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We study the response of the land-surface to prescribed atmospheric forcing for 31 May 1978 at Cabauw, Netherlands, using the land-surface scheme from the Coupled Atmospheric boundary layer-Plant-Soil (CAPS) model. Results from model runs show realistic daytime surface fluxes are produced using a canopy conductance formulation derived from Cabauw data (for 1987, a different year), and un-tuned parameterizations of root density (near-uniform with depth) and soil heat flux (reduced thermal conductivity through vegetation). Sensitivity of model-calculated surface heat fluxes to initial values of soil moisture is also examined. Results of this study provide the land-surface “base state” for a coupled land–atmosphere modeling study.
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Ek, M., Holtslag, A. Evaluation of a land-surface scheme at Cabauw. Theor. Appl. Climatol. 80, 213–227 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-004-0101-4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-004-0101-4