Articles | Volume 26, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-5137-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-5137-2022
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12 Oct 2022
Research article | Highlight paper |  | 12 Oct 2022

High-resolution drought simulations and comparison to soil moisture observations in Germany

Friedrich Boeing, Oldrich Rakovec, Rohini Kumar, Luis Samaniego, Martin Schrön, Anke Hildebrandt, Corinna Rebmann, Stephan Thober, Sebastian Müller, Steffen Zacharias, Heye Bogena, Katrin Schneider, Ralf Kiese, Sabine Attinger, and Andreas Marx

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on hess-2021-402', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Nov 2021
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Friedrich Boeing, 17 Feb 2022
  • RC2: 'Comment on hess-2021-402', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Jan 2022
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Friedrich Boeing, 17 Feb 2022

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (05 Mar 2022) by Adriaan J. (Ryan) Teuling
AR by Friedrich Boeing on behalf of the Authors (13 Apr 2022)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Apr 2022) by Adriaan J. (Ryan) Teuling
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (05 May 2022)
RR by Rene Orth (16 May 2022)
ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (16 May 2022) by Adriaan J. (Ryan) Teuling
AR by Friedrich Boeing on behalf of the Authors (27 Jun 2022)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (05 Jul 2022) by Adriaan J. (Ryan) Teuling
RR by Rene Orth (10 Aug 2022)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (25 Aug 2022) by Adriaan J. (Ryan) Teuling
AR by Friedrich Boeing on behalf of the Authors (29 Aug 2022)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (08 Sep 2022) by Adriaan J. (Ryan) Teuling
AR by Friedrich Boeing on behalf of the Authors (14 Sep 2022)  Author's response    Manuscript
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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.
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.