Comparison of two land surface process models using prescribed forcings

Although the two models used quite different canopy energy exchange parameterizations, especially turbulent transfer, most differences between the two models were related to soil hydrology. LSM generally had greater infiltration and less surface runoff than LSX. As a result of the different fluxes of water into the soil, the models differed greatly in sensible and latent heat fluxes. The two models differed in stomatal resistance, and when given the same stomatal resistances, both models had similar transpiration rates. Soil evaporation differed between models, apparently due to differences in the temperature calculations. Snow albedo also differed between models. -from Author