The impact of near-surface soil moisture assimilation at subseasonal, seasonal, and inter-annual timescales

Draper, C.; Reichle, R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4831-2015

Articles | Volume 19, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4831-2015

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4831-2015

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

Articles | Volume 19, issue 12

Research article

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18 Dec 2015

Research article |

| 18 Dec 2015

The impact of near-surface soil moisture assimilation at subseasonal, seasonal, and inter-annual timescales

C. Draper and R. Reichle

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RC C3708: 'The impact of near-surface soil moisture assimilation at subseasonal, seasonal, and inter-annual time scales', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Sep 2015
- AC C4765: 'Author response to Referee #1', Clara Draper, 10 Nov 2015
RC C3711: 'Comments on “The impact of near-surface soil moisture assimilation at subseasonal, seasonal, and inter-annual time series” by Draper and Reichle.', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Sep 2015
- AC C4770: 'Author response to Referee #2', Clara Draper, 10 Nov 2015
SC C3908: 'Big picture?', Imtiaz Dharssi, 29 Sep 2015
- AC C4775: 'Author response to Imtiaz Dharssi', Clara Draper, 10 Nov 2015

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

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (13 Nov 2015) by Wolfgang Wagner

AR by Clara Draper on behalf of the Authors (18 Nov 2015) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (25 Nov 2015) by Wolfgang Wagner

AR by Clara Draper on behalf of the Authors (09 Dec 2015)

Short summary

A soil moisture assimilation experiment is evaluated separately at sub-seasonal, seasonal, and inter-annual timescales. In addition to previously reported improvements in sub-seasonal scale soil moisture, it is show that such an assimilation can also improve the model soil moisture at seasonal and inter-annual timescales, demonstrating the potential for near-surface soil moisture assimilation to improve model representation of important long-term events, such as droughts.