Related Projects:
Land Data Assimilation
System (LDAS)
Improve representation of land surface in climate
and weather forecast models through implementation and validation of Land
Data Assimilation Schemes (LDAS) forced with observations.
Project
for Intercomparison of Landsurface Parameterization Schemes (PILPS)
A project to intercompare land surface models all
run with identical forcing.
- Schlosser, C. A., A. G. Slater, A. Robock, A. J. Pitman, K. Y. Vinnikov, A. Henderson-Sellers, N. A. Speranskaya, K. Mitchell,
and the PILPS 2(d) contributors, 2000: Simulations of a boreal grassland hydrology at Valdai, Russia: PILPS Phase 2(d). Mon. Weather Rev, 128, 301-321.
ABSTRACT,
PDF file
(© Copyright 2000 AMS)
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- Slater, A.G., C. A. Schlosser, C. E. Desborough, A. J. Pitman, A. Henderson-Sellers, A. Robock,
K. Ya. Vinnikov, K. Mitchell, A. Boone, H. Braden, F. Chen, P. M. Cox, P. de Rosnay, R.E.
Dickinson, Y-J. Dai, Q. Duan, J. Entin, P. Etchevers, N. Gedney, Ye. M. Gusev, F. Habets,
J. Kim, V. Koren, E. Kowalczyk, O. N. Nasonova, J. Noilhan, J. Schaake, A. B. Shmakin,
T. G. Smirnova, D. Verseghy, P. Wetzel, Y. Xue, Z-L. Yang, Q. Zeng, 2001:
The representation of snow in land-surface
schemes; Results from PILPS 2(d). J. Hydrometeorol., 2, 7-25.
PDF file
(© Copyright 2001 AMS)
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- Luo, Lifeng, Alan Robock, Konstantin Y. Vinnikov, C. Adam Schlosser, Andrew G. Slater, Aaron Boone, Harald Braden,
Peter Cox, Patricia de Rosnay, Robert E. Dickinson, Yong-Jiu Dai, Qingyun Duan, Jared Entin, Pierre Etchevers,
Ann Henderson-Sellers, Nicola Gedney, Yevgeniy M. Gusev, Florence Habets, Jinwon
Kim, Eva Kowalczyk, Kenneth Mitchell, Olga N. Nasonova,
Joel Noilhan, Andrew J. Pitman, John Schaake, Andrey B. Shmakin, Tatiana G. Smirnova, Diana Verseghy, Peter Wetzel, Yongkang Xue, Zong-Liang Yang,
and Qing-Cun Zeng, 2003: Effects of frozen soil on soil temperature, spring infiltration, and runoff: Results from the PILPS 2(d) experiment at Valdai, Russia. J. Hydrometeorology,
4, 334-351. PDF file
(© Copyright 2003 AMS)
Atmospheric
Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP)
A project to force global GCMs with observed sea
surface temperatures for 1979-1988 and compare the output to observations.
- Robock, Alan, C. Adam Schlosser, Konstantin Ya. Vinnikov, Nina A.
Speranskaya, and Jared K. Entin, 1998: Evaluation of AMIP soil moisture
simulations. Global and Planetary Change, 19, 181-208.
COMPLETE TEXT OF PAPER
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- Srinivasan, G., Alan Robock, Jared K. Entin, Lifeng Luo, Konstantin Y.
Vinnikov, Pedro Viterbo, and Participating AMIP Modeling Groups, 2000: Soil
moisture simulations in revised AMIP models. J. Geophys. Res., 105,
26,635-26,644.
ABSTRACT ,
PDF
file
Radar
Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture
ERS Scatterometer active microwave retrievals of
soil moisture from the Institute
of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing of the Vienna University of Technology.
Global
Runoff Data Centre
Activities include the collection and dissemination
of river discharge data on a global scale.
Global
Precipitation Climatology Centre
Global gridded monthly precipitation analyses.
GLOBE
Program : Soil
Moisture Measurement
A project to use soil moisture measurement as an
earth science education activity in K-12 schools.
Global
Soil Wetness Project
A project to force land surface models with observed
meteorology and radiation at a 1° grid spacing for 1987-1988 and compare
the output to observations.
Community
Land Model
The land surface component of the
NCAR
Community Climate System Model (CCSM).
Soil
Wetness Index from SSM/I
Remote Sensing (only the thin upper layer of the
surface)
Soil Moisture Derived from AMSR-E
The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System
(AMSR-E) at National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
SMOS
The Soil Moisture Ocean Salinity satellite, to be
launched by the European Space Agency on September 19, 2007, using passive
L-band observations.
Prepared by Alan
Robock (robock@envsci.rutgers.edu)
Last updated on November 30, 2005