Assimilation of river discharge in a land surface model to improve estimates of the continental water cycles

Wang, Fuxing; Polcher, Jan; Peylin, Philippe; Bastrikov, Vladislav

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3863-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3863-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3863-2018

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19 Jul 2018

Research article |

| 19 Jul 2018

Assimilation of river discharge in a land surface model to improve estimates of the continental water cycles

Fuxing Wang, Jan Polcher, Philippe Peylin, and Vladislav Bastrikov

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RC1: 'Assimilation of river discharge in a land surface model to improve estimates of the continental water cycles', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Feb 2018
- AC4: 'Response to Comments from Anonymous Reviewer #1', Fuxing Wang, 24 May 2018
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Apr 2018
- AC3: 'Response to Comments from Anonymous Reviewer #2', Fuxing Wang, 21 May 2018

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (11 Jun 2018) by Jaap Schellekens

AR by Fuxing Wang on behalf of the Authors (12 Jun 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (18 Jun 2018) by Jaap Schellekens

AR by Fuxing Wang on behalf of the Authors (28 Jun 2018)

Short summary

This work improves river discharge estimation by taking advantages of observation and model simulations. The new estimation takes into account both gauged and un-gauged rivers, and it compensates model systematic errors and missing processes (e.g., human water usage). This improved estimation is important not only for water resources management and ecosystem health over continent but also for ocean dynamics and salinity.