LS3MIP (v1.0) contribution to CMIP6: The Land Surface, Snow and Soil moisture Model Intercomparison Project - Aims, setup and expected outcome

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 2809-2832

  Van Den Hurk, Bart ^a   Kim, Hyungjun ^b   Krinner, Gerhard ^c   Seneviratne, Sonia I ^d   Derksen, Chris ^e   Oki, Taikan ^b   Douville, Hervé ^f   Colin, Jeanne ^f   Ducharne, Agnès ^x   Cheruy, Frederique ^g   Viovy, Nicholas ^h   Puma, Michael J ⁱ   Wada, Yoshihide ^j   Li, Weiping ^k   Jia, Binghao ^l   Alessandri, Andrea ^m   Lawrence, Dave M ⁿ   Weedon, Graham P ^o   Ellis, Richard ^p   Hagemann, Stefan ^q   Mao, Jiafu ^r   Flanner, Mark G ^s   Zampieri, Matteo ^t   Materia, Stefano ^t   Law, Rachel M ^u   Sheffield, Justin ^v,w   more..

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^g LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^h DIF   (France)

ⁱ NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

^j INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^k China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^l INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^m Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie l'Energia e Lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile   (Italy)

ⁿ NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^o MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^p CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^q MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^r OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^t CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^u CSIRO   (Australia)

^v Princeton University   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^x SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LAND SURFACE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOIL MOISTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84984832799     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-9-2809-2016     Document Type: Article

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