Articles | Volume 24, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-515-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-515-2020
Research article
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04 Feb 2020
Research article |  | 04 Feb 2020

Impact of revegetation of the Loess Plateau of China on the regional growing season water balance

Jun Ge, Andrew J. Pitman, Weidong Guo, Beilei Zan, and Congbin Fu

Data sets

MCD12Q1 MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V006 M. Friedl and D. Sulla-Menashe https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.006

MCD15A2H MODIS/Terra+Aqua Leaf Area Index/FPAR 8-day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V006 R. Myneni, Y. Knyazikhin, and T. Park https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD15A2H.006

MOD15A2H MODIS/Terra Leaf Area Index/FPAR 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V006 R. Myneni, Y. Knyazikhin, and T. Park https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD15A2H.006

Global Land Surface Products: Albedo Product Data Collection (1985-2010) S. L. Liang and Q. Liu https://doi.org/10.6050/glass863.3001.db

The ERA-Interim reanalysis: Configuration and performance of the data assimilation system (https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/datasets/reanalysis-datasets/era-interim) D. P. Dee, S. M. Uppala, A. J. Simmons, P. Berrisford, P. Poli, S. Kobayashi, U. Andrae, M. A. Balmaseda, G. Balsamo, P. Bauer, P. Bechtold, A. C. M. Beljaars, L. van de Berg, J. Bidlot, N. Bormann, C. Delsol, R. Dragani, M. Fuentes, A. J. Geer, L. Haimberger, S. B. Healy, H. Hersbach, E. V. Holm, L. Isaksen, P. Kallberg, M. Kohler, M. Matricardi, A. P. McNally, B. M. Monge-Sanz, J. J. Morcrette, B. K. Park, C. Peubey, P. de Rosnay, C. Tavolato, J. N. Thepaut, and F. Vitart https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.828

Establishment and assessment of the grid precipitation datasets in China for recent 50 years (http://data.cma.cn/data/cdcindex.html) Y. F. Zhao, J. Zhu, and Y. Xu https://doi.org/10.3969/2013jms.0008

A description of the advanced research WRF version 3 W. C. Skamarock, J. B. Klemp, J. Dudhia, D. O. Gill, D. M. Barker, M. G. Duda, D. M. Barker, X. Y. Huang, W. Wang, and J. G. Powers https://doi.org/10.5065/D68S4MVH

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We investigate the impact of revegetation on the hydrology of the Loess Plateau based on high-resolution simulations using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. We find that past revegetation has caused decreased runoff and soil moisture with increased evapotranspiration as well as little response from rainfall. WRF suggests that further revegetation could aggravate this water imbalance. We caution that further revegetation might be unsustainable in this region.