Global Soil Moisture Data Bank

Department of Environmental Sciences
Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey 

Recent publications

  1. Robock, Alan, Konstantin Ya. Vinnikov, C. Adam Schlosser, Nina A. Speranskaya, and Yongkang Xue, 1995: Use of midlatitude soil moisture and meteorological observations to validate soil moisture simulations with biosphere and bucket models. J. Climate, 8, 15-35. ABSTRACT
  2. Vinnikov, Konstantin Ya., Alan Robock, Nina A. Speranskaya, and C. Adam Schlosser, 1996: Scales of temporal and spatial variability of midlatitude soil moisture. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 7163-7174. ABSTRACT , PDF file
  3. Robock, Alan, C. Adam Schlosser, Konstantin Ya. Vinnikov, Suxia Liu, and Nina A. Speranskaya, 1996: Validation of humidity, moisture fluxes, and soil moisture in GCMS: Report of AMIP Diagnostic Subproject 11, Part 1 - Soil moisture. Proceedings of the First International AMIP Scientific Conference, WCRP-92, WMO/TD-No. 732, W. L. Gates, Ed., (World Climate Research Programme, Geneva), 85-90. ABSTRACT
  4. Yang, Z.-L., R. E. Dickinson, A. Robock,and K. Y. Vinnikov, 1997: On validation of the snow sub-model of the Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme with Russian snow cover and meteorological observational data. J. Climate, 10, 353-373. ABSTRACT, PDF file (© Copyright 1997 AMS)
  5. Chen, T. H., A. Henderson-Sellers, P. C. D. Milly, A. J. Pitman, A. C. M. Beljaars, J. Polcher, F. Abramopolous, A. Boone, S. Chang, F. Chen, Y. Dai, C. E. Desborough, R. E. Dickinson, L. Dümenil, M. Ek, J. R. Garratt, N. Gedney, Y. M. Gusev, J. Kim, R. Koster, E. A. Kowalczyk, K. Laval, J. Lean, D. Lettenmaier, X. Liang, J.-F. Mahfouf, H.-T. Mengelkamp, K. Mitchell, O. N. Nasonova, J. Noilhan, A. Robock, C. Rosenzweig, J. Schaake, C. A. Schlosser, J.-P. Schultz, Y. Shao, A. B. Shmakin, D. L. Verseghy, P. Wetzel, E. F. Wood, Y. Xue, Z.-L. Yang, and Q. Zeng, 1997: Cabauw experimental results from the Project for Intercomparison of Land-surface Parameterization Schemes (PILPS). J. Climate, 10, 1194-1215. PDF file (© Copyright 1997 AMS)
  6. Robock, Alan, Konstantin Ya. Vinnikov, and C. Adam Schlosser, 1997: Evaluation of land-surface parameterization schemes using observations J. Climate, 10, 377-379. PDF file (© Copyright 1997 AMS)
  7. Schlosser, C. Adam, Alan Robock, Konstantin Ya. Vinnikov, Nina A. Speranskaya, and Yongkang Xue, 1997: 18-Year land-surface hydrology model simulations for a midlatitude grassland catchment in Valdai, Russia. Mon. Weather Rev., 125, 3279-3296. ABSTRACT, PDF file (© Copyright 1997 AMS)
  8. Vinnikov, Konstantin Y., Alan Robock, Nina A. Speranskaya, and Vladimir Zabelin, 1997: Soil moisture data sets, GEWEX News, 7, No. 2, May, 8-11. COMPLETE TEXT OF PAPER
  9. Qu, Weiqing, A. Henderson-Sellers, A. J. Pitman, T. H. Chen, F. Abramopolous, A. C. M. Beljaars, A. Boone, S. Chang, F. Chen, Y. Dai, C. E. Desborough, R. E. Dickinson, L. Dümenil, M. Ek, J. R. Garratt, N. Gedney, Y. M. Gusev, J. Kim, R. Koster, E. A. Kowalczyk, K. Laval, J. Lean, D. Lettenmaier, X. Liang, J.-F. Mahfouf, H.-T. Mengelkamp, P. C. D. Milly, K. Mitchell, O. N. Nasonova, J. Noilhan, J. Polcher, A. Robock, C. Rosenzweig, J. Schaake, C. A. Schlosser, J.-P. Schultz, A. B. Shmakin, D. L. Verseghy, P. Wetzel, E. F. Wood, Y. Xue, Z.-L. Yang, and Q. Zeng, 1998: Sensitivity of latent heat fluxes from PILPS land-surface schemes to perturbations of surface air temperature. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 1909-1927. ABSTRACT , PDF file (© Copyright 1998 AMS)
