ERA5 overestimates land drying trend from 1980 to 2023 by more than 100%

Kaicun Wang; Weihao Mou; Hongze Cai; Changjian Yin; Yun Li; Richard P. Allan; Hylke Beck; Aiguo Dai; Diego G. Miralles; Dongryeol Ryu; Florian Pappenberger

doi:10.1016/j.scib.2026.01.045

ERA5 overestimates land drying trend from 1980 to 2023 by more than 100%

Kaicun Wang
, Weihao Mou
, Hongze Cai
, Changjian Yin
, Yun Li
, Richard P. Allan
, Hylke Beck
, Aiguo Dai
, Diego G. Miralles
, Dongryeol Ryu
, Florian Pappenberger

Peking University
Guizhou Normal University
University of Reading
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
SUNY Albany
Ghent University
University of Melbourne
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

1 Scopus citations

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3283-3286
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science Bulletin
Volume	71
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2026.01.045
State	Published - Jul 15 2026
Externally published	Yes

Access to Document

10.1016/j.scib.2026.01.045

Cite this

@article{673ad8cb09934cb0af088faa4fe40e9e,

title = "ERA5 overestimates land drying trend from 1980 to 2023 by more than 100\%",

author = "Kaicun Wang and Weihao Mou and Hongze Cai and Changjian Yin and Yun Li and Allan, \{Richard P.\} and Hylke Beck and Aiguo Dai and Miralles, \{Diego G.\} and Dongryeol Ryu and Florian Pappenberger",

year = "2026",

month = jul,

day = "15",

doi = "10.1016/j.scib.2026.01.045",

language = "English",

volume = "71",

pages = "3283--3286",

journal = "Science Bulletin",

issn = "2095-9273",

publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",

number = "13",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - ERA5 overestimates land drying trend from 1980 to 2023 by more than 100%

AU - Wang, Kaicun

AU - Mou, Weihao

AU - Cai, Hongze

AU - Yin, Changjian

AU - Li, Yun

AU - Allan, Richard P.

AU - Beck, Hylke

AU - Dai, Aiguo

AU - Miralles, Diego G.

AU - Ryu, Dongryeol

AU - Pappenberger, Florian

PY - 2026/7/15

Y1 - 2026/7/15

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105028995031

U2 - 10.1016/j.scib.2026.01.045

DO - 10.1016/j.scib.2026.01.045

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:105028995031

SN - 2095-9273

VL - 71

SP - 3283

EP - 3286

JO - Science Bulletin

JF - Science Bulletin

IS - 13

ER -

ERA5 overestimates land drying trend from 1980 to 2023 by more than 100%

Access to Document

Other files and links

Cite this