Fig 1.
Mean seasonal and annual anomaly of global precipitation.
Global annual dry-season precipitation (left), wet-season precipitation (middle) and annual precipitation (right) anomaly for 3 different precipitation products (CRU, GPCC, PRE/L) and the ensemble mean. Linear regression models for the ensemble mean are presented as a red line, and individual observation slopes are presented on the bottom left of each plot (m).
Table 1.
Wet, dry and seasonal range trends for a 30-yr period (same as Chou et al. [5]) and across half the 20th century.
Fig 2.
Global annual dry-season length (left) and precipitation rate (right).
Legend and methodology follows Fig 1. The data employed is on a monthly resolution, but the figure is displayed in days for a better visualization.
Fig 3.
Global gridded seasonal precipitation and net primary productivity trends.
Linear gridded trend for the wet- and dry-season precipitation, the seasonal range (wet minus dry) and vegetation net primary productivity (climate-only) for the period 1950–2009.