Assessing global water mass transfers from continents to oceans over the period 1948–2016

Cáceres, Denise; Marzeion, Ben; Malles, Jan Hendrik; Gutknecht, Benjamin Daniel; Müller Schmied, Hannes; Döll, Petra

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-4831-2020

Articles | Volume 24, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-4831-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-4831-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 24, issue 10

Research article

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13 Oct 2020

Research article |

| 13 Oct 2020

Assessing global water mass transfers from continents to oceans over the period 1948–2016

Denise Cáceres, Ben Marzeion, Jan Hendrik Malles, Benjamin Daniel Gutknecht, Hannes Müller Schmied, and Petra Döll

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RC1: 'Review of Caceres et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Mar 2020
- AC1: 'Response to comments from Referee #1', Denise Caceres, 15 May 2020
RC2: 'Review report for Cáceres et al', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Mar 2020
- AC2: 'Response to comments from Referee #2', Denise Caceres, 15 May 2020

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (26 May 2020) by Giuliano Di Baldassarre

AR by Denise Caceres on behalf of the Authors (05 Jul 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (03 Aug 2020) by Giuliano Di Baldassarre

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (03 Aug 2020)

RR by Fernando Jaramillo (08 Aug 2020)

ED: Publish as is (14 Aug 2020) by Giuliano Di Baldassarre

Short summary

We analysed how and to which extent changes in water storage on continents had an effect on global ocean mass over the period 1948–2016. Continents lost water to oceans at an accelerated rate, inducing sea level rise. Shrinking glaciers explain 81 % of the long-term continental water mass loss, while declining groundwater levels, mainly due to sustained groundwater pumping for irrigation, is the second major driver. This long-term decline was partly offset by the impoundment of water in dams.