High-resolution global atmospheric moisture connections from evaporation to precipitation

Tuinenburg, Obbe A.; Theeuwen, Jolanda J. E.; Staal, Arie

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-3177-2020

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-3177-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-3177-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

Data description paper

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04 Dec 2020

Data description paper |

| 04 Dec 2020

High-resolution global atmospheric moisture connections from evaporation to precipitation

Obbe A. Tuinenburg, Jolanda J. E. Theeuwen, and Arie Staal

Data sets

Global evaporation to precipitation flows obtained with Lagrangian atmospheric moisture tracking O. A. Tuinenburg, J. J. E. Theeuwen, and A. Staal https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.912710

Short summary

We provide a global database of moisture flows through the atmosphere using the most recent ERA5 atmospheric reanalysis. Using this database, it is possible to determine where evaporation will rain out again. However, the reverse is also possible, to determine where precipitation originated from as evaporation. This dataset can be used to determine atmospheric moisture recycling rates and therefore how much water is lost for a catchment through the atmosphere.