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| Titel |
Simulation of land surface temperatures: comparison of two climate models and satellite retrievals |
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J. M. Edwards |
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Englisch
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1991-959X
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In: Geoscientific Model Development ; 2, no. 2 ; Nr. 2, no. 2 (2009-08-14), S.123-136 |
| Datensatznummer |
250000541
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/gmd-2-123-2009.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Recently there has been significant progress in the retrieval of
land surface temperature from satellite observations. Satellite
retrievals of surface temperature offer several advantages,
including broad spatial coverage, and such data are potentially of
great value in assessing general circulation models of the
atmosphere. Here, retrievals of the land surface temperature over
the contiguous United States are compared with simulations from two
climate models. It is found that these two models generally
simulate the diurnal range of surface temperature realistically,
but show significant warm biases during the summer. The models'
diurnal cycle of surface temperature is related to their surface
flux budgets. Differences in the diurnal cycle of the surface
flux budget between the models are found to be more pronounced
than those in the diurnal cycle of surface temperature. |
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