tropospheric Land-Sea Warming Contrast as the Driver of Tropical Sea Level Pressure Changes" by Bayr and Dommenget
A. M. Makarieva, V. G. Gorshkov, A. V. Nefiodov +3
T Bayr and D Dommenget [J. Climate 26 (2013) 1387] proposed a model of temperature-driven air redistribution to quantify the ratio between changes of sea level pressure and m…
Spatiotemporal relationships between sea level pressure and air temperature in the tropics
Anastassia M. Makarieva, Victor G. Gorshkov, Andrei V. Nefiodov +3
While surface temperature gradients have been highlighted as drivers of low-level atmospheric circulation, the underlying physical mechanisms remain unclear. Lindzen and Nigam (198…
Examining the physical principles behind the motion of moist air: Which expressions are sound?
A. M. Makarieva, V. G. Gorshkov, A. V. Nefiodov +4
The physical equations determining the motion of moist atmospheric air in the presence of condensation remain controversial. Two distinct formulations have been proposed, published…
Why does air passage over forest yield more rain? Examining the coupling between rainfall, pressure and atmospheric moisture content
Anastassia M. Makarieva, Victor G. Gorshkov, Douglas Sheil +3
The influence of forest loss on rainfall remains poorly understood. Addressing this challenge Spracklen et al. recently presented a pan-tropical study of rainfall and land-cover th…
The key physical parameters governing frictional dissipation in a precipitating atmosphere
Anastassia M. Makarieva, Victor G. Gorshkov, Andrei V. Nefiodov +4
Precipitation generates small-scale turbulent air flows the energy of which ultimately dissipates to heat. The power of this process has previously been estimated to be around 2-4…
Where do winds come from? A new theory on how water vapor condensation influences atmospheric pressure and dynamics
A. M. Makarieva, V. G. Gorshkov, D. Sheil +2
Phase transitions of atmospheric water play a ubiquitous role in the Earth's climate system, but their direct impact on atmospheric dynamics has escaped wide attention. Here we exa…