  10. 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
  11. Entin, Jared, Alan Robock, Konstantin Y. Vinnikov, Shuang Qiu, Vladimir Zabelin, Suxia Liu, A. Namkhai, and Ts. Adyasuren, 1999: Evaluation of Global Soil Wetness Project soil moisture simulations. J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, 77, 183-198. (Invited paper) ABSTRACT
  12. Vinnikov, Konstantin Y., Alan Robock, Shuang Qiu, Jared K. Entin, Manfred Owe, Bhaskar J. Choudhury, Steven E. Hollinger and Eni G. Njoku, 1999: Satellite remote sensing of soil moisture in Illinois, USA. J. Geophys. Res., 104, 4145-4168. ABSTRACT , PDF file
  13. Pitman, A. J., A. Henderson-Sellers, F. Abramopolous, A. Boone, C. E. Desborough, R. E. Dickinson, J. R. Garratt, N. Gedney, R. Koster, E. A. Kowalczyk, D. Lettenmaier, X. Liang, J.-F. Mahfouf, J. Noilhan, J. Polcher, W. Qu, A. Robock, C. Rosenzweig, C. A. Schlosser, A. B. Shmakin, J. Smith, M. Suarez, D. L. Verseghy, P. Wetzel, E. F. Wood, Y. Xue, and Z.-L. Yang, 1999: Key results and implications from Phase 1(c) of the Project for Intercomparison of Land-surface Parameterization Schemes. Climate Dynamics, 15, 673-684. ABSTRACT
  14. Vinnikov, Konstantin Y., Alan Robock, Shuang Qiu, and Jared K. Entin, 1999: Optimal design of surface networks for observation of soil moisture. J. Geophys. Res., 104, 19,743-19749. ABSTRACT , PDF file
  15. Mitchell, K., P. Houser, E. Wood, J. Schaake, D. Tarpley, D. Lettenmaier, W. Higgins, C. Marshall, D. Lohmann, M. Ek, B. Cosgrove, J. Entin, Q. Duan, R. Pinker, A. Robock, F. Habets, and K. Vinnikov, 1999: GCIP Land Data Assimilation System (LDAS) project now underway. GEWEX News, 9, No. 4, 3-6.
  16. 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)
  17. Robock, Alan, Konstantin Y. Vinnikov, Govindarajalu Srinivasan, Jared K. Entin, Steven E. Hollinger, Nina A. Speranskaya, Suxia Liu, and A. Namkhai, 2000: The Global Soil Moisture Data Bank. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 81, 1281-1299. ABSTRACT , PDF file (© Copyright 2000 AMS)
  18. Entin, Jared K., Alan Robock, Konstantin Y. Vinnikov, Steven E. Hollinger, Suxia Liu, and A. Namkai, 2000: Temporal and spatial scales of observed soil moisture variations in the extratropics. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 11,865-11,877. ABSTRACT , PDF file
  19. Srinivasan, G., Alan Robock, Jared K. Entin, Konstantin Y. Vinnikov, Lifeng Luo, and Participating AMIP Modeling Groups, 2000: Soil moisture simulations in revised AMIP models. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 26,635-26,644. ABSTRACT , PDF file
  20. Mitchell, K., C. Marshall, D. Lohmann, M. Ek, Y. Lin, P. Grunmann, P. Houser, E. Wood, J. Schaake, D. Lettenmaier, D. Tarpley, W. Higgins, R. Pinker, A. Robock, B. Cosgrove, J. Entin, and Q. Duan, 2000: The collaborative GCIP Land Data Assimilation (LDAS) project and supportive NCEP uncoupled land-surface model initiatives. Proc. 15th Conference on Hydrology, American Meteorological Soc., 1-4.
