Evidence of weak land-atmosphere coupling under varying bare soil conditions: Are fully coupled Darcy/Navier-Stokes models necessary for simulating soil moisture dynamics?

Tissa H Illangasekare, Colorado School of Mines, Department of Civil and & Environmental Engineering, Golden, United States, Andrew C Trautz, Colorado School of Mines, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Golden, CO, United States, Stacy E Howington, Engineer R&D Center, Vicksburg, MS, United States and Abdullah Cihan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Geosciences Division, Berkeley, CA, United States