Data
Set Development; and Evaluations of Catchment Model Sensitivities to Forcing
Variations
| James Famiglietti, Aaron Berg, and
Sally Holl |
| Development of the half degree forcing product | |
| Catchment model sensitivities to variations in the corrected forcing | |
| Summary | |
| Observations used to bias correct the ECMWF Reanalysis |
Temperature Differences (ERA-CERA)
Sensitivities of the Catchment model to Variations in the Corrected Forcing Products
Monthly Observations vs. ERA and NRA for the Mississippi Basin
Comparisons of Simulations with Observations
Comparisons of Simulations with Observations
Soil Moisture Differences
Between the Forcing
Products (CERA and CNRA)
Monthly Average Forcing Differences CERA - CNRA for the Mississippi Basin
Sensitivity of CLSM to Variations in Forcing (mm)
| There is the potential for large soil moisture variations among the corrected products. | |
| Large soil moisture variations occur outside of the regions where assimilation of satellite based soil moisture observations will be possible. | |
| The current range of observational products will not allow for correction of these variations at the global scale. |
| Current research is directed towards understanding the extent and times scales of persistence of these soil moisture differences due to variations between the forcing datasets. | |
| Work is also directed towards techniques to minimize the magnitude of the differences observed. | |