High-resolution modelling of interactions between soil moisture and convective development in a mountain enclosed Tibetan Basin

Gerken, T.; Babel, W.; Herzog, M.; Fuchs, K.; Sun, F.; Ma, Y.; Foken, T.; Graf, H.-F.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4023-2015

Articles | Volume 19, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4023-2015

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4023-2015

© 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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29 Sep 2015

Research article |

| 29 Sep 2015

High-resolution modelling of interactions between soil moisture and convective development in a mountain enclosed Tibetan Basin

T. Gerken, W. Babel, M. Herzog, K. Fuchs, F. Sun, Y. Ma, T. Foken, and H.-F. Graf

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RC C1878: 'RC', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Jun 2015
- AC C2751: 'Response to Reviewer 1', Tobias Gerken, 22 Jul 2015
RC C2300: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Jun 2015
- AC C2756: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Tobias Gerken, 22 Jul 2015

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (30 Jul 2015) by Alexander Loew (deceased)

AR by Tobias Gerken on behalf of the Authors (20 Aug 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (15 Sep 2015) by Alexander Loew (deceased)

AR by Tobias Gerken on behalf of the Authors (15 Sep 2015)

Short summary

Surface moisture is an important control for the development of clouds and precipitation on the Tibetan Plateau. While dry surface conditions do not provided enough water for the development of precipitation and convection, wet surface conditions lead to increased cloud cover and a decrease in solar irradiation, which also reduces convection development. It was found that intermediate soil moistures are associated with the strongest convection.