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rainfall variability

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  • [Heiko Paeth] Rainfall variability is a crucial factor in food production,water resource planning and ecosystems,\ \ especially in regions with scarce freshwaterresources. In West Africa rainfall has been subject to\ \ largedecadal and interdecadal variations during the 20th century. The most prominent feature is\ \ thereduction in rainfall amount throughout the second half of the century with somerecovery at the\ \ end... , "[Philip A. Fay] Rainfall variability is a key driver of ecosystem structure and function in grasslands worldwide.\ \ Changes in rainfall patterns predicted by global climate models for the central United States are\ \ expected to cause lower and increasingly variable soil water availability, which may impact net\ \ primary production and plant species composition in native Great Plains grasslands...

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  • rainfall variabilities
  • rainfalls variability

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http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0883

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