Geoscientific Model Development
Geoscientific Model Development
GMD
Articles | Volume 16, issue 7
Articles | Volume 16, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-1875-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Special issue:
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-1875-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 16, issue 7
Development and technical paper
 | 
04 Apr 2023
Development and technical paper |  | 04 Apr 2023

Assessing methods for representing soil heterogeneity through a flexible approach within the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES) at version 3.4.1

Heather S. Rumbold, Richard J. J. Gilham, and Martin J. Best

Viewed

Total article views: 3,448 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total BibTeX EndNote
2,604 736 108 3,448 100 151
  • HTML: 2,604
  • PDF: 736
  • XML: 108
  • Total: 3,448
  • BibTeX: 100
  • EndNote: 151
Views and downloads (calculated since 05 Aug 2022)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 05 Aug 2022)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 3,448 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 3,282 with geography defined and 166 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 

Cited

Saved (final revised paper)

Latest update: 04 May 2026
Download
Short summary
The Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES) uses a tiled representation of land cover but can only model a single dominant soil type within a grid box; hence there is no representation of sub-grid soil heterogeneity. This paper evaluates a new surface–soil tiling scheme in JULES and demonstrates the impacts of the scheme using several soil tiling approaches. Results show that soil tiling has an impact on the water and energy exchanges due to the way vegetation accesses the soil moisture.
Read more
Share
Special issue
Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES) – configurations,...