Assessing the uncertainty of soil moisture impacts on convective precipitation using a new ensemble approach

Henneberg, Olga; Ament, Felix; Grützun, Verena

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-6413-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-6413-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-6413-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 9

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07 May 2018

Review article |

| 07 May 2018

Assessing the uncertainty of soil moisture impacts on convective precipitation using a new ensemble approach

Olga Henneberg, Felix Ament, and Verena Grützun

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RC1: 'Review comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Mar 2017
- AC1: 'Answer to reviewer 1', Olga Henneberg, 04 Aug 2017
RC2: 'Major revisions required', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 May 2017
- AC2: 'Answer to reviewer 2', Olga Henneberg, 04 Aug 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Olga Henneberg on behalf of the Authors (01 Sep 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (13 Sep 2017) by Patrick Chuang

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (18 Sep 2017)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (24 Oct 2017) by Patrick Chuang

AR by Olga Henneberg on behalf of the Authors (14 Dec 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (22 Jan 2018) by Patrick Chuang

AR by Olga Henneberg on behalf of the Authors (24 Feb 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (04 Mar 2018) by Patrick Chuang

Short summary

Soil moisture influences the occurrence of convective precipitation. An accurate knowledge of soil moisture might improve the prediction of convective cells. But the model uncertainty overshadows the impact of soil moisture in convection resolving models. Only drastic soil moisture changes can exhibit the model uncertainties. Both the enhanced and reduced soil moisture result in a reduced precipitation rate. We point out the need for uncertainty estimations in soil moisture studies.