COLA / AOES Land Group


Coupling strength in 2x2 model matrix Precipitation coherence Ω (center), precipitation coupling strength ΔΩ (left), and percentage of precipitation variance on time scales beyond 20 days (right) for a 2x2 combination of GCMs and LSMs (adapted from Wei et al. 2010b).
Prof. Paul Dirmeyer
Building: Research Hall
Office: Room 266
Mail stop: 6C5
Phone: +1-703-993-5363
E-mail: pdirmeye~gmu.edu

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NOAA: NA06OAR4310067

Investigation of land-atmosphere predictability using a multi-model strategy 2006-2010

Reports:
Final Report, July, 2010

Publications:
Guo, Z., P. A. Dirmeyer, X. Gao, and M. Zhao, 2007: Improving the quality of simulated soil moisture with a multi-model ensemble approach. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 133, 731-747, doi: 10.1002/qj.48.
Koster, R. D., Z. Guo, P. A. Dirmeyer, R. Yang, K. Mitchell, and M. J. Puma, 2009: On the nature of soil moisture in land surface models. J. Climate, 22, 4322-4335, doi: 10.1175/2009JCLI2832.1.
Misra, V., and P. A. Dirmeyer, 2009: Air, sea and land interactions of the continental US hydroclimate. J. Hydrometeor., 10, 353-373, doi: 10.1175/2008JHM1003.1.
Misra, V., 2009: The amplification of the ENSO forcing over Equatorial Amazon. J. Hydrometeor., 10, 1561-1568, doi: 10.1175/2009JHM1108.1.
Wei, J., P. A. Dirmeyer, and Z. Guo, 2008: Sensitivities of soil wetness simulation to uncertainties in precipitation and radiation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L15703, doi: 10.1029/2008GL034494.
Wei, J., P. A. Dirmeyer, and J. Zhang, 2010a: Land caused uncertainties in climate change simulations. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 136, 819-824, doi: 10.1002/qj.598.
Wei, J., P. A. Dirmeyer, Z. Guo, L. Zhang, and V. Misra, 2010b: How much do different land models matter for climate simulation? Part I: Climatology and variability. J. Climate, 23, 3120-3134, doi: 10.1175/2010JCLI3177.1.
Wei, J., P. A. Dirmeyer, and Z. Guo, 2010c: How much do different land models matter for climate simulation? Part II: A temporal decomposition of land-atmosphere coupling strength. J. Climate, 23, 3135-3145, doi: 10.1175/2010JCLI3178.1.
Wei, J., and P. A. Dirmeyer, 2010: Toward understanding the large-scale land-atmosphere coupling in the models ¯ the roles of different processes. J. Geophys. Res., 37, L19707, doi: 10.1029/2010GL044769.
Zhang, L., P. A. Dirmeyer, J. Wei, Z. Guo, and C.-H. Lu, 2011: Land-atmosphere coupling strength in the Global Forecast System. J. Hydrometeor., 12, 147-156, doi: 10.1175/2010JHM1319.1.