Articles | Volume 15, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-4163-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-4163-2022
Development and technical paper
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01 Jun 2022
Development and technical paper |  | 01 Jun 2022

Evaluating a reservoir parametrization in the vector-based global routing model mizuRoute (v2.0.1) for Earth system model coupling

Inne Vanderkelen, Shervan Gharari, Naoki Mizukami, Martyn P. Clark, David M. Lawrence, Sean Swenson, Yadu Pokhrel, Naota Hanasaki, Ann van Griensven, and Wim Thiery

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • CEC1: 'Comment on gmd-2022-16', Juan Antonio Añel, 01 Mar 2022
    • AC1: 'Reply on CEC1', Inne Vanderkelen, 26 Apr 2022
  • RC1: 'Comment on gmd-2022-16', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Mar 2022
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC1', Inne Vanderkelen, 02 May 2022
  • RC2: 'Comment on gmd-2022-16', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Apr 2022
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC1', Inne Vanderkelen, 02 May 2022
    • AC3: 'Reply on RC2', Inne Vanderkelen, 02 May 2022

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Inne Vanderkelen on behalf of the Authors (02 May 2022)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (03 May 2022) by Charles Onyutha
AR by Inne Vanderkelen on behalf of the Authors (04 May 2022)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
Human-controlled reservoirs have a large influence on the global water cycle. However, dam operations are rarely represented in Earth system models. We implement and evaluate a widely used reservoir parametrization in a global river-routing model. Using observations of individual reservoirs, the reservoir scheme outperforms the natural lake scheme. However, both schemes show a similar performance due to biases in runoff timing and magnitude when using simulated runoff.