Observational and Modeling Studies of the Influence of Soil Moisture Anomalies on Atmospheric Circulation (Review)

The annual mean rainfall for the global continents is estimated to be about 764 mm of which approximately 40% runs off into the oceans. Assuming no secular trends in the annual mean global soil moisture, this suggests that the annual and global mean evaporation from the land surfaces alone is about 60% of the annual and global mean precipitation over the land (Eagleson, 1991). The percentage is even higher during the local summer and in the tropics.

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