On the land surface-atmosphere coupling and its impact in a single-column atmospheric model

From: Journal of Applied Meteorology | Date: March 1, 2001| Author: Schulz, Jan-Peter; Dumenil, Lydia; Polcher, Jan | Copyright information

(Manuscript received 3 January 2000, in final form 26 July 2000)

ABSTRACT

Three versions of the single-column European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts-Hamburg (ECHAM4) climate model are compared that differ either in the technique of the numerical coupling between land surface and atmosphere or the physical parameterization of the land surface processes. The standard ECHAM4 model utilizes a semi-implicit coupling technique between land surface and atmosphere in a way...

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