Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 29, issue 23
Articles | Volume 29, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-7093-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-7093-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 29, issue 23
Research article
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12 Dec 2025
Research article |  | 12 Dec 2025

The impact of convection-permitting model rainfall on the dryland water balance

George Blake, Katerina Michaelides, Elizabeth Kendon, Mark Cuthbert, and Michael Bliss Singer

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In drylands, rainfall mainly falls during short-lived and localised storms, with the rainfall characteristics of these storms key in controlling how water moves through the landscape. But most climate models cannot represent dryland storms and their characteristics accurately. By using a simple hydrological model at four sites in the Horn of Africa (HOA), we show that using a model that can represent these storms results in higher soil moisture for plants and groundwater for humans.
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