Making the map of the small water cycle : Ruud van der Ent

About this episode

Dr. Ruud van der Ent discusses his work on mapping the small water cycle and its implications for understanding rainfall patterns.

Dr. van der Ent is a hydrologist who made a global map of the small water cycle, showing what percentage of the evapotranspiration turns back into rainfall on the same continent. For written article https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/making-the-map-of-the-small-water

People in this episode

Host: Alpha Lo

Guest: Ruud van der Ent

Topics covered

• hydrology
• evapotranspiration
• climate science
• water cycle
• global mapping

Keywords

• small water cycle
• evapotranspiration
• rainfall
• hydrologist
• global map

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Climate Water Project

Books & works: Making the map of the small water cycle

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