Publications by authors named "Raleigh Grysko"
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- High-latitude surface energy budgets (SEBs) are important for understanding land-climate interactions in the Arctic, but uncertainties in their predictions remain.
- A study analyzed SEB observations from 1994 to 2021 and found that vegetation type is a key predictor of SEB components during Arctic summers, often matching or exceeding differences seen between vegetation and glacier surfaces.
- The study also revealed that the timing of SEB fluxes varies significantly with vegetation type, affecting snow-cover dynamics and suggesting that better representations of Arctic vegetation in models could enhance future Earth system predictions.
The majority of climate models predict severe increases in future temperature and precipitation in the Arctic. Increases in temperature and precipitation can lead to an intensification of the hydrologic cycle that strongly impacts Arctic environmental conditions. In order to investigate effects of future precipitation scenarios on ecosystems, precipitation manipulation experiments are being performed to simulate drought and extreme precipitation conditions.
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