GC24B
Land Surface, Snow, and Soil moisture in Land-Climate Feedback and Model Diagnosis II

Tuesday, 15 December 2015: 16:00-18:00
3005 (Moscone West)
Primary Conveners:  Hyungjun Kim, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Conveners:  Aaron anthony Boone, Météo-France Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 01, France and David M Lawrence, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Chairs:  Hyungjun Kim, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan and David M Lawrence, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Hyungjun Kim, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
16:00
Metrics as Tools for Assessing Land-Climate Feedback in Observations and Models (Invited) (75276)
Paul Dirmeyer, George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States
16:15
The Impact of Soil Moisture Anomalies on the General Circulation: A Comprehensive Analysis over North America (Invited) (60310)
Randal D Koster, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Yehui Chang, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Hailan Wang, Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, Hampton, VA, United States and Siegfried D Schubert, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, MD, United States
16:30
Snow: A New Model Diagnostic and Seasonal Forecast Influences (Invited) (74834)
Andrew G Slater1,2, David M Lawrence1 and Charles Koven3, (1)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
16:45
Comprehensive Assessment of Land Surface, Snow, and Soil Moisture-Climate Feedbacks by Multi-model Experiments of Land Surface Models under LS3MIP (Invited) (63935)
Taikan Oki1, Hyungjun Kim1, Bart van den Hurk2, Gerhard Krinner3, Chris Derksen4, Sonia I Seneviratne5 and Co-chairs of Land Surface, Snow and Soil moisture MIP, (1)The University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial Science, Tokyo, Japan, (2)Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, Netherlands, (3)LGGE, St Martin d'Hères Cedex, France, (4)Environment Canada Toronto, Climate Research Division, Toronto, ON, Canada, (5)ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
17:00
The Pilot Phase of the Global Soil Wetness Project Phase 3 (77193)
Hyungjun Kim and Taikan Oki, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
17:15
Temporal Changes in Land-Surface Coupling Strength: an Example in a Semi-Arid Region of Australia (76380)
Min-Hui Lo1, Wen-Ying Wu1 and Dongryeol Ryu2, (1)National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, (2)University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
17:45
Quantifying the Skill of CMIP5 Models in Simulating Seasonal Albedo and Snow Cover Evolution (82471)
Chad William Thackeray1, Christopher G Fletcher1 and Chris Derksen2, (1)University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, (2)Environment Canada Toronto, Climate Research Division, Toronto, ON, Canada