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. Greater atmospheric moisture in turn supports "acceleration" of the hydrologic cycle, with postulated increases in the mean state and extremes of key hydrologic fluxes such as precipitation, evapotranspiration, tropospheric water vapor content, and runoff (Trenberth, 2011)
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Trends of increasing precipitation across much of the eastern and central United States appear to have reduced drought severity and length, while a general warming in parts of the West appears to have increased atmospheric evaporative demand more rapidly than precipitation, resulting in longer and more frequent and severe droughts (Groisman et al., 2004; Andreadis and Lettenmaier, 2006)
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perspective; it should be recognized that the United States is unique in the overall increases in precipitation that have occurred and in the water infrastructure in place (IPCC, 2001 and others) . Source material for this workshop report was drawn from both formal presentations and breakout sessions, which directly engaged speakers, committee members, and other workshop participants in discussion, as well as from the committee's deliberations.
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