Potential and limitations of multidecadal satellite soil moisture observations for selected climate model evaluation studies

Soil moisture is an essential climate variable (ECV) of major importance for land–atmosphere interactions and global hydrology. An appropriate representation of soil moisture dynamics in global climate models is therefore important. Recently, a first multidecadal, observation-based soil moisture dat...

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spelling oai:localhost:DHQB_123456789-39582018-10-22T08:43:11Z Potential and limitations of multidecadal satellite soil moisture observations for selected climate model evaluation studies A., Loew T., Stacke W, . Dorigo Technology Sanitary engineering Environmental technology Geography. Recreation Environmental sciences Soil moisture is an essential climate variable (ECV) of major importance for land–atmosphere interactions and global hydrology. An appropriate representation of soil moisture dynamics in global climate models is therefore important. Recently, a first multidecadal, observation-based soil moisture dataset has become available that provides information on soil moisture dynamics from satellite observations (ECVSM, essential climate variable soil moisture). The present study investigates the potential and limitations of this new dataset for several applications in climate model evaluation. We compare soil moisture data from satellite observations, reanalysis and simulations from a state-of-the-art land surface model and analyze relationships between soil moisture and precipitation anomalies in the different dataset. Other potential applications like model parameter optimization or model initialization are not investigated in the present study. In a detailed regional study, we show that ECVSM is capable to capture well the interannual and intraannual soil moisture and precipitation dynamics in the Sahelian region. Current deficits of the new dataset are critically discussed and summarized at the end of the paper to provide guidance for an appropriate usage of the ECVSM dataset for climate studies 2018-09-04T08:10:29Z 2018-09-04T08:10:29Z 2018 http://lrc.quangbinhuni.edu.vn:8181/dspace/handle/DHQB_123456789/3958 en Copernicus Publications
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topic Technology
Sanitary engineering
Environmental technology
Geography.
Recreation
Environmental sciences
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Sanitary engineering
Environmental technology
Geography.
Recreation
Environmental sciences
A., Loew
T., Stacke
W, . Dorigo
Potential and limitations of multidecadal satellite soil moisture observations for selected climate model evaluation studies
description Soil moisture is an essential climate variable (ECV) of major importance for land–atmosphere interactions and global hydrology. An appropriate representation of soil moisture dynamics in global climate models is therefore important. Recently, a first multidecadal, observation-based soil moisture dataset has become available that provides information on soil moisture dynamics from satellite observations (ECVSM, essential climate variable soil moisture). The present study investigates the potential and limitations of this new dataset for several applications in climate model evaluation. We compare soil moisture data from satellite observations, reanalysis and simulations from a state-of-the-art land surface model and analyze relationships between soil moisture and precipitation anomalies in the different dataset. Other potential applications like model parameter optimization or model initialization are not investigated in the present study. In a detailed regional study, we show that ECVSM is capable to capture well the interannual and intraannual soil moisture and precipitation dynamics in the Sahelian region. Current deficits of the new dataset are critically discussed and summarized at the end of the paper to provide guidance for an appropriate usage of the ECVSM dataset for climate studies
author A., Loew
T., Stacke
W, . Dorigo
author_facet A., Loew
T., Stacke
W, . Dorigo
author_sort A., Loew
title Potential and limitations of multidecadal satellite soil moisture observations for selected climate model evaluation studies
title_short Potential and limitations of multidecadal satellite soil moisture observations for selected climate model evaluation studies
title_full Potential and limitations of multidecadal satellite soil moisture observations for selected climate model evaluation studies
title_fullStr Potential and limitations of multidecadal satellite soil moisture observations for selected climate model evaluation studies
title_full_unstemmed Potential and limitations of multidecadal satellite soil moisture observations for selected climate model evaluation studies
title_sort potential and limitations of multidecadal satellite soil moisture observations for selected climate model evaluation studies
publisher Copernicus Publications
publishDate 2018
url http://lrc.quangbinhuni.edu.vn:8181/dspace/handle/DHQB_123456789/3958
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