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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-5137-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-5137-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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12 Oct 2022
Research article | Highlight paper |
| 12 Oct 2022
| 12 Oct 2022
High-resolution drought simulations and comparison to soil moisture observations in Germany
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department Computational Hydrosystems, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Oldrich Rakovec
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department Computational Hydrosystems, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Praha-Suchdol 16500, Czech Republic
Rohini Kumar
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department Computational Hydrosystems, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Luis Samaniego
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department Computational Hydrosystems, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Martin Schrön
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department Monitoring and Exploration Technologies, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Anke Hildebrandt
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department Computational Hydrosystems, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Geoscience, Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Germany
Corinna Rebmann
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department Computational Hydrosystems, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Stephan Thober
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department Computational Hydrosystems, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Sebastian Müller
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department Computational Hydrosystems, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Steffen Zacharias
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department Monitoring and Exploration Technologies, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Heye Bogena
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3), 52425 Jülich, Germany
Katrin Schneider
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, IMK-IFU, Ecosystem Matter Fluxes, Kreuzeckbahnstr. 19, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Ralf Kiese
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, IMK-IFU, Ecosystem Matter Fluxes, Kreuzeckbahnstr. 19, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Sabine Attinger
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department Computational Hydrosystems, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Andreas Marx
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department Computational Hydrosystems, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Data sets
[GDM] HESS publication deseasonalized soil moisture data F. Boeing https://doi.org/10.48758/ufz.12541
[GDM] HESS publication SMI based drought characteristics, GDM-v1-2016 and GDM-v2-2021 setups F. Boeing https://doi.org/10.48758/ufz.12534
Model code and software
The mesoscale Hydrological Model mHM https://github.com/mhm-ufz
Executive editor
This is highly relevant research on a topic that has great socio-economic impact. The research uses state-of-the-art observational networks and drought simulation, which could inspire similar efforts in other European countries.
This is highly relevant research on a topic that has great socio-economic impact. The research...
Short summary
In this paper, we deliver an evaluation of the second generation operational German drought monitor (https://www.ufz.de/duerremonitor) with a state-of-the-art compilation of observed soil moisture data from 40 locations and four different measurement methods in Germany. We show that the expressed stakeholder needs for higher resolution drought information at the one-kilometer scale can be met and that the agreement of simulated and observed soil moisture dynamics can be moderately improved.
In this paper, we deliver an evaluation of the second generation operational German drought...
