Last edited 15 Apr 2025

Apparent hydrological sensitivity

Climate Change 2021 – The Physical Science Basis, Annex VII: Glossary, written by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and published by Cambridge University Press in 2023, defines Apparent hydrological sensitivity as: ‘The change in global mean precipitation per degree Celsius of global mean surface air temperature (GSAT) change with units of % per °C, although it can also be calculated as W m^–2 per °C.’

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