  21. 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
  22. Liu, Suxia, Xingguo Mo, Haibin Li, Gongbing Peng, and Alan Robock, 2001: Spatial variation of soil moisture in China: Geostatistical characterization. J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, 79, 555-574. ABSTRACT
  23. Robock, Alan, Mingquan Mu, Konstantin Y. Vinnikov, and David Robinson, 2002: Land surface conditions over Eurasia and Indian summer monsoon rainfall. J. Geophys. Res., in press. PDF file
  24. Roads, John, Richard Lawford, E. Bainto, Ernesto Berbery, Shyh-Chin Chen, Balazs M. Fekete, Kevin Gallo, Andrew Grundstein, Wayne Higgins, Masao Kanamitsu, W. Krajewski, Venkat Lakshmi, D. Leathers, Dennis Lettenmaier, L. Luo, Edwin Maurer, Tilden Meyers, D. Miller, Kenneth Mitchell, T. Mote, Rachel Pinker, T. Reichler, David Robinson, Alan Robock, James Smith, G. Srinivasan, Konstantin Vinnikov, Thomas Vonder Haar, Charles J. Vorosmarty, S. Williams, and E. Yarosh, 2002: GCIP Water and Energy Budget Synthesis (WEBS). J. Geophys. Res., in press. PDF file
  25. Luo, Lifeng, Alan Robock, Konstantin Y. Vinnikov, C. Adam Schlosser, Andrew G. Slater, Nina A. Speranskaya, Aaron Boone, Harald Braden, Fei Chen, Peter Cox, Patricia de Rosnay, Carl E. Desborough, Robert E. Dickinson, Yong-Jiu Dai, Qingyun Duan, Jared Entin, Pierre Etchevers, Ann Henderson-Sellers, Nicola Gedney, Yevgeniy M. Gusev, Florence Habets, Jinwon Kim, Victor Koren, 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, 2002: Effects of frozen soil on soil temperature, spring infiltration, and runoff: Results from the PILPS 2(d) experiment at Valdai, Russia. J. Hydrometeorology, in press. PDF file
  26. Robock, Alan, Lifeng Luo, Eric F. Wood, Fenghua Wen, Kenneth E. Mitchell, Paul R. Houser, John C. Schaake, Dag Lohmann, Brian Cosgrove, Justin Sheffield, Qingyun Duan, R. Wayne Higgins, Rachel T. Pinker, J. Dan Tarpley, Jeffrey B. Basara, and Kenneth C. Crawford, 2002:  Evaluation of the North American Land Data Assimilation System over the Southern Great Plains during the warm season.  Submitted to J. Geophys. Res. PDF file
  27. Luo, Lifeng, Alan Robock, Kenneth E. Mitchell, Paul R. Houser, Eric F. Wood, John C. Schaake, Dag Lohmann, Brian Cosgrove, Fenghua Wen, Justin Sheffield, Qingyun Duan, R. Wayne Higgins, Rachel T. Pinker, and J. Dan Tarpley, 2002:  Validation of the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) retrospective forcing over the Southern Great Plains.  Submitted to J. Geophys. Res. PDF file
  28. Cosgrove, Brian A., Dag Lohmann, Kenneth E. Mitchell, Paul R. Houser, Eric F. Wood, John Schaake, Alan Robock, Curtis Marshall, Justin Sheffield, Lifeng Luo, Qingyun Duan, Rachel Pinker, J. Dan Tarpley, R. Wayne Higgins, and Jesse Meng, 2002:  Realtime and retrospective forcing in the North American Land Data Assimilation Systems (NLDAS) project.  Submitted to J. Geophys. Res. PDF file
  29. Sheffield, Justin, Ming Pan, Eric F. Wood, Kenneth E. Mitchell, Paul R. Houser, John C. Schaake, Alan Robock, Dag Lohmann, Brian Cosgrove, Qingyun Duan, Lifeng Luo, R. Wayne Higgins, Rachel Pinker, J. Dan Tarpley, and Bruce H. Ramsay, 2002:  Snow process modeling in the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS), Part I: Evaluation of model simulated snow cover extent.   Submitted to J. Geophys. Res. PDF file
  30. Pan, Ming, Justin Sheffield, Eric F. Wood, Kenneth E. Mitchell, Paul R. Houser, John C. Schaake, Alan Robock, Dag Lohmann, Brian Cosgrove, Qingyun Duan, Lifeng Luo, R. Wayne Higgins, Rachel Pinker, and J. Dan Tarpley, 2002:  Snow process modeling in the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS), Part II: Evaluation of model simulated snow water equivalent.   Submitted to J. Geophys. Res. PDF file
Prepared by Alan Robock (robock@envsci.rutgers.edu)
Last updated on February 19, 2003