The improvement of soil thermodynamics and its effects on land  surface meteorology in the IPSL climate model

Wang, F.; Cheruy, F.; Dufresne, J.-L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-363-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-363-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-363-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

Development and technical paper

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28 Jan 2016

Development and technical paper |

| 28 Jan 2016

The improvement of soil thermodynamics and its effects on land surface meteorology in the IPSL climate model

F. Wang, F. Cheruy, and J.-L. Dufresne

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C2468: 'Review on "The improvement of soil thermodynamics and its effects on land surface meteorology in the IPSL climate model', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Oct 2015
- AC C2546: 'Response to Comments from Anonymous Referee #1', Fuxing WANG, 19 Oct 2015
RC C2914: 'GMD Review: F.Wang - "The improvement of soil thermodynamics and its effects on land surface meteorology in the IPSL climate model."', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Nov 2015
- AC C3099: 'gmd-2015-155-Respondes_to_Anonymous_Referee#2', Fuxing WANG, 26 Nov 2015

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

AR by Fuxing Wang on behalf of the Authors (30 Nov 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (04 Jan 2016) by David Lawrence

AR by Fuxing Wang on behalf of the Authors (07 Jan 2016) Manuscript

Short summary

The soil thermodynamics in the IPSL climate model is improved by adopting a common vertical discretization for soil moisture and temperature, by coupling soil heat convection-conduction process, and by computing the thermal properties as a function of soil moisture and texture. The dependence of the soil thermal properties on moisture and texture lead to the most significant changes in the surface temperature, with the strongest effects taking place over dry areas and during the night.