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Nature 444, E14-E15 (7 December 2006) | doi:10.1038/nature05481; Published online 6 December 2006

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Continental Runoff: A quality-controlled global runoff data set (Reply)

N. Gedney1,2, P. M. Cox3, R. A. Betts4, O. Boucher4, C. Huntingford2 & P. A. Stott5

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Replying to Peel and McMahon

Peel and McMahon1 argue that limitations of the continental runoff data set2 we use in our study3 call our main conclusion into question — that is, that changes in twentieth-century continental-scale runoff are partly attributable to the suppression of CO2-induced stomatal closure. We support Peel and McMahon's pleas for better and more complete runoff data, but we remain confident in our conclusions, as explained here.

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