GlobWat – a global water balance model to assess water use in irrigated agriculture

Hoogeveen, J.; Faurès, J.-M.; Peiser, L.; Burke, J.; van de Giesen, N.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-3829-2015

Articles | Volume 19, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-3829-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-3829-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 9

Research article

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10 Sep 2015

Research article |

| 10 Sep 2015

GlobWat – a global water balance model to assess water use in irrigated agriculture

J. Hoogeveen, J.-M. Faurès, L. Peiser, J. Burke, and N. van de Giesen

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RC C145: 'Referee comment HESS-2014-508, Hoogeveen et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Feb 2015
RC C404: 'Review GlobWat model of FAO', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Mar 2015
AC C1773: 'Response to referees', J. Hoogeveen, 27 May 2015

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ED: Publish as is (09 Aug 2015) by Junguo Liu

AR by J. Hoogeveen on behalf of the Authors (25 Aug 2015)

Short summary

GlobWat is a freely distributed, global soil water balance model that is used by FAO to assess water use in irrigated agriculture, the main factor behind scarcity of freshwater in an increasing number of regions. The model is based on spatially distributed high-resolution data sets that are consistent at global level and is calibrated and validated against information published in global databases. The paper describes methodology, input and output data, calibration and validation of the model.