Water transport among the world ocean  basins within the water cycle

García-García, David; Vigo, Isabel; Trottini, Mario

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-11-1089-2020

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-11-1089-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-11-1089-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

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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Final revised paper (published on 07 Dec 2020)
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RC1: 'Garcia-Garcia, Water transport among basins...', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Aug 2020
- AC1: 'Answer to reviewer 1', David Garcia-Garcia, 03 Sep 2020
RC2: 'Water transport among the world ocean basins within the water cycle', Munir Nayak, 16 Aug 2020
- AC2: 'Answer to reviewer 2', David Garcia-Garcia, 03 Sep 2020
RC3: 'Review for esd-2020-54', Anonymous Referee #3, 26 Aug 2020
- AC3: 'Answer to reviewer 3', David Garcia-Garcia, 03 Sep 2020

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (04 Sep 2020) by Zhenghui Xie

AR by David Garcia-Garcia on behalf of the Authors (04 Sep 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (16 Sep 2020) by Zhenghui Xie

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (04 Oct 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (08 Oct 2020)

ED: Publish as is (10 Oct 2020) by Zhenghui Xie

AR by David Garcia-Garcia on behalf of the Authors (19 Oct 2020)

Short summary

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.