naught101 wrote:
> Anyone know if this biotic pump effect is included in any current
> climate models? I guess it wouldn't be, since it's a fairly new
> hypothesis, but it seems fairly convincing, and could have some
> interesting impacts...
>
> http://www.bioticregulation.ru/pubs/pubs2.php
>
> See especially: Gorshkov V.G., Makarieva A.M. (2007) Biotic pump of
> atmospheric moisture as driver of the hydrological cycle on land.
> Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11, 1013-1033. Abstract. PDF (1
> Mb).
From what sense I can make of the abstract they're just talking about
evapotranspiration as mediated by different types of vegetation, which
is included in all models nowadays.
Ray
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