Table 1 Global atmospheric water flows from/to land and oceans based on the reconciled atmospheric moisture network
From: Reconciling tracked atmospheric water flows to close the global freshwater cycle
Oceans | Land | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Area | (km2) | 3.6 109 | 1.5 109 |
Precipitation | (km3 year−1) | 4 105 | 1.5 105 |
Evaporation | (km3 year−1) | 4.5 105 | 9.8 104 |
Precipitation from land evaporation | (km3 year−1) | 3.3 104 | 6.53 104 |
Precipitation from ocean evaporation | (km3 year−1) | 3.7 105 | 8.3 104 |
