Land Surface Processes in Atmospheric General Circulation Models

About this book

This 1982 book consists of papers presented at the World Climate Research Programme study conference on land surface processes held in Greenbelt, Maryland from 5 to 10 January 1981. The papers cover the following: the state of knowledge of the sensitivity of atmospheric general circulation models on hydrology and other land surface processes: assessment of the state of knowledge of numerical modelling of hydrology and other land surface processes at the scale of atmospheric general circulation models; recommendations for research activities; establishment of data requirements for initialization, validation, and parameter evaluation. This book will continue to be of interest to atmospheric scientists, soil physicists, hydrologists and climatologists.

Contents

Foreword; Introduction; Part I. Atmospheric General Circulation Models and Climate Simulations: 1. Large-scale climate modelling and small-scale physical processes J. Smagorinsky; 2. Simulation of climate by general circulation models with hydrologic cycles S. Manabe; 3. Current parameterizations of land-surface processes in atmospheric general circulation models D. J. Carson; 4. The sensitivity of numerically simulated climates to land surface conditions Y. Mintz; Part II. The Microphysical Processes of Momentum, Heat and Water Transfers Across and Near the Surface of the Land: 5. Vertical flux of moisture and heat at a bare soil surface W. H. Brutsaert; 6. The vertical fluxes of heat and moisture at a vegetated land surface L. J. Fritschen; 7. Vertical flux of heat and moisture in snow and ice M. Kuhn; Part III. Mesoscale Parameterizations of the Transfer Processes: 8. Parameterization of hydrologic processes J. C. I. Dooge; 9. dynamic hydro-thermal balances at macroscale P. S. Eagleson; Part IV. Land Surface Global Data Sets: 10. Use of regional and global soils data for climate modelling M. J. Gardiner; 11. Land surface processes: vegetation A. Perrier; 12. Data on snow cover and glaciers for the global climatic models V. M. Kotliakov and A. N. Krenke; 13. The shortwave albedo and the surface emissivity K. Ya. Kondratyev, V. I. Korzov, V. V. Mukhenberg and L. N. Dyachenko; 14. Water balance A. Baumgartner; Part V. Acquisition of Land Surface Data: 15. Possibilities for remote sensing of surface characteristics K. I. Itten.

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