scholarly journals Basic study of a coupling method between a soil wetness index derived from remote sensing and a land surface scheme of a general circulation model

1998 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 73-77
Author(s):  
Toshiro KUMAKURA ◽  
Hitoshi HARA ◽  
Teruyuki NISHIMURA ◽  
Toshio KOIKE
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
General Circulation Model ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
Circulation Model ◽  
Coupling Method ◽  
Basic Study ◽  
Wetness Index ◽  
Land Surface Scheme ◽  
Surface Scheme

scholarly journals Modelling root water uptake in a complex land surface scheme coupled to a GCM

1998 ◽  
Vol 2 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 239-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. de Rosnay ◽  
J. Polcher
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Water Uptake ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
Circulation Model ◽  
Root Water Uptake ◽  
Soil Water Storage ◽  
Land Surface Scheme ◽  
Surface Scheme

Abstract. The aim of this paper is to improve the representation of root water uptake in the land surface scheme SECHIBA coupled to the LMD General Circulation Model (GCM). Root water uptake mainly results from the interaction between soil moisture and root profiles. Firstly, one aspect of the soil hydrology in SECHIBA is changed: it is shown that increasing the soil water storage capacity leads to a reduction in the frequency of soil water drought, but enhances the mean evapotranspiration. Secondly, the representation of the soil-vegetation interaction is improved by allowing a different root profile for each type of vegetation. The interaction between sub-grid scale variabilities in soil moisture and vegetation is also studied. The approach consists of allocating a separate soil water column to each vegetation type, thereby 'tiling' the grid square. However, the possibility of choosing the degree of soil moisture spatial heterogeneity is retained. These enhancements of the land surface system are compared within a number of GCM experiments.

HAPEX—MOBILHY: A Hydrologic Atmospheric Experiment the Study of Water Budget and Evaporation Flux at the Climatic Scale

1986 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Claude André ◽  
Jean-Paul Goutorbe ◽  
Alain Perrier
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
Water Budget ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
Circulation Model ◽  
Surface Energy Budget ◽  
Surface Hydrology ◽  
Land Surface Water ◽  
Evaporation Flux

The HAPEX-MOBILHY program is aimed at studying the hydrological budget and evaporation flux at the scale of a GCM (general circulation model) grid square, i.e., 104 km2. Different surface and subsurface networks will be operated during the year 1986, to measure and monitor soil moisture, surface-energy budget and surface hydrology, as well as atmospheric properties. A two-and-a-half-month special observing period will allow for detailed measurements of atmospheric fluxes and for intensive remote sensing of surface properties using well-instrumented aircraft. The main objective of the program, for which guest investigations are strongly encouraged, is to provide a data base against which parameterization schemes for the land-surface water budget will be tested and developed.

scholarly journals The CSIRO Mk3L climate system model version 1.0 – Part 1: Description and evaluation

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 483-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. Phipps ◽  
L. D. Rotstayn ◽  
H. B. Gordon ◽  
J. L. Roberts ◽  
A. C. Hirst ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Ice ◽  
General Circulation Model ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Circulation Model ◽  
Climate System ◽  
System Model ◽  
Desktop Computer ◽  
Climate System Model

Abstract. The CSIRO Mk3L climate system model is a coupled general circulation model, designed primarily for millennial-scale climate simulations and palaeoclimate research. Mk3L includes components which describe the atmosphere, ocean, sea ice and land surface, and combines computational efficiency with a stable and realistic control climatology. This paper describes the model physics and software, analyses the control climatology, and evaluates the ability of the model to simulate the modern climate. Mk3L incorporates a spectral atmospheric general circulation model, a z-coordinate ocean general circulation model, a dynamic-thermodynamic sea ice model and a land surface scheme with static vegetation. The source code is highly portable, and has no dependence upon proprietary software. The model distribution is freely available to the research community. A 1000-yr climate simulation can be completed in around one-and-a-half months on a typical desktop computer, with greater throughput being possible on high-performance computing facilities. Mk3L produces realistic simulations of the larger-scale features of the modern climate, although with some biases on the regional scale. The model also produces reasonable representations of the leading modes of internal climate variability in both the tropics and extratropics. The control state of the model exhibits a high degree of stability, with only a weak cooling trend on millennial timescales. Ongoing development work aims to improve the model climatology and transform Mk3L into a comprehensive earth system model.

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