The BASE land surface model

Carl E. Desborough; Andrew J. Pitman

doi:10.1016/S0921-8181(98)00038-1

The BASE land surface model

Carl E. Desborough^*, Andrew J. Pitman

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Abstract

The Best Approximation of Surface Exchanges (BASE) land surface model is described in detail. BASE is designed for large-scale climate modelling and for investigation of inter-model parameterisation differences. It has a tiled surface structure with an explicit canopy layer through which the foliage, underlying ground and atmosphere interact. A three-layer diffusion scheme is used to model soil temperature, moisture and ice content. A slab model is used to represent snow.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3-18
Number of pages	16
Journal	Global and Planetary Change
Volume	19
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-8181(98)00038-1
Publication status	Published - Dec 1998

Keywords

atmosphere
bisophere
climate
hydrology
numerical models

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