Evaluating the strength of the land&ndash;atmosphere moisture feedback in Earth system models using satellite observations

Levine, Paul A.; Randerson, James T.; Swenson, Sean C.; Lawrence, David M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4837-2016

Articles | Volume 20, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4837-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4837-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 12

Research article

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09 Dec 2016

Research article |

| 09 Dec 2016

Evaluating the strength of the land–atmosphere moisture feedback in Earth system models using satellite observations

Paul A. Levine, James T. Randerson, Sean C. Swenson, and David M. Lawrence

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RC1: 'Review of “Evaluating the strength of the land-atmosphere moisture feedback in earth system models using satellite observations”', Trent Ford, 17 Jun 2016
- AC1: 'Author response to Referee #1', Paul Levine, 10 Aug 2016
RC2: 'Review of "Evaluating the strength of the land–atmosphere moisture feedback in earth system models using satellite observation"', Anonymous Referee #2, 21 Jun 2016
- AC2: 'Author response to Referee #2', Paul Levine, 10 Aug 2016
RC3: 'Review of “Evaluating the strength of the land–atmosphere moisture feedback in earth system models using satellite observations” by P. Levine et al., submitted to Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.', Anonymous Referee #3, 23 Jun 2016
- AC3: 'Author response to Referee #3', Paul Levine, 10 Aug 2016
- AC4: 'Additional author response to Referee #3', Paul Levine, 16 Aug 2016

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (18 Aug 2016) by Pierre Gentine

AR by Paul Levine on behalf of the Authors (07 Sep 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (07 Oct 2016) by Pierre Gentine

RR by Trent Ford (12 Oct 2016)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (07 Nov 2016)

ED: Publish as is (09 Nov 2016) by Pierre Gentine

AR by Paul Levine on behalf of the Authors (18 Nov 2016)

Short summary

We demonstrate a new approach to assess the strength of feedbacks resulting from land–atmosphere coupling on decadal timescales. Our approach was tailored to enable evaluation of Earth system models (ESMs) using data from Earth observation satellites that measure terrestrial water storage anomalies and relevant atmospheric variables. Our results are consistent with previous work demonstrating that ESMs may be overestimating the strength of land surface feedbacks compared with observations.