Validation of terrestrial water storage variations as simulated by different global numerical models with GRACE satellite observations

Zhang, Liangjing; Dobslaw, Henryk; Stacke, Tobias; Güntner, Andreas; Dill, Robert; Thomas, Maik

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-821-2017

Articles | Volume 21, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-821-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-821-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 2

Research article

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10 Feb 2017

Research article |

| 10 Feb 2017

Validation of terrestrial water storage variations as simulated by different global numerical models with GRACE satellite observations

Liangjing Zhang, Henryk Dobslaw, Tobias Stacke, Andreas Güntner, Robert Dill, and Maik Thomas

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RC1: 'review on "Validation of TerrestrialWater Storage Variations as Simulated by Different Global Numerical Models with GRACE Satellite Observations" by Zhang et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 30 Aug 2016
AC1: 'Author response to Reviewer 1', Liangjing Zhang, 14 Sep 2016
RC2: 'Interactive comment on “Validation of Terrestrial Water Storage Variations as Simulated by Different Global Numerical Models with GRACE Satellite Observations” by Liangjing Zhang et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Sep 2016

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ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (25 Oct 2016) by Wouter Buytaert

AR by Liangjing Zhang on behalf of the Authors (05 Dec 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (21 Dec 2016) by Wouter Buytaert

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (05 Jan 2017)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (18 Jan 2017) by Wouter Buytaert

AR by Liangjing Zhang on behalf of the Authors (20 Jan 2017) Manuscript

Short summary

Global numerical models perform differently, as has been found in some model intercomparison studies, which mainly focused on components like evapotranspiration, soil moisture or runoff. We have applied terrestrial water storage that is estimated from a GRACE-based state-of-art post-processing method to validate four global numerical models and try to identify the advantages and deﬁciencies of a certain model. GRACE-based TWS demonstrates its additional benefits to improve the models in future.