Large-Scale Validation of AMIP2 Land-Surface Simulations
Diagnostic Subproject 12 (DSP 12) on Land-surface Processes and Parameterizations is one of several AMIP-related efforts to analyze the effectiveness of current climate models in simulating continental processes. DSP 12's particular objectives are (1) to validate large-scale AMIP2 continental simulations against available global reference data sets; (2) to verify continental energy/moisture conservation and diagnose related land-surface processes in the AMIP2 models; and (3) to formulate hypotheses on putative connections between AMIP2 simulation performance and the complexities of the respective land-surface schemes (LSSs) that might be tested by further numerical experimentation. This paper outlines DSP 12's large-scale validation work, while companion papers by Henderson-Sellers et al., Irannejad et al., and Zhang et al. briefly present our analysis of other facets of AMIP2 land-surface simulations.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 15005033
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC-149290; TRN: US200414%%551
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2002 AMIP Workshop and PCMDI Web Pages, Toulouse (FR), Conference dates not supplied; Other Information: PBD: 4 Feb 2003
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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