Reconstructing the natural hydrology of the San Francisco Bay–Delta watershed

Fox, P.; Hutton, P. H.; Howes, D. J.; Draper, A. J.; Sears, L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4257-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4257-2015

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22 Oct 2015

Research article |

| 22 Oct 2015

Reconstructing the natural hydrology of the San Francisco Bay–Delta watershed

P. Fox, P. H. Hutton, D. J. Howes, A. J. Draper, and L. Sears

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Final revised paper (published on 22 Oct 2015)
Preprint (discussion started on 13 Apr 2015)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

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

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RC C1365: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 May 2015
- AC C1706: 'Authors Response to Referee #1', Daniel Howes, 23 May 2015
RC C1380: 'Review of P. Fox et al. Simple analysis, far-reaching implications', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 May 2015
- RC C1383: 'Edited comment - Please look at this version', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 May 2015
  - AC C1709: 'Authors Responses to Referee #2 Comments', Daniel Howes, 23 May 2015
    - RC C1870: 'Response to Author Comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 31 May 2015
      - AC C1975: 'Response to Referee #2 Second Set of Comments', Daniel Howes, 05 Jun 2015
RC C1387: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 10 May 2015
- AC C1715: 'Authors Responses to Referee #3 Comments', Daniel Howes, 23 May 2015
RC C1731: 'comments', Anonymous Referee #4, 25 May 2015
- AC C1970: 'Responses to Reviewer #4 Comments', Daniel Howes, 05 Jun 2015
SC C1909: 'Application of historical reconstruction to modern problems', Bruce Herbold, 02 Jun 2015
- AC C1966: 'Response to Herbold Comments', Daniel Howes, 05 Jun 2015
SC C2020: 'Challenges in Reconstructing and Interpreting Bay-Delta Natural Hydrology with Simple Water Budgets', Peter Vorster, 08 Jun 2015
- SC C2029: 'Edited comment - Please use this version- added citation list at end, corrected typos, minor revisions', Peter Vorster, 09 Jun 2015
  - AC C2114: 'Authors Response to Vorster Comments (see supplemental)', Daniel Howes, 17 Jun 2015
SC C2025: 'Comments on Fox et al. Reconstructing the Natural Hydrograph of SF Bay-Delta Watershed manauscript', Christina Swanson, 08 Jun 2015
- AC C2115: 'Response to Swanson Comments (see supplemental)', Daniel Howes, 17 Jun 2015
EC C2498: 'Editor Comment -', Murugesu Sivapalan, 11 Jul 2015

Peer-review completion

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (18 Jul 2015) by Murugesu Sivapalan

AR by Daniel Howes on behalf of the Authors (31 Jul 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (19 Aug 2015) by Murugesu Sivapalan

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (30 Aug 2015)

RR by Anonymous Referee #4 (07 Sep 2015)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (19 Sep 2015) by Murugesu Sivapalan

AR by Daniel Howes on behalf of the Authors (26 Sep 2015) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (29 Sep 2015) by Murugesu Sivapalan

AR by Daniel Howes on behalf of the Authors (29 Sep 2015)

Short summary

The development of California was facilitated by redistributing water from the natural landscape to other uses. This development was accompanied by declines in native aquatic species, which have been attributed to reductions in Delta outflow. By reconstructing the natural landscape and using water balances to estimate natural Delta outflow, this flow is shown to be consistent with current outflow on a long-term annual average basis.