The plumbing of land surface models: Benchmarking model performance

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1425-1442

  Best, Martin J ^a   Abramowitz, G ^b   Johnson, H R ^a   Pitman, A J ^b   Balsamo, G ^c   Boone, A ^d   Cuntz, M ^e   Decharme, B ^d   Dirmeyer, P A ^f   Dong, J ^g   Ek, M ^g   Guo, Z ^f   Haverd, V ^h   van Den Hurk, B J J ⁱ   Nearing, G S ^j   Pak, B ^h   Peters Lidard, C ^j   Santanello, J A ^j   Stevens, L ^h   Vuichard, N ^k  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^f CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^g CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^h CSIRO   (Australia)

ⁱ ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^j NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^k LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

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Author keywords

Land surface model; Model comparison; Model evaluation performance; Parameterization

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BENCHMARKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LAND SURFACE; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX;

EID: 84941272864     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0158.1     Document Type: Article

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