Articles | Volume 25, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-121-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-121-2021
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07 Jan 2021
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Intercomparison of freshwater fluxes over ocean and investigations into water budget closure

Marloes Gutenstein, Karsten Fennig, Marc Schröder, Tim Trent, Stephan Bakan, J. Brent Roberts, and Franklin R. Robertson

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The net exchange of water between the surface and atmosphere is mainly determined by the freshwater flux: the difference between evaporation (E) and precipitation (P), or E−P. Although there is consensus among modelers that with a warming climate E−P will increase, evidence from satellite data is still not conclusive, mainly due to sensor calibration issues. We here investigate the degree of correspondence among six recent satellite-based climate data records and ERA5 reanalysis E−P data.