Articles | Volume 26, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-923-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-923-2022
Research article
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18 Feb 2022
Research article |  | 18 Feb 2022

Historical simulation of maize water footprints with a new global gridded crop model ACEA

Oleksandr Mialyk, Joep F. Schyns, Martijn J. Booij, and Rick J. Hogeboom

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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-2021-329', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Aug 2021
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC1', Oleksandr Mialyk, 18 Oct 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on hess-2021-329', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Aug 2021
    • AC3: 'Reply on RC2', Oleksandr Mialyk, 19 Oct 2021
  • RC3: 'Comment on hess-2021-329', Anonymous Referee #3, 01 Sep 2021
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC3', Oleksandr Mialyk, 18 Oct 2021

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (19 Oct 2021) by Giuliano Di Baldassarre
AR by Oleksandr Mialyk on behalf of the Authors (30 Nov 2021)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (14 Dec 2021) by Giuliano Di Baldassarre
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (17 Dec 2021)
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (02 Jan 2022)
ED: Publish as is (18 Jan 2022) by Giuliano Di Baldassarre
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Short summary
As the global demand for crops is increasing, it is vital to understand spatial and temporal patterns of crop water footprints (WFs). Previous studies looked into spatial patterns but not into temporal ones. Here, we present a new process-based gridded crop model to simulate WFs and apply it for maize in 1986–2016. We show that despite the average unit WF reduction (−35 %), the global WF of maize production has increased (+50 %), which might harm ecosystems and human livelihoods in some regions.