Large-area land surface simulations in heterogeneous terrain driven by global data sets: application to mountain permafrost

Fiddes, J.; Endrizzi, S.; Gruber, S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-411-2015

Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-411-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-411-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

Research article

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24 Feb 2015

Research article |

| 24 Feb 2015

Large-area land surface simulations in heterogeneous terrain driven by global data sets: application to mountain permafrost

J. Fiddes, S. Endrizzi, and S. Gruber

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RC C3093: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Jan 2014
- AC C3560: 'AUTHORS REPLY TO REFEREE #1', Joel Fiddes, 19 Jun 2014
RC C3376: 'Review of "Large area land surface simulation driven by global data" by Fiddes et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Mar 2014
- AC C3578: 'AUTHORS REPLY TO REFEREE #2', Joel Fiddes, 19 Jun 2014

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This paper demonstrates a new land surface modelling approach that uses globally available data sets to generate high-resolution simulation results of land surface processes. We successfully simulate a highly resolution-dependent variable, ground surface temperatures, over the entire Swiss Alps at high resolution. We use a large evaluation data set to test the model. We suggest that this scheme represents a useful step in application of numerical models over large areas in heterogeneous terrain.