Land Surface Hydrological Models

Michael B. Ek

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Abstract

The details of land-surface models (LSMs) are presented here from the perspective of providing the proper boundary condition to and interaction with a " parent” atmospheric model. Topics include atmospheric forcing to LSMs, land data sets, surface-layer turbulence, surface fluxes and energy and water budgets, land-surface physics, and the role of the land states and surface fluxes in local land- atmosphere interaction. Connections of LSMs with hydrological models (e.g., saturated zone or groundwater, and streamflow or river-routing) and land data assimilation are outside the scope of this chapter.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHandbook of Hydrometeorological Ensemble Forecasting
PublisherSpringer Berlin Heidelberg
Pages437-477
Number of pages41
ISBN (Electronic)9783642399251
ISBN (Print)9783642399244
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2019

Keywords

  • Land-atmosphere interaction
  • Land-surface model

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