Articles | Volume 12, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-3177-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-3177-2020
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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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.
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