Articles | Volume 11, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-11-1089-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-11-1089-2020
Research article
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07 Dec 2020
Research article |  | 07 Dec 2020

Water transport among the world ocean basins within the water cycle

David García-García, Isabel Vigo, and Mario Trottini

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GPCC Full Data Reanalysis Ver55 sion 6.0 at 1.0°: Monthly Land-Surface Precipitation from Rain-Gauges built on GTS-based and Historic Data U. Schneider, A. Becker, P. Finger, A. Meyer-Christoffer, A., B. Rudolf, and M. Ziese https://doi.org/10.5676/DWD\_GPCC/FD\_M\_V6_100

Terrestrial Air Temperature and Precipitation: Monthly and Annual Time Series (1950-1999) C. J. Willmott and K. Matsuura http://climate.geog.udel.edu/climate/htmlpages/README.ghcn ts2.html

NASA/GSFC/HSL (2016), GLDAS Noah Land Surface Model L4 monthly 1.0 × 1.0 55 degree V2.1, H. Beaudoing and M. Rodell https://doi.org/10.5067/LWTYSMP3VM5Z

CSR GRACE RL06 Mascon Solutions H. Save https://doi.org/10.18738/T8/UN91VR

JPL GRACE and GRACE-FO Mascon Ocean, Ice, and Hydrology Equivalent Water Height Coastal Resolution Improvement (CRI) Filtered Release 06 Version 02 D. N. Wiese, D.-N. Yuan, C. Boening, F. W. Landerer, and M. M. Watkins https://doi.org/10.5067/TEMSC-3JC62

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The global water cycle involves water-mass transport on land, in the atmosphere, in the ocean, and among them. The GRACE mission has allowed for the quantification of water-mass variations. It was a revolution in the understanding of Earth dynamics. Here, we develop and apply a novel method, based on GRACE data and atmospheric models, that allows systematic estimation of water-mass exchange among ocean basins. This is valuable for understanding the role of the ocean within the water cycle.
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