Relative impacts of land use and climate change on summer precipitation in the Netherlands

Daniels, Emma; Lenderink, Geert; Hutjes, Ronald; Holtslag, Albert

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4129-2016

Articles | Volume 20, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4129-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4129-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 10

Research article

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11 Oct 2016

Research article |

| 11 Oct 2016

Relative impacts of land use and climate change on summer precipitation in the Netherlands

Emma Daniels, Geert Lenderink, Ronald Hutjes, and Albert Holtslag

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RC1: 'Well written article with a clear structure', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Jun 2016
- AC1: 'Author comment to Referee #1', Emma Daniels, 15 Jul 2016
RC2: 'Nice paper which contributes to the literature', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Jul 2016
- AC2: 'Author comment to Referee #2', Emma Daniels, 20 Jul 2016
EC1: 'Editor comment', Bettina Schaefli, 13 Jul 2016

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (21 Jul 2016) by Bettina Schaefli

AR by Emma Daniels on behalf of the Authors (14 Sep 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (15 Sep 2016) by Bettina Schaefli

Short summary

Using a weather model, we find that historic and future land use changes have a smaller effect (decrease) on summer precipitation in the Netherlands than climate change has (increase). As a result, precipitation will likely continue to increase over the coming decades. Nevertheless, in the Netherlands the influence of land surface changes on summer precipitation is not negligible and counters the effect of climate change, especially for extreme precipitation.