Session: Benchmarking, identification and verification in land surface modeling (92nd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (January 22-26, 2012))

Monday, 23 January 2012: 4:00 PM-5:30 PM

Room 352 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 26th Conference on Hydrology

Chairs: Joseph A. Santanello Jr., NASA-GSFC

Cochairs: Christa D. Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC; Michael Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP and Sujay V. Kumar, SAIC

Papers:

4:00 PM

1.1

Joint GEWEX/GLASS-GHP Project: Land Surface Model Benchmarking

Michael Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Suitland, MD; and G. Abramowitz, S. Benedict, S. Williams, J. A. Santanello Jr., P. J. Van Oevelen, C. D. Peters-Lidard, M. Best, E. Blyth, T. P. Meyers, M. Rodell, S. V. Kumar, and S. Katz

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

1.2

Usefulness of Benchmarking for Global Land Surface Model Development

Gianpaolo Balsamo, ECMWF, Reading, United Kingdom; and C. Albergel, M. Balzarolo, A. Beljaars, S. Boussetta, J. C. Calvet, E. Dutra, T. Kral, D. Papale, P. de Rosnay, and I. Sandu

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

1.3

The International Land Model Benchmarking (ILAMB) Project: Water and Energy Cycle Benchmarking [INVITED]

David M. Lawrence, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Blyth, M. Best, J. Randerson, and F. Hoffman

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

1.4

Verification of Simulations and Uncertainty Estimations in Ensemble Land Surface Simulations: Exercises in the Global Soil Wetness Project Phase 3 [INVITED]

Hyungjun Kim, UC Center for Hydrologic Modeling, Irvine, CA; and T. Oki, P. A. Dirmeyer, S. I. Seneviratne, S. Kanae, and J. S. Famiglietti

5:00 PM

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