Exploring the role of hydrological pathways in modulating multi-annual climate teleconnection periodicities from UK rainfall to streamflow

Rust, William; Cuthbert, Mark; Bloomfield, John; Corstanje, Ron; Howden, Nicholas; Holman, Ian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-2223-2021

Articles | Volume 25, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-2223-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-2223-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 25, issue 4

Research article

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23 Apr 2021

Research article |

| 23 Apr 2021

Exploring the role of hydrological pathways in modulating multi-annual climate teleconnection periodicities from UK rainfall to streamflow

William Rust, Mark Cuthbert, John Bloomfield, Ron Corstanje, Nicholas Howden, and Ian Holman

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Final revised paper (published on 23 Apr 2021)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Exploring the role of hydrological pathways in modulating North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) teleconnection periodicities from UK rainfall to streamflow', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Oct 2020
- AC1: 'Response to referee 1 comments', William Rust, 07 Dec 2020
RC2: 'Review of Rust et al', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Nov 2020
- AC2: 'Response to referee 2 comments', William Rust, 07 Dec 2020

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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) (22 Dec 2020) by Laurent Pfister

AR by William Rust on behalf of the Authors (02 Feb 2021) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (14 Feb 2021) by Laurent Pfister

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (10 Mar 2021)

ED: Publish as is (19 Mar 2021) by Laurent Pfister

AR by William Rust on behalf of the Authors (19 Mar 2021)

Short summary

In this paper, we find evidence for the cyclical behaviour (on a 7-year basis) in UK streamflow records that match the main cycle of the North Atlantic Oscillation. Furthermore, we find that the strength of these 7-year cycles in streamflow is dependent on proportional contributions from groundwater and the response times of the underlying groundwater systems. This may allow for improvements to water management practices through better understanding of long-term streamflow behaviour.