Sequential assimilation of satellite-derived vegetation and soil moisture products using SURFEX_v8.0: LDAS-Monde assessment over the Euro-Mediterranean area

Albergel, Clément; Munier, Simon; Leroux, Delphine Jennifer; Dewaele, Hélène; Fairbairn, David; Barbu, Alina Lavinia; Gelati, Emiliano; Dorigo, Wouter; Faroux, Stéphanie; Meurey, Catherine; Le Moigne, Patrick; Decharme, Bertrand; Mahfouf, Jean-Francois; Calvet, Jean-Christophe

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-3889-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-3889-2017

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The externalised surface model SURFEX

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-3889-2017

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Articles | Volume 10, issue 10

Model evaluation paper

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25 Oct 2017

Model evaluation paper |

| 25 Oct 2017

Sequential assimilation of satellite-derived vegetation and soil moisture products using SURFEX_v8.0: LDAS-Monde assessment over the Euro-Mediterranean area

Clément Albergel, Simon Munier, Delphine Jennifer Leroux, Hélène Dewaele, David Fairbairn, Alina Lavinia Barbu, Emiliano Gelati, Wouter Dorigo, Stéphanie Faroux, Catherine Meurey, Patrick Le Moigne, Bertrand Decharme, Jean-Francois Mahfouf, and Jean-Christophe Calvet

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RC1: 'Review on the paper entitled "Sequential assimilation of satellite-derived vegetation and soil moisture products using SURFEX_v8.0: LDAS-Monde assessment over the Euro-Mediterranean area" by Albergel et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Jul 2017
- AC1: 'Responses to Reviewer 1', Clément Albergel, 12 Aug 2017
RC2: 'Sequential assimilation of satellite-derived vegetation and soil moisture products using SURFEX_v8.0: LDAS-Monde assessment over the Eur-Mediterranean area', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Jul 2017
- AC2: 'Responses to Reviewer 2', Clément Albergel, 12 Aug 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Clément Albergel on behalf of the Authors (17 Aug 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (26 Aug 2017) by Christoph Müller

RR by Patricia de Rosnay (29 Aug 2017)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (08 Sep 2017)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (08 Sep 2017) by Christoph Müller

AR by Clément Albergel on behalf of the Authors (12 Sep 2017) Manuscript

Short summary

LDAS-Monde, a global land data assimilation system, is applied over Europe and the Mediterranean basin to increase monitoring accuracy for land surface variables. It is able to ingest information from satellite-derived surface soil moisture (SSM) and leaf area index (LAI) observations to constrain the ISBA land surface model coupled with the CTRIP continental hydrological system. Assimilation of SSM and LAI leads to a better representation of evapotranspiration and gross primary production.