Controls on surface soil drying rates observed by SMAP and simulated by the Noah land surface model

Shellito, Peter J.; Small, Eric E.; Livneh, Ben

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1649-2018

Articles | Volume 22, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1649-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1649-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 3

Research article

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06 Mar 2018

Research article |

| 06 Mar 2018

Controls on surface soil drying rates observed by SMAP and simulated by the Noah land surface model

Peter J. Shellito, Eric E. Small, and Ben Livneh

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RC1: 'Review of Shellito and Small', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Aug 2017
RC2: 'Review of "Controls on surface soil drying rates observed by SMAP and simulated by the Noah land surface model"', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Sep 2017
AC1: 'Final Author Comments', Peter Shellito, 16 Oct 2017

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

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (07 Nov 2017) by Shraddhanand Shukla

AR by Peter Shellito on behalf of the Authors (17 Nov 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (28 Nov 2017) by Shraddhanand Shukla

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (29 Nov 2017)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (07 Dec 2017)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (27 Dec 2017) by Shraddhanand Shukla

AR by Peter Shellito on behalf of the Authors (05 Jan 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (26 Jan 2018) by Shraddhanand Shukla

AR by Peter Shellito on behalf of the Authors (29 Jan 2018)

Short summary

After soil gets wet, much of the surface moisture evaporates directly back into the air. Recent satellite data show that this process is enhanced when there is more water in the soil, less humidity in the air, and less vegetation covering the ground. A widely used model shows similar effects of soil water and humidity, but it largely misses the role of vegetation and assigns outsized importance to soil type. These results are encouraging evidence that the satellite can be used to improve models.