Remote land use impacts on river flows through atmospheric teleconnections

Wang-Erlandsson, Lan; Fetzer, Ingo; Keys, Patrick W.; van der Ent, Ruud J.; Savenije, Hubert H. G.; Gordon, Line J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-4311-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-4311-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 22, issue 8

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15 Aug 2018

Research article |

| 15 Aug 2018

Remote land use impacts on river flows through atmospheric teleconnections

Lan Wang-Erlandsson, Ingo Fetzer, Patrick W. Keys, Ruud J. van der Ent, Hubert H. G. Savenije, and Line J. Gordon

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RC1: 'see the attachement', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Oct 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Referee #1', Lan Wang-Erlandsson, 25 Dec 2017
RC2: 'Remote land use impacts on river flows through atmospheric Teleconnections', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Mar 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Referee #2', Lan Wang-Erlandsson, 27 Mar 2018

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ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (09 Apr 2018) by Stefan Uhlenbrook

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Winds carry air moisture from one place to another. Thus, land-use change that alters air moisture content can also modify downwind rainfall and distant river flows. This aspect has rarely been taken into account in studies of river flow changes. We show here that remote land-use change effect on rainfall can exceed that of local, and that foreign nation influence on river flows is much more prevalent than previously thought. This has important implications for both land and water governance.