Global terrestrial stilling: does Earth’s greening play a role?

Previous studies have documented that surface wind speed ( u ) has been increasing over the ocean but decreasing over land for the past several decades. The decreasing u at the surface over land has been referred to as terrestrial stilling. A plausible hypothesis for terrestrial stilling is an incre...

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Main Authors: Zhenzhong Zeng, Shilong Piao, Laurent Z X Li, Philippe Ciais, Yue Li, Xitian Cai, Long Yang, Maofeng Liu, Eric F Wood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaea84