Comparison of the land surface climatology of the National Center for Atmospheric Research community climate model 2 at R15 and T42 resolutions

Land surface climatologies averaged over the last 5 years of 10-year seasonal cycle integrations of the National Center for Atmospheric Research community climate model 2 (CCM2) with the Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme (BATS) land surface option configured for R15 and T42 resolutions were compared. These analyses show that improved spatial resolution does not necessarily result in continental-averaged land surface climatologies substantially different from those of lower-resolution models but that the improved resolution can be important at regional scales. -from Author