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Land-Surface Modeling and Climate Simulations: Results Over the Australian Region Grom Sixteen AMIP2 Models.


DE200515013451

Publication Date 2002
Personal Author Zhang, H.; Hednerson-Sellters, A.; Irannejad, P.
Page Count 74
Abstract This report presents analyses of sixteen models from the Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project II (AMIP2) over the Australian region. It is focused on assessing how well surface climate and fluxes over this region are simulated in current Atmospheric General Circulation Models (AGCMs) forced by observed sea surface temperatures (SSTs). The importance of land-surface modelling on model predictability is also investigated. In this preliminary analysis, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) observational rainfall, temperature and surface evapotranspiration datasets are used in validating surface climatologies simulated by the 16 models. Specifically, the Linear Error in Probability Space (LEPS) score is calculated in assessing the skill of the models in simulating surface Climate anomalies for the 17-year period (1979 to 1995). Numerous model differences are seen with some aspects of the model performance being linked to the complexity of land-surface schemes used. The connection between model skill in simulating surface climate anomalies and surface flux anomalies is explored.
Keywords
  • Australia
  • Climatology
  • Mathematical models
  • Anomalies
  • Rainfall
  • Temperature
  • Ocean surface
  • Evapotranspiration
  • Meteorology
  • AGCM(Atmospheric General Circulation Model)
  • AMIP(Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project)
Source Agency
  • Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number 200601
Land-Surface Modeling and Climate Simulations: Results Over the Australian Region Grom Sixteen AMIP2 Models.
Land-Surface Modeling and Climate Simulations: Results Over the Australian Region Grom Sixteen AMIP2 Models.
DE200515013451

  • Australia
  • Climatology
  • Mathematical models
  • Anomalies
  • Rainfall
  • Temperature
  • Ocean surface
  • Evapotranspiration
  • Meteorology
  • AGCM(Atmospheric General Circulation Model)
  • AMIP(Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project)
  • Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
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