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

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Final revised paper (published on 04 Dec 2020)
Preprint (discussion started on 13 Jul 2020)

Interactive discussion

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of "High-resolution global atmospheric moisture connections from evaporation to precipitation"', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Aug 2020
- AC1: 'Response to RC1', Obbe Tuinenburg, 30 Sep 2020
SC1: 'Interactive comment on “High-resolution global atmospheric moisture connections from evaporation to precipitation” by Obbe A. Tuinenburg et al.', Andreas Link, 21 Aug 2020
- AC2: 'Response to SC1', Obbe Tuinenburg, 30 Sep 2020
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Aug 2020
- AC3: 'Response to RC2', Obbe Tuinenburg, 30 Sep 2020
SC2: 'Highly valuable dataset; please check correctness and presentation of Figure 8', Ruud van der Ent, 02 Sep 2020
- AC4: 'Response to SC2', Obbe Tuinenburg, 30 Sep 2020

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Obbe Tuinenburg on behalf of the Authors (30 Sep 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (07 Oct 2020) by David Carlson

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (09 Oct 2020)

ED: Publish as is (09 Oct 2020) by David Carlson

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.