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These are non-exclusive grouping of CMIP variables (e.g. monthly time slices of the baseline variables). Variables can belong to more than one group.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| justification | Realistic atmospheric simulations on climate time scales require a coupled land surface model (LSM) to implicitly solve the heat and mass exchanges between the atmosphere and the land surface, including those involving vegetation, which are central to the hydrological cycle. The use of LSMs in regional climate simulations, in turn, requires high frequency 3D fields of soil temperature and moisture at specified soil depths, which ideally should be sourced from the same global climate simulations used to force the atmospheric model. |
| name | dynamical_downscaling_soil |
| title | Dynamical Downscaling Soil (CORDEX) |
| mips | CMIP, ScenarioMIP, HighResMIP |
| priority_level | Medium |
| variables | Lmon.mrsos, Lmon.tsl |