Articles | Volume 20, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-93-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-93-2016
Research article
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15 Jan 2016
Research article |  | 15 Jan 2016

Hydroclimatological influences on recently increased droughts in China's largest freshwater lake

Y. Liu and G. Wu

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (27 Oct 2014) by Peter Molnar
AR by Yuanbo Liu on behalf of the Authors (02 Dec 2014)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (23 Dec 2014) by Peter Molnar
AR by Yuanbo Liu on behalf of the Authors (28 Dec 2014)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (18 May 2015) by Peter Molnar
RR by Anonymous Referee #4 (30 May 2015)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (06 Jun 2015)
RR by Anonymous Referee #5 (08 Jun 2015)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (30 Jul 2015) by Peter Molnar
AR by Yuanbo Liu on behalf of the Authors (10 Sep 2015)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (09 Oct 2015) by Peter Molnar
AR by Yuanbo Liu on behalf of the Authors (16 Oct 2015)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (28 Nov 2015) by Peter Molnar
AR by Yuanbo Liu on behalf of the Authors (03 Dec 2015)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (18 Dec 2015) by Peter Molnar
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Short summary
Lake droughts result in significant hydrological, ecological and economic consequences. This study proposes approaches for quantifying the lake drought features and estimating the contributions from individual factors, taking China’s largest freshwater lake as a case examination. Our results showed that the recently increased lake droughts were due to hydroclimatic effects, with less important contributions from the water impoundments of the world’s largest dam affecting the lake outflows.