It’s Always Rainy in Wisconsin
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It’s Always Rainy in Wisconsin
Unless You’re a Plant?
Ankur Desai, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, UW-MadisonSAGE Seminar16 April 2009
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AcknowledgmentsBen Sulman, AOSSteve Loheide, Civil EngineeringScott Mackay, Geography, SUNY-BuffaloChEAS teamDOE NICCR and NASA
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Rainy?
Source : NOAA/NWS (MKX)
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Tension Zone
From Curtis (1959) via WI DNR
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Tension Zone and Vegetation
Left: Curtis (1959) via WI DNR, right: From UWEX, WI Geological Survey
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Tension Zone and Climate
Left: Curtis (1959) via WI DNR, right: From UW, State Climatology Office
P > ET
ET > P
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1950-2006 Precipitation Trend
Courtesy of C. Kucharik
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HypothesisFeedbacks from regional Great
Lakes subboreal landscape evapotranspiration (ET) counteract the larger scale upper Midwest secular increase in growing season precipitationIs ET declining in forests and
wetlands?
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1950-2006 Temperature Trends
Courtesy of C. Kucharik
Summer Tmin Summer Tmax
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The Landscape
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Some Observations from ChEAS!
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Obs 1: Hydrologic Trend
Sulman et al (2009)
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Obs 2: Wetland energy balance
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Obs 3: Forest energy balance
ET
H
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Obs 4: Carbon cycle trends
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Obs 4: Carbon cycle trends
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Alternate HypothesisChanges in Lake Superior boundary layer is diminishing lake enhanced precipitation
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Crazy Big Lake
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All Lakes Crazy Increasing ET or decreasing runoff inputs in lakes?
Stow et al (2008)
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Parting ThoughtsMost of the upper Midwest is getting warmer and wetter In contrast, subboreal forest growing seasons are getting
drier with warmer nights and cooler daysBioclimatic feedbacks may be helping drive this by
decreasing ET in wetlands and forests Cooler summer highs => lower ET Lower water table => lower ET Decreased productivity => lower ET BUT: lower ET => more available moisture…
Great Lakes influence on climate probably cannot be ignored
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Thanks!