Table 2-15 Table 2-15: Land surface processes. The table lists the number of soil layers for prognostic soil temperature and moisture (0 layers denotes no heat storage, or prescribed moisture); a description of (or references on) the prediction models; and references on the interactive vegetation model, if present. Hyperlinks connect to the summary report for each AMIP model version.
Model Version Number of Soil Layers Soil Model Description/References: Temperature, Moisture Vegetation Model References
Temperature Moisture
BMRC BMRC2.3 (R31 L9) 1990 2 1 prescribed deep temperature, bucket  
BMRC BMRC3.7 (R31 L9) 1995 3 1 zero heat flux at base, bucket  
BMRC BMRC3.7.1 (R31 L9) 1995 3 3 Deardorff (1978) force-restore, moisture diffusion Pitman et al. (1991)
CCC GCMII (T32 L10) 1990 1 1 Deardorff (1978) force-restore, variable bucket and evapotranspiration factor  
CCSR/NIES AGCM (T21 L20) 1995 3 1 heat diffusion, bucket with stomatal resistance effects  
CNRM EMERAUDE (T42 L30) 1992 2 2 Bhumralkar (1975), Deardorff (1977) force restore  
CNRM ARPEGE Cy11 (T42 L30) 1995 2 2 Deardorff (1978) force restore, Noilhan and Planton (1989), Mahfouf et al. (1995) Noilhan and Planton (1989), Mahfouf et al. (1995)
COLA COLA1.1 (R40 L18) 1993 2 3 Deardorff (1978) force-restore, diffusion Xue et al. (1991)
CSIRO CSIRO9 Mark 1 (R21 L9) 1992 3 2 heat diffusion, Deardorff (1977) force-restore  
CSU CSU91 4x5L17 1991 1 1 variable heat capacity, bucket  
CSU CSU95 4x5L17 1995 2 3 Deardorff (1978) force-restore, diffusion Sellers et al. (1996), Randall et al. (1996)
DERF GFDLSM392.2 (4x5 L17) 1993 3 1 Deardorff (1978) force-restore, bucket  
DERF GFDLSM195 (4x5 L17) 1995 3 3 Deardorff (1978) force-restore, diffusion of moisture with prescribed deep values  
DNM A5407.V1 (T42 L18) 1991 1 1 prescribed deep temperature/moisture, bucket  
DNM A5407.V2 (T42 L18) 1995 1 1 prescribed deep temperature/moisture, bucket Galin et al. (1995)
ECMWF ECMWFcycle36 (4x5 L7) 1991 2 2 diffusion of heat/moisture, prescribed deep values Blondin & Boettger (1987)
GFDL CDG1 (T42 L19) 1990 0 1 no heat storage, bucket  
GISS Model II Prime (R30 L14) 1992 6 6 diffusion of heat, moisture Abramopoulos et al. (1988)
GLA GCM-01.0 AMIP-01(4x5 L9) 1994 2 3 Deardorff (1978) force-restore, diffusion of moisture Xue et al. (1991)
GSFC GEOS-1 (4x5 L17) 1992 0 0 no heat storage, prescribed moisture  
IAP IAP-2L (4x5 L2) 1993 1 1 Bhumralkar (1975) force-restore, bucket  
JMA GSM8911 (T42 L21) 1993 4 3 Deardorff (1978) force-restore, diffusion Sellers et al. (1986), Sato et al. (1989a, b)
LLNL LLNL/UCLA MPP1 (4x5 L15) 1995 0 0 no heat storage, prescribed wetnesses  
LMD LMD5 (3.6x5.6 L11) 1991 1 1 Corby et al. (1976), bucket  
LMD LMD6b (3.6x5.6 L11) 1995 7 1 Polcher (1994), bucket  
LMD LMD6s (3.6x5.6 L11) 1995 7 2 Polcher (1994), Ducoudre et al. (1993) Ducoudre et al. (1993)
MGO AMIP92 (T30 L14) 1992 3 2 diffusion of heat, diffusion of moisture with varying surface field capacity  
MPI ECHAM3 (T42 L19) 1992 5 1 Warrilow et al. (1986), Duemenil & Todini (1992) Blondin & Boettger (1987)
MPI ECHAM4 (T42 L19) 1995 5 1, variable capacity Warrilow et al. (1986), Duemenil & Todini (1992) Blondin & Boettger (1987)
MRI GCM-II (4x5 L15) 1993 4 4 diffusion of heat, moisture--cf. Katayama (1978)  
MRI GCM-IIb (4x5 L15) 1995 4 4 diffusion of heat, moisture--cf. Katayama (1978)  
NCAR CCM2 (T42 L18) 1992 4 0 heat diffusion, prescribed wetnesses  
NMC MRF (T40 L18) 1992 3 1 heat diffusion, bucket with minimum stomatal resistance Pan (1990)
NRL NOGAPS3.2 (T47 L18) 1993 1 0 relaxation to climatology, prescribed wetnesses   
NRL NOGAPS3.4 (T47 L18) 1995 1 0 relaxation to climatology, prescribed wetnesses   
NTU GCM (T42 L13) 1995 0 0 no heat storage, prescribed moisture  
RPN NWP-D40P29 (T63 L23) 1993 1 0 Deardorff (1978) force-restore,prescribed wetnesses  
SUNYA CCM1-TG (R15 L12) 1990 0 1 no heat storage, bucket  
SUNYA/NCAR GENESIS1.5 (T31 L18) 1994  6 6 diffusion of heat (linear), of moisture (nonlinear) Pollard & Thompson (1994)
SUNYA/NCAR GENESIS1.5A (T31 L18) 1995 6 6 diffusion of heat (linear), of moisture (nonlinear) Pollard & Thompson (1994)
UCLA AGCM6.4 (4x5 L15) 1992 0 0 no heat storage, prescribed wetnesses  
UGAMP UGCM1.3 (T42 L19) 1993 2 2 diffusion of heat/moisture, prescribed deep values  
UIUC MLAM-AMIP (4x5 L7) 1993 1 1 Bhumralkar (1975) force-restore,variable-capacity bucket  
UKMO HADAM1 (2.5x3.75 L19) 1993 4 1 heat diffusion, single moisture reservoir with variable hydraulic capacity/conductivity Warrilow et al. (1986), Shuttleworth (1988)
YONU Tr5.1 (4x5 L5) 1994 1 1 Bhumralkar (1975) force-restore, bucket  
YONU Tr7.1 (4x5 L7) 1995 1 1 Bhumralkar (1975) force-restore, bucket  
 

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