We provided the necessary descriptions for transparency and traceability of the analysis using our community standards.
Observational data used in this study can be retrieved from the following in-text data citation references: ANS (2020) [dataset, accessible upon request], SMHI (2020) [dataset accessible viahttps://www.smhi.se/data/utforskaren-oppna-data/?p=1&q=], Sheffield et al., (2006) [dataset available at http://hydrology.princeton.edu/], Global Monitoring Laboratory [dataset available at https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/], Batjes et al., (2012) [dataset available at www.isric.org], Eyring et al., (2016) [dataset accessible at https://esgf-data.dkrz.de/search/cmip6-dkrz/], ICOS (2019) [datasets accessible at https://hdl.handle.net/11676/0WzAlJIkSQDK2YuLXnkw6BX and https://hdl.handle.net/11676/jGBBiZrsgz19J47noGGPzpPf], Jackowicz-Korczynski et al., (2010) [data included in the paper, https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JG000